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    Tony Gwynn Sr. confirmed for Q&A, autograph sessions at #Padres FanFest. http://bit.ly/aWpHOq #padresfanfest

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    #padres request unconditional release waivers on RHP Greg Burke. Catcher Yorvit Torrealba agrees to terms today for a one-year deal

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    Around the Mission: 2/9 Padres Links

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    Benito Santiago: On a scale from Zero to Tony Gwynn

    The Zero to Tony Gwynn scale is a rating of a Padres' importance to the San Diego Padres and their fans. The scale works to determine the relative importance of a particular Padre based on the assumption that Tony Gwynn is the perfect representation of the San Diego Padres.

    Over the course of 6 full seasons with the Padres, Benito Santiago won the NL ROY, 4 Silver Sluggers, 2 Gold Gloves and was a 4 time All-Star. That's darn good.

    He started his career with the Padres, played his best years with the Padres and spent more time with the Padres than with any other team in his career.

    He didn't do a whole lot else over the rest of his career, so all's I can imagine is that his heart literally broke when he was forced to leave the Padres while the team was literally owned by Satan. I mean, think about those credentials. If he stayed with the Padres, then all that I can reasonably figure using logic and determination is that he would've been a Hall of Famer.

    The Padres were to Benito Santiago what the yellow sun is to Superman. But for the Zero to Tony Gwynn scale, does it really count for anything? Maybe? It's gotta count for something, right?

    VOTE EARLY AND VOTE OFTEN AS LONG AS IT'S ONLY ONCE!!

    Also, those Shutter Island commercials are scary, right? If I was heckling somebody at a game and a bald headed woman in a dirty bathrobe stood up a shushed me like Shutter Island, I would pee my pants and not heckle nobody no more.

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    XX Sports Radio: Paul Depodesta Interview

    XX Sports Radio: Paul DePodesta Interview (MP3) with Lee "Hacksaw" Hamilton

    • DePodesta is engaged in more business items like ticket pricing and beer pricing.
    • The goal is to try to have a great scouting staff, have great drafts year after year and develop players internally.
    • Smaller market teams have less room for error.
    • "The payrolls don't play the games, the players do."
    • Drafting is so much more difficult than in other sports because even the best players can be 3-4 years away from the big leagues.
    • The Padres are prepared to ramp up their investment and offer players professional contracts that are more money then they would normally get in that round and convince them to not play in college.
    • Over the past 4-5 years the Padres are in the top 5 in amateur player spending.
    • The Padres are still committed to getting players from Latin America.

    Paul DePodesta Interview Part 2 (MP3)

    • The first 3 years of a players of career a team can set his salary as long as it is above the minimum. He is eligible for salary arbitration for the next 3 years and then after that he is eligible for free agency.
    • The minimum salary for a player is $400K.
    • Adrian Gonzalez signed a long term deal that took out his arbitration years.  A player takes deals like this for security and so they don't have to go through arbitration.
    • Adrian is 2 years away from free agency. "Are we willing to go two years and get nothing in return?"
    • Kyle Blanks is 6'7" and close to 300 lbs. DePodesta thinks he moves really well in the outfield.  He has a chance to be a solid/average defender in the outfield and he's an above average first basemen.

    Paul DePodesta Interview Part 3 (MP3)

    • The Padres think Chase Headley turned the corner in the middle of the season and he is going to be a very productive third basemen.
    • Trading Kevin Kouzmanoff wasn't because they didn't like him, but because they could move players to more natural positions.
    • David Eckstein made a lot of people around him better.  He gives solid veteran leadership. It was like having another coach on the field.  If he gets hurt, Jerry Hairston Jr. would take his place. Jerry gives the team a lot of comfort knowing that he can fill in anywhere.
    • The Padres want to keep restocking the farm system.
    • The Padres have 30-35 16-18 year old players in the Dominican Republic.

    Paul DePodesta Interview Part 4 (MP3)

    • The Padres feel good about their outfield depth and the versatility.
    • Matt Stairs is a dangerous left handed bat off the bench.
    • Jon Garland's durability fits the needs of the Padres.
    • The Padres want to force the young players to earn a spot on the club.
    • They feel confident that they have 9-10 Major League ready pitchers.  They'll probably end up using about 8 of them this season.
    • The Padres spend all the money that comes in.  It doesn't always show up in Major League payroll, sometimes it shows in drafting.
    • Chris Young is feeling good.  It would be a huge boost if he can come back healthy. The top 4 starting pitchers are probably Young, Garland, Correia and Richard.  Latos, LeBlanc, Stauffer, Gallagher, Ramos and others will compete for the fifth spot.
    • Logan Forsythe James Darnell, Cedric Hunter, Sawyer Carroll could be stand outs in AA San Antonio.

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    Today's dedication will be at 4 p.m. on the Rolando Little League lower field at 66000 Vigo Drive in La Mesa. Padres President/COO Tom Garfinkel and pitcher Heath Bell will be among those on hand.

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    Nate Colbert: On a scale from Zero to Tony Gwynn

    The Zero to Tony Gwynn scale is a rating of a Padres' importance to the San Diego Padres and their fans. The scale works to determine the relative importance of a particular Padre based on the assumption that Tony Gwynn is the perfect representation of the San Diego Padres.

    I am, admittedly, weirded out by the responses in our Zero to Tony Gwynn series so far. I mean... it's a scale that goes 0 through Tony Gwynn and increments by one each time until you get to Tony Gwynn. So you can't say that Ted Leitner rates a Tony Gwynn on a scale of Zero to Tony Gwynn unless you think that Leitner is in fact as important or more important than Tony Gwynn to the Padres.

    And let's be honest, if we didn't have Ted Leitner as the announcer, how much worse could we possibly do? Even if we don't replace him, that just means we probably get more Jerry Coleman, which is a good thing, right?

    Anyways... I want to see what everyone thinks about Nate Colbert. Remember Nate Colbert? If you weren't around when he played, do you know who Nate Colbert is? I'm not going to sell this a lot, but let's just say that Rob Neyer considered Nate Colbert one of the Padres' top two first basemen in team history as recently as 2006 (pre-Adrian Gonzalez), but nobody ever talks about him.

    So Nate Colbert, arguably the first Padres star. RANK HIM!

    [Note by Dex, 02/08/10 3:59 PM EST ] I should say that there are no wrong answers here (as much as I criticize people who really really like Ted Leitner). If you honestly have no idea who Nate Colbert is, then feel free to rate him lower. It's your thing. Do what you want to do. I can't tell you who to sock it to.

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    Where does Nate Colbert rank on a scale from Zero to Tony Gwynn?

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    Around the Mission: 2/8 Padres Link

    "I'm not the shortest guy on the team anymore!" (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

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    "I'm not the shortest guy on the team anymore!" (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

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