| time: | 7:05 p.m. PT |
| tv: | 4SD |
| sp: | Chris Young (9-4, 2.02) vs Ubaldo Jimenez (1-2, 6.57) |
| pre: | Padres.com, SI.com, B-R.com |
In case you haven’t voted in the poll, we need to come up with a song from the late-’70s or early-’80s that the Padres can adopt as their theme. Remember how the White Sox used Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’ ” en route to a World Championship in 2005? Right now, Aerosmith and Boston are leading the charge, but don’t forget REO Speedwagon (yeah, right; I’ve been trying for years).
In other news, Wednesday night’s starter for Colorado, Ubaldo Jimenez, won his first big-league ballgame on July 29 against the Dodgers, pushing him past the Expos’ Ubaldo Heredia as MLB’s all-time wins leader for pitchers named “Ubaldo.”
Way to go, big guy; way to go…
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And the all-time losses leader … 2-1 over Heredia
http://www.baseball-reference.com/j/jimenub01.shtml
OT … I’m a fan of Rick Ankiel …
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AnpCmWtyg0Bh3CaA2LUkRakRvLYF?slug=jp-ankiel081507&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
Off topic, but Drama from Gaslamp Ball asked the ChiSox writer who started the Greene/Bell rumor what he thought. His response, including his justification, is completely hillarious.
http://www.gaslampball.com/story/2007/8/15/172053/260#11
D-backs up 9-4 on Marlins thru 6.5 …
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=270815128
OT … Mariano Rivera gets torched again …
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=270815110
Down on the Farm … Antonelli and Headley both get hits in the 1st & 2nd innings …
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2007_08_15_spraax_sanaax_1
4 … D-backs made a couple of minor roster moves today …
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AiO.Tm.zCsaQoI2JVZCKDfQRvLYF?slug=ap-diamondbacks-kim&prov=ap&type=lgns
Nice pitch CY!
OT … check out the winning pitcher of this game … and his season ERA …
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=270815120
Nice 1st inning by CY …
- K. Matsui struck out swinging
- T. Tulowitzki struck out looking
- M. Holliday struck out swinging
… perhaps that’s what a “Munk shoot” is?
Alrighty, great start… next up: 24 more strikeouts in 120 more pitches…. can’t beat that….
Seriously, Geoff Blum’s going to come crashing down to earth, right????
Mark Grant’s euphimisms leave a lot to be desired.
Thru 1 …
Pitches-strikes – U Jimenez 18-12; C Young 15-13.
Ground balls-fly balls – U Jimenez 1-0; C Young 0-0.
Batters faced – U Jimenez 4; C Young 3.
Aaron Cook to the DL. http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/mlb/article/0,2777,DRMN_23924_5673903,00.html
15 … yow, that’s big news … the article also says this …
Indications were that big-league veteran Elmer Dessens, recently released by Milwaukee and signed to a minor-league contract by the Rockies, will replace Cook in the rotation in Thursday’s series finale against the Padres.
… yummy!
CY’s ERA is back under 2 now
In LA, Penny touched for a run in the top of the 2nd …
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=270815119
Thru 2 …
Pitches-strikes – U Jimenez 28-21; C Young 24-19.
Ground balls-fly balls – U Jimenez 1-2; C Young 0-1.
Batters faced – U Jimenez 7; C Young 6.
Uh oh, looks like Matt Bush needs Tommy John.
http://coreybrock.mlblogs.com/
Anbody watching this game on TV? Whassup with CY walking Ubaldo?
20 … this “news” was in the UT on Monday … along with news that Nick Schmidt has been shut down for a month with elbow problems …
http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/padres/20070813-9999-1s13minors.html
20 … OK, here’s something from Corey Brock’s blog that’s interesting …
In other news, a scoring decision from July 21 has changed the five earned runs Cla Meredith allowed to no earned runs. His ERA went from 3.97 to 3.18 just like that.
… wonder what took so long to make that “decision”???
OT … interesting comments about Joyner …
http://sandiego.padres.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070812&content_id=2144659&vkey=news_sd&fext=.jsp&c_id=sd
… and a record setting grand slam by Pete Laforest!
Nice try Blummer.
OT … I missed what put Barrett on the DL …
http://sandiego.padres.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070811&content_id=2143007&vkey=news_sd&fext=.jsp&c_id=sd
… and I’m never sure that it’s a good thing if/when a CT scan of your head comes back “negative”
Thru 3 …
Pitches-strikes – U Jimenez 50-35; C Young 38-28.
Ground balls-fly balls – U Jimenez 1-3; C Young 0-3.
Batters faced – U Jimenez 12; C Young 10.
… good thing Blum’s got Ubaldo’s number!
That corner is a right fielder’s nightmare.
Nice catch by OG to end that half.
Whew. Nice work CY.
Sometimes I get the feeling that CY is just trying to keep the game exciting for him… I mean, it was seemingly no effort at all to pitch out of that jam….
the ut site said he’s having an mri, it says nothing of confirming it’s a ligament tear. at any rate, it’s bad news. kid looked promising.
32 … sorry for the ‘tude in 22 … just the tone of Brock’s blog made it sound like he had a fresh/new scoop rather than an update on a story that started on Aug 9th … I wish the Padres had a better rep at mlb.com … that’s all …
Thru 4 …
Pitches-strikes – U Jimenez 63-43; C Young 67-44.
Ground balls-fly balls – U Jimenez 2-3; C Young 1-5.
Batters faced – U Jimenez 15; C Young 15.
… CY’s getting out-pitched now!
OT … ’stros up 3-1 on dogs after top of 4th …
22. No worries dude. Just passing on the info. I think the site is generally good. Anyway back to the game!
Maybe luck is on our side tonite?
CY strands ‘em again.
At Portland, Stansberry with HR #11 … and Thompson has pitched 5 decent innings …
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2007_08_15_srcaaa_poraaa_1
Just got back from dinner; good to see that CY is up to his usual shenanigans.
Wow. Walked our pitcher. Nice.
Man it must be tough to pitch to a guy with a strike zone the size of Rhode Island.
Where the hell has Matty V. been of late?
Let’s see some of that new OG-power!
…open up the porch door…
Does Ubaldo fear the B(l)um on deck???
That could have been big if it dropped and took a nasty hop.
For your between innings amusement … the game notes at mlb.com indicate that this game is the deciding game in the 223-game series between the teams (ie. so far, the Padres and Rox have split their first 222 meetings) …
http://presspass.mlb.com/pp_viewer.asp?d=36184
Whoa, did Quis just mention the Bill James Historical Abstract on air? Nice…
Thru 5 …
Pitches-strikes – U Jimenez 78-50; C Young 80-54.
Ground balls-fly balls – U Jimenez 3-4; C Young 2-7.
Batters faced – U Jimenez 19; C Young 19.
Man, Cameron just doesn’t do well on 3-0 counts.
Nice AB by Blum, nothing to show for it. Cameron hacks at a pitch out of the zone 3-0 and eventually hits a weak popup for out #2. Terrible approach against a pitcher who is having trouble finding the plate.
This isn’t as bad as having Bobby Linvingston or Joel Pineiro make you look bad. This guy has a live arm, no shame here.
Shit, c’mon Cla. We need you right now to sack it up.
Marcus would have made that out
Bad luck for Cla there. He gets two grounders, but the first is too slow to turn the DP and the second just sneaks past Blum at 2B.
Ouch……down by 2 runs…back to the old days……….no way to win when down at Petco.
Not that it is Blum’s fault, but NOG is certainly a much better defensive player and probably gets to that
If we can get a guy on base in the ninth against Rox closer M.Corpas we have Termel Sledge coming up !
Frustrating sequence there. With two on and nobody out, Kouz makes a terrific diving stop but bounces the throw to Adrian, who can’t hang on to it. Bard then makes a strong throw to try and nail the runner stealing but Khalil drops the ball. A wild pitch and ground ball wide of second base later, it’s 3-0. Sigh…
I walked…..up to Sledgey Roid
Damn, good pass by Sledge. Up to Kouz…
So much for that. Better luck tomorrow…
Yeargh. An unlucky game by the home team. We played well and had good ABs (killed the ball tonite) but had nothing to show for it.
How did El Hombre look?
For all the critisms that Khalil been getting, he’s still a SS that’s a pretty good player. El Hombre hit .229 with 3 HRs and 5 RBIs in his last 48 ABs.
Adrian Gonzales has been slumping badly. There have been signs in which he looked like he was getting out of slumps but so far, no prolonged success.
Is he looking bad with his approaches or has pitchers really figured out how to pitch to him?