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!
288: nicely said.
Why is Geoff Blum pinch-hitting? Might as well let CY hit for himself.
NOOOOOOOO. WHY? WHAT THE HELL? CAIN IS STAYING IN THE GAME. USE THE LEFTY. YOU KNOW, THE GUY THAT CAN ACTUALLY HIT.
They’re calling that a swing?
sooo close to the porch!!!
Wouldn’t that have been a foul ball?
Why did he catch that? I’ll take it…..but that was really stupid…
Mark O. you called it. Sac fly!
damn that park is huge… take the run though
And he hangs the slider to Blum. Thank you, Mr. Cain.
insurance run here for NOG…
Wow. Just… relief. Good work Blum.
Perfectly placed ball. I apologize to Blum.
Although Winn should have let that fall.
308. Exactly…he should have let it drop the moment he saw white line pass below him…
I don’t care .. sac fly or not … it’s a run ….
So, this is NOG?
Why Blum? He has pinch-hit a few times this season. Anyone else is better.
bummer…. but hey…we’re winning!!!!!
bummer…. but hey…we’re winning!!!!!
I saw a lot of you mentioned MLB Extra Innings earlier in the threads and that you were getting Matty, Tony and Mud on Extra Innings — are all of you on DirecTV? I have Extra Innings through cable (Comcast), and I’m getting the FOX Sports Bay Area feed. I signed up for the free trial of mlb.tv and I’m getting to hear the guys, but is there something different between DirecTV and cable?
317: yup.
I’m on Directv and I’ve had the Padres feed 3 days in a row…
Comcast Cable is going to black out channel 4 cox … in SD …
Time for The Claw…
meredith instead of liney? bold move mr. black, bold move indeed…..
GO CLA
Liney pitched yesterday and I don’t think Cla did…
So, is Cla the 8th inning guy now or is Linebrink unavailable? Or third option is it because Cla was already warming up in the 7th?
nice Tshirt idea Matty ….
Cla going right after Bonds.
I know Blum has come through and all right now but you know who he reminds me of? That’s right, Saddam Hussein. It’s like… after a certain point you’ve vilified someone so much that even though he let the U.N. inspectors back in for a bit… it’s just too late. There comes a point where you just gotta get out the rope and the Moto RAZR camera phone and go to town.
I don’t think the Claw is afraid of Barry Big Head Bonds
Cla made Bonds look like a little leaguer.
Wow. Fear the Claw.
CAUSE CLA CAN DO THAT TO BONDS >>>>>>>>>
Maybe Black doesn’t have a stupid formula like Bochy.
The Claw!!!!!!!! Sit down Juice Box!
Nice inning
“juice box” I like it…
I’m not saying I’d rather have Scotty in there because I wouldn’t. I’m just curious why Cla was in there instead.
Cla made Barry look stupider than Borat’s brother Bilo.
332- LOL. I agree completely.
I am not ashamed to admit I giggled with glee at that last swing from Bonds.
I’m betting it’s because Liney pitched yesterday…but it could be like someone else said that Cla was warming up already in the 7th..may as well bring him in since he was close to being ready.
332: Awesome analogy!!!! Thanks for sharing that!
337: Is that even possible. Do some managers actually make decisions during each game instead of at the beginning of the season?
332: LOL.
wow. just wow.
I love Matty’s t-shirt idea. I need to wrangle one of those.
(By the way, 324, I’m about 2000 miles from San Diego — I should have made that clear to begin with.
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Damn….
Meredith just struck out Bonds on three nasty pitches. Damn….hell yeah. Bochy would have brought in a lefty.
Geoff, you should get SD4 to advertise on your site. Swap ‘em for mention on their broadcasts.