Quick reminder: The Ducksnorts 2009 Baseball Annual is now shipping. Go buy a copy or five… In case you missed it, we’re doing community projections again this year. Read the introduction to learn more about the comatosely accurate IVIEs, available only here at Ducksnorts. Padres IVIE Pr...

Here are the results of our third round in the slow mock draft. To see the past rounds and commentary follow the links to round 1 and round 2. Round 3 : Pick 1(25) - @crookedpitch - Prince Fielder - He’s not a 50 home run guy, but I wouldn’t count out 35-40 homers with 100+ RBI. Fielder ...

If you thought the lowly Tampa Bay Rays vanquishing the Boston Red Sox in the American League Championship Series last month was baseball's ultimate David-over-Goliath moment, imagine a scenario in which the Washington Nationals, losers of 102 games and immeasurable amounts of local goodwill and ......

If you thought the lowly Tampa Bay Rays vanquishing the Boston Red Sox in the American League Championship Series last month was baseball's ultimate David-over-Goliath moment, imagine a scenario in which the Washington Nationals, losers of 102 games and immeasurable amounts of local goodwill and ......

That was satisfying. We took the in-laws out to the ballgame — sprung for Toyota Terrace seats, first time this year. They picked a good time to visit. Mom is from the old country, but I was heartened to see that she chose to root for the home team rather than Hiroki Kuroda. She digs the long ...

The Mets lost their 2nd straight game at Petco Park, scoring just one run in both losses. Johan Santana pitched effectively for 6 innings, but took the loss as he was outdone by Randy Wolf and the Padres won 2-1. Santana and Wolf matched zeros for 5 innings, as both lefties looked masterful. The Met...

The Mets can win get to 8 wins in their last 10 games with a victory tonight, as they begin a 4-game series with the struggling Padres. San Diego, who came within one inning of making the playoffs last year, are having a terrible season so far. At 24-37, the Pads have the 2nd worst record in the Nat...

Welcome back to The Opposing Viewpoint, the place to learn more about the Mets’ opponents from the bloggers who write about them. The Mets began their West Coast road trip by taking two out of three from the Giants and now head down to San Diego for four games. The Padres were expected to be i...

That sucked. In case you’d forgotten how 2007 ended, the Padres gave a nice little encore Sunday afternoon in San Francisco. They battled back from a deficit, took the lead in extra innings on a two-run homer, then watched Trevor Hoffman give it back, with the game ending on a bizarre defensiv...

Satisfying win on Tuesday night. The last two games I’ve attended have followed the exact same pattern: Randy Wolf serves up a two-run homer in the first, settles down, and watches his teammates play long ball late. To the bullet points: Hard to complain about a victory, but I’ll do it a...