Comments on: Padres Win Again at San Francisco

By: Peter Friberg

Peter Friberg — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 01:09:02 +0000

I saw over the weekend where an MLB.com writer had San Diego as the 13th best team in baseball and I thought the guy was an arse…

http://www.sportsline.com/mlb/story/10106039

Erik Mack of cbs.Sportsline.com has us 20th…

Freakin’ idiot. “Baseball expert,” right? Sure.

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By: jay

jay — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 23:51:00 +0000

Mixed day for Former Padres Now Pitching For Philadelphia (FPNPFP):

Eaton: 4.2 IP, 7H, 8R, 4BB, 3K, 1HR
Condrey: 2.0 IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 5k

I guess that was Eaton’s first start in Philly, but didn’t we get him from Philly? Apparently still in the minors….

Eaton’s post SD travails remind me of how few pitchers that Towers lets go that thrive elsewhere.

Times I can think of:
Aki, OK, but that was a calculated loss.
Woody, when he went to STL
Rodrigo Lopez, briefly, in Baltimore
Perez, also a calculated loss and he has been mixed

I remember worrying about Eaton, B-Law being bad give aways and then stopped worrying.

And then KT also has that ability to get relievers from nowhere who shine and then he flips them…

Herges for Hensley
Steve Reed for Jason Bay
Witasik to NYA for Jimenez
Embree to Boston for Dan Giese and Brad Baker (OK, not a great one)

What he gets back does not always work, but in all of these trades the Padres signed the reliever as a low price FA at the start of the year, so basically got them for nothing.

I don’t know what it is, but he has an eye for pitching.

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By: jay

jay — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 23:31:14 +0000

They said that to McNulty on the Opening Day telecast after he struck out to the left-hander they brought in (Sanchez, I think).

Their audience is SF, SF loves Barry (really about the only thing to give you hope now, aside from Zito), so they have to side-step comments like “How can it be that Barry is the same guy that played in Pittsburgh? It’s like someone stuck him with a high pressure air hose and inflated him up 50%” I mean, look at his freakish head and neck.” That won’t fly.

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By: Peter Friberg

Peter Friberg — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 23:26:56 +0000

Bingo Geoff, I think what get’s lost in translation is that in the minds of most of us who are “stat-heads” or even somewhat statistically inclined, we think of aggressive as non-walking (Juan Pierre: 259 BB in 4118 AB). When NOG refers to himself as aggressive, I believe he’s talking about his swing. He’ll take a few walks, not a ton, but a few. He doesn’t take pitches just to show his team what the pitcher’s throwing and he doesn’t drag-bunt, or slap the ball around to get on base… He’s going to swing hard - every time.

NOG, keep doing what you do!

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By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 23:20:03 +0000

The guy who says "Sit down, meat" is former Giants pitcher Mike Krukow, and his partner is usually Duane Kuiper. They're actually pretty fun to listen to, although they are a bit homer-y and prone to overrate scrappy Eckstein types. They make up for it with great chemistry and whimsy.

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By: Stephen

Stephen — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 22:49:04 +0000

Are they the same Giants announcers that Fox used for a Saturday national game a season or two ago? I recall one of them saying, “Sit down, Meat” after a Padre struck out. Can’t remember who it was - I wanna say Damian Jackson - but I remember posters to the padres’ mlb.com board posting about it. Otherwise they seemed just alright to me.

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By: Tylertfb

Tylertfb — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 22:24:13 +0000

We all can agree that the White Sox's Hawk and DJ are the worst, right?

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By: LynchMob

LynchMob — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 22:12:01 +0000

Listening to the Giants isn't the same without Lon Simmons and Hank Greenwald ... they were amazing ...

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By: Anthony

Anthony — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 21:40:42 +0000

Most local announcers are incredibly boring. At least Matt and Mud are genuinely funny and keep things loose. Sometimes they let the schtick get in the way of the play calling but I'd rather have that than someone who sticks to the plays and puts me to sleep during a mid-season blowout. Besides, without those guys we might not have had Sutcliffe's brilliant appearance in the booth last year, one of the all time best drunk broadcaster moments. Does anyone know if Steve Quis will be back this year? If so I hope he learns to tone it down a little.

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By: Steve from Boston

Steve from Boston — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 21:08:12 +0000

20&23:
Do not enjoy the Giants announcers. Mostly because of the Bonds propaganda they shell out. But I don’t have too much of a problem with their game calling.

Last year I remember being annoyed with the Washington announcers a lot. Those guys were impressed by EVERYTHING.

“Wow! Look at the way Adrian Gonzalez swings that bat! You know who that reminds me of? Rafael Palmero. … Oh yeah, what a great great great swing. Amazing.”

“Hey look over there at Brian Giles scratching his nuts! He’s doing that really well. You can tell he’s got a lot of experience scratching his balls. You know who used to scratch his balls like that? … The late, great Elston Howard. … oh yeah. That guy could really scratch his nuts. Look at Brian Giles go. That sure is big league ball scratching if I ever seen it! Very nice.”

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