Hot links for Tuesday, Nov. 3

On padres.com, beat writer Corey Brock grades the 2009 Padres offense. ...

SDNN.com gives us a travelogue of a Padres fan visiting a Philly-New Yawk World Series. Not for the faint-of-heart. ...

The World Series has given several writers the excuse to catch up with Padres broadcaster Jerry Coleman. Always a good thing. ...

Padres RHP Heath Bell never shies away from a topic, so he was happy to share his thoughts about how teammate Adrian Gonzalez would fare in Boston. ...

RHP Evan Scribner lowered his Arizona Fall League ERA to 2.84 with an inning of scoreless relief Monday, but the Peoria Saguaros fell 7-2 to Mesa. ...

Red Sox farm director Mike Hazen tells Peter Gammons his reasons for staying in Boston instead of joining Padres GM Jed Hoyer in San Diego. ...

Padres radio broadcaster Andy Masur is emcee of a USD basketball event Thursday. Check details at the bottom of his blog entry today. ...

ESPN's Jayson Stark dug up a good one: The double steal pulled off by Johnny Damon in Game 4 of the World Series when third base was left uncovered in an infield shift was not unprecedented. In fact, Willie Mays did it against the Padres in a 1971 game when our local heroes shifted against Willie McCovey. (We present this info via a second-hand report because Stark's original copy is behind a pay wall.) ...

Former Padres OF Shane Victorino got a bit of air time in Game 5 when he appeared upset about coming out of the game, but he chalked it up to simple miscommunication. 

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