Comments on: IGD: Padres vs Phillies (20 Jul 07)

By: JP

JP — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 16:46:49 +0000

I guess the Pads were a bit lucky to get what they got out of Branyan the last two months last year. He is back to his old self, batting below the Mendoza line and striking out once every two to three at bats.

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By: SDSUBASEBALL

SDSUBASEBALL — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 09:52:27 +0000

64: Isnt Hampson in Portland...? 65: Agreed. 2 out of 3 times Khalil nabs that flair, i would had rather it fall in no mans land than hit his glove though. At least the Doyers lost.

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By: jay

jay — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 06:15:58 +0000

It is a game of inches, because if Greene snags that flair, Utley was running on the pitch and would have been doubled off. Rally would have been killed. Greene catches that ball, Cameron takes on the 3-0, we probably win. Oh well.

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By: jay

jay — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 06:12:30 +0000

As highlighted in 19, 20, 33 and 35, that bottom of the third was the killer; 2nd and 3rd, no outs, Eaton throws 8 straight balls (as in none were strikes) but Cameron and Greene turn them into 2 outs. That is sloppy; I get frustrated at the players, but more frustrated with Merv. There seems to be a “it’s OK to be aggressive” approach, and we paid for it then.

If you ranked all the 3-0 swings in baseball this season, that one had to be close to the bottom.

Team LOB - 15; cumulative player LOB - 28. I would have to scan the history to find a 9 inning game were we had 19 base runners and scored three runs. And we had 3 XBH. Staggering.

My second major frustration was the use of Brocail. He’s been OK, he gives up the bomb, but why is out a second inning? To preserve Cameron and Hampson arms? I don’t get it. Then he gives up a lead off walk, but still no removal. That was just a run, but given how close we were to getting to be 5 or 6 runs, that could have been the difference.

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By: Geoff Young

Geoff Young — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 06:03:36 +0000

#42: Of course!

#59: Yep. No loss is a good loss, but at least we didn’t lose any ground. Better luck tomorrow…

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By: Rick Schroder (Turbine Dude)

Rick Schroder (Turbine Dude) — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 05:33:10 +0000

Dogs lost. We're still tied.

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By: Rick Schroder (Turbine Dude)

Rick Schroder (Turbine Dude) — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 05:21:20 +0000

Good news: Dogs are down 4-1 in the 8th.

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By: Rick Schroder (Turbine Dude)

Rick Schroder (Turbine Dude) — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 05:17:51 +0000

How is it that we can get the bases loaded, but struggle to get the RBIs? Is it a mental block? What is so different about hitting a double with no one on as opposed to hitting a double with the bases loaded?

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By: Rick Schroder (Turbine Dude)

Rick Schroder (Turbine Dude) — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 05:03:01 +0000

We all have bad days at the office. I think this is one of the Padres bad days. No damage done. Let's hope the Dogs lose tonight.