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!
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?
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?!
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.
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.
Game on! GO GONZO!! That’s the way to start a game.
That was a sweet lookin’ swing.
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.
Fenway was amazing, I was the best baseball experince I have ever had, I can’t wait to go back someday.
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.
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.
8 pitch inning for Peavy, 23 pitches for Lohse.
Hi, Brian! Good point. I haven’t been to a game at the Coliseum, so I shouldn’t throw stones at glass stadiums.
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.
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)
Peavy for SS!
let’s see if we can hit more doubles than Peavy throws pitches
OT … Travis Chick made his MLB debut today … http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=260913112 … pitch’d for the Mariners!
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!
Oh, are we gonna have a game where Peavy helps himself to the run support?
Wow, Lohse is at 48 pitches after 2 IP … tasty!
How’s that for a bit of run support, Jake? No quit yer bitchin and throw a no…te worthy game.
My fault…I thought of a no-no and jinxed it.
Sorry all.
location’s way off. getting behind every hitter. running the bases really took that much out of him? he does have the sore toe.
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.
Come on, Jake! Don’t give em inch.
This is clever, Jake.
Grounder ball, please, grounder ball to a DP.
Ask and I shall receive!!!
beautiful
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.
Thanks DeWayne!
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.
Okay, I take back, well, a couple of those things, I said about Blummer.
Don’t waste Peavy by making him bunt!
7 runs through 3 might be understating how well the team is hitting the ball right now.
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.”
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.
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.
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 …
Dogs up 2-0 … Cubbies proved yesterday they can come back
OK, now get Bowen in …
– M. Piazza homered to deep right, D. Roberts and B. Giles scored
OT … Fick with 2B-itis today also … http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=260913129
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.
There’s the Blum we know and love. It sure was awesome having that extra base hitting machine taking over for Blum today.
OT…Gary Matthews, Jr. hit for the cycle tonight…it is only the 7th inning in Detroit.
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.
Except the way Jake was hitting, maybe Boch should have let him hit for himself.
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!
Piazza opposite field job…nice 3 run bomb.
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!