Comments on: IGD: Padres vs Brewers (25 May 07)

By: LynchMob

LynchMob — Sat, 26 May 2007 23:13:51 +0000

182 … the NL West is our for the taking … let’s go Boyz!

183 … now *THAT*s what I’m talkin’ about! http://stormbaseball.com/Main.html

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By: MALCOLM

MALCOLM — Sat, 26 May 2007 23:08:27 +0000

175.Lancaster @ LE, early start time at 2PM.

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By: Ben B.

Ben B. — Sat, 26 May 2007 22:33:55 +0000

Dodgers lose! 4-2 Cubs.

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By: LynchMob

LynchMob — Sat, 26 May 2007 21:43:30 +0000

Down on the farm … Cesar Ramos with a nice start … http://www.minorleaguebaseball.....x_arkaax_1 … not many K’s (3 in 7 IP), which doesn’t bode well for long-term success, however …

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By: LynchMob

LynchMob — Sat, 26 May 2007 21:24:06 +0000

A name from the past has surfaced today … http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=270526115 … Buddy Carlyle was the SP for the Braves today … he had 7 starts for the Padres in ‘99 … I admire and root for guys who stick with it!

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By: LynchMob

LynchMob — Sat, 26 May 2007 21:16:45 +0000

178 … YES! And I’d be OK to sub in McAnulty for Sledge at this point … to see if he can do better than .370/.450 vs RHP …

Hmmm, 3 guys on the bench that can hit … doesn’t that sounds GREAT!

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By: Ben B.

Ben B. — Sat, 26 May 2007 20:49:53 +0000

171: You'll notice in those numbers that we have an 850ish OPS left fielder if Black sticks to the platoon of Sledge v. righties and Cruz v. lefties, which I thought was the original plan. Of course, OG going down kind of puts a wrench in that, unless we go out and get someone like Craig Wilson who can really hit lefties. Then we could have two platoons at the corner OF spots, and three guys on the bench that can actually hit (Branyan plus the two sitting OFs).

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By: LynchMob

LynchMob — Sat, 26 May 2007 20:45:29 +0000

I sorta noticed this earlier this week … but I don’t remember anyone commenting on it … Now Jake and Chris Young are split in the rotation! Jake took Wells’ turn on Tuesday, 5/22 (ie. due to 2 off-days so close, 5/17 and 5/21), Jake got 5 days rest and it still was not his turn … but Black chose to go with him rather than give him the 6th day of rest … and then he chose to go with Wells rather than skipping the #5 spot completely …

It sure worked out … Jake was awesome … Wells was awesome … and Young was awesome …

It will be interesting to see if Bud skips Wells’ next turn after the off-day on Monday, and goes with Young + Maddux in the first 2 road games at Pit next week … I’m all in favor of minimizing Wells’ road starts … skipping his next start would put his next start back at Petco vs Dodgers … and then allow us to skip the Hensley/Germano spot in the order going back to Jake on Thursday, June 7th … which sounds like a good idea …

In case you missed some of my thoughts on major alterations to the rotation, check back to comments I made late in the evening here … http://ducksnorts.com/blog/200.....l#comments … starting at #117 … ways to use Jake and Young more often and leverage the fact that we (will) have 4 other starting pitchers …

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By: St. Oops

St. Oops — Sat, 26 May 2007 19:59:27 +0000

176: Agreed! Not that I care about attendance all that much. It's just sooo much easier to watch day games than night games when you're 9 hours ahead of San Diego. Day games on the east coast are golden. Bummer about Monday. Off days are boring. What do you read at work the next morning?

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By: LynchMob

LynchMob — Sat, 26 May 2007 18:53:29 +0000

174 … so perhaps the Padres should try to “buy” JJ Furmaniak from the A’s

Wow, I just noticed that the Padres have an off day on Monday, Memorial Day … that doesn’t make “business sense”, does it? A lot of teams are off that day … what a shame to miss a chance to play a well-attended day game … as I believe MLB teams do any time they play on Sat or Sun night …

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