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About Geoff Young

Geoff Young covers the San Diego Padres at Ducksnorts and is a contributor to Baseball Prospectus. Geoff has written three books about the Padres. He lives in San Diego with his wife.


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2010

Epic pitchers duels, epilogue

December 22, 2010
Thanks to a reader suggestion, our four-part series now has a fifth part: To the 1980s... and beyond!

Epic pitchers duels, Part 4

December 15, 2010
The final installment of our four-part series covers the 1970s.

Epic pitchers duels, Part 3

December 08, 2010
The third installment of our four-part series covers the 1950s and 1960s.

In defense of the Padres defense

December 01, 2010
The Padres fell short in 2010, but it wasn't for lack of glove.

Epic pitchers duels (Part 1)

November 26, 2010
This installment covers the 1920s and 1930s.

Epic pitchers duels (Part 2)

November 24, 2010
The second installment of our four-part series covers the 1940s.

Notes from the Arizona Fall League

November 17, 2010
Dustin Ackley was supposed to be the show, but Jason Kipnis stole it.

Reimagining the 1987 draft (Part 4)

November 10, 2010
If the Red Sox don't draft Reggie Harris, do they trade for Derek Lowe and Jason Varitek?

As goes the game, so goes the season

October 04, 2010
On the season's final day, the Padres fall just short in their bid for a postseason berth.

Reimagining the 1987 draft (Part 3)

September 22, 2010
In which the Tigers don't throw away their first two picks.

Losing streaks, winning teams

September 08, 2010
The 1982 Braves were the last team to have a losing streak in double digits and still reach the playoffs. Could the 2010 Padres be the next?

Reimagining the 1987 draft (Part 2)

September 01, 2010
What might Jack McDowell have meant to the '92 A's? Bret Boone to the '01 Cardinals?

Reimagining the 1987 draft (Part 1)

August 25, 2010
What if the Pirates had drafted Mike Mussina instead of Mark Merchant?

The 2010 Aflac All-American Baseball Classic

August 18, 2010
Thirty-eight of the finest high school players displayed their skills in San Diego.

Where the wild things are

August 11, 2010
The farther down you go, the worse their control gets.

Jed Hoyer’s trading style

August 04, 2010
No Jedi mind tricks here, just value for value.

Two weeks… and change

July 21, 2010
Are Jose Bautista and Jeff Francoeur still drawing walks? Yes and no.

Short people got no reason…

July 14, 2010
Randy Newman's song would have been better if he'd finished the line, "...to be discriminated against as baseball players." Eh, maybe not.

The cult of Warren Newson

July 07, 2010
There isn't one? Well, maybe there should be.

West coast baseball road trip 2010

June 30, 2010
Geoff drives 2,200 miles and watches six minor-league games in eight days.

Checking in on the sophomores

June 16, 2010
How are the eight sophomores we examined before the season doing so far?

Produce great men, the rest follows

June 09, 2010
Reflections on Ken Griffey Jr.

Padres or pumpkins?

May 26, 2010
Sometimes, it's hard to tell the difference.

Riders on the Storm

May 19, 2010
Geoff takes a trip up I-15 to watch the kids at Lake Elsinore play.

They travel in pairs

May 05, 2010
Ah, the minor leagues... where pitchers chart pitches while sitting in the stands with the rest of us.

Two weeks

April 21, 2010
It's not just a Grizzly Bear song.

OK, Baseball

April 07, 2010
Can listening to Radiohead make watching a Red Sox/Yankees game bearable?

Why I love baseball

March 31, 2010
Ask a simple question, get a complicated answer.

Five questions: San Diego Padres

March 24, 2010
Assembling talent is hard. Keeping fans interested is even harder.

Inverted records

March 17, 2010
Bill James once devised a way to translate batting lines into pitching lines. It's kind of fun.

Eight sophomores

March 10, 2010
It's like reading tea leaves, only mathier.

Petco Park revisited

February 17, 2010
A lot can change in three years, but that doesn't mean it will.

Better to be lucky than good (Part 2)

February 03, 2010
Run support is a pitcher's best friend, especially when that pitcher isn't doing his job very well.

Better to be lucky than good (Part 1)

January 27, 2010
It stinks when you do good work and have little to show for it.

Players worth remembering, Others (Part 2)

January 18, 2010
The best of the rest from 1901 to 1989, outfielders and pitchers.

Nine questions with Dirk Hayhurst

January 12, 2010
Geoff chats with the Toronto Blue Jays right-hander and author of The Bullpen Gospels.

Players worth remembering, Others (Part 1)

January 06, 2010
The best of the rest from 1901 to 1989, catchers and infielders.

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