| 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…
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.