| time: | 7:05 p.m. PT |
| tv: | 4SD |
| sp: | Jake Peavy (15-5, 2.18) vs Derek Lowe (11-11, 3.56) |
| pre: | Padres.com |
After winning with David Wells on the mound for the first time since July 16, the Padres look to make it two in a row against Los Angeles. Meanwhile, roster expansion has started. Catcher Michael Barrett is due off the disabled list on Saturday, while outfielder Brady Clark (USD) and first baseman Brian Myrow are expected to join the big club from Triple-A Portland. More reinforcements will arrive after Portland’s season ends on Tuesday. The org tree has been updated to reflect these latest changes. Go Padres!
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Any news on who Clark and Myrow replace on the 40 man?
I must have missed this yesterday… Why did we DFA Laforest?
Errr, Derek Lowe. Peavy’s got to be near perfect, I’m afraid.
We hit Lowe pretty last time he started at Petco
Crap. Barrett’s back. That means we’re going to go 0-for-September.
I didn’t know (or forgot) that Laforest is 30 years old. His defense is really suspect as well. Here is the analysis from Yahoo Sports.
If LaForest clears waivers, he can accept an assignment to Triple-A Portland. His future in San Diego isn’t very bright, mainly because of his age, low batting average and suspect defense. He could be an interesting option as a DH because of his power, but his window of major league opportunity is closing.
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/7229/news;_ylt=ArS6Y7c0ejvG571XxaP4bsCFCLcF
I wonder if we will now transfer Robles and Ketchner to the 60 day DL to free roster spots on the 40 man?
I guess that’s the smart way to go.
6: That makes him a fairly typical backup catcher, but Pete has more power and a better eye than most.
7: By transferring them to the DL, they’re essentially saving postseason roster spots for anybody we might acquire or promote to the 40 man.
Today would have been a good day to get LaForest a start, too. Lowe is much worse against lefties than righties. Hopefully Barrett doesn’t get the start just because he’s back.
OT: Some electricity at The Diamond yesterday.
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/09/01/news/californian/riverside/22_10_228_31_07.txt
The effects of the storm were visible at The Diamond, as members of the Lake Elsinore Storm baseball organization saw the effects firsthand.
“It started as steady rain and quickly turned into a torrential downpour. The winds were blowing (very hard),” said Sean McCall, Storm broadcaster.
Storm General Manager Chris Jones said 15 trees around the park were knocked down and a temporary picnic tent was uprooted and blown into the stands.
“We used to hold (the tent) down with barrels, but this year we bolted it to the cement. The winds still took it,” he said. “Being from Texas and seeing hurricanes come through, it looked like a hurricane. The rain was blowing sideways.”
There was standing water up to the bench of the home-team dugout and power was knocked out at the park.
Four other power outages caused by the weather were reported in nearby communities.
I hope this doesn’t put a jinx on ya’ll, but if my Braves don’t make the post season (and at this point it’s highly unlikely) I’ve decided that the Padres will be the team to root for as far as I’m concerned.
8 – understood, but transferring them to the 60 day would also free two spots for potential add-ons such as Myrow and Clark.
Otherwise, someone’s gotta go.
12: I don’t think it does, but I’m willing to be convinced. As I understand it:
If you’re on the 60 day then you’re off the 40 man and not eligible for postseason play. Robles and Ketchner are essentially markers. Anyone who is called up to replace them IS eligible. Just making a hole in the 40 man doesn’t give you the ability to acquire someone in the next 30 days and use them in the playoffs.
They are already listed on the 40-man roster and no one had to be released because we had less than 40 players on the 40-man roster. As of now, we have 38 players listed on the 40-man roster.
Buchholz threw a no-hitter for the Red Sox in Fenway
A good first inning – only 14 pitches…
15: Unbelievable stuff. I tried to scalp 6 tickets for that game tonight… the cheapest tickets I found were a pair of box seats for $150 apiece. Now that $150 a ticket looks cheap!
Dodgers hitters don’t seem to like the strike zone.
Jake getting his pitch count up – 0-2 and he throws three out of the strike zone…
15: With the Red Sox game being blacked out for me on mlb.tv I ran into the livingroom to try and turn on NESN. My non-american roommate was watching something. He turned around noticing I’ve rushed in.
Tony: What?
Me: Ummm… someone on the Red Sox is about to throw a no hitter.
Tony: What’s that?
Me: Ummm… like one rarest things to happen in baseball.
Tony: Oh. [turns back around to his show]
Me: Alright, I guess I’ll watch it later.
No hitter are only rare if you’re a Padres, Mets or Devil Rays fan.
I’m sure there are others that someone will call me out on for being lazy and not looking it up….
21: Only other one is the Rockies.
Jake is throwing way too many pitches. The Ks are nice, but some first-pitch popups and grounders would be even better.
Nice interview with Alderson:
http://cmdr-scott.blogspot.com/2007/09/americas-1-management-practitioner.html
20: Really funny. Unreal performance by Buchholz. I can’t believe I didn’t go to that game. Randomly, I actually ran into two people I knew from Atlanta that were up for a wedding and were just walking around Fenway. I pointed them towards the scalpers selling pairs of tickets (some at $150/ticket) and the raced that way… geeesh, I wonder if they ended up in the game… what a story!
Funny, watching the post game interview with this kid and seriously, he fills out his jersey like a 12 year-old kid wearing his older brother’s high school football jersey….
GONE-ZO
A-GONE!!!
CRUSHED!
By the way… decided today to upgrade to mlb.tv premium.
TOTALLY WORTH IT!
24 – Geoff, thanks very much for posting that interview. It’s a great read. Anyone who’s spent time in a corporate environment will find something valuable therein.
29: My brother says the same thing…. I’m too cheap and too satisfied with the lower price option…. maybe after I get out of grad school and my wife is no longer supporting me….
31: Although the one down side seems to be the home announcers on mlb.tv premium are kinda annoying. :-/
#30: No prob. Angus is one of my favorite bloggers. Always glad to point folks his way.
32: different announcers? really??
We have to find a way for Bard only to come up with RISP…
34: Nah, I’m joking. Steve Quis just bugs me
How was that 3-1 pitch to Blum a strike?
36: aha, and what about that beachfront property in Oklahoma you were telling me about?
If Jake could reduce his pitch count by 25% he’d be even better.
Wonder why it happens every game? He’s being careful (smart), thus the low ERA???
Way off subject….I was on a beach in Baja, Mexico when T GWYNN WAS INDUCTED TO THE HALL OF FAME. Missed everything — news coverage, live feeds, SD Trib write ups……….ANYONE have any good links for me to relive the affair? (besides this blog)
Definitely not a swing…
Um, for those of us checking in on the Cal-Tennessee game, who is the guest in the Ch. 4 booth right now?
42 – my bad, it’s Maury Wills. he does not have a voice for radio
Geez, Jake is dealing tonight. What else is new…
Wow, Jake just blew away Martin and gave him a dirty look as he walked off the mound. Love it.
Wow. Four strikeouts in a row. You are right Geoff, Jake is *on* tonight.
44: unfortunately he’s dealing about 18 pitches per inning too… of course, that’s finding a dark lining on a silver cloud, isn’t it??…
I wanna see more of Jake yelling at the batters in the box.
It’s just like in the movies!
Okay, so the ump’s wife used to work at my company in Atlanta… apparently they are swingers (the ump and his wife)… story goes that at her good bye party she was “all over” several coworkers, telling them that it was okay because she and her husband swing… (and by “all over”, I mean that in a completely NC-17 sort of way….)
This game is moving right along…
Let’s go Jake.
all the way to three balls now…
Put the bat on the ball and good things can happen!
Jake is more than a pitcher….dude can play the game.
I don’t know what else to say, except that was too cool.
Hooray for errors!!!
Heh. Now I remember why we didn’t want Hillenbrand playing third…
40 – Omar … re: HOF … you can watch the induction ceremony here …
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070730&content_id=2118568&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
If you do watch it, look for me waiving my hat at the 125:15 mark behind the flag which is behind the “5.5″ sign
GS Cammy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Salami!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Boom goes the dynamite!
That’s why you shouldn’t intentionally load the bases for Mikey. Nice shot.
Sandy has gotta be grinding his teeth listening to Quis, no?
58. I’m apparently visible in the One-on-One special….
Lowe isn’t much longer for this game.
I think Lowe is done here pretty quick.
LynchMob # 58 LynchMob…………….So many thanks for the link. Gonna check it out tomorrow on my day off……..Pretending I’m there and watching it happen for the first time. Thanks again and will look for the 5.5 message =)!!!! Serious Thanks.
Oh yeah…..sick GSlam by Cammy.
Omar, let Danny in.
Omar, at this rate the Dodgers are gonna need Danny to pitch…
hmmm…. question. Has anyone ever been the only batter to make all the outs in an inning (other than a final at bat, that is…)
I had to reboot my internet connection and missed another run scoring. What happened?
(Another downside of mlb.tv premium… this thing’s sucking my bandwidth like a Cambodian hooker. But at least I can see the ball when it’s hit!)
71: Khalil singled back up the middle to plate Bradley.
hey wat up Rick . my dad was happy with the gran slam anybody ilke pokemon? Hey i’m going to the pool for a while. later. go pv
what a catch!
Spectacular grab by Cameron.
Gee, Mike. Have a night, why don’t ya?
Dude Mike, you’ve already nailed down player of the game. Calm down.
Cammy! Holy crap!
Danny, pool sounds like a good idea tonight. Have fun.
63: Was he saying something in particular or are you just referring to the fact that Quis sucks?
#69 Rich: As long as they pay Danny 650,000 per/year I’m good.
Danny is stoked you guys called him out.
Late.
#79 Rich…..totally true about heading to the pool. 7-0 with Peavy……I can swim for 30 minutes right? Safe…….Go first place Padres!!!!
OT: I was listening to the pre-game show on radio today and one of the hosts asked Trevor about his leadership role in the bullpen. Trevor — who typically leaves the ‘pen after the third inning, sits in the dugout, and then returns in the eighth — corrected the interviewer and let him know that Doug Brocail is the leader in the bullpen. Just a little insight into Brocail’s role on the club.
Nice shot OG
70 … I don’t remember details, but I do remember noticing earlier this year that someone came wihin 1-2 batters of doing just that!
The minimum number of runs scored in the inning would be 19-3-3=13 … right?
For example, his call on Cameron’s GS. As he was rounding third, Quis said something like, “Cameron, we bow down to you.”
When gung-ho, he finishes his sentences with awkward forcefulness, too. Something as simple as “1 to nothing” gets an overdramatic emphasis.
86 – I’ve noticed the same thing. Quis seems to try just a bit too hard.
83. Brocail would tell you that he is the substitute teacher to Hoffy’s professor.
Interesting to know. I already respected the man, that will just increase it…
Lynch, that sounds right to me…
I’m good with Peavy being done now …
Pitches-strikes – D Lowe 99-51; M Hendrickson 26-19; J Peavy 89-63.
Ground balls-fly balls – D Lowe 8-1; M Hendrickson 1-3; J Peavy 5-5.
Batters faced – D Lowe 22; M Hendrickson 7; J Peavy 21.
… especially with expanded rosters, he needs the rest more then the bully!
Think Jake has a shot at going all nine tonight? It’d be great to see the bullpen get a rest.
GY…nice insight into Trevor and Brocail’s leadership abilities.
89 – good point on the expanded rosters. Hadn’t thought of that.
Steve Quis is awful! I’d like to know how someone that bad a) gets the job and b) keeps the job. On Cameron’s slam he screamed like a little girl.
Padres are going to the World Series……………………..
Martin has been ejected for arguing balls and strikes.
We need a new catcher on aisle one. New catcher on aisle one.
…and the Dodger’s best player just got run. Game may not be in the fridge yet, but we might want to re-position the milk to make room…
The guys in the Ch. 4 truck just caught a great sequence. Peavy throws way inside to Martin, the ump rings him up, Martin turns at starts jawing. Camera cuts to Peavy running off the field and grinning like he stole something, which he did – that ball was way inside. Cut back to the ump throwing Martin (who had been chirping all night) out for arguing. Nice work by the TV crew.
93: Agreed on all points.
95: I do feel pretty bad for Martin. He’s been victimized by some awful calls and he got tossed pretty quickly.
95: Over the course of the entire game no less.
Do we really need a ’90s retro night? Man, I feel old.
93: Totally agree. And it sucks that him calling that play will be in the highlight plays on mlb.com.
I wish Matt gave us more of a heads up of when he’s working or not. Why is he taking so many breaks?
#99: Yeah, even Quis and Tony are kind of on his side.
102: Because he can, I’d imagine.
101 – begs the question of what’s appropriate dress for a 90s retro night.
Early 90s – grungy flannel shirts?
Late 90s dotcom era – French blue button downs and khakis?
If we’ve got an HVC, then it’s time to bring him in!
Snakes are keeping pace, pounding Rox tonight …
102 – I think it’s b/c he’s doing Saturday day games for Fox…I think.
104: Uh, doesn’t he have the entire winter off? You know aside from the various world series of backgammon tournaments he covers on ESPN4
105: MC Hammer pants.
#101: 90’s is *retro*? I feel old as well having growing up in the 60’s. My daughter was born in ‘87. Yikes. We are old!
Shouldn’t Hu be playing first base?
Brady Clark makes his Padres debut. Toreros represent!
re: 101
I’m all for it if the boys wear the blue pinstripes. My favorite Padre uniform of all time.
109 – niiiice call.
Geoff, as a LA native, how does this series play on your emotions?
111 – Actually, Hu’s at the plate…
#116: Is What on second?
#115: Not at all. I haven’t been a fan of the Dodgers since the late-’80s. They honestly are like any other team to me; I want the Padres to beat them, but that’s pretty much the extent of it.
#118: I think we had that conversation in person. Sorry for bringing it up again.
#119: No worries, bud.
Is this Myrow’s MLB debut? C’mon kid, get a hit.
Myrow had four hits for the Dodgers in ‘05. Nice AB…
And a walk is as good as a hit.
Ah, nothing for Clark there. Bummer…
Does Thatcher qualify as an HVC? I have ot think he’s better than that…
Goodnight, everybody…
Nice shutout for Jake!!!!!!
Love to see Kouz laying out even with a big lead. Let’s go for the sweep tomorrow.
Well, if I’m reading the pitching stats right, and I like to think that I am, this win makes Peavy the outright ML leader in ERA, part of a five-way tie for the lead in wins, and the #2 in strikeouts. Yeah, he’s having a year.
A bit late getting back in (it’s spring training time down under) – one way to make all three outs in an inning is to hit into a triple play.
129: He is leading all 3 catagories in the NL