IGD: Padres @ Astros (13 Aug 06)
Sun, Aug 13, 2006
by Geoff Young
first pitch: 11:05 a.m., PT
television: Channel 4SD
matchup: Woody Williams (4-4, 3.89 ERA) vs Brandon Backe (3-1, 3.69 ERA)
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Ah, Sunday morning baseball. Fire up some coffee, fry up some eggs, and kick back and relax.
Works for me. Go Padres!
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August 13, 2006 at 10:14 am
or your could get up early, swim the Cove, bike 30, then have your Wife make coffee and eggs and watch the game. That way to don’t feel guilty. Thank god for the win last night. I they had not won, I might not have got out of bed this morning.
August 13, 2006 at 10:41 am
11th round pick Matt Latos is heading to a CC instead of a four year school. The Padres took a gamble on him and the only reason he fell so far was because of signability issues. He is the premier draft-and-follow player this year. He is a stud.
August 13, 2006 at 11:22 am
Wow. Don’t see Cameron get fooled in the outfield like that very often.
August 13, 2006 at 11:25 am
And they ruled it a double. What a joke.
August 13, 2006 at 11:32 am
I know it’s the 1st inning, but why not have Cameron drop a bunt w/ Roberts on 2nd? With his speed, who knows what happens. Probable worst case scenario: Roberts on 3rd w/ 1 out. Up a run —when runs have been at a premium (and they only got one in 7.1 last time out against Backe)— would be nice. Better yet, bat the lefty Giles 2nd. I guess we didn’t want to miss the chance on the big inning or our RLRL lineup. Blah.
August 13, 2006 at 11:44 am
It was ruled a hit because really knuckled at the end. It could have been an error, but Cameron had to watch the replay on the Jumbotron to see what happened. It would have fooled any outfielder.
August 13, 2006 at 11:55 am
Nice pics of Ryno, Geoff. And Woody singles! Maybe we will get a run.
August 13, 2006 at 11:57 am
Backe tries to get ahead and the Pads make him pay!
August 13, 2006 at 12:00 pm
That’s ridiculous. Bard can’t do much more right there.
August 13, 2006 at 12:02 pm
Blah (again). Well, at least we’re leading in the hit total! Maybe Bochy should just choose the lineup order from a hat.
August 13, 2006 at 12:16 pm
Backe hangy, Barfield bangy. Attaboy, Josh!
August 13, 2006 at 12:28 pm
Damn. Khalil’s been removed from the game after being hit in the left hand by a pitch. On the bright side, the first base umpire just cost the Astros a run.
August 13, 2006 at 12:30 pm
The Astros fans are booing, but the more they showed it, the closer it looked. Maybe an incorrect call, but not a terrible one. At any rate, we’ll take it.
August 13, 2006 at 12:37 pm
It was a pretty terrible call. Everett’s foot was on the bag while the ball was still in the air. Woody had a big smile on his face as he was walking off the mound. Still, as you say, we’ll take it.
Meantime, Bard smokes another one and again has nothing to show for it.
August 13, 2006 at 12:47 pm
We should have about 6 or 7 runs off this guy.
August 13, 2006 at 1:03 pm
Cameron says to Springer, “Don’t go there.”
August 13, 2006 at 1:05 pm
Just what the doctor ordered!
August 13, 2006 at 1:08 pm
Bard says to Springer, “Listen to Cameron.”
August 13, 2006 at 1:08 pm
Bard hit the ball hard again — where gloves just don’t matter.
August 13, 2006 at 1:08 pm
There’s something to show for it!
August 13, 2006 at 1:12 pm
From the TV guys: Khalil has a “left hand contusion” — taken for precautionary X-rays.
August 13, 2006 at 1:13 pm
Here’s a cool resource I just discovered:
http://www.mlb4u.com/freeagency.php?field=team
Find potential free agents by team or position. Includes roster status, service time, agent, age, and whether player and/or team has option. Pretty sweet.
August 13, 2006 at 1:13 pm
Someone should tell Adrian Gonzalez that he looked better with the goatee.
August 13, 2006 at 1:16 pm
He looked like Dante from “Clerks.”
August 13, 2006 at 1:30 pm
Beautiful job by Woody on the 0-2 hit and run. Wow.
August 13, 2006 at 1:37 pm
Isn’t it wonderful when everything finally goes your way?
August 13, 2006 at 2:12 pm
Kevin, that’s who he looked like. That had been bothering me.
August 13, 2006 at 2:26 pm
Finally got all the Elsinore pics from Saturday night up at Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/g.....eelsinore/
August 13, 2006 at 2:30 pm
Sweet win. Good end to a tough road trip.
I’m off for an 8-mile walk around Mission Bay (can’t keep with PM — damn, that’s impressive!) and some Thai food. The victory will make it taste that much better.
August 13, 2006 at 3:20 pm
Now thats a spicy meatball!!! Lets bring it home boys a kick the shit out the gigantes….oops I mean kick the tar out of them. I’m off the ledge and looking for a great home stand. Will be at the game next sunday for my boys birthday gift. Want to see all of you out there.
August 13, 2006 at 6:21 pm
national TV monday…
ESPN2 : 7PT/10ET Giants @ Padres
just watching the two other West teams Dodgers-Giants and it said it there.. good stuff a live game on ESPN with the Padres. unfortunately it’ll probably be with Jon Miller and Joe Morgan.
August 13, 2006 at 6:22 pm
0-0 LA-SF in the 5th. But damn, Maddux: 40 pitches to get thru the 1st 5 innings! Damn!
Jake, glad things are working better for you lately, but hope you’re watching and taking a couple notes.
And Maddux & Betemit playing as well or better than they have all seaon NOW. Hate when the Dodgers fall into that kinda luck.
August 13, 2006 at 6:48 pm
60 pitches thru 7, still no score.
Didn’t Ashby once throw like a 72 pitch CG? I assume he has the Padres record for that. What’s the major league record anyway?
August 13, 2006 at 6:52 pm
Internet says… Red Barrett, Boston Braves, 58 pitches in 1944.
August 13, 2006 at 6:58 pm
68 pitches thru 8!!!
Ashby’s game was 75 pitches vs the Rockies, July 5, 1998.
August 13, 2006 at 9:50 pm
when is klesko coming back? they can’t keep him on the storm untill sept callups, can they?