Gwynner

Nice to see the big man doing a little better.

LA Times Article.

T-Shirt Mania

Nike needs to get off their asses and make one of these for Ryan Klesko.

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Awesome Story!

J3oe Chandler found this really amazing story about how MLB The Show is changing people's lives! It's actually really cool and I encourage you all to read it: http://kotaku.com/5746736/how-a-video-game-made-him-into-a-major-leaguer

10 things to do while waiting for Spring Training:

1) Listen to the Mighty XX and turn it off every time you hear a woman's voice.

2) Read Tim Sullivan's column in the Union-Trib and pray it's about Baseball.

3) Watch Ken Burns' documentary Baseball.

4) While watching it, count how many times they say the word "Padres" (and you can't count "Podres").

5) Drive by Petco and rub Tony's knee.

6) Laugh every time you think about Kevin Towers signing Sean Burroughs to a Minor League deal in Arizona.

7) Buy a new road gray jersey.

8) Wonder how it seemed like Bruce Bochy was asleep from 1999-2006 and then suddenly woke up and won a World Series.

9) Listen to the old Kept Faith podcasts on iTunes and pray we get better.

10) Every morning wake up and thank God you got to watch Adrian Gonzalez in person for as long as you did.

Rub Tony's Knee

The folks over at Gas Lamp Ball have a good plan. Back in college there was a statue of a Tiger that was strikingly realistic when it came to testicles. We launched a campaign to try to change the color of the Tiger's balls, but didn't have the power of the internet behind us. Spread the word. Ease Tony's pain.

J.B. Smoove comes to San Diego.

Posted this last Friday: "While I'm on the topic of moves that seem inevitable, have we traded for Jason Bartlett yet?" Well, now we've got him. Our 2001 draft pick will finally play a game with the team that drafted him.

He's a slick fielder, his initials are J.B., it's all very obvious, I'm giving him the nickname of my favorite actor on Curb Your Enthusiasm -- J.B. Smoove. It feels good to have our SS and #2 hitter penciled in. And I'm obviously kidding about the slick fielder part, he's a butcher, so the nickname will have to be ironic, but it's too good not to use.

Jed Hoyer is continuing to take advantage of San Diego's great bullpen reputation in trades... by shipping off the guys who didn't really contribute to it being great. First with Mujica and Webb for Maybin. Now with Russell and Ramos for J.B. I like it. GAB is still in tact with Thatcher, Frieri and now Dustin Moseley backing them up.

Let's hope J.B.'s slash line in 2011 is more 2009 (320/389/490) than 2010 (254/324/350). And it's nice he's happy to be here. His quote: "It's something that if I could have chosen a team, that's definitely the team I would have chose."

Welcome to San Diego, Mr. Smoove. And thanks for bringing along a replacement for Mrs. Eckstein. Now if we can just get Mark Kotsay to replace Matt Stairs on the bench, the hot girlfriends and wives on the team gets a significant upgrade.

The Kenny Powers Career Path: Feat. Scott Williamson.

He gave us 11 innings of relief with a 7.36 ERA in 2006, but now the man who "laughed and joked" his way out of Major League Baseball is attempting a comeback in Mexico. Here's hoping he gets the same chance Kenny Powers will probably be getting in Season 3 of Eastbound and Down.

Click here to read the outcome of Scott Williamson watching too much TV HBO and thinking "he's still got it."