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Headin’ to Baseball Digest Daily

Geoff Young — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:04:50 +0000

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 won’t say goodbye, because I’m not leaving y’all. I will thank the good folks at b5media for letting me use this space to babble about baseball for the past 20 or so months, and also to the good folks at BDD for giving me an opportunity to do the same over there. And extra big thanks to those of you reading, for all your support and for providing me with excellent food for thought about the planet’s best sport.

But enough of all that weepy-eyed stuff. There’s baseball to be played…

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Top GMs and Surprises for ‘08

Geoff Young — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:20:50 +0000

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 near playoff caliber.

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Downtime, Family Trees, Hardball Times Book

Geoff Young — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:16:26 +0000

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 the end is a nod to Mr. Ortiz). These will be running every Thursday for the next — eh, you do the math.
My latest article at Baseball Digest Daily examines “baseball family trees.” It’s sort of an attempt to connect players from different eras. For example, we can look at Sean Casey and see that he was kind of like Hal Morris, who was kind of like Chris Chambliss, who was kind of like Wes Parker, and so on back to Fred Merkle. The method is a bit crude (hey, I’ve been called worse!), but I think it’s fun.
Finally, I’m pleased to announce that the Hardball Times Season Preview 2008 is almost upon us. I contributed the chapter on the San Diego Padres, so there may be some bias here, but I think we’ve got a pretty rockin’ book this year. If you don’t believe me (then why are you reading my stuff, but that’s a different story), here’s my esteemed colleague David Gassko to tell you more:
- It’s the Hardball Times Season Preview 2008!
- The Hardball Times Season Preview 2008: A sample chapter (Red Sox content warning)
- Ten things I learned from The Hardball Times Season Preview 2008
You can buy the book at all the usual outlets, but if you order directly from the publisher, THT gets a higher cut. More money, of course, means more books. Not that I’m telling you what to do or anything, but… oh wait, yes I am.

This was a weird post. What’s in my coffee, anyway?

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