Know Your Prepositions
Tue, Sep 19, 2006
by Geoff Young
A quick refresher course for those who may have forgotten or not cared:
to - used as a function word to indicate movement or an action or condition suggestive of movement toward a place, person, or thing reached
The Padres hit many baseballs to the wall in Monday night’s game against the Dodgers.
over - used as a function word to indicate motion or situation in a position higher than or above another
The Dodgers hit many baseballs over the wall in Monday night’s game against the Padres.
Tough loss. We’re all emotionally spent (see the roughly more than 800 comments from the IGD if you don’t believe me), but it’s just one game in the standings and the Dodgers are mighty fortunate to have come away with a 5-13 record against the Padres this season. We got our split in LA, now it’s time to come home and take care of business against the Diamondbacks and Pirates in the final regular season homestand at Petco Park.
Welcome to the pennant race, folks. Prepare to rock the world.
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September 19, 2006 at 12:03 am
exactly 800
September 19, 2006 at 12:04 am
tired, but still wired!
September 19, 2006 at 12:38 am
I’m still in shock. Even watching Studio 60 on the TiVo hasn’t helped (although it’s a great show). Seriously, I feel like I have to talk/type my way through this as a means of dealing with it.
Ain’t “meaningful Spetember baseball” great?
September 19, 2006 at 5:17 am
Ummmm….here in the midwest, those of us who have to get up at 5am CT went to bed with a nice 4 run lead. I thought I left you guys in charge!!!
Can’t tell you how crushing it is to wake up, flip on sportscenter and see “Epic ending in LA…Dodgers win” and thinking, “oh crap”.
But wait! It gets worse! Sheesh, what a collapse. I’ve said it before, when you hang your hat on a bullpen, you’re going to get cardiac moments like this, good and bad. But this is ridiculous.
Hopefully having a game to play today will help prevent the bad mojo from settling in on the team. But, given that we seem to lose the opener in EVERY series (seriously, what playoff contending teams lose nearly every series opener?), I’m worried about tonight. A loss could send us into a tailspin….the season ain’t over yet, WAY too many games left before we can start printing playoff tickets.
September 19, 2006 at 5:31 am
Guess I’m the only one up. No problem, I can talk to myself.
Something to smile at in today’s UT:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/.....dside.html
I wonder if they’ve been stashing that one for a rainy day (like today). That article makes me feel happy. I love the line “since the trade, Mirabelli has raised his average to .183″
September 19, 2006 at 5:55 am
I’m up! Nice little article on Mirabelli. What a turd.
Devastating game last night, gut they have to come back today. Getting out of LA with 2 wins isn’t bad — you had to figure it would be a tough series. It was just tough the way they lost it.
1/2 game out is good. It’s going to be a dogfight — wish we were playing LA again.
September 19, 2006 at 7:13 am
Thoughts about last night: what the hell? I can’t believe what I just saw! Baby Jesus, help me get through this. Jake was far too amped to be effective. His “competitiveness” got in the way of his effectiveness last night. Yelling at Piazza, and the Dodgers 1st base coach? Overthrowing every pitch? I was surprised he didn’t throw a bat at someone a la Roger Clemens.
Thoughts moving forward: Dodgers aren’t done yet. I am quite worried about us even making the postseason. That was a huge statement by the Dodgers. Why can’t we get guys out?
September 19, 2006 at 7:36 am
Thoughts on last night:
Meredith – bases loaded no out wow that kid is good!
Back to back to back to back homeruns – it hurt last night but hey you just have to sit back in awe and say well what can you do?
Boch putting in Seanez for the save – why not Cassidy he was saving games in AAA while Seanez was floundering in Boston
Lets hope that loss does not creep into tonights game!
September 19, 2006 at 7:36 am
Yes, lost in all the late-game shock and awe is the fact that, after handing Jake a 4-run lead, we never should have been in that mess. I love Peavy, but sometimes he’s a bit unreliable. I think your point on being too hyped up is strong…maybe he should switch to decaf on days he’s starting?
That was a gut check game and both teams responded many times - Pads grabbing the lead, Dogs getting it even. Came down really to who has the last AB.
September 19, 2006 at 7:36 am
I’m still having trouble breathing! Through all of it I really feel worse for Cla Meredith. That guy was so awesome getting out of the bases loaded no out jam in like 4 or 5 pitches. I can’t believe all the momentum shifts last night that was seriously a retarded game. I’ve never seen anything like it and it’s going to take me a day or two to get over that one. I just hope the Padres recover quicker then I do!
September 19, 2006 at 7:40 am
The best we could have got slipped away, a split in a 4 game series is good and plus we got a homestand against the DBacks and Pirates, if we take care of business it won’t matter what the Dodgers or Phils do
September 19, 2006 at 7:47 am
re 3…
oh man I missed Studio 60
September 19, 2006 at 7:52 am
speaking of throwing at someone… I thought Peavy should have done that in the 3rd, keep ‘em off balence (not nec. hit someone but keep ‘em uncomfortable), I also thought Trevor should have done it in the 9th…
I don’t think they lose tonight. I think they’re pissed and focused…
September 19, 2006 at 7:52 am
Perhaps Cassidy was unavailable, that’s all I can think of. Cassidy was also prone to the HR before being sent down, maybe after the 4 HR 9th the Boch didn’t want to tempt fate with him in the 10th.
I dunno, but I would have rather seen him out there than Rudy.
At least we have our ace going today - Clay Hensley!
September 19, 2006 at 7:55 am
Question and maybe Peter just answered it. By the time I got home and turned the game on they were playing that little highlight loop they do and it showed Jake and what looked like a Dodger coach yelling at each other and being separated. What was that all about? I missed it.
September 19, 2006 at 7:56 am
Woke up very grumpy this morning and the mood continues. Going to the game tonight, part of school night, taking the kids, so I would expect a very flat game. But, its important to play well and get the win. I hate the dodgers and their smirking players and ole fans. Pissed at Trevor and the other guy for throwing batting practise balls out there. Trevor’s other three outs in the 9th were long fly balls as well. Is the guy injured? I heard that on the radio. Peavy, still young, dumb and, stupid. He’ll learn from last night. Worst is the Padres are the alughing stock of ESPN and Nat psorts media yet again.
On the bright side, we are in a race in Sept and many other teams are not. Going to the game Tues and Wed. I really hope we make the playoffs. Anybody know who the shithead dodgers play?
September 19, 2006 at 8:21 am
Cassidy was available. He began warming up in the 10th inning after Seanez walked Lofton.
September 19, 2006 at 9:06 am
THis makes me want to vomit. Nice job being unbiased Eric Neel, you clown
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn.....eel/060919
September 19, 2006 at 9:15 am
Very cranky thins morning, just like PM. My only comment this morning for last night is this. There may be no crying in baseball, but there better have been some sniffles on the bus ride home. Bochy not putting in Cassidy was a devastating mistake. That is not the same Seanez who pitched here last year. He did terrible for the Red Sox and there was a reason for his release. Bad KT for signing him. Bad Boch for playing him. Bad pitchers for not making their locations. Except Cla.
We have bemoaned the lack of run support all season. We have a game where are batters are giving our pitchers runs (and insurance on top of that) and our pitchers can’t hold the lead. Just head scratching. Absolutely baffling.
And why must 1090 constantly replay Nomar’s post-game comments? This isn’t LA. We don’t want to hear it.
September 19, 2006 at 9:18 am
Hopefully the fellas get a little angry now and take it out on the D’backs. One thing is for sure, the bats seem to have heated up a bit.
September 19, 2006 at 9:22 am
What the hell did we do to deserve that? Did a bunch of Padre players and fans set fire to an orphanage?
A kick in the balls with steel toe boots is what that was.
September 19, 2006 at 9:23 am
18 - Neel’s openly a Dodger fan. I thought his piece was actually pretty good. I felt a little better after reading Sullivan’s blatant rip job on Mirabelli.
But I still can’t stop thinking about last night. The “I’m glad I saw history” feelings is slowly pushing out the “WTF just happened” feelings. Slowly.
September 19, 2006 at 9:29 am
I know I should be down right now after a game like that, but I can’t help myself. We totally owned the Dodgers this year despite the loss, and I’ll take this roller coaster over apathy and “wait till next year” any day of the week. I’m so fired up — Petco is going to rock this week!
September 19, 2006 at 9:33 am
I’m hoping to be able to eat solid foods by tomorrow. Clear liquids is about the best I can hope for today. In retrospect, it is only one game in the standings. It was an incredible game. Too bad we got the short end.
September 19, 2006 at 9:35 am
I think the one thing that may really suck about last night is that if Trevor would have got the save there would have been a good chance that he would get saves 477, 478 and maybe even 479 in this last home stand, Now I think it may come in STL (which is odd because he got #400 there) or AZ. But who knows there maybe 4 close games at home.
September 19, 2006 at 9:37 am
This just makes (hopefully) winning the division title all the more sweeter.
Hope the fans come out to the ballpark tonight and show the boys we still believe in them. I’m planning on trying to get out there myself. Some nice support from the home crowd should boost their confidence.
September 19, 2006 at 9:46 am
Just noticed on Padres.com that Trevor is nursing a tender right shoulder. That’s the reason Bochy didn’t send him out in the 10th.
September 19, 2006 at 9:50 am
Well Trevor has not done well in the 2 innings of work in one night since his 1st injury, I wouldnt expect Boch to put him back out there anyways.
September 19, 2006 at 10:05 am
# 15: According to SignonSD, here’s the quote from Mariano Duncan last night, per Jake: “He said, ‘We’re gonna get your (expletive), you stupid cocky (expletive),’ ” said Peavy. “That’s it, verbatim, with that little Dominican twang. I didn’t even know who the guy was. But that’s one classless individual . . .
“I’d love for him to come to San Diego Fight Club, where we train sometimes, so we can settle it there.”
September 19, 2006 at 10:17 am
Jake, tough guy. Who knew. Does he fight with is glasses on or off? Don’t think I’ve heard of a first base coach talking trash to the opposing pitcher. God I hate the LA Dodgers. Love to meet them in the NL playoffs. Hey Duncan, how bout the season matchup. We own your dodger ass and have for a long time. And BTW, what are those gay silly lights that flash at Dodger stadium when a HR is hit? Some sort of MIB memory eraser/hypnotizer that blanks out dodger fan’s mind. Dodger fan is nearly as bad a raider fan.
September 19, 2006 at 10:21 am
“Dodger fan is nearly as bad a raider fan.”
Your stretching it a little there PM.
September 19, 2006 at 10:37 am
Duncan-classless enough for him to say something like that, but the apparent motive (to get Peavy out of the game) is so low I almost wanna cry for him. Dodgers = cowards
September 19, 2006 at 10:45 am
Yeah, your right, dodger fan ain’t nearly as bad as raider fan. It just kills me that the first base coach would be chirping at Peaver. I thought all those guys could say was “Back!”
September 19, 2006 at 11:07 am
I am sending hugs out to all Ducksnorters to help erase this bitterness. A hug this morning helped me, so I am paying it forward.
September 19, 2006 at 11:08 am
I just wish I knew an emoticon for a hug. Since I don’t…
HUG
September 19, 2006 at 11:17 am
Maybe Jake can set up a cardboard cutout of Duncan in the locker room, a la Major League.
September 19, 2006 at 11:22 am
I don’t think winning games to undress the Duncan cutout would be very motivating
September 19, 2006 at 11:32 am
I am glad I was on a plane last night coming home from Detroit…Missed the whole thing.
Before I went to bed, I checked the score, shrugged my shoulders and went to sleep. Woke up this morning and turned on Sportscenter…HOLY CRAP.
Probably better that I missed it. I might have been walking into the bay for a midnight swim.
We did split…we are only 1/2 game back…and our UT finally ripped someone.
Is it just me or have our bats seemed to be coming around recently?
And Geoff…never, ever, ever question Grady Little’s use of Marlon Anderson again!!!
September 19, 2006 at 11:39 am
I had said beforehand that anything less than a split was unacceptable. While I’m not happy with last night’s game, the focus has to be on the here and now - tonight. Lets get one back. If we take care of business and put pressure on LA maybe they’ll fold their house of cards and go home.
September 19, 2006 at 11:45 am
Petco probably will be rocking this week. With what…28 thousand fans? Please, I know everyone is like…hey we split, we’re only down 1/2, whatever. You lose a game like that and it is absolutely devastating. Even worse, I fully expect that game to propel the Dodgers through the last two weeks of the season. They absolutely refused to lose that game last night. I don’t see us winning this division. Anyone remember Steve Finley’s bottom of the ninth grand slam game winning shot against the d-backs in 98? I said to my brother, as we sat behind home plate, that those are the kind of moments that identify championship caliber teams. We’ll see. Even though we scored 10, we left 4 or 5 runs out there with just missed HRs or poor defensive plays. Honestly, what was going on with Cameron trying to catch Kent’s shots? I mean, it’s a tough play and all, but…he makes that play 90% of the time.
Rant over.
September 19, 2006 at 11:53 am
“And BTW, what are those gay silly lights that flash at Dodger stadium when a HR is hit?”
Those are the Myopia Reinforcers. There’s also a subliminal soundtrack imbedded in the music that goes “…Robinson…Koufax…Gibson…we are still for real…Snider…forget the last ten years…Drysdale…Fox never owned the team…”
September 19, 2006 at 12:06 pm
Seriously, after the way Bochy managed that game he should be fired.
September 19, 2006 at 12:07 pm
40: You could also look at it as Bochy refusing to try to win it.
September 19, 2006 at 12:08 pm
If any of you were as bad at your job as Bochy is at his, you’d be fired (assuming you’re not part of a union).
September 19, 2006 at 12:23 pm
Richard Re: #42-44 the only problem I have with Boch is that he put Seanez in, in the 10th and not Cassidy.
September 19, 2006 at 12:25 pm
Especially since Cassidy was familiar to the role, at least in AAA.
Seanez has NEVER been succesful closing out games, and that’s a known fact.
Given the two options it seems like an easy choice.
September 19, 2006 at 12:25 pm
What screw ups did Boch do now? He did not bunt Cameron in the 8th with the winning run on first again did he?
September 19, 2006 at 12:33 pm
I couldn’t believe he didn’t bring Hoffman in to finish the game in the 9th save situation or not. There is no way I would have put Atkins out there.
September 19, 2006 at 12:34 pm
Apparently, Frank McCourt spoke at a Dodger team meeting yesterday. This is from the LA Times’ T.J. Simers:
“McCourt reportedly pinned a newspaper clipping — of something Padres third baseman Russell Branyan had said — to the wall. I’m sure it brought back high school memories for everyone.”
Anyone know what Branyan said?
September 19, 2006 at 12:39 pm
Re: 43 - As I have had time to think things over, this is what really bugs me more than anything. Bochy is so wedded to the save situation in his usage of Trevor that he would not bring him in with a 4-run lead in a game where we had the Dodgers by the throat. Maybe he wanted to save Trevor’s shoulder, but then again he was already warming up to come into a game with a three run lead. What difference is the extra run when the team has almost an automatic chance to put distance between them and their closest pursuer?
September 19, 2006 at 12:40 pm
I do have to say that once the Dogs came back to tie the game I never expected the Padres bats to man up and score some runs but they did… Twice! It’s not very often this year we have said that the pitching let the bats down but last night the bats came back and gave us the lead 2 times after spotting a 4 run lead in the first. We lost and it still sucks but the offense showed me something last night. It was almost like devine intervention was keeping the Padres balls in the park. Those bombs Bard and McAnulty hit should have been out!
September 19, 2006 at 12:47 pm
Re 49 - Here’s what Branyon said: http://tinyurl.com/s6gw5
If that’s what it takes to motivate these guys, maybe there’s a chance after all.
September 19, 2006 at 12:50 pm
Wow that’s the weakest excuse for bulletin board material that I have ever seen!
September 19, 2006 at 12:56 pm
re: 52
man, that so effing weak! that’s seriously like the old stories of Michael Jordan psyching himself up by imagining the defender insulted him.
September 19, 2006 at 12:58 pm
Boy, that Branyan is some kind of cocky jerk, huh? I mean, WOW, that’s pretty inflammatory. That McCourt must be a great motivator.
The only way for Peavy to respond to Duncan is to dominate the Dogs. Duncan was smirking after the game, and why not? He thinks he got into Peavy’s head.
September 19, 2006 at 1:02 pm
I think Duncan did get into Peavy’s head. After that point it seemed Peavy was so determined to show him-up that he overthrew. Peavy will have to learn to just smile and let his pitching do the talking. But it just goes to show you that the Dodgers were so desperate to beat us that the resorted to imagined slights and mind-games to motivate them. Let’s see what they do when they don’t have that chip on their shoulder any more.
September 19, 2006 at 1:20 pm
Bruce, you nailed it. The Dodgers are acting like they won the division. Um, no, actually they just moved 1/2 game back into first place. In fact, they’re even with the Padres in the loss column.
As for Duncan, I can’t decide whether he’s an idiot or a genius. Also, I apologize to everyone for calling out Marlon Anderson. Who knew?
And if anyone still feels bad, read this as a reminder that what comes around goes around:
http://tinyurl.com/qx4j6
We’re not the only that team in this division that has blown a game. It just happened to be our turn last night.
September 19, 2006 at 1:24 pm
#51: That’s a great point. I’ll bet we’ve all said, “Boy, if we would have just gotten a few more hits.” a lot more than we’ve said, “Boy, if we would have just gotten two more outs.”
September 19, 2006 at 1:37 pm
As I said in my earlier post, I’m not excited about a split, but getting out of LA in a hard-fought series with one is not so bad.
Peavy is fiesty, isn’t he? Gotta love that about him. When you’re 25 years old, sometimes you let the competitiveness get the best of you. He should have just told Duncan to stick it where the sun don’t shine and left it at that. Or buzz the next batter, and drop it.
Hey — you live and you learn. Hopefully that won’t happen again.
September 19, 2006 at 2:32 pm
#40: “I don’t see us winning this division. Anyone remember Steve Finley’s bottom of the ninth grand slam game winning shot against the d-backs in 98? I said to my brother, as we sat behind home plate, that those are the kind of moments that identify championship caliber teams.”
remember April 30th: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/.....=260430125
it’s a long season, one moment does not identify any team.
September 19, 2006 at 2:47 pm
I may torque some people here, but to all of of you who keep ragging on Bochy, why don’t you take all of your managerial talent and start a new career? Managing at the major league level has got to be one of the most difficult, non-critical (from a human safety standpoint) jobs that I can think of. Everyone (and I mean everyone) always has all the answers to Bochy’s screw-ups. It gets a little tiring sometimes reading the same old things you folks say. I know that second-guessing is not only part of the fun and our constittional right (at least last time I checked), but some people won’t let go. The game is over, we lost, we have 13 more opportunities to BEAT LA. Let’s be positive about this.
September 19, 2006 at 2:50 pm
Oh and by the way, you should be ragging on Peavy, Adkins, Hoffy and Seanez for blowing the game, not Bochy, he didn’t throw a single pitch the whole game as far as I could see.
September 19, 2006 at 2:57 pm
PF4L,
Asserting that someone is bad at their job is not the same thing as saying you want their job. I’d also like to say that I’m not second-guessing Bochy. You don’t have to second-guess him because he always does the same thing and I’ve been against that for years. Bruce Bochy may be a good guy to have in the club house, but he is an awful tactician. I’m not saying I’d be better at his job. I probably wouldn’t be (if you haven’t noticed, I’m kind of an ass).
September 19, 2006 at 2:59 pm
PF4L….
Word! There were a number of things Boch did that worked out very well in that game. There was the AB when Barfield drilled that double when some were saying (where I was watching, anyway) that Walker should have been hitting. Walker then came up later and drove in a run with a single. I will admit, I wondered by Cassidy wasn’t starting the 10th in Seanez’ place, but I think Boch lost a lot of faith in Cassidy when he hit the skids earlier this year. i think a lot of people forget that there is a human element to this game and it’s not all numbers. I am by no means defending Boch’s decision to throw Seanez, but we don’t necessarily know the whole story.
September 19, 2006 at 3:01 pm
62: Adkins and Peavy are the only ones I would take issue with. Both pitched worse than you’d expect of them. Hoffman, I’m inclined to forgive because his routine was messed up and that likely led to the home runs. Seanez, how can you be mad at him? It’s not his fault that he was put in a position to fail.
Also, I’m more inclined to criticize simple decision-making errors than physical errors because th former is much easier to avoid. Also, the players in question have a history of doing their jobs well.
September 19, 2006 at 3:02 pm
64: I don’t recall anyone calling for Walker to pinch-hit for Barfield.
September 19, 2006 at 3:03 pm
66: Found it: Richard Says:
September 18, 2006 at 9:53 pm
If Bochy were to pinch-hit for Josh, it had damn well better be with Walker.
I wasn’t saying to pinch-hit for him, but that if Bochy were to do so that it had better be with Walker. I believe it was in response to someone saying that Bochy might be inclined to pinch-hit for him with Bellhorn.
September 19, 2006 at 3:04 pm
Still, all things considered, one of the most amazing single baseball games I have ever watched.
Peavy, by the way, was completed over hyped from the 1st pitch. I hope Wells or Woody can sit him down and somehow make him understand how to focus that nervous energy into an organic outlet. Huffing, puffing, screaming at his catcher, fighting with 1B coach, all things I’d like Jake to grow out of in the near future. I think they inhibit him.
September 19, 2006 at 3:05 pm
68: Agreed. If you can be a baseball fan instead of a Padre fan for a minute, you can appreciate what an amazing game that was.
September 19, 2006 at 3:06 pm
re: 67
I was actually just referring to some of my friends who I was watching the game with. We all were saying Walker would make sense there. I was actually kind of wishing he were in the lineup at 2B, with the way he’s hitting.
September 19, 2006 at 3:06 pm
Hypothetical question: Regardless of how it went down, how many folks would be ecstatic if the Padres had split a four-game series with their key division rival at home in September to maintain a 1/2 game lead over them?
September 19, 2006 at 3:12 pm
Geoff-I think you have a point, but I’m not sure what it is.
I wouldn’t be ecstatic.
September 19, 2006 at 3:13 pm
Not me Geoff. And even less if they split and end up 1/2 a game behind. The same people saying it’s great to split and hey, we’re only 1/2 a game back were also saying how great a position it would be to be up 1.5. How is 1.5 a hugely advantageous position for us, but then being 2 games worse is no sweat?
September 19, 2006 at 3:17 pm
BP still has the Padres Post Season odds at about 80% after the loss, so things aren’t that bad.
September 19, 2006 at 3:17 pm
For the record, I believe I posted that we would split and we should be happy with it last week…
And Geoff, I love that we are 1/2 a game out, but I still want Towers fired and Bochy relieved of his duties…
New blood or something.
At the very least, get us a talent evaluator who can evaluate hitting like KT does pitching. Then we would be unstoppable.
September 19, 2006 at 3:18 pm
Hypothetical Question: Would you rather take 13 of 18 from your divisional arch rival or be on the winning end of a dramatic game like last night?
September 19, 2006 at 3:25 pm
#72: Point is, it took nothing short of a miracle for the Dodgers to salvage a split against us in their house and fans are delirious despite the fact that LA could be back in second place as early as, oh, tonight.
#78: I’ll take 13 of 18, please.
September 19, 2006 at 3:35 pm
Re:76
how about both?
September 19, 2006 at 3:48 pm
Regarding last night’s game, it sucked to be on the losing end. However, years from now, we’ll still be talking about that game here at Ducksnorts and probably be describing it to our grandkids.
Watching last night reminded me of watching the game between Boston and Cincinnati when Pudge hit it out. That’s the beauty about baseball. There are certain games that go down in history as great games. That game is one of them. Even coming up short, it was an amazing game to be a part of, even as a spectator.
September 19, 2006 at 3:57 pm
I’d take the Pad’s picking themselves up, going out there and murdering our oppoenets for the rest of the season and hope to heck that LA trips along the way.
September 19, 2006 at 3:58 pm
make that opponents, sorry!
September 19, 2006 at 4:08 pm
#77 I agree….yeah..it sucked losing that game last night (I had the TV off before the ball Nomar hit landed in the stands), it’s still only one game. The national media can kiss my ass..they’ve always hated the Padres..so what’s news about them making fun of us now? It’s part of what makes me love the Padres and love seasons like ‘98 when we shoved it in all of their faces. This team is going to rebound and make the playoffs…we’re still only 1/2 game out of first place…that’s what we need to focus on…the game yesterday is over…forget about it…
September 19, 2006 at 4:13 pm
re #18….as much as the article wants to make me puke…it was an incredible game and part of the reason why baseball is an incredible sport….
September 19, 2006 at 4:21 pm
I actually had a nightmare last night in which the Padres blew a 12 run lead in the ninth inning to lose to the Dodgers. Still, it (the real game, not my dream) is only one game, Dodger fans are overreacting (not that I blame them), it was a great game, the fact that the Padres didn’t fold after giving up the lead in the ninth and came back and had good at bats in the top of th tenth and scored indicates that this is not going to be a huge momentum shift and the team can come back. And if things break right for the Pads tonight, they’re back in first place like nothing happened.
September 19, 2006 at 4:40 pm
Re: 84 - I think you may have been reliving a game in the 80s when the Padres blew a 13 run lead to the Braves.
Granted it wasn’t all in the 9th.
September 19, 2006 at 4:59 pm
Here’s a link to a Richard Justice article. He gives both teams props for that game last night, as well as warning the Mets to beware of both the Padres and the Dodgers.
http://sports.aol.com/mlb/stor.....3409990001
September 19, 2006 at 5:09 pm
Lots of good points today, and I think the main one is that we and the team need to keep our heads up and be ready for what’s next. Nothing can be done about yesterday; time for the next challenge.
And I echo the sentiments of what an incredible game that was. At Knuckle Curve I called it “the kind you present to non-baseball fans as evidence of what a great sport this is” and I stand by that. Last night is why I give a damn.
September 19, 2006 at 5:10 pm
On my way to the game, with five middle -schoolers in tow. How did I get talked into this? Hmmm, have to talk to my wife about that. Anyway, Santa Ana is still with us, so I’m predicting that there will be offense tonight. Hopefully, its will be Padre offense. Tomorrow, however, the marine layer returns so Pads might have trouble with offense. Seems Pads have forgotten about yesterday and are moving forward with winning this pennant.
Go Padres!!
September 19, 2006 at 5:23 pm
#87 Amen Geoff….as painful as it was last night…it’s more fun having games that matter in September.
Heard Randy Jones on the radio not long ago…said he saw Trevor and asked him if the sun came up this morning….Trevor said yes…RJ replied…then you got a game to pitch tonight..let’s get ready to go…
September 19, 2006 at 5:29 pm
Cubs and Phillies are 0-0 thru 5 innings…
September 19, 2006 at 6:25 pm
Couple thoughts from 90 posts before the first pitch:
– That Mirabelli article is priceless. Great stuff.
– I’ve never been a fan of Eric Neel. These movement of sports fan/journalist in the Bill Simmons vein is stupid.
– The national media doesn’t give a damn wether the Padres win or lose, so stop giving damn what the national media thinks. The national media doesn’t care if the Padres win the next 10 World Series or never win another game. It just doesn’t matter. If you want, make the case that promoting the Yankees and Red Sox is lazy, because it is. But don’t make the case that they want the Yankees and Red Sox to win, because members of the media don’t.