Around the Mission: 6/18 Padres Links

Q&A: Paul DePodesta
Paul: It can be really difficult for me to warm up to a player who has a low motor, but that’s just my personal take and one that I often have to guard against when writing reports. I prefer guys who play with energy and appear to really enjoy being out there. The minor leagues can be a real grind - I can’t imagine enduring that playing schedule - so I worry about guys who don’t seem to have that passion. That said, that passion isn’t always illuminated by a player bouncing around the diamond, which is why I have to be careful.

Rumors and Rants The 1998 San Diego Padres (Revisited)
What I found was that this team had very little business in the World Series, though the teams they beat (Randy Johnson and the Astros in the Divisional Round, Braves in the NLCS) weren’t any more deserving.

Padres fans face booze ban on postgame Coaster train
One of our Twitter friends wrote this while interviewing another one of our other Twitter friends.  They make a good point, keeping drunk people on the train keeps them off the road

Marty's Blog: Junior Reflects Upon Junior
Gwynn Jr. talks about Ken Griffey Jr.

Padres RunDown: PRD Interviews John Sickels
Sickels thinks that Tate will sign, but it will go down to the wire.

Who's your Padre?: It's not time for Mat Latos ... not yet
That means Latos has about 50 more innings left in him. Where those will be spread, with San Antonio or San Diego, will be decided soon enough.

Mariners discover safe harbor at Petco
After Wednesday night, the Seattle Mariners are one game short of the record for longest winning streak at Petco Park.

Starting rotation now merry-go-round
The only definite Padres starter for the Oakland series is Kevin Correia, who'll pitch Sunday.

PADRES: Latest interleague loss is one for the books : North County Times - Californian 06-18-2009
The Padres' interleague losing streak reached a major league record 13 games

PADRES NOTES: Young on way to DL, but Latos won't get call : North County Times - Californian 06-18-2009
Outfielder Scott Hairston took ground balls, shagged fly balls, ran, threw and faced live pitching during batting practice before Wednesday's game. Better for the Padres, Hairston felt good throughout the drills. "It went really well," said Hairston, who has been on the DL since June 3 with a biceps strain. "I really wasn't hesitant on anything. It was almost like normal BP. I think we'll know a lot more (soon)."

Pair of big flies not enough vs. Mariners | padres.com: News
Home runs by Kevin Kouzmanoff and Chase Headley weren't enough Wednesday as the Mariners defeated the Padres, 4-3, at PETCO Park.

Streaming video now part of At Bat app | MLB.com: News
Streaming video is now a part of the MLB.com At Bat 2009 app on the iPhone and iPod Touch -- at no additional cost to current subscribers.

Chrissy's Outfit of the Day - KSWB
"My Lord, whatever I done, don't strike me blind for another couple of minutes. "

Twitter / Robert Scanlan:
I was only worried about physical dismemberment twice in my career: Facing Dave Winfield, and Andre Dawson.

Twitter / Jenny Cavnar:
Kouzmanoff look alike contest at the Kilt tomorrow... who is blessed with a lack of hair to enter such a thing?