Comments on: 1969: Padres Nip Astros in Franchise Opener

By: Didi

Didi — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 16:46:26 +0000

And Geoff, I'm enjoying reading the descriptions of the 1969 games. It's fantastic.

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By: Didi

Didi — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 16:45:25 +0000

Yes, I remember reading in an interview/article that Bochy doesn’t like the bunt, which is doubly confusing when, as Richard mentioned, he’d bunt with a player who shouldn’t/couldn’t, e.g. Cameron’s failed bunt last season.

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By: Richard B. Wade

Richard B. Wade — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 18:54:55 +0000

8: Boch didn't bunt very often. When he did, it was usually with a guy who couldn't or shouldn't ever bunt.

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By: jay

jay — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 18:49:04 +0000

RE 8: the sacrifice is way over-used mainstay of the "old school", and definitely in Bochy's bag of tricks. Maybe people were just glad it worked, thus like Black, but that criticism of Bochy, as you said, is way off.

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By: Ben B.

Ben B. — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 18:42:27 +0000

My opinion of Bud Black is colored by the fact that Geoff Blum has gotten three at bats. That is awful and must stop. I also would rather have seen Meredith than Brocail last night when Wells was pulled, but that’s just a matter of taste since Brocail got the out. Other than that it’s been good.

Driving home from the game last night, I was listening to the postgame show on XX, and several callers spoke glowingly of Black’s decision to have NOG bunt, saying there’s no way Bochy would have made that call. When did Bochy shy away from using the sacrifice bunt? Maybe it’s because I generally hate the sac bunt, but I seem to recall Bochy being quite fond of it.

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By: Masticore317

Masticore317 — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 18:09:12 +0000

I haven't gotten to see any of the games yet (being in the East I'm kinda stuck waiting for them to play NY), so it's tough to judge Black from the boxes alone.

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By: jay

jay — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 16:48:57 +0000

Also, a great thing last night, Channel 4 was on MLB Extra Innings; a first! I thought they were not on the network...

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By: jay

jay — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 16:43:05 +0000

ramble, ramble, ramble…

Geoff, a request (I had this on another post), that after we play all the teams in our division that we have a “guess the wins” contest, like you had a “guess the roster” contest? If not, fine, but I think it would be fun.

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By: jay

jay — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 16:41:05 +0000

I like him. First, I believe he will not have the same biases that Bochy had: too much reliance on veterans over youth, stats be damned; rigid heirarchy and situational criteria for relief use. Also, and this is probably emotional, when I watch him watching the game, I get the idea he is thinking and assessing. With Bochy, he did that, but I felt that his bag of decisions from which he pulled was much more limited. As though you could easily predict what his next move was going to be, so that it would be easy for the other team to counter. For right or wrong, he is showing a lot of confidence in the lower tier of the pen to get some leverage situations. So far, they have delivered. To ramble a bit about Bruce, I think he is perfect for SF. He has a veteran team, and he is more flexible with moving veterans around (remember putting Ojeda in right instead of Nady) than younger players, so may get the most out of the team. He was quick to yank Feliz after a few bad games. He just has limited tools to work with, and his pen does not really have the clear structure ours did (Hoffman, Linebrink, Meredith = top, then everyone else). That all said, that team is looking at 95 losses.

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By: PM

PM — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 16:36:09 +0000

That win last night made me feel much better about this team. The Rockies had our number all last year, the Petco Curse seemed to be alive and well, the home opener was more of the same. But last night, we got the usual good pitching and great bullpen, AND some clutch hitting, the ingrediant missing the last coupla years. Its only one game and June gloom is gonna be around at home for a while, but a little bit more hitting, and the Padres are a good team.

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