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IGD: Padres vs Mets (21 Apr 06)

Fri, Apr 21, 2006Ballhype: hype it up!
by Geoff Young

first pitch: 7:05 p.m., PT
television: Channel 4SD
matchup: Woody Williams (1-0, 4.50 ERA) vs Brian Bannister (2-0, 2.50 ERA)
previews: Padres.com | SI.com | ESPN

Brian Bannister is former big-league pitcher Floyd Bannister’s kid. You know about Josh Barfield, whose dad had a pretty nice career himself. And now for some truly useless information:

Name DOB career vs Bannister
AB BA OBP SLG
Floyd Bannister 10 Jun 55 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Jesse Barfield 29 Oct 59 59 .237 .297 .610
Julio Franco 23 Aug 58 31 .419 .514 .742
Stats courtesy of Retrosheet.

For what it’s worth (probably not much), three men hit more homers off Bannister than did Barfield: Tom Brunansky, Gary Gaetti, and Dave Winfield. And it kills me that a guy older than Josh Barfield’s father beat the Padres Thursday night.

Maybe tonight will be better.

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    22 Responses to “IGD: Padres vs Mets (21 Apr 06)”

    1. dprat Says:
      April 21, 2006 at 5:39 pm Reply to this comment

      TF: “dprat, rub what performance?”… uh, I suppose I’m talking about a 364/379/673 line! Sure, it’s early; sure, it may be gone before the June bugs appear. But for now while Geoff treads lightly, I’ll just say that the scratching you feel is one thousand and fifty-two points of OPS rubbin’ you the wrong way.

    2. LynchMob Says:
      April 21, 2006 at 5:50 pm Reply to this comment

      Julio Franco is older than ME!!! I *LOVE* that someone older than me hit a HR in the big leagues :-) :-) :-) I’m still young for one more summer :-) :-) :-)

    3. LynchMob Says:
      April 21, 2006 at 5:53 pm Reply to this comment

      Aw, GY, you got Scott Olsen on your bench (in DS#2) tonight? No guts, no glory!!! Hey, I’m hoping they’ve still go that humidor cranked up in Coors … I’ve left Schmitty active … yikes!

    4. LynchMob Says:
      April 21, 2006 at 5:55 pm Reply to this comment

      And while I (and others) are crackin’ on ya, GY, you *SHOULD* have taken Prince Albert #1 … http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=260421124 :-)

    5. The Fathers Says:
      April 21, 2006 at 6:10 pm Reply to this comment

      I don’t feel any scratching yet, just like I didn’t feel any when he had a hot April 2005 or a hot May 2003. If Nady can make the necessary adjustments and take advantage of the opportunities that he is now given in NY, which he did NOT do in SD, then more power to him. Color me a skeptic until I see sustained performance from him, and get back to me in August, when GY and I will revisit this again.

      Don’t be surprised, though, if he has an overall poor series at Petco. ;)

    6. Ryguy Says:
      April 21, 2006 at 6:40 pm Reply to this comment

      Carlos Beltran might go on the DL with a hammy strain from last ngiht’s game..

      I guess PETCO Park isn’t his kinda park.

    7. LynchMob Says:
      April 21, 2006 at 6:43 pm Reply to this comment

      Nevin’s having another good night … http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=260421113 … oh, stop it!

    8. Ryguy Says:
      April 21, 2006 at 6:51 pm Reply to this comment

      Mike Cameron will be back tomorrow, Geoff you can go head off to Lake Elsinore

    9. LynchMob Says:
      April 21, 2006 at 6:54 pm Reply to this comment

      GasLamp had this link … http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/33/336838.html … interesting!

    10. PM Says:
      April 21, 2006 at 8:04 pm Reply to this comment

      Hope Beltran doesn’t go the way of Jr. They ought to nip that hammy in the bud right now. Great player, hate to see a naggin injury keep him from reaching his considerable potential. How old was that old guy last for hit the dinger?

    11. Ryguy Says:
      April 21, 2006 at 8:36 pm Reply to this comment

      A RUN A RUN!!!!!

    12. Steve Says:
      April 21, 2006 at 8:54 pm Reply to this comment

      what do you know Boch left roberts in against a lefty and he got a hit!

    13. Ryguy Says:
      April 21, 2006 at 8:58 pm Reply to this comment

      Oliver made a good 2 pitches there to get Giles. I give him some credit on that one.

    14. Ryguy Says:
      April 21, 2006 at 10:30 pm Reply to this comment

      will this game ever end?

    15. Geoff Young Says:
      April 21, 2006 at 11:03 pm Reply to this comment

      Yep. Blum gets on, Giles drives him home. Sweet!

    16. The Fathers Says:
      April 21, 2006 at 11:43 pm Reply to this comment

      The Precious turns the hat trick with his third straight 2 K night. ;)

    17. Rich Campbell Says:
      April 21, 2006 at 11:47 pm Reply to this comment

      Barfield had a decent night, eh? Reached base 4 of 6, scored a crucial run, stole two bases and had a gorgeous game saving play….Woody had a wonderful night too…

    18. Geoff Young Says:
      April 22, 2006 at 12:06 am Reply to this comment

      Yes, Rich, great start from Woody. I sure hope this is a sign of things to come for him.

    19. Nick G. Says:
      April 22, 2006 at 5:50 am Reply to this comment

      And don’t forget that Woody’s start was against one of the better lineups in baseball, even without Beltran. This was a great win.

    20. Nick G. Says:
      April 22, 2006 at 5:54 am Reply to this comment

      Great way to come back after Thursday night’s debacle.

      Think about this too:
      5 IP, 2H, 5K, 0 Runs from Scott Cassidy and Brian Sweeney.

      Who woulda thunk it?

    21. LynchMob Says:
      April 22, 2006 at 10:36 am Reply to this comment

      re: Pizza Feed in 2006 … just exchanged email with Paul Swydan @ BP … here’s what he said …

      Look for an an announcement sometime in the next couple of weeks.

      … which is GREAT news … ie. sounds like we’ll have another Pizza Feed @ Petco this year! Stay tuned!

    22. LynchMob Says:
      April 22, 2006 at 11:12 am Reply to this comment

      AskBA’s column this week lists Jim Callis’ Top 20 for this years draft … and #19 is a fellow youse guyse can go take a look at some Friday evening …

      19. Justin Masterson, rhp, San Diego State
      The breakout player in the Cape Cod League summer starts for the Aztecs but projects as a reliever

      … over at Tony Gwynn Stadium! Next opportunity is next Friday, April 28th vs TCO … http://goaztecs.cstv.com/sport.....sched.html … go give ‘em a Ducksnort cheer! (we have one, don’t we? :-) )