Headin’ to Baseball Digest Daily
April 9, 2008 by Geoff Young
Filed under Off-Topic
As you may know, I’ve been contributing articles to Baseball Digest Daily for a while. Now I’m heading over there to blog, too, which is very cool because, well, they’re very cool.
I’ll be here at Knuckle Curve until April 15, at which time my esteemed colleague Stephen (of Hoops Fantasy fame) will assume control. I’m an “all-of-the-above” kind of guy, so my suggestion would be to keep coming here for Stephen’s stuff, visit me at Ducksnorts to get your Padres fix, and come over to BDD to get whatever the heck it is I’ve been giving you here.
I …read more
Top GMs and Surprises for ‘08
February 10, 2008 by Geoff Young
Filed under Odds and Ends
My colleagues at Baseball Digest Daily and I discuss who are the best general managers in baseball and which teams we think might surprise in 2008. Interesting that folks seem to be so bullish on the Tampa Bay Rays and the Los Angeles Dodgers. I don’t follow the Rays much, although I know they’ve got some terrific young talent. As for the Dodgers, they will face some very stiff competition in the National League West this year. As was the case in ‘07, there’s a good chance that the third- or fourth-place team in that division will be at or …read more
Downtime, Family Trees, Hardball Times Book
February 8, 2008 by Geoff Young
Filed under Books and Movies, Odds and Ends, Stats and Analysis
First off, I apologize for the recent downtime we had around here. There aren’t many things worse in life than suffering through a New York/New England Super Bowl, but a withdrawal of baseball blogginess might be one of them.
Anyway, thanks to our crack staff, we should be good to go, which means… more stuff!
Okay, that was lame. It’s Friday and I’m on my first cup coffee. So, what’s going on? Glad you asked:
In case you missed it, I’ve kicked off a look back at the top prospects of 1998; the first installment covers #91-100 (and yes, Eric, that teaser at …read more






