The 2010 MLB First Year Player draft starts today at 4 pm PST. I’m not even going to pretend to pay enough attention to amateur players to have an educated guess on who the Padres will take with the #9 overall pick. 17-year old Bryce Harper seems to be the consensus #1 overall pick for the Nationals despite what some scouts and JUCO umpires may consider a poor attitude. I don’t know the kid but one look tells you he definitely has “makeup” issues.
Chargers Sign 13-year Veteran Tackle Jon Runyan, Clary Placed On IR – The Chargers last night placed right tackle Jeromey Clary on injured reserve and signed 13-year veteran Jon Runyan, who it turns out has long been an object of their desire.
Immediately after Sunday’s game in Denver, when a preliminary diagnosis regarding Clary’s left ankle was given to General Manager A.J. Smith, the team contacted Runyan, sources said yesterday.
A contract was offered before the team’s plane took off for San Diego on Sunday night, terms were agreed upon Monday afternoon and Runyan signed the contract upon arriving at Chargers Park early last night, the sources said. – SignOnSanDiego.com
Runyan Announces Retirement, To Run For Congress – Less than 24 hours after signing a contract with the San Diego Chargers, Jon Runyan has announced that he will retire after the season and run for a Congressional seat in N.J. – ESPN.com
Padres First-round Draft Pack, Tate, Has Another Surgery – Donavan Tate had surgery to repair a sports hernia on Oct. 7th. It’s the second surgery he’s had since being drafted in June but is expected to be 100% by Spring Training. I’m not sure if he has a invitation to the Big League camp in his contract? – SignOnSanDiego.com
Matt Antonelli’s Blog – Courtesy ofGasLampBall, former 1st-round pick (#17 overall) Matt Antonelli has a blog that has some interesting stuff on the life of a prospect/minor leaguer. There’s also video of his first major league hit off of Greg Maddux and as an added bonus Vin Scully has the call, pretty cool. I’m pulling for him to have a strong 2010 season and to be ready to take over for Eckstein in 2011. Now the bad news, he’s a Patriots fan. – Matt Antonelli’s Blog
Brian Giles and Henry Blanco File For Free Agency – Brian Giles and Henry Blanco Niño filed for free agency yesterday. It’s possible the Pads may bring Blanco back in a reserve role but Giles’ career as a Padre has come to an end. Thanks for the good years Gily Dog. Can we get Jason Bay back now? Check out the Lowe’s Racing hat Marcus is wearing in this pic – Full Story
Nick Hundley Has Surgery – Nick Hundley had surgery to repair a sports hernia, he’s expected to be ready in time for Spring Training. – Full Story
Edgar Gonzalez Dropped From 40-man Roster – Edgar Gonzalez was dropped from SD’s 40-man roster and was outrighted to Triple-A Portland. No official announcement yet but he’ll most likely refuse assignment and file for free agency – Full Story
The Smoking Gun’s Friday Photo Fun - This week’s Friday Photo Fun on TheSmokingGun.com is a good one…match each woman’s eyes with her BAC – Friday Photo Fun
YouTube Video of the Week – The YouTube video of the week is Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros performing on Letterman. These hippie-sters played the Belly Up on Tuesday night…
Jim Stone’s NBC-affiliate’s Reign Comes To An End – KNSD Channel 7/39 Sportscaster Jim Stone will sign off for the final time tonight around 11:30pm. He was laid off after 20 years at the station… – Full Story
Hall of Fame Requests Kevin Kouzmanoff’s Glove
The National Baseball Hall of Fame has asked Kevin Kouzmanoff to donate a glove he used this season as he set the National League record for best fielding percentage by a 3rd baseman. Kouz finished with a .990 fielding percentage with 3 errors in 311 chances. – More
Jay Paris: Chargers’ Woes Due to Lack of Off-season Moves – Jay Paris is pretty annoying but I love his nickname for AJ, The Lord of No Rings – More
First Annual TransWorld Motocross Awards, Kickstar Premiere – The First Annual TransWorld Motocross Awards will take place this Thursday, October 8th at the Joint inside the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The event will also feature the premiere of the new TransWorld Motocross film, Kickstart. – More Information and Tickets
Tony Stewart Wins Food Chopper 400 in Kansas – Tony benefits from a quick pit stop and a gutsy call to take 2 tires during the final pit stop. The field took the green with 26 laps to go and Smoke was able to hold off a hard-charging Jeff Gordon – ESPN
Trevor Hoffman and Brewers Agree to 1-year, $8 million Deal for 2010 – ESPN
Padres Fire Towers, Searching Outside Organization For Replacement - Total bummer… – MLB.com, SignOnSanDiego.com
Method Man Accused of Tax Evasion – Pitchfork put it best by saying, “Method Man smokes a lot of weed. This is basically a matter of public record. And when you smoke a lot of weed, you can forget to do normal, everyday things–like pay your taxes.”Story From Pitchfork
San Marcos Restaurant Week – Hit up the 55 Yard Line for their lunch special last Friday and scored a Bacon Burger and Blue Moon for $5.55. The waitress tried to tell us it was just a patty melt and draft domestic for the special but we set her straight. But now I see my card was charged twice for the meal, so who’s laughing now? – Restaurant Week
Late afternoon golf at Vineyard yesterday wore me out. Add in a pitcher of X and some Hot Wing pizza at Slices and then back home for a couple yellow dogs and a BT and I was out…
The beer I had for breakfast wasn’t bad so I had another for dessert…
Peavy Wins White Sox Debut – No shit? I’ve heard that guy is pretty good – Box Score
The Padres beat the Pirates 2-1 yesterday, it wasn’t on TV but it doesn’t sound like anything too exciting happened. Clayton Richard pitched 6 solid innings allowing 4 hits, 1 run, 3 BB and 5 SO and then the bullpen threw 3 scoreless innings to wrap it up. I’m surprised Luis Durango hasn’t gotten a chance to play anymore since his 3-hit performance on Wednesday but then again, I’ve never been a big fan of Bud Black’s roster management skills.
Jamal Williams Placed On IR, Done For the Season…Career? – The Chargers placed DT and bad ass Jamal Williams on Injured Reserve yesterday ending his season and taking whatever wind was left out of the sail’s of the Chargers 2009 season…and we’re only in Week 2. I’m not saying the Chargers won’t still make things interesting, I’m just saying shit going to be real tough now. Coach Rivera will have a chance to really mix things up…Go Bolts! Full Story
Chase Kicks Off In New Hampshire – The Chase, NASCAR’s play-off system, kicks off today in New Hampshire. Juan Pablo Montoya won the pole in qualifying with Tony starting next to him. JPM was the fastest car in all 3 practices so I’m surprised to see him still sitting at 25-1 to win the race. I may need to re-load the ol’ Sportsbook.com account.
Huskers Blow It – The Huskers blew it yesterday losing to Virginia Tech 16-15. VT took the lead in the end with 0:21 remaining after the Nebraska offense failed to find the end zone and had to settle for 5 field goals and ZERO touchdowns. You can’t do that and expect to win the game. Nebraska also had a 1st and goal at the 6 but 2 holding calls and 2 false starts later and the dumbasses had to punt. Ugh…
The Padres Class-A affiliate Ft. Wayne TipCaps won the Midwest league title tonight with a 4-3 victory over the Burlington Bees (Royals affiliate). The TinCaps clinched the championship with a 3-game sweep in the best of 5 series with victories of 6-2, 4-0 and 4-3.
Former 1st round supplemental pick (HS, 42nd Overall), Jaff Decker led the charge tonight going 3-5 with HR and 2 RBIs. Going into the final game of his first full year of professional baseball, Decker had a season line of .299/.442/.514.
Updated Playlist
Some new tunes until one of the other dudes step up…
Peavy Set To Make His White Sox Debut
Jake Peavy is scheduled to make his debut with the White Sox with a start on Saturday Read Story
D-Pain Set to Release Album
The streets of San Diego have been buzzing the last few weeks but now that buzz can be heard outside of San Diego County. Escondido’s own, D-Pain, has posted 4 tracks from his upcoming album, The Awakening, to his MySpace page, MySpace.com/thedpain. Over the weekend he eclipsed the 1,000,000 plays mark and is still going strong. Rumors are circulating about a record release party but no official details have been announced yet…stay tuned.
Suspect Arrested in Dane Williams Case
A 39-year old man has been arrested and charged with murder and sexual assault of Dane Williams. Williams disappeared in January 2008 after a night at the Hardrock Hotel in Downtown San Diego while in town for ASR. Full Story
One night after suffering a defeat at the hands of a rookie’s walk-off home run, the Padres turned the tables.
Kyle Blanks hit a three-run homer in the ninth as the Padres beat the Cubs, 4-1, in the opener of a three-game set on Monday at PETCO Park.
The blast was the seventh of the season for the rookie Blanks, who deposited a 1-1 pitch from Cubs closer Kevin Gregg (4-5) into the left-center-field seats and set off a celebration at home plate as the club snapped a four-game losing streak.
“It’s always nice to get a win, and to do it like that is definitely a nice little bit of momentum in your direction,” Blanks said. “That always feels good, especially a good team win like that. We pitched well, played good defense, and hit when we needed to.”
The Padres have also reeled off four straight wins against the Cubs at PETCO Park after sweeping a three-game set here in May, but the night belonged to the 6-foot-5, 22-year-old Blanks, who has made a strong impression since being called up to the Major Leagues on June 19
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Jim Stone’s NBC-affiliate’s Reign Comes To An End – KNSD Channel 7/39 Sportscaster Jim Stone will sign off for the final time tonight around 11:30pm. He was laid off after 20 years at the station… – 
Peavy Set To Make His White Sox Debut
