Around the Mission: 1/24 Padres Links

by jbox on Jan 24, 2010 11:13 AM PST

Dex and I aren't really sure how crazy we are about "Around the Mission", even though you voted your love for it. I was thinking about moving it over to a daily FanPost, even though that is supposed to be your area, but you guys don't use it that much and it gets kind of stagnant over there. Dex thought maybe we should just post the 3-5 best links of the day rather then everything we find.

"Hoyer visiting Padres D.R. campus" by Padres Scorecard
Moorad last year talked about finding another major league team to become a joint tenant. There has also been talk that the Padres would sell the facility if it could find another major league team to purchase it.
Padres ink Stairs to Minors deal | padres.com: News
The Padres made a move Saturday that they hope will strengthen their bench, signing veteran outfielder Matt Stairs to a Minor League contract.
Prospects abound in Padres pipeline - SignOnSanDiego.com
1. Simon Castro (RHP, 19)
"Consensus" Minor League Rankings :: Friar Forecast
Friar Forecast gives responds to Bill Center's list of top prospects

Padres sign vet Stairs - SignOnSanDiego.com
Stairs, who turns 42 next month, gives Bud Black the left-handed bat off the bench the manager has sought. Stairs also gives a young club a needed veteran presence.

PADRES: Veteran Stairs signed to provide bench help
The Padres have a full 40-man roster, but they will invite Stairs ---- who reportedly has lost 31 pounds this offseason ---- to spring training.

PADRES: Fuson looking for job with A's?
"If I'm going to back, I want it to be with a club that has some bite, some substance for next year," said Fuson

Salazar: Not impressed with the Padres brother act
Padres fans have seen this brotherly love before, and it has failed to lift the team to new heights.

Perpetual Padres Saga: Padres Ramblings
I will definitely take the advices and continue blogging. I'm here because I need to do what I love; having fun writing about my Padres. Even though I did not make it on top 100 for 2009

Friars on Cardboard: WTF HOF
Jeez, I think this has been the laziest phoned in sack of crap I've ever posted here.

The Official Blog of Matt Antonelli: YOUNG BROADCASTERS
Antonelli was interviewed by a group of kids interested in broadcasting.

Friar John's Blog: Padres help in Haiti
"Our thoughts and prayers here at the San Diego Padres go out to the people of Haiti and all who were affected by the recent earthquake," Padres Vice Chairman and CEO Jeff Moorad said in a Padres press release.

Padres Impress With Modest Moves
The 619 Sports guys talk about the small moves Jed Hoyer has made so far as Padres’ GM, and the potential positive impact of putting the Happy Hairstons in the lineup and moving Chase Headley to third base

Poll

How you feeling about "Around the Mission"?

Leave it as it is

99 votes

Make it a daily FanPost

7 votes

Give me the top 3-5 best links of the day

24 votes

Get rid of it all together! I didn't come here for links!

8 votes

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Comments

Around the Mission may not get a lot of comments...

but that doesn’t mean people aren’t reading it. It’s a convenient way to keep tabs on all Pads-related news and it’s one of the main reasons I come to GLB. That and to see Axion insult people using funny pictures.

by theodore donald kerabatsos on Jan 24, 2010 12:45 PM PST reply actions

i enjoy all the links

i have a lot of free time

Big kid tested, mother fffffuuuu approved

by CurbEnthusiasm on Jan 24, 2010 12:58 PM PST reply actions

Jeez, you people.

For real? Man alive.

by Dex on Jan 24, 2010 1:26 PM PST reply actions

What do you mean, "you people?"

Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you? ◔ヮ◔
Uncommon Sportsman :: Absurdity in play

by Axion on Jan 25, 2010 9:30 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs

Aside from the funny

Sarcastic comments, the links are the only reason I come on here. It’s very convenient. It’s not like there’s any detailed analysis going on around here……

by friarfanatic on Jan 24, 2010 2:35 PM PST via mobile reply actions

man alive

we shouldn’t even have asked. you’ve hurt me to my soul, friarfanatic. my soul.

by Dex on Jan 24, 2010 5:42 PM PST up reply actions

Awww, I'm sorry Dex.

just a little bit of tough love I guess. You guys have no idea of how much of a promoter of this sight I am. I don’t comment much, kinda like to lurk in the shadows. Watching…. Waiting….. And then I apparently strike and rip peoples souls out. Man I’m a d*ck…….

by friarfanatic on Jan 24, 2010 7:43 PM PST via mobile up reply actions

Keep it as it is

I always love when my blog gets posted on “Around the Mission”. Plus, I’m able to check out other great Padres blogs around the web, which is a plus.

by ohy03xd on Jan 24, 2010 2:42 PM PST via mobile reply actions

I rarely comment

on the Mission
but it keeps me coming back daily
which is what you want

Outside of a dog, a man's best friend is a baseball; inside of a dog, it is very dark.
--Groucho Marx.

by planetjeffy on Jan 24, 2010 3:29 PM PST reply actions

is it though, planetjeffy? Is it?

haha

by jbox on Jan 24, 2010 6:21 PM PST up reply actions

3-5 best links only please

No need to link to a bunch of crappy blogs.

by parvulesco on Jan 24, 2010 3:32 PM PST reply actions

No need to link to a bunch of crappy blogs.

Hmmm…since when did they start linking to WebSoulSurfer?

RJ's Fro - "Fro" Knows Baseball

.400 in '94 - Showcasing Padres Merch Through the Years

by SDPads_1 on Jan 24, 2010 6:01 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs

Whatever happened to ol' WebSoulSurfer?

Things just ain’t the same around here without him.

by parvulesco on Jan 25, 2010 7:20 AM PST up reply actions

Well they did today.

I want to change my vote now.

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by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Jan 25, 2010 10:46 AM PST up reply actions

Me too!

RJ's Fro - "Fro" Knows Baseball

.400 in '94 - Showcasing Padres Merch Through the Years

by SDPads_1 on Jan 25, 2010 5:45 PM PST up reply actions

I appreciate "Around the Mission"

I check it daily ! Thanks for your work !

by texpadre on Jan 24, 2010 4:31 PM PST reply actions

keep as is!!

I love ALL the links! very convienient

by unfinishedbusiness on Jan 24, 2010 4:36 PM PST reply actions 1 recs

while you guys are arguing about what the mission should be...

i’m reading this shit…

and Bill Center just put Donavan Tate at #7 on the Pads prospect list…

I get that it’s based on

results, potential and proximity to the major leagues

but c’mon… doesn’t the fact that

his ceiling is very high

make a difference… I’m with Sickels (who ranks Tate #1 in the Padres system) in

trust[ing] the tools and San Diego’s approach to hitting instruction with [Tate]

? Maybe i just put too much stock in Sickels.

mission accomplished.

by zotzotpadre on Jan 24, 2010 6:34 PM PST reply actions

Did you read Friar Forecast's response

below the link to Center’s.

by jbox on Jan 24, 2010 7:01 PM PST up reply actions

very interesting...

the top 3 is a pretty good “consensus” … Castro, Tate and Decker.

if Center had those three in the top, it would have been much more believable.

mission accomplished.

by zotzotpadre on Jan 24, 2010 7:46 PM PST up reply actions

Here's your answer

Center is a clown.

by parvulesco on Jan 25, 2010 7:21 AM PST up reply actions

daily links

there are a couple of sites that offer daily padre links. Friar Johns, and a few low budget padre blogs. You guys are the only ones that put any thought into the links. I read it daily via reader, and i hope you guys don’t change a thing.

552

by wrveres on Jan 25, 2010 12:44 AM PST reply actions 1 recs