Hot links for Friday, Oct. 23

The Padres coaching staff will be brought back intact in 2010, unless Randy Ready lands the Astros managerial job. ...

USA Today groups the Padres with Arizona and Cleveland among teams trying to get back to where they were in 2007. ...

Padres broadcaster Mark Grant shares his thoughts on expansion of instant replay in baseball. ...

LHP Steve Garrison's comeback from injury moved forward Thursday as he threw 3 1/3 solid innings for the Peoria Saguaros in the Arizona Fall League. Still, Peoria fell 3-2 to Surprise. ...

Single-A Lake Elsinore's ballpark, The Diamond, is being transformed into a haunted stadium for Halloween. ...

MiLB.com has a nice piece about 1B Derrek Lee's early pro days, most of which came in the Padres organization. Tim Flannery was an early influence.

FJ