In-Game Discussion: Padres @ Dodgers (27 Jun 2005)
Mon, Jun 27, 2005
by Geoff Young
first pitch: 7:10 p.m., PT
television: Channel 4
matchup: Tim Stauffer (1-3, 4.44 ERA) vs D.J. Houlton (3-1, 5.72 ERA)
previews: ESPN | CBS | Padres.com
The much anticipated Stauffer/Houlton rematch takes place tonight in the hills of Los Angeles. Thanks to a lack of timely hitting and a surprisingly poor performance by the bullpen, the Padres dropped round one of what is bound to become one of the great pitching matchups of our time. Or not.
These two pitchers haven’t even worked a total of 100 combined big-league innings, so individual matchups are pretty pointless. Let’s see; what else can we talk about. How about the Pads’ late-inning dominance: is it still there?
Here’s where we were through May 15:
G R R/G BA OBP SLG
Pads 38 80 2.1 .281 .379 .437
Opp 38 37 1.0 .198 .278 .310
And now, through June 26:
G R R/G BA OBP SLG
Pads 76 134 1.8 .270 .361 .415
Opp 76 92 1.2 .241 .303 .373
Yeah, you couldn’t really expect to mantain that. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted.
Other Stuff
- Top 5 Pet Peeves About Sports Today (featuring, among others, Channel 4 broadcaster Matt Vasgersian; thanks to Eric Mirlis for the heads-up)
- Stats vs. Scouts: Do We Need to Choose Just One? (Baseball Digest Daily). This one spawned an interesting discussion at BTF. And even the U-T has an article on the need to balance the objective and the subjective. Synergy. It’s not just a word I don’t really understand.
- Padres play it safe, place Nevin on the disabled list (NC Times). Quoth Ben Johnson: “It took me a long time to get here, but I’m not surprised by that. I really didn’t know the game, and I wasn’t very good or consistent. I had to mature and trust my ability.” Also, Eric Young has started a rehab assignment at Portland.
- Nady views himself as everyday ballplayer (U-T). We’re with you on that one, X. Quoth Robert Fick, no slouch himself: “There are not many players in the major leagues whose position is first base/third base/center field and not be out of position in any of the three.”
- Reese having one heck of a weekend (MLB.com). Yankees have recalled USD alum Kevin Reese. He started in left field Sunday night against the Mets and went 0-for-1 with a walk. Reese joins Milwaukee’s Brady Clark as the only current big leaguers from USD. We’re mostly about the Padres around here, but gotta give some love to the alma mater. Toreros represent!
- Boone or Moyer could be Padre-bound (U.S.S. Mariner). It’s that time of year: we’ve got rumors. Make of them what you will.
- M’s blog Lookout Landing’s take on the finale between the bitter I-5 rivals. I can so get behind Jeff’s sentiments on Lee Ann Rimes. Or that other guy, Lee Greenwood. Really old patriotic songs aren’t subject to interpretation, dig? While I’m at it, I don’t ever need to hear another R&B version of “The Star Spangled Banner.” I’ll be honest: from a purely musical standpoint, our national anthem ain’t that great; but let’s not make it worse, m’kay? Just deliver the song and get on with life. Anyway, Jeff also likes Damian Jackson.
And there you have it. Go Pads!
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June 27, 2005 at 9:11 am
Marvin Gaye’s rendition at the ‘84 NBA All Star game was positively stunning.
Other than that, I find the song uninspiring.
June 27, 2005 at 10:21 am
I agree, Lance. Hendrix’s version of the anthem at Woodstock was good. But Whitney Hoston’s version was overrated. Stop the insanity!
June 27, 2005 at 10:28 am
I thought I would post what ESPN’s Rumor Central says about Boone to the Padres since some people may not have the Insider feature. (If Jackson would be going, as some rumors suggest, that would be too bad in a way, just because he has been so great lately, but that’s business, I guess).
Both the Seattle Times and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer are reporting that the Mariners could be close to dealing Boone to the Padres. They have been in need of a second baseman without Mark Loretta, who isn’t expected back until mid-August. Boone, who is in the final year of his contract, grew up in the San Diego area and played for the Padres in 2000 before coming to Seattle.
The Times reported that Seattle GM Bill Bavasi and San Diego GM Kevin Towers spoke for a considerable amount of time over the weekend, most likely regarding Boone. One Seattle source told the P-I a deal could happen before Tuesday’s series opener in Oakland, although another Seattle official said the two sides weren’t close to a deal.
June 27, 2005 at 7:12 pm
Damian working the count…
What the hells’ gotten into this guy?!?!
June 27, 2005 at 7:14 pm
Double for Jackson! The little guy’s out of his mind!
Leitner and Coleman are saying he was robbed of a homer.
Damian, this one’s for you, in the name of justice:
DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!
June 27, 2005 at 7:15 pm
It’s been called a homer!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!
June 27, 2005 at 7:15 pm
DJ just hit another leadoff homerun. blown call by the ump.
June 27, 2005 at 7:16 pm
oh. I’m late.
June 27, 2005 at 7:16 pm
Leadoff homers in back-to-back games….
Who needs to trade for Brett Boone?!?!
June 27, 2005 at 7:16 pm
Very nice… How about that clown trying to put on his jacket so he wouldn’t be recognized…
June 27, 2005 at 7:16 pm
We got a new power hitter! Hey DJ!!!!
June 27, 2005 at 7:18 pm
I was just about to get indignant, but the umpires got the call right. Nice job.
June 27, 2005 at 7:19 pm
The ushers kinda helped us out there. What, are the umps supposed to NOT notice that the dude is getting kicked out? Guarentee you they noticed, I’ve overheard those conversations…
June 27, 2005 at 7:19 pm
DJ must have sold his soul to the devil.
June 27, 2005 at 7:21 pm
Yet another fan who had too much to drink. Damn, I hate people like that!!!!
June 27, 2005 at 7:22 pm
Interesting point, Rich, about the ushers.
Also, to give credit where due, here are the umpires for tonight’s game: Home - Mike Everitt; First Base - Tim Mcclelland; Second Base - Adam Dowdy; Third Base - Chuck Meriwether
June 27, 2005 at 7:22 pm
Damian Jackson:
GREATEST HITTER WHO EVER LIVED.
June 27, 2005 at 7:23 pm
Damian Jackson:
DEFENSIVE WIZARD.
June 27, 2005 at 7:24 pm
Dj always had some pop even when he was a prospect. Hits a lot of balls in the air.
June 27, 2005 at 7:25 pm
Can Stauffer get out of the first intact, for a change?
June 27, 2005 at 7:26 pm
Anyone know Greene’s range factor? I dont think its very good, but maybe I’m fooled.
June 27, 2005 at 7:27 pm
Richard? If you’re there, pony up with the range factor, would ya?
June 27, 2005 at 7:27 pm
No first inning troubles for Stauffer today.
June 27, 2005 at 7:28 pm
And Stauffer escapes intact…
June 27, 2005 at 7:28 pm
some nice pitches to that big freak Worth..
June 27, 2005 at 7:29 pm
Does a two-baserunner inning constitute “trouble?”
Maybe. But he usually settles down.
June 27, 2005 at 7:30 pm
Khalil’s RF is 3.92 this year. That’s down from 4.21 in 2004.
June 27, 2005 at 7:31 pm
Greene’s range isn’t really all that great. What he is; very smart. He plays the hitter and the pitch, then goes all out. Makes his range look better. But he ain’t bad, just average range. Obviously he is an above average fielder overall.
June 27, 2005 at 7:31 pm
Richard? Wherefore art thou Richard?
Must be with his girlfriend. Dude wouldn’t shut up about her Friday night. She must be smokin’ hot.
June 27, 2005 at 7:32 pm
Playing the hitter and the pitch are prime components of what we call “range,” Rich.
June 27, 2005 at 7:33 pm
…but I agree with your assessment.
June 27, 2005 at 7:33 pm
Thanks, I dont like the way we are swining the bats tonight
June 27, 2005 at 7:34 pm
oh my!!!!
June 27, 2005 at 7:34 pm
Wow Nady is on fire
June 27, 2005 at 7:34 pm
wow power
June 27, 2005 at 7:34 pm
Another X home run. This is becoming very cliche.
June 27, 2005 at 7:35 pm
another home run for X..boring..same old thing.
June 27, 2005 at 7:35 pm
Man there is no question when he hits it. Good luck Bruce, cant not start this guy
June 27, 2005 at 7:36 pm
Very nice… 3-0
June 27, 2005 at 7:36 pm
This is the fourth straight game we’ve had a 3-0 lead.
June 27, 2005 at 7:36 pm
Only four more games to go to tie Dale Long, Griffey Jr., and Mattingly with homers in eight straight. Think Nady can do it?
Tim Stauffer: GREATEST HITTER WHO EVER LIVED!
June 27, 2005 at 7:36 pm
I don’t like the way we’re swinging the bats either,
June 27, 2005 at 7:37 pm
…and now Stauffer is into the act! Gotta like that.
Lance, you caught my drift.I should have said “speed” or something, but you read it right…
June 27, 2005 at 7:39 pm
I knew wht you meant, Rich. Well assessed, except “range” is kinda complicated.
We can all agree that the man at the plate, DJ, has exceptional range, and at multiple positions.
June 27, 2005 at 7:39 pm
DJ cannot be stopped. He’s a machine, I tell you.
June 27, 2005 at 7:40 pm
DJ is starting to look like Tony Gwynn
June 27, 2005 at 7:40 pm
The guys are right about that pitch to X. That’s like the blonde walking up to you at the bar and asking if you have bacon and eggs in your fridge….and look at DJ! I think someone does not want to go to Seattle!
June 27, 2005 at 7:41 pm
Let’s get into that bullpen early, make life real difficult for the rest of the series.
DJ is 6-for-6 with 3 HRs in his last 2 games.
June 27, 2005 at 7:42 pm
Coleman is saying about Nady playing third base, “eventually, I think he could do the job there.”
June 27, 2005 at 7:43 pm
Tony Gwynn could be stopped. DJ can not.
June 27, 2005 at 7:44 pm
Crap. Giles coulda made a mess of this.
I’ll take 4-0, though…
June 27, 2005 at 7:44 pm
Lance is the master of hyperbole
June 27, 2005 at 7:45 pm
he cannot be stopped.
June 27, 2005 at 7:47 pm
Did Scully call him “Hee-Chop” on purpose?
June 27, 2005 at 7:47 pm
Nicely done, Eric. Were you a ballplayer, you would be THE GREATEST HITTER WHO EVER LIVED.
June 27, 2005 at 7:47 pm
Does Klesko have a range?
June 27, 2005 at 7:50 pm
Klesko gets quickly to where the ball isn’t. How’s that for “range?”
June 27, 2005 at 7:51 pm
Something called Hee-Sop Choi has scored. That cannot be good.
June 27, 2005 at 7:51 pm
… back off. I know who Choi is.
June 27, 2005 at 7:53 pm
Eric, I am such a master of hyperbole, some might call me hyperbolic.
June 27, 2005 at 7:54 pm
Greene has “range,” apparently.
4-1.
June 27, 2005 at 7:54 pm
Ooh, Khalil’s range looked just fine on that play.
June 27, 2005 at 7:55 pm
Perfect discrption Lance. Only thing better is that look Ryno always has on his face after he goofs up.
June 27, 2005 at 7:56 pm
He does get rid of the ball very quickly
June 27, 2005 at 7:59 pm
Klesko does alright out there. I gotta like him, as we’re frequent dinner partners. That is, he’s regularly seated near my wife and I at Fleming’s after home games.
June 27, 2005 at 7:59 pm
They’ve changed DJ’s second hit to E5. On the replay it looks like that’s the right call. DJ hit the ball hard but it was right at Perez. Should’ve been caught.
June 27, 2005 at 7:59 pm
Burroughs with a mammoth blow!!!
June 27, 2005 at 8:00 pm
I was thinking, the Yankee’s need a center fielder.
Do you think we could ship them Roberts for something of signifigance? I know the cupboard is a little bare.
June 27, 2005 at 8:00 pm
DJ (THE GREATEST HITTER WHO EVER LIVED) was robbed, of course…
June 27, 2005 at 8:01 pm
in Korean, the pronunciation is more like “hee sup cheh.” The english transliteration screws up the vowels. Just FYI.
June 27, 2005 at 8:01 pm
YES!! Trade Roberts!! Yes!Yes!Yes!Yes!Yes!Yes!Yes!Yes!Yes!Yes!
June 27, 2005 at 8:02 pm
Eric, I’ll remember that next time I’m in Korea.
June 27, 2005 at 8:03 pm
haha
June 27, 2005 at 8:03 pm
Goddamned English transliteration!
June 27, 2005 at 8:05 pm
Damn, I love baseball. LOVE it.
I’m just sayin’.
June 27, 2005 at 8:08 pm
Jeff Kent is a porn-star mustache-wearing piece of ass-phleghm.
I’m just sayin’.
June 27, 2005 at 8:12 pm
Robert Fick: Best defensive catcher ever?
June 27, 2005 at 8:15 pm
Easily. He makes Bench, Boone, Pudge, and Sundberg look like poo.
June 27, 2005 at 8:17 pm
For those of you NOT in the know, it would appear that our boy Eric is in a DEATH METAL BAND!!! Go ahead, click on his name. Rawk on Eric!!!
June 27, 2005 at 8:18 pm
whoa! truth comes out! *blush*
June 27, 2005 at 8:18 pm
Undoubtedly.
June 27, 2005 at 8:20 pm
Eric, isn’t baseball a bit wholesome for you???
June 27, 2005 at 8:22 pm
Hey, congrats on signing to a label.
June 27, 2005 at 8:23 pm
Wholesome? I play drums for church too.
June 27, 2005 at 8:23 pm
Be careful, labels can be evil. Or would the evil be a good thing for a death-metal band?
June 27, 2005 at 8:24 pm
The church of Satan!?!?
June 27, 2005 at 8:24 pm
dja guys see Bochy throw up the metal horns for me?
June 27, 2005 at 8:25 pm
hahaha…here it comes
June 27, 2005 at 8:26 pm
I KNEW it!! Bochy’s alligned with the Devil!!!
Double play thwarts the forces of darkness!!!
June 27, 2005 at 8:27 pm
I’m just a cultural anomaly. I work M-F in a cubicle with a bunch of old white folks, play gigs on Saturdays in front of a bunch of hispanic teenagers, and then go to church on Sundays with a bunch of korean-american yuppies. So now you know me.
June 27, 2005 at 8:28 pm
And then chat about Padres in the evenings with a bunch of…screen names
June 27, 2005 at 8:29 pm
That’s me… a screen name.
June 27, 2005 at 8:31 pm
really, so am I.
June 27, 2005 at 8:33 pm
Don’t pigeon-hole me. Wait, that doesnt sound right.
June 27, 2005 at 8:37 pm
Sounded perfect to me.
You all talk baseball, and have fun. I’m leaving the office.
Catch you guys next time. Go Padres!!!
friggin’ Drew…
June 27, 2005 at 8:51 pm
Spotted a four run lead going into the bottom of the second, Stauffer can’t hold on to it.
June 27, 2005 at 11:09 pm
Frustrating game. That AJ dude got it going; getting all his pitches over for strikes after the first couple of innings. I think Fick was calling too many fastballs when the Dodgers were pounding them. Need to mix it up.
OK, what about the 8th? Get Klesko on, a freakish leftie. Why bat Fick? Put Miggie in there and at least force a change or get a better match up. If they send in a rightie, then you have Burroughs. If he gets on, then you have Nady, who actually has better numbers against RHP. But, no. May not have influenced the outcome, but why hit Fick? He almost dropped in a nice double, but it was not the match up you needed.
And, as much as I love Nady, what is he doing swinging at that crap on a 3-1 pitch when you are leading off the 9th down by 1?
Aargh. I fear this team may be missing a great opportunity to put away the Blue.
And I cannot stand Jeff Kent at all. Hated him in SF, abided him Houston, but hate him again in LA.
June 27, 2005 at 11:11 pm
And the ump was pissing me off. He could not decide if the left side just off the plate was a strike. It seemed if you were Stauffer it was not, but if you were a Dodger, it was. And then he let walks go to Drew and Werth on 3-2 counts(neither scored) that were more strikes than many of the pitches he gave the Blue. Acutally, Drew’s 3-2 pitch was a ball, but the 2-2 pitch was almost right down the middle.
June 28, 2005 at 6:55 am
I hope this game doesn’t mirror the season…build a moderate lead early, snooze the rest of the way and lose in the end. There’ve been a couple games like this lately.
June 28, 2005 at 11:19 am
Hullo, Geoff? Hey, there’s a game tonight (Tuesday)! Well, I don’t be on-line … I’m goin’ to see Ricky (Henderson) and Scotty (Goodman) … ie. the Surf Dawgs!
BP’s STAT OF THE DAY: Top 5 NL Team Defenses, by Defensive Efficiency
Team, DEF_EFF
Milwaukee Brewers, .711
Pittsburgh Pirates, .708
Washington Nationals, .704
Chicago Cubs, .702
Philadelphia Phillies, .701
… hmmm, that’d be a good list to be on … DJ ROCKS!
And has anyone else noticed that X has HR’d in every game since I arrived in SD? Go X!!!
June 28, 2005 at 12:42 pm
I’ve figured out how to “blog” … don’t worry, I won’t make a habit of it … but I’ve started posting some pic’s I took at the Pizza Feed … check it out … http://whassup98.blogspot.com/
June 28, 2005 at 1:14 pm
Sweet, thanks for the pix! I trust you will take some at the Surf Dawgs game.
I was a little short on time this morning but I’ll have tonight’s IGD ready by first pitch.
June 28, 2005 at 1:23 pm
Just finished putting up all the pics … sure, I’ll take a few at the Surf Dawgs game tonight! And The Diamond on Thursday! And Petco on Sunday! And from Harbor Island on Monday! … you get the idea