IGD: Padres @ Reds (13 Sep 06)
Wed, Sep 13, 2006
by Geoff Young
first pitch: 4:10 p.m., PT
television: Channel 4SD
matchup: Jake Peavy (8-14, 4.31 ERA) vs Kyle Lohse (4-7, 5.35 ERA)
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Why are the Padres still blowing winnable games at this point in the season? Very annoying. Jason LaRue? He’s the Reds’ version of Mark Bellhorn, a guy who really shouldn’t be beating you.
I’ll be out at Taste of Downtown tonight, so carry on without me and I’ll catch up when I can. Go Padres!
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September 13, 2006 at 3:55 pm
SI.com says Petco Park is 21st nicest park (out of 30) in MLB. Their reason for the low ranking? (Shock) Prices for everything are so high.
Guess half a billion dollars only gets you so much these days, eh?
September 13, 2006 at 4:08 pm
Good afternoon! Hey, Brian, gaslampball.com has a good breakdown of this nicest park rankings if you haven’t checked it out. What can you say when it’s fan votes that determined this? Oakland got higher than us. Oakland?!
September 13, 2006 at 4:11 pm
do you have a link? I would like to see what parks beat petco, but to be honest I have never really liked the way petco was designed, and the food is horrible and way over priced.
September 13, 2006 at 4:16 pm
n/m I found it, wow these are all out of whack, fenway is #28, that would be in my top 5 if not my fav stadium.
September 13, 2006 at 4:17 pm
Game on! GO GONZO!! That’s the way to start a game.
September 13, 2006 at 4:18 pm
That was a sweet lookin’ swing.
September 13, 2006 at 4:19 pm
Hi, Steve! I see you and I go head to head over on football this week. Prepare for a smackdown…kinda.
But, yeah, that ballpark ranking is all sorts of not right. Fenway should be way up there.
September 13, 2006 at 4:20 pm
Fenway was amazing, I was the best baseball experince I have ever had, I can’t wait to go back someday.
September 13, 2006 at 4:22 pm
When I saw that the Yanks and the Os were coming to town, I was praying for the Padres to visit Fenway next year. But, I heard we visit Tampa Bay and Toronto.
I was already thinking of visiting Boston for the first time and seeing the Pads play in Fenway.
September 13, 2006 at 4:28 pm
Padres Gal,
I live in Oakland (but grew up in San Diego, still visit my parents there and have been to Petco a number of times) and the Coliseum is a dump BUT I can take my family there affordably, get to and from the park easily (due in some part to the small crowds) and the A’s are a fun team to watch. So if you’re comparing park vs. park, obviously Petco is your choice. But if you’re comparing the overall experience at the park(s), then it’s certainly much closer a comparison, if not tilted in favor of Oakland.
September 13, 2006 at 4:29 pm
8 pitch inning for Peavy, 23 pitches for Lohse.
September 13, 2006 at 4:33 pm
Hi, Brian! Good point. I haven’t been to a game at the Coliseum, so I shouldn’t throw stones at glass stadiums.
September 13, 2006 at 4:34 pm
The Reds announcers said that when someone like Greene goes down, “you just hope that things don’t blow up.” I would submit to the Reds announcers that Blum is things blowing up.
Of course, I say this and he doubles. Geez. I need to come down on this team harder.
September 13, 2006 at 4:35 pm
Go Blummer! Way to earn your per diem. Padres hitters seem to smashing the ball today. Probably still fuming over last night’s game. I know I am. (ggrrrrr…Linebrink….grrrr…Bellhorn)
September 13, 2006 at 4:36 pm
Peavy for SS!
September 13, 2006 at 4:36 pm
let’s see if we can hit more doubles than Peavy throws pitches
September 13, 2006 at 4:40 pm
OT … Travis Chick made his MLB debut today … http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=260913112 … pitch’d for the Mariners!
September 13, 2006 at 4:43 pm
Eric … be reasonable, please! Let’s see if we can get more “Total Bases” than Peavy throw pitches … so far, in top of 2nd, we’re good!
September 13, 2006 at 4:44 pm
Oh, are we gonna have a game where Peavy helps himself to the run support?
September 13, 2006 at 4:45 pm
Wow, Lohse is at 48 pitches after 2 IP … tasty!
September 13, 2006 at 4:46 pm
How’s that for a bit of run support, Jake? No quit yer bitchin and throw a no…te worthy game.
September 13, 2006 at 4:49 pm
My fault…I thought of a no-no and jinxed it.
Sorry all.
September 13, 2006 at 4:51 pm
location’s way off. getting behind every hitter. running the bases really took that much out of him? he does have the sore toe.
September 13, 2006 at 4:51 pm
Padres Gal,
I’m not saying one side is right or wrong just that it depends on how you measure ‘value’. For example, I’m a tight-wad so, in general, cheaper = better.
September 13, 2006 at 4:52 pm
Come on, Jake! Don’t give em inch.
September 13, 2006 at 4:53 pm
This is clever, Jake.
September 13, 2006 at 4:55 pm
Grounder ball, please, grounder ball to a DP.
September 13, 2006 at 4:55 pm
Ask and I shall receive!!!
September 13, 2006 at 4:55 pm
beautiful
September 13, 2006 at 4:55 pm
At least Dodger Stadium was ranked below us. The place is a toilet, the much vaunted Dodger Dogs are disgusting and the last time I was there the PA system was playing Marilyn Manson while the fans batted around an inflatable sex doll. I’ll take Petco with the Marine recruits, the rally bell and Trevor playing wiffle ball with the kids in the Park in the Park.
Fenway is #1 in my book. Cost is irrelevant when you can take a trip back in time like that.
September 13, 2006 at 4:56 pm
Thanks DeWayne!
September 13, 2006 at 4:59 pm
Brian G, I visited the Coliseum last year. I’m not sure I can put a comparison on the two. ‘Fraid I liked Qualcomm better than the Coliseum. They added on that stack of seats in the upper deck for football. From my vantage point, I couldn’t see the sky — just a wall of seats.
September 13, 2006 at 5:01 pm
Okay, I take back, well, a couple of those things, I said about Blummer.
September 13, 2006 at 5:06 pm
Don’t waste Peavy by making him bunt!
September 13, 2006 at 5:09 pm
7 runs through 3 might be understating how well the team is hitting the ball right now.
September 13, 2006 at 5:37 pm
LaMar,
We don’t disagree. Park vs. Park, it’s not close. The Coliseum is an eyesore. But for overall value (costs, accessability, team performance, etc.), it’s at least a toss-up, which is why the two rank right next to each other.
As the article states, “The Fan Value Index is an effort to find the ballparks that offer the best experience for the money, not the ballpark that has the best experience in an absolute sense.”
September 13, 2006 at 5:45 pm
to be honest I would think by these rankings Qualcomm would crush Petco, Cheaper Tix, Better and cheaper parking, same transit, better food (inside the park), location for petco is better.
September 13, 2006 at 5:46 pm
49 pitches in 5 IP for Jake … nice!
Pitches-strikes - J Peavy 49-35; K Lohse 54-34; M Belisle 12-11; C Michalak 31-19.
Ground balls-fly balls - J Peavy 7-6; K Lohse 2-3; M Belisle 0-2; C Michalak 3-1.
Batters faced - J Peavy 17; K Lohse 16; M Belisle 3; C Michalak 8.
September 13, 2006 at 5:50 pm
I’m all for letting Peavy go deep into this game, since the bully threw a lot yesterday (’cept for Hoffy, grrrr) …
BUT, I’d be all for getting the bench hitters in the game!
Get Bowen in there … get ABs for Cust & Knott & McAnulty & Sledge …
September 13, 2006 at 5:51 pm
Dogs up 2-0 … Cubbies proved yesterday they can come back
September 13, 2006 at 5:53 pm
OK, now get Bowen in …
- M. Piazza homered to deep right, D. Roberts and B. Giles scored
September 13, 2006 at 5:54 pm
OT … Fick with 2B-itis today also … http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=260913129
September 13, 2006 at 5:58 pm
i was dissappointed in petco and still am…Zona is nice, SF is nicer, Denver is nicer,Seattle too…even think that much of Dodger stadium is better…
best park for a game if Fenway…been there twice for a Sox Yanks game, amazing…best new park that i have been to is Arlington.
I will go to Cleveland on Thursday and Detroit on Sunday…will give my two cents on them next week.
nice run support for Peavy today…lets close this one out and win the series on Thurs.
September 13, 2006 at 5:58 pm
There’s the Blum we know and love. It sure was awesome having that extra base hitting machine taking over for Blum today.
September 13, 2006 at 6:02 pm
OT…Gary Matthews, Jr. hit for the cycle tonight…it is only the 7th inning in Detroit.
September 13, 2006 at 6:12 pm
Attaway Bochy! Letting Peavy throw 6 extremely stress free innings to keep him fresh down the stretch in a game already decided, instead of letting him extend himself to possibly get a meaningless shutout. Good managing.
September 13, 2006 at 6:13 pm
Except the way Jake was hitting, maybe Boch should have let him hit for himself.
September 13, 2006 at 6:21 pm
re: 45 … a cool thing about GMJ’s cycle is that it also includes a Walk
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=260913106 … now if he could just get an ROE … wow!
September 13, 2006 at 6:29 pm
Piazza opposite field job…nice 3 run bomb.
September 13, 2006 at 6:36 pm
Cubs continue to sucker the Dogs into yet another devastating loss … Dogs currently up 5-0 … check that 6-0 in top of 5th … when it gets to 7-0, then the Cubbies will start their rock&roll … again!
September 13, 2006 at 6:46 pm
Mets tie-up with Fish … 4-4 in bottom of 9th …
September 13, 2006 at 6:53 pm
I’m minor-pissed that Blum batted … get Knott an AB! … then play Manny @ SS … simple!
September 13, 2006 at 7:07 pm
Random: the morons on 105.7 were saying that Bellhorn has hit worse this year than guys who were “cut by this team.” Obviously they’re referring to EY and Castilla. Can these guys just not read a stat line? Bellhorn has sucked (worse than even Blum), but how stupid do you have to be to think a .262 wOBA is better than a .289?
September 13, 2006 at 9:47 pm
I could be going out on a limb here, but maybe they weren’t looking at wOBA? I wasn’t listening, but it would surprise me if they were looking at that stat, and Bellhorn does have a lower average than the other two.
September 13, 2006 at 11:13 pm
Leave it to the guys to pick a night when I’m out of the house (which is, like, never) to go crazy on offense. Guess I’ll be watching this one on TiVo tomorrow night. Sounds like good times…
September 14, 2006 at 12:33 am
Obviously they’re not looking at wOBA. They still have all of the components of it infront of them and if they can’t look at walks, hits and plate appearances and understand the what they mean, they have no business doing “analysis.” The assertion that they would choose to look at batting average and make a judgment based on that stat alone is no less of an insult to their intelligence than my calling them idiots.
September 14, 2006 at 8:35 am
Richard’s right. Bellhorn is a much greater offensive asset to the Padres than EY or Vinny would have been. He’s getting hits in clutch situations, and he never strikes out when runners only need to be advanced. C’mon… I think what the radio guys were saying is that Bellhorn sucks, which is true.
September 15, 2006 at 12:02 am
friarfan: I mentioned that Bellhorn sucks. My point is that the “radio guys” are idiots to think he’s been worse or even as bad as EY and Castilla were.