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How The West Was Won: Animating a Divisional Race
Updated to include team names. - ed In my last post I tried to dive into some more complex (read: confusing) methodology and, though the graphic turned out to be quite pretty to look at, there were some flaws in the data behind it. So, for my next project, I decided to stick with something more...
8/04/2007 - Barry Bonds ties Hank Aaron
(Bonds celebrates as he circles the bases. Kevork Djansezian, AP Photos) At San Diego's Petco Park, Barry Bonds hits a home run off Padres' pitcher Clay Hensley -- giving him 755 for his career, and tying him with Hank Aaron for the most all time. Bonds had been stuck on 754 for over a week. After...
Today in Sports History: April 15th
(Jackie Robinson. Photo courtesy of the Associated Press) 4/15/1947 - Jackie Robinson breaks the color barrierJackie Robinson fielded first base when he played in the Brooklyn Dodgers' first game of the 1947 season. In doing so, he was the first African American in over half a century to play in a...
Quick Hits: McClain, Williamson, Takahashi, Gaudin
Quick Hits:Minor league veteran Scott McClain agreed to a one year deal with the Hiroshima Carp. McClain, 37, is a career .262 hitter with 404 career minor league homeruns in over 2200 games. He never could figure it out in the major leagues, but has appeared in the major leagues three times with...
Jake Peavy close to trade to White Sox
Sorry, Red Sox fans: no Jake Peavy for you this year. It looks like the other Sox got him instead: The San Diego Padres have agreed to trade staff ace Jake Peavy to the Chicago White Sox and are waiting for Peavy to decide if he will waive his no-trade clause, sources tell ESPN. Peavy has a...
A's hit, walk their way to a laugher over the Padres
Highlighted by solo home runs off the bats of Ryan Sweeney, Landon Powell, Travis Buck and Josh Donaldson, doubling their spring total as a team, the Oakland A's scored 11 consecutive runs en route to a 15-6 rout against the San Diego Padres in Peoria, AZ. A day after getting 16 hits, the A's did...
Please share your Padres Memories
I was emailed a request. AT&T is creating an Ad for the next Padres magazine and they want your input. "We're writing an ad all about the Padres and what it means to be a Padres fan. We're trying to get as much insider-die-hard-true fan info as we can. Tell me everything you love...
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