IGD: Padres @ Nationals (1 Jun 07)
Fri, Jun 1, 2007
by Geoff Young
first pitch: 4:05 p.m. PT
television: none
matchup: Jake Peavy (7-1, 1.47 ERA) vs Matt Chico (3-4, 5.13 ERA)
previews: Padres.com | SI.com
I should be more fired up about a Jake Peavy start, but with the game not being televised, it’s a little tough. Is this what it’s like to live out of market?
Also, I’m working on the May roundtable that will run on Monday. Those are my lame excuses and I’m sticking to them…
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June 1, 2007 at 2:57 pm
this seems like an odd game not to be televised
June 1, 2007 at 3:09 pm
this is one of the few games i get to watch, living on the east coast… and a peavy start is just gravy.
June 1, 2007 at 3:23 pm
This is OT … but sure seems worth repeating for any new folks that join the IGD … Didi posted this link earlier today … http://seattletimes.nwsource.c.....e=20070530 … and I *love* it … a great “Ode to Bo” …
June 1, 2007 at 3:25 pm
From mlb.com’s Gameday, it looks like Bocachica is taking Robles’ spot on the roster. I might have preferred him taking Blum’s, but other than that it’s a good call. It looks like Sledge is starting against a lefty tonight, meaning Cruz is probably unavailable, so that could have influenced the decision to keep Sledge and McAnulty.
June 1, 2007 at 3:28 pm
Why not start Bocachica against the lefty?
June 1, 2007 at 3:33 pm
Bard has been suspended 3 games for bumping the umpire last night. He’s appealing, so he will play in the meantime. I like that Bard can appeal and time his suspension to the best time for the team, but it really undermines the disciplinary effect if he can just take his three games the next time he’s a little banged up.
June 1, 2007 at 3:40 pm
I think Bard’s suspension had more to do with his full-speed rush towards the umpires rather than the contact itself. That was pretty intense to watch. Looking at it from the league’s point of view, the penalty seems very fair. He was also fined an ‘undisclosed’ amount.
June 1, 2007 at 3:43 pm
5: It looks like he is starting in right. Sledge is in left. Bizarrely, Branyan’s getting a rare start, but Black waits until we’re facing a lefty to give it to him. The hitter with the lowest OBP, Greene, is hitting second, too. Weird lineup. Maybe gameday is messed up.
June 1, 2007 at 3:46 pm
bleh looks like peavy needs to throw 8 innings of shut out ball tonight
June 1, 2007 at 3:52 pm
Tonite is one of those few times I’m happy to be out of market. Hopefully, I’ll be able to watch Jake spin a beaut tonite.
June 1, 2007 at 4:21 pm
I’m still baffled by the non-televised thing. Why this game and on a Friday night? I’m also a fan of 1090 AM, so I’ll quit bitching.
June 1, 2007 at 4:23 pm
2 runs. That could be tough to overcome with this lineup.
June 1, 2007 at 4:27 pm
12: We’re half way there. Way to go Josh.
June 1, 2007 at 4:30 pm
Bard’s fired up. It there’s one thing Shakespeare knows about it, it’s revenge!
June 1, 2007 at 4:32 pm
14: Yes, better that than a comedy of errors.
June 1, 2007 at 4:32 pm
Bocacheca fits in nicely with a foul pop out.
Actually, in all fairness, thats a huge foul territory. And it was well worth watching Dimitri Young frantically sprint over there.
June 1, 2007 at 4:34 pm
Hey, can anybody help me here? I can’t figure out what the current 25-man roster is - from the looks of things the Padres added both Bocachica and Hensley to the roster today, so who’s gone? Thanks.
June 1, 2007 at 4:36 pm
Hensley has gone to Portland; Robles was sent there to clear space for Bocachica.
June 1, 2007 at 4:37 pm
Thanks. The transaction report I read made it seem as though Clay was with the big-league team. Shame about Robles. I thought he might be a better option than Blum, but doesn’t appear to be able to play short.
June 1, 2007 at 4:43 pm
Jake is really struggling tonite. Definitely not what we’re used to seeing.
June 1, 2007 at 4:48 pm
#20
Must be the national media attention this week, better to keep him our secret
June 1, 2007 at 4:51 pm
Joining late … for your between-innings entertainment, what are you thoughts on the A-Rod snafu? http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/ne.....;type=lgns … I can’t believe he’s catching flack for this! How is yelling “Hey” bush league but drilling a guy in the ribs with a fastball not? Howie Clark shoulda caught the ball … and since he didn’t, it’s pretty silly to get mad …
June 1, 2007 at 4:52 pm
Thru 2 …
Pitches-strikes - J Peavy 35-21; M Chico 39-22.
Ground balls-fly balls - J Peavy 3-1; M Chico 2-3.
Batters faced - J Peavy 10; M Chico 9.
June 1, 2007 at 4:56 pm
Jake’s throwing a lot of balls tonite, pretty surprising.
June 1, 2007 at 4:57 pm
Also, for your Draft and/or Mock Draft enthusiasts … here’s a link that has a very quick/brief review of both the Mock Draft and the Real Draft … http://minorleagueball.com/sto.....161121/895 … interesting to look back …
June 1, 2007 at 4:58 pm
This is Jake’s 2nd consecutive start on “only” 4 days rest … is that a factor?
June 1, 2007 at 5:00 pm
Yeargh, national attention month is killing Jake.
June 1, 2007 at 5:01 pm
The Nats took the Dogers apart last night and now us. WTF? This is one of the worst clubs in MLB.
June 1, 2007 at 5:03 pm
Anybody up in the pen? … jk … but barely … it is on my mind …
June 1, 2007 at 5:03 pm
Part of the problem is the Nats keep getting hits on grounders. Peavy’s getting pretty unlucky. He’s got 4 K’s, only one walk, and is getting quite a few ground balls (from what I can tell from the radio broadcast and gameday).
June 1, 2007 at 5:04 pm
Bucs up 2-1 on Dogs …
June 1, 2007 at 5:05 pm
Nationals are 7-11 on balls in play.
June 1, 2007 at 5:06 pm
31: That’s somewhat encouraging.
June 1, 2007 at 5:06 pm
Their four singles have all been on ground balls, and their only two line drives were their doubles.
June 1, 2007 at 5:07 pm
34: Excuse me, their 5 singles have all been on ground balls.
June 1, 2007 at 5:10 pm
Isn’t it about time for Russel to run into one?
June 1, 2007 at 5:11 pm
Rally Cap Time!
June 1, 2007 at 5:11 pm
What the hell was Bard thinking?
June 1, 2007 at 5:11 pm
Oops, Dogs go up 4-2 in top of 4th …
June 1, 2007 at 5:12 pm
Damnit Padres, stupid play. C’mon guys, its the freaking Nationals!
June 1, 2007 at 5:12 pm
38 … did you see it? Tell us what happened?
June 1, 2007 at 5:13 pm
38: That Sledge is 0-18 against lefties this year.
June 1, 2007 at 5:13 pm
42: Make that 0-19…
God damn, this is embarassing.
June 1, 2007 at 5:14 pm
Sledge now 0-for-19 against LHP this year.
June 1, 2007 at 5:15 pm
The Padres have been ridiculously unlucky thus far (and Bard’s not helping with his stupidity). They have 8 (!) line drives in four innings, but only 5 hits, while the Nats have 2 and 7, with 5 hits on ground balls.
June 1, 2007 at 5:16 pm
On another note, USD’s first game in the NCAA Regionals will be televised on Channel 4 tonight at 8 p.m. PT.
June 1, 2007 at 5:17 pm
OT … Hey, Didi … you’re T1 man!
http://games.espn.go.com/flb/s.....ueId=16639
June 1, 2007 at 5:18 pm
Khalil makes another spinning strike. He didn’t jump though, so it wasn’t as awesome.
June 1, 2007 at 5:19 pm
46 … thanks for the reminder … you can follow the games at …
http://www.ncaasports.com/base.....1/20070601
June 1, 2007 at 5:22 pm
47 … never mind … you’ve already slip’d back into 2nd
June 1, 2007 at 5:23 pm
Thru 4 …
Pitches-strikes - J Peavy 68-44; M Chico 64-40.
Ground balls-fly balls - J Peavy 4-3; M Chico 2-6.
Batters faced - J Peavy 19; M Chico 17.
… HEY … didn’t last night teach any of us about “patience”?
June 1, 2007 at 5:26 pm
46: GY, is that supposed to make me happy about this game not being televised? Because it doesn’t. But then again, you are the ‘glass half dude.’ LOL
-Rick
June 1, 2007 at 5:26 pm
Khalil drills it to deep center with nothing to show for it.
June 1, 2007 at 5:26 pm
DBacks won.
June 1, 2007 at 5:28 pm
Damn, lets hope they can do what they did last nite tonite. They’re gonna need it.
June 1, 2007 at 5:33 pm
54: What? It’s in the 5th, dbacks up 2-0.
June 1, 2007 at 5:35 pm
Thru 5 …
Pitches-strikes - J Peavy 80-52; M Chico 78-48.
Ground balls-fly balls - J Peavy 7-3; M Chico 2-8.
Batters faced - J Peavy 23; M Chico 20.
… here it comes, boyz, here it comes … a Chico implosion … c’mon!
June 1, 2007 at 5:37 pm
56 … TD must *really* like Brandon Webb … me too … but I say we make ‘em finish the game … now in the 6th according to Yahoo …
June 1, 2007 at 5:38 pm
Bucs still makin’ a game of it … now 5-4 Dogs in top of 6th …
June 1, 2007 at 5:39 pm
Wow, surprised that Adrian could make that.
June 1, 2007 at 5:39 pm
56/58: My bad. I misheard something on 1090 AM. Sorry to put you guys into a coronary.
June 1, 2007 at 5:41 pm
Bard’s having a nice nite thus far.
June 1, 2007 at 5:42 pm
With this game not on T.V., I’ve got 2 PCs up and a Bazzilion windows open and trying to pay attention to Ted and Jerry at the same time.
And now a one run game w/Branyon up!
June 1, 2007 at 5:42 pm
#60: He doesn’t always score from third on a double.
June 1, 2007 at 5:44 pm
FYI-For any of you with COX digital cable, 1090 AM is broadcast on channel 960.
June 1, 2007 at 5:46 pm
“Looks” like Branyan had a nice AB. Maybe the new guy can do something useful here.
June 1, 2007 at 5:48 pm
66: Sounds like it too, listening to Ted.
June 1, 2007 at 5:49 pm
Is Chico getting a visit to the mound? The game seems delay’d on the Yahoo ticker …
June 1, 2007 at 5:50 pm
pitching change
June 1, 2007 at 5:50 pm
We need to come up with a nickname for Bocachica (sp?), to long to type.
June 1, 2007 at 5:50 pm
68 … ah, now I see Abreu relieving Chico … full speed ahead boyz, it’s beat-the-bully-time!
June 1, 2007 at 5:50 pm
Maybe Bocachica just like watching Dmitri Young lumber after pop ups.
June 1, 2007 at 5:51 pm
how about .058?
June 1, 2007 at 5:51 pm
TIED ballgame!!!
June 1, 2007 at 5:51 pm
About damn time we catch a break.
June 1, 2007 at 5:52 pm
man im glad they put in a righty!
June 1, 2007 at 5:52 pm
Jake can hit.
June 1, 2007 at 5:52 pm
Crudge!
June 1, 2007 at 5:53 pm
Young lumbering around is pretty damn funny
June 1, 2007 at 5:53 pm
I would have advocated pinch hitting for Jake, but we don’t really have any better hitters on the bench, so might as well let him go another inning, maybe two if he can dispatch them quickly.
June 1, 2007 at 5:54 pm
At least were back in it, c’mon boys.
June 1, 2007 at 5:55 pm
66/67: I actually miss listening to Ted & Jerry while watching the game. However, ever since I got HDTV, it hasn’t been feasable. The HD lags real time by about 2-3 seconds and it’s just too weird to hear the play called before you see it.
June 1, 2007 at 5:56 pm
I wonder if Ted and Jerry can actually tell when Jake has “good stuff”, or if they’re just going by how the Nationals have hit him.
June 1, 2007 at 5:58 pm
82 … there is a device you can get to lag your radio … invented for just that reason!
June 1, 2007 at 5:59 pm
OT … 2 former Padres are getting whup’d by Gi’nts tonight … http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=270601122
June 1, 2007 at 6:00 pm
#70
Bocachica’s nickname should be Mouth Girl until he gets a hit
June 1, 2007 at 6:01 pm
Ha! Tony Batista is still in baseball?
June 1, 2007 at 6:01 pm
84: Yeah, but when I got the Bose home theater sound system, I got rid of the stereo.
June 1, 2007 at 6:02 pm
86: Why “Mouth Girl?”
June 1, 2007 at 6:02 pm
Jake’s at 99 pitches. Do we leave him out for 1 more?
June 1, 2007 at 6:03 pm
Thru 6 …
Pitches-strikes - J Peavy 99-66; M Chico 98-59; W Abreu 9-7.
Ground balls-fly balls - J Peavy 9-3; M Chico 2-9; W Abreu 0-1.
Batters faced - J Peavy 27; M Chico 24; W Abreu 3.
… deeper into their pen we go …
June 1, 2007 at 6:03 pm
#89
Literal translation from Spanish
June 1, 2007 at 6:05 pm
92: LOL. I speak Spanish and didn’t even think of that! Actually, it would be ‘Girl Mouth.’ Everything is backwards in Spanish.
June 1, 2007 at 6:07 pm
Man Khalil is still not looking good at the plate.
June 1, 2007 at 6:09 pm
I think Rivera can get an inside fastball past Cameron … well .. at least I’d like to see him try
June 1, 2007 at 6:11 pm
95 …
M. Cameron flied out to right
… means they musta stayed away … chickens!
June 1, 2007 at 6:12 pm
90 … leave him in … with offday on Monday, he’ll have 5 days ’till his next start …
June 1, 2007 at 6:12 pm
97: I agree.
June 1, 2007 at 6:13 pm
Thru 7 …
Pitches-strikes - J Peavy 99-66; M Chico 98-59; W Abreu 9-7; S Rivera 12-7.
Ground balls-fly balls - J Peavy 9-3; M Chico 2-9; W Abreu 0-1; S Rivera 2-1.
Batters faced - J Peavy 27; M Chico 24; W Abreu 3; S Rivera 4.
June 1, 2007 at 6:14 pm
Jake’s good for about 120 pitches.
June 1, 2007 at 6:15 pm
3 up, 3 down. Definately leave him in.
June 1, 2007 at 6:16 pm
And after all that discussion of how Jake doesn’t have his good stuff, he ends with 7 k’s in 7 IP, one walk, and only two extra base hits allowed.
June 1, 2007 at 6:16 pm
101: I dunno. We got a legion of bullpen arms to use.
June 1, 2007 at 6:16 pm
Down on the Farm … Nick Hundley with HR #6 … http://www.minorleaguebaseball.....x_sanaax_1 … I saw him @ Peoria in 2006 … he’s a big kid … I’m hoping he can make it to the bigs …
June 1, 2007 at 6:18 pm
99 … oops, this is thru 7 …
Pitches-strikes - J Peavy 112-75; M Chico 98-59; W Abreu 9-7; S Rivera 12-7.
Ground balls-fly balls - J Peavy 10-4; M Chico 2-9; W Abreu 0-1; S Rivera 2-1.
Batters faced - J Peavy 30; M Chico 24; W Abreu 3; S Rivera 4.
… nice IP by Jake … now, leave in him? Personally, I hope we PH for him … he’s due up 5th
June 1, 2007 at 6:19 pm
D’backs now up 5-0 …
June 1, 2007 at 6:21 pm
106 … OT … 2 notes from that D-backs / Mets game …
Ben Johnson is in the Mets starting lineup … looks like he got a callup a coupla days ago …
A guy older than me stole a base for the Mets … Julio Franco with his 2nd SB of the season … oh, to be young again!
June 1, 2007 at 6:22 pm
Anyone think Bocachica was the “PTBNL” in the Cust trade? I know he didn’t show up that way, but what if Beane released him as a favor to KT, kinda like Theo Epstein releasing Lou Merloni a few years ago when we needed a utility guy…
June 1, 2007 at 6:25 pm
Ft Wayne gettin’ a few hits, scoring a few runs, getting enough outs … http://web.minorleaguebaseball.....x_ftwafx_1 … a solid game, so far, no interesting details …
June 1, 2007 at 6:26 pm
- H. Bell relieved J. Peavy
- P. McAnulty in right field
… all right!
June 1, 2007 at 6:26 pm
Someone should tell Dmitri Young hitting the ball on the ground is not a good strategy for someone of his bulk. Somehow it’s worked out today, though, with 3 ground ball singles for him.