IGD: Padres @ Nationals (3 Jun 07)
first pitch: 10:35 a.m. PT
television: Channel 4SD
matchup: David Wells (2-3, 4.74 ERA) vs Jason Simontacchi (2-3, 5.28 ERA)
I honestly had no idea Jason Simontacchi was still pitching in the big leagues. That’s okay, some people probably don’t know that David Wells is still pitching…
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Hopefully the Pads can get Boomer some runs today….
It’s 1:15PM, and the tarp is still on the field here in DC. Been raining all morning, and it’s anticipated to rain on and off throughout the afternoon.
Ah, and now they are pulling the tarp off the field! Let the game begin!
It’s 12:30 PM somewhere in the world, let’s have a beer and a win.
Would sure be nice if Wellsy could get some of the early love that Justin got yesterday…
Nice *almost* laugher game yesterday. I just hope our bats can support Boomer like that today. I guess it will be a little slickery in the outfield. May be interesting.
NOG with a nice start.
I hate that ballpark. It is almost as bad as Joe Robbie/Dolphin/Pro Player…
Way to start us off NOG!
Girly Mouth in center today batting 8th. Sledge laid down a great bunt and the Nats eff’d it up to our credit.
Nats are fortunate Simontacchi didn’t make the throw to first on that play. Nobody covering. This is some of the worst defense I’ve ever seen at the big-league level the past couple days.
Yahoo Bardo!!!
EARLY LOVE!
Heck yeah!
10: Good morning Geoff. You are right and fortunate for us, you think?
Bard just made this seem like de jevu’ all over again.
Bard is just on fire since the other night… maybe that’s what he needed. (Please be aware that Matty didn’t start talking until after I started typing *wink*)
Well, it’s not 6, but 3 makes me happy. How ’bout you?
Is there something wrong with Mike Cameron? Bocachica came in in the middle of the game yesterday for him, and now he’s not starting tonight.
I hope we can get this game in today. Even the outs that inning were fairly well struck.
OT: Too bad USD lost last night. From the highlights it looks like they gave it there best.
18: They play football in mud, why not BB? lol
I don’t think we are gonna see a finished game today.
17: The Nats announcers said Cameron has a tight hammy, that he’d be playing in dry conditions but not on a wet day.
Boomer has a nice breaking ball today. C’mon, guys, we need to get three more innings here…
Bruce Willis is Umping at the plate. LOL. Nice pitching by Boomer.
OT: GY what size shoe do you wear? My wife found a place that has Padre and Charger Reebocks and got me the Padre pair.
God, I hope nobody gets hurt in this game.
I’m really surprised that they went ahead with this game.
According to the Nats annoucners, they’re “doing it for the kids.”
5,000 kids are not worth the potential injuries this gane might bring.
Who names their kid Nook? Then again, who names their kid Vida?
Shit! OK, we didn’t need that.
Crap, tie game.
Ugh, nice one Boomer.
And we REALLY didn’t need that, either! He totally crushed that to tie the game.
Kouz is plunked, told to get back in the box for not attempting to avoid the pitch.
Kouz looked like he was turning away from that.
How come we never see that called against Barry “stand and glare while it bounces off my armour” Bonds??????
Re: Kouz, I don’t know that I have ever seen that before. In the era where guys go up there with armor, the likes of Craig Biggio never make more than the effort of Kouz there.
Irritating game. We’re making very solid contact against Simontacchi and getting little to show for it.
“Find the one thing in life that you don’t do well, and don’t do that” eg. don’t take an egg on the arm.
37: Agreed. We need to hit more line drives though. If someone eats it going after a line drive, you could have a triple or inside-the-parker.
This game is all on Boomer. He let Belliard get a single on a 1-2 pitch and then said to Ryan Zimmerman, “Hey, how far can you hit this?”
Wells is getting hit hard now.
40: Since we’re playing the “shortened game philosophy,” we should get Boomer out of there.
Girlie Mouth with a nice catch.
Wait a sec, who’s Jack Cust?
Girlie Mouth breaks out with that over the wall! 1st homer as a Padre.
Come, one more out and let’s make this thing official, the radar has some heavier rain coming along!
Zimmerman knows that we need to complete the fifth so he’s wasting time
Nice to score in the 5th…after this inning, we can end the game at anytime!!
That should have been an E3, that ball was catchable.
why is he girly mouth?
A-GONE!!!!!!!!!!
Adrian with the knock. Pitching change for the Nats. C’mon, let’s get this thing in before the rain returns.
49: Bocachica litarally translated from Spanish is Girl Mouth.
ahhh….totally missed that one. darn you spanish 1 15 years ago.
I just let my indignation fule a rant… I’d love to get some fresh opinion about it, if any of you are looking at something to do between innings.
http://mvn.com/mlb-padres/
(Hope you don’t mind the self promo, Geoff…)
I really like Bocachica’s swing. He’s got some pop in that bat. I know he hasn’t had that much success at the big league level offensively but maybe we can catch lightening in a bottle with this guy.
arrgh..embarrassing typo.
Okay, now let’s get three outs and get official!!!!
Pursuant to a comment Lynch made a couple days ago… How many of y’all think that KT is just waiting to pull a trigger until the bat that he wants becomes available?
54: Nice rant. Now, put the knife down and your hands on the wall.
is it time to pour the gasoline on the infield and throw matches????
re:58 Thanks! question: Did the Mel brooks reference ring true for you?
Question: Do the Umps consult the Managers prior to calling the game at 5 innings to ask if they want to continue, or do they just call it?
#54: Not at all, bud. Reading it now.
#57: Our payroll is down from last year. Just sayin’…
60: It *is* good to be the King!
We need Boomer to not give it right back here.
How many balls have they fouled off Wells today, jeez?
Girly Mouth is stepping up.
Zimmerman got some real good cuts there. Glad to see Boomer keep it (barely) in the park. Another nice play by Bocachica in center. Like what I’m seeing from him…
66: Girly Mouth is making some nice plays out there today. He hit that wall pretty hard.
Hiram is giving it up out there. Nice job! (and that goes for the team watching the waiver wire as well…)
Please Oh Lord, don’t let me see Silent L today for it is the Sabbath and baseball is sacred.
61: They usually would consult, but they don’t HAVE to… it’s up to them.
Mud just said it’s starting rain even harder now.
Holy crap! It is really pouring!
Girly Mouth almost got another one! This guy seems to be for real.
Whoa, Bocachica has some serious pop. That thing almost left yard, too. As Rich says, nice pickup.
“And in the morning, I’m making waffles!” -Donkey
Almost a spectacular play by Khalil.
Nice catch and throw by Khalil. Too bad it didn’t hit the mark. Still impressive nontheless.
He just did the same thing, but hit his mark this time. I still want him to marry my daughter.
It’s always nice to see Branyan coming in.
Shit. He almost went yard with that!
Sledge with a nice ducksnort.
Holding Giles there is all about avoiding injury, I would think…
This is a piss poor decision by the Nats in my opinion. Load the bases to go after Bard. WTF?
Again, that looked like yard. Nice sac to make it 7-3.
On a day where the air is not soaked, they might have paid worse for that decision, too…
We are hitting the ball extremely well today. Beyond the damage actually done, Bocachica, Branyan, and Kouz all have flirted with home runs.
As the boys on TV said, Sledge is having himself a nice little series. It would be nice, obviously, if he can keep that up.
Damn, I was hoping for a dp.
There’s the dp I was hoping for!
Beautiful 6-4-3 DP to end the seventh.
Props to the grounds crew for keeping the field reasonably playable today.
K.Greene might have saved 3 runs in this series. You should hear Don Sutton rave about him on MASN.
Grrrrrrrrr
Mark hasn’t a clue. Just like “pico de gallo” is beak of a rooster.
Khalil drove one to the center field wall in the eighth. Great to see the boys making solid contact.
Bocachica is mouth of a young girl.
88.Think he views Hiram’s arrival as a motivator? *wink*
Good wet ballgame.
Ho hum, another series win. Time to mow the lawn. Have a nice rest of the weekend, folks!
Later Geoff.
Chica/o is often used as an adjective to mean small. I have a feeling Bocachica comes from “Small Mouth” and not girl’s mouth. Probably a reference to a bay somewhere, like Boca Raton, Florida is called that ‘cuz it’s a bay that looks like a rat’s mouth. Not to be a stickler, but as the official representative of Padres fans living in Mexico City, I thought I should point that out. Nonetheless, Girl’s Mouth is kind of a fun nickname, so I say go with it.
On to the important business. Good win against a bad team. Now lets keep the momentum going against the Bums in Blue.
Brian, your’s is the correct translation, but I knew who “Girlie Mouth” was the second I read it.
102 … Yo, Lance! It’s been awhile, hasn’t it? Bring some spice, dude!
Down on the Farm … Chase Headley with a coupla XBH’s for AA San Antonio (a triple and HR #9) … http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2007_06_03_arkaax_sanaax_1 … and a decent start (so far) for Ekstrom …
LaForest and Sinisi with errors that have led to 4 unearned runs against Portland … http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2007_06_03_omaaaa_poraaa_1 … and that team just does not have anywhere close to that kind of margin …
#102: Hey, a Lance sighting. DONG!!! DONG!!! DONG!!! DONG!!! DONG!!!
106 … ya, THAT’s what I meant to say!
104 … Headley ends up a single short of the cycle! Stud-O-Meter is goin’ off!
John Sickles’ blog Mock Draft is DONE … check it all out …
http://www.minorleagueball.com/
… whoever that is that handled it for the Padres did a GREAT job … here’s what the Padres mock-got …
23 Michael Main, rhp/of, Deland (Fla.) HS
40 Michael Burgess, OF, FL H.S.
46 Drew Cumberland, SS, H.S.
57 Joe Savery, P, Rice
63 Kellen Kulbacki, OF, James Madison
64 Josh Donaldson, C, Auburn
81 Gary Brown, OF, California HS
87 Taylor Cole, RHP, Nevada HS
117 Kunz, RHP, Oregon St
147 Reynaldo Navarro, SS, Puerto Rico HS
177 Cory Luebke, LHP, Ohio State
I’ve been lurking, but haven’t found time for posting. Time to toss my NL West predictions into the ring:
Padres 92-70
Dodgers 90-72
D-Backs 89-73
Giants 77-85
Rockies 70-92
I hope I’m right…
109: I’m not thrilled with the Cumberland pick at 46. When scouts are calling you a gap-power hitter in high school, that’s not a ringing endorsement. But he’s a premium athlete, the kind of guy who could develop more juice. I wonder if they mock-drafted him because we’re weak at SS in the system. That’s not a good way to do business. But they popped two guys I wanted with their next two picks, so the order doesn’t matter.
I agree with drafting Main as a pitcher instead of an OF.
110 … GY … here’s a poll idea for you … over/under W’s to win the NL West … Lance suggests 92 … I take OVER … in fact, until it gets to 96, I take OVER … ie. I think it will take at least 95 wins to win the NL West …
On a completely unrelated note…
I went to the Angels/O’s game Saturday nite in Anaheim. My family eventually wants to see all of the stadiums and Angel Stadium was absolutely gorgeous. Their front entrance is one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen, and I really like the opening day starters engraved on the ground.
We had a great time all around. The prices were great ($8 to park is just aweomse), the food was amazing, and the people were very nice and helpful. My dad told just about every stadium attendant he ran into how much nicer Angels stadium was then Dodgers stadium. We saw Nick Markakis’ ridiculous HR robbing catch (we were about 20 feet past 1B so we had a great view of the play).
But the highlight of the nite, for me and my family:
Playing first base and batting ninth for the Baltimore Orioles: Chris Freaking Gomez.