In-Game Discussion: Padres @ Tigers (16 Jun 2005)
Thu, Jun 16, 2005
by Geoff Young
first pitch: 10:05 a.m., PT
television: none
matchup: Woody Williams (2-4, 4.56 ERA) vs Jeremy Bonderman (7-4, 4.05 ERA)
The city of Toronto continues to impress. Excellent dim sum in the afternoon, exquisite sushi in the evening. Another ballgame, this time with the roof open for the first couple of innings. Rogers Centre is a much nicer venue with the roof open; unfortunately the enjoyment was fleeting, as the weather had other ideas. Good game, though, as the home team took the final stanza of their series against St. Louis, 5-2.
We’re off to Niagara Falls today, so again you’re on your own. Thursday’s game is real early and not on TV. I stink at faking enthusiasm so I won’t bother. Here’s hoping for better days soon.
Curious Stat of the Day
Padres hitters 9/1/04 - 6/14/04 (minimum 150 PA, descending order by XB%):
G AB BA OBP SLG ISO XB% BB% BB/SO
Greene 57 198 .268 .318 .470 .202 .472 .064 .350
Giles 92 337 .279 .386 .496 .217 .468 .151 1.649
Klesko 83 280 .300 .412 .511 .211 .369 .158 .981
Nady 61 159 .264 .343 .453 .189 .357 .084 .536
Roberts 43 160 .281 .359 .431 .150 .356 .114 .875
Hernandez 88 324 .287 .327 .460 .173 .355 .054 .500
Nevin 91 346 .249 .304 .434 .185 .349 .081 .369
Blum 43 149 .268 .325 .396 .128 .275 .074 .857
Loretta 66 263 .300 .381 .369 .069 .165 .099 1.579
Burroughs 64 226 .279 .347 .336 .057 .127 .072 .545
XB% is XBH/H, BB% is BB/PA.
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June 15, 2005 at 9:52 pm
Geoff, I am a SERIOUS foodie, and an exceptional cook. But I must say that I am physically afraid of dim sum.
June 16, 2005 at 1:13 am
What is going on man…i hope we don’t get sweep by the tigers… SAVE US WOODY!
June 16, 2005 at 1:14 am
http://s10.invisionfree.com/Pa.....hp?act=idx padres message board
June 16, 2005 at 1:15 am
ugh
June 16, 2005 at 8:44 am
Afraid of Dim Sum? The best part is not having any idea what you are eating.
Oh. I think I see your point.
June 16, 2005 at 9:06 am
Safe to assume that Cooperstown (a couple hours’ drive from Niagara Falls) is your next destination? If not, shame on you.
June 16, 2005 at 9:38 am
once again, Padres need a woody to save them. and us. heheheh.
June 16, 2005 at 12:09 pm
The Padres have been swept by the Tigers. Still in first place. Go figure.
June 16, 2005 at 12:46 pm
Struggling to reconcile having spent 2+ hours listening to the broadcast.
June 16, 2005 at 1:22 pm
Totally forget about the early game-time.
I’m glad I missed it.
June 16, 2005 at 1:23 pm
Totally forgOt…
Geesh..
June 16, 2005 at 2:28 pm
cannot figure out how to columnize here but the reasons for the June swoon are a lot simpler to explain than long charts. Just look at the basic stats for June and tell me how many of the Padres are even close to their career averages? Klesko or maybe Sweeney? Certainly no one else.
Batting Statistics
JUNE
Khalil Greene .224 .224 .286 .510
R. Hernandez .229 .229 .333 .563
Phil Nevin .233 .298 .326 .623
Geoff Blum .214 .250 .238 .488
Brian Giles .175 .283 .350 .633
Ryan Klesko .306 .405 .417 .821
S. Burroughs .278 .333 .389 .722
D. Jackson .192 .185 .192 .377
Dave Roberts .250 .308 .250 .558
Xavier Nady .208 .269 .375 .644
Mark Sweeney .250 .368 .500 .868
its pretty self explanatory.
June 16, 2005 at 2:52 pm
Damian Jackson looks about right, too.
June 16, 2005 at 9:37 pm
Bleh … I’m starting to call ‘em the “One & Done Gang” … they score 1 run, then they are done
June 16, 2005 at 9:45 pm
I got my game tickets for the BP Pizza Feed next Friday (6/24) … who’s gonna be there?
I haven’t gotten a reply asking for details about where/when the time with Towers will be … anybody know?
Game time is 7pm … figure event with Towers to be ~6ish? Might there be a place for a Ducksnorts-pre-BP-Pizza-Feed gathering?
I’m flying in @ 2pm … and I might just walk to Petco from the airport … figure I could get there by 4ish …
Lookin’ forward to it … surely things will turn around by then …
BTW, whatever happened to the shillelagh?
June 16, 2005 at 11:58 pm
I have been traveling for work, so a bit less connected to the games, but I love that we can play like a AAA team and still be a over game in first. This team’s offense is not stellar, but it is a lot better than the first half of June, so I am hoping we can pull it out.
Just a completely random idea, but I would argue that the Padre performance has thus far tracked Jay Payton’s performance last year as a Padre:
OPS by Month for Payton in 2004
April: .674 (not very good, kind of slow start)
May: .969 (Towers looking like a genius)
June: .430 (absurdly abmissmal)
So, what does the rest of the year hold in store for us?
July: .523 (horrid)
August: .583 (plain awful)
Sep/Oct: .930 (great; where’ve you been all season?)
And, in keeping with my new awareness of Bochy’s fondness of running out poor performing players despite their bad hitting, just guess which month Payton had the most PA’s? Good guess: June.
June 17, 2005 at 5:13 am
Lance, we had dim sum here:
http://www.metropolitan.com/lwh/
Pretty insane praise from good sources so we went for it. All dim sum is ordered from a menu; there are no carts, so you know exactly what you are getting ahead of time.
Brian, no I didn’t make it to Cooperstown. We were on a bus tour that only went as far as Niagara. Besides, I’m waiting until a certain former Padre is in the HOF before visiting again.
June 17, 2005 at 7:16 am
Lynchmob,
Last year for the “pizza feed” we went in as soon as the gates opened and the event was on a patio, I think up on the third deck. I believe this year weekend games open up 2.5 hours early, so we’ll probably go in about 4:35. I haven’t heard yet where in the park it will be, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it was in the same venue. Are your tickets on the third deck?
June 17, 2005 at 10:43 am
My tickets are Section 302, Row 15.
The tickets give seat#s (4,5,6,7) … and also a “Seat Location” (10) … what’s a “Seat Location”? What is Seat Location #10?
ps. My print-from-home ticket has an ad for a “tour of PETCO Park” … anyone done that? How much does it cost? Is it worth it? Thanks for comments …
June 17, 2005 at 10:44 am
OK, I found info on the web about the PETCO tour … http://sandiego.padres.mlb.com....._tours.jsp … still interested in any feedback from any of you that have done the tour …
June 17, 2005 at 12:28 pm
I took the tour last year and thoroughly enjoyed it. From what I gather it can vary somewhat. For example, we saw the clubhouse, but someone else told me they did not get to see it on their tour. I’d say it’s well worth it to see the park behind the scenes. Highlights or our tour: clubhouse, on the field and in the Pads dugout, and the press box.