| time: | 1:05 p.m. PT |
| tv: | 4SD |
| sp: | Justin Germano (6-6, 4.38) vs Noah Lowry (12-7, 3.32) |
| pre: | Padres.com, SI.com |
Barry Bonds hit home run #755 off Clay Hensley on Saturday night in support of San Francisco’s 3-2 loss to the Padres. I used to defend Bonds back in the day; now I just don’t really care. It’s a shame that Bonds felt the need to taint his already brilliant legacy, but it’s hard to argue with his success.
More relevant to you and me, the Padres have taken a home series and are in position to sweep the increasingly irrelevant Giants. Speaking of which, you know who’s an impressive story for the orange and black? Sunday’s pitcher, Noah Lowry. How can a guy have 12 wins in August for such a crap team? Seriously, he’s accounted for more than a quarter of San Francisco’s wins this season. That’s not ’72 Steve Carlton, but it’s still pretty darned impressive. If Tom Glavine had done that last year for the Mets, he would have won 25 games.
On the other side, we have Justin “Pumpkin” Germano. We all wanted to believe. Oh, did we want to believe. He gave the Padres such a great shot in the proverbial arm, but the lack of dominance worried us, and for good reason. The month of July was not kind to Germano: 7.24 ERA over 32 1/3 innings covering six starts; opponents batted .298/.366/.511 against him; he allowed four or more runs in all but one of his starts and saw his season ERA rise from 2.67 to 4.38.
We hope that Germano can regain the magic that made him such a valuable asset earlier in the season, but the truth is, he looks more like this year’s version of Mike Thompson — a guy who contributed way more than anyone had a right to expect when it was needed most, but who ultimately cannot sustain a high level of performance in the big leagues.
Prove me wrong, Justin. Prove us all wrong. Nothing would make us happier. Go Padres!
50: Oh, yeah. Akerfelds. He’s done a great job since coming up and getting the best bullpen this year to be that is awesome.
Thanks for the link, Geoff.
BTW, Glavine is in the 300 wins club now. Congratulations to him.
I’m glad that he’s in as it wasn’t quite a sure thing a few years back.
Could he be the last one in? Will be a long while before we find out. The Big Unit is the next closest but he’s on the DL.
43: What I said wasn’t an opinion. It was a statement of fact in response to your statement of opinion. How about you do everyone a favor and not pretend that facts and opinions are the same thing.
45: I do believe it was you that suggested you were dealing with fans that aren’t “tuned in” and cited as an example Ben B. who was upset that the Padres released Branyan. I was just responding to your personal attack on Ben by pointing out the irony of a guy who doesn’t know what he’s talking about referencing a guy who does know what he’s talking about as an example of Padre fans not knowing what they’re talking about.