IGD: Padres vs Giants (9 Apr 07)
first pitch: 7:05 p.m. PT
television: Channel 4SD
matchup: Chris Young (0-0, 4.76 ERA) vs Matt Cain (0-0, 4.50 ERA)
previews: Padres.com | SI.com
Chris Young graduated from Princeton University. According to the delightful and sometimes accurate Wikipedia, here are some other famous Princeton grads:
- Moe Berg – baseball player and spy (one of the most fascinating characters ever to play the game)
- Jeff Bezos – founder of Amazon.com
- Bill Bradley – former basketball star, member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, former U.S. Senator
- Aaron Burr – 3rd Vice President of the United States (and answer to milk commercial trivia question)
- Dean Cain – actor
- Ethan Coen – director
- David Duchovny – actor
- Richard Feynman – Nobel laureate (Physics 1965)
- Steve Forbes – son of Malcolm Forbes (also a Princeton grad), businessman and publisher of Forbes magazine
- Stanley Jordan – jazz guitarist (and an insanely talented one at that — I know you think you’re sick of the song, but check out his version of “Stairway to Heaven” if you want your mind blown)
- James Madison, 4th President of the United States
- W.S. Merwin – Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and translator
- Queen Noor of Jordan – Her Majesty Queen of Jordan
- Syngman Rhee – 1st president of the Republic of Korea
- Brooke Shields – model/actress
- Jimmy Stewart – actor
- George F. Will – Pulitzer Prize-winning writer
- Woodrow Wilson – 28th President of the United States
Sometimes you get insight here at Ducksnorts; other times, you get whatever the heck this is. Go Padres!
Just had to pop in–you can’t pay for promos like that, can you? ^_^
It did remind me I was supposed to buy the book, too…
44: Really? I’m convinced that truly loyal padres fans consist of a universe about 100 persons large….
#44: To give you an idea, we usually have 25-30 people hanging out during the game. We’re at 100 right now.
53 – wow, better watch my language
welcome to all the new people……don’t be shy…
Pretty great half-inning all around. Plug for ducksnorts and Geoff and the book, and a routine 1-2-3 inning for CY.
HA HA HA The Giles pummeling of Kouz yesterday
Looks like you just got the ad on Channel 4. Didn’t cost much, either.
Quite a year for the DS gang! Gaslamp, Geoff and I all got the SI recognition. Now Geoff gets some MAJOR plug time for his book! Very sweet!
Geoff, if you haven’t hooked those guys up with autographed copies yet, you kinda need to man. That just amounted to a free commercial right there.
Geoff, glad we could get you a little shoutout. You do great work and I hope that all the people that stop by after the mention stick around for awhile.
If you do good work (Geoff), it should be recognized.
On another topic, how long till we get our “Kouz & Crudge” tail end of the order t-shirts, mugs, teddy bears, etc.
geoff, good work on the plug. that’s awesome. i’m enjoying just browsing the site.
54: I think the Giles bro’s have way more fun than us.
Hey .. anyone else here outside the SD area watching on MLB extra innings …. They have the channel 4 broadcast on ,,, I am in heaven … get to watch on the big screen instead of my computer screen
that bit about MGiles coming at Kouz with “malice” made me LOL
64: I’m right there with you. This never happened last year….I don’t know how long it’s going to last or even how it’s happening but I’m loving this..
Sue: Welcome to my world. Say hello to “steve from boston” while you’re at it. lots of us “external-diego” fans out there.
they started showing the home team broadcast on MLB.com last year .. I never thought they would have it on MLB extra innings .. wonder how they got past cable with this
2nd highest BA by pitchers last year…at a whopping .172. In the immortal words of Clark W Griswold, “Nothing to be proud of, Russ”
Geoff: how much do we have to invest for you to bump up the server capacity…. seems like this much traffic is going to slow the site down…
67 – don’t forget those of us kickin’ it in the OP (Overland Park, KS)
#66: I’m sure if they have the rights to show the games you’ve seen for the past two days you’ll be able to see the rest of the home games with the Padres feed. Every once in a while on MLB.tv, though, they will show the away feed during a home game for some strange reason. So don’t freak out if for one game you’re back to the away feed.
Masha .. I am not that far away .. just about 2 hrs north of San Diego .. and I have season tickets … but because of work can not make it to Sunday , Monday and Tuesday games …
Kelly O’Conner .. is this Boston Kelly ????
Wouldn’t have known about this site without Matt V.’s endorsment on SD4! Congrats Geoff.
I so wish the internet and Ducksnorts had been around when I was exiled to Iowa for college. Hard as it is to be far away from your favorite team, it is better than it used to be.
Geoff does a great job here of linking to various pages and giving you a good portal to hit a lot of different stories. I know I’ve benefited from that…I’m gonna be trying to return some of that love Ducksnorts spreads around as the year goes on…
Good bunt by Cain, and the badguys are a pop up away from leading.
Mud is so smart …. how can Mark stand it .. LOL
Doc got just a sliver of that pitch
73: Um, it’s “Marsh”…. Watch your typing Stu!
Here come’s Boch!
#55: Thanks, Mark, for welcoming folks. My manners have escaped me — I’m a little verklempt right now.
#59: Yep, got it covered. And kudos to San Diego Spotlight and Gaslamp Ball for all the great work you guys are doing. Everyone, be sure to support your friendly neighborhood Padres bloggers!
#60: Thanks, Ed. That was awesome!
#70: Um, I’ll be happy if it’s only a slowdown.
Best curve ball I’ve ever seen in my life. Too bad that didn’t seal the deal.
Great call by the ump, and T Gwynn noticed it right away
wow nice shot channel 4 and great call ump
That’s great replay work and a very alert call from the umpire.
One of the first times I’ve enjoyed a call like that for Dave
Anyone have a pitch count for CY?
Alright! Gotta love stranding a lead double with speed. We continue to pitch well.
86:.. As Tim Flannery says … Good luck Thursday Giants
I miss having Dave Roberts on the team. He was like a toned down Ricky Henderson.
Anthony .. pitch count 44 i think
Young- 44 pitches through 3.
KADIR NELSON graduated a few years ahead of me at my almamater
73: busted! ^_^ I pop in here when I can, but sometimes I’m editing and watching, and my multitasking tops out around two!
That really lets Cain off the hook. He threw three strikes all inning, and all three of them were put in play for an out. Although, all three were also hit well, so that somewhat excuses it.
re:90 I miss Dave Roberts as well..but not at 3 years for 18 million or whatever he got from the Giants..
Well, that’s one good thing about having a short inning. Don’t have to listen to extended interviews with architecture school dropouts.
Kelly O’Cooner .. as I repeat myself .. is this Boston Kelly …
I agree Mark O.
Hey .. Khalil can play 2nd ….