Playoff IGD: Cardinals @ Mets (13 Oct 06)
Fri, Oct 13, 2006
by Geoff Young
first pitch: 5:05 p.m., PT
television: FOX
matchup: Chris Carpenter (15-8, 3.09 ERA) vs John Maine (6-5, 3.60 ERA)
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Who is John Maine, and how did he put up such good numbers this season? He coughed up a few too many homers, but opponents hit just .212/.287/.399 against him; not too shabby.
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October 13, 2006 at 8:44 pm
Vitals:
Age - 37, 5′10″, 163 lbs.
Taguchi does it again! Time to give this guy a nickname.
October 13, 2006 at 8:47 pm
What’s up, KTfan?
October 13, 2006 at 8:59 pm
There have been a lot of reports that Bochy is as good as gone and taking the Cubs job. Does anyone believe that and is that good for the Padres?
October 13, 2006 at 9:07 pm
I think it’s good for the Padres, but I think you will find the people on this site about evenly split.
October 13, 2006 at 9:30 pm
Hey, Kevin. I posted a response to your comments on IGD and our previous discussion thread.
Didn’t think Bochy would leave, but I’ve read numerous good reasons as to why he might depart — as much as he loves SD — in the past couple of days. I am a big fan of his, so I am hoping he sticks around. Then again, I felt the same way about Gwynn — that they wouldn’t be “The Padres” without him — and the Pads have fared well since his retirement. (I feel the same way about Jerry Coleman, too, even though I realize his play-by-play may not be superlative. I hope he keeps braodcasting until he’s 120.)
Whether Bochy stays or goes it’ll be a very interesting offseason and 2007 season.
October 13, 2006 at 9:31 pm
And this Cards-Mets series just might turn out to be pretty decent, too.
October 14, 2006 at 9:25 am
Interesting breakdown on starting pitcher free agents at:
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/.....index.html