| time: | 7:05 p.m. PT |
| tv: | 4SD |
| sp: | Chris Young (9-7, 2.72) vs Barry Zito (9-12, 4.46) |
| pre: | Padres.com, B-R.com |
From the Baseball America 2004 Prospect Handbook
#9: Terrmel Sledge, OF:
Sledge needs to add more power in order to start on a corner. He needs to work on his routes on fly balls and his throwing.
#19: Chris Young, RHP:
…he developed slowly and fell out of favor with the new regime after general manager Dave Littlefield took over. Pittsburgh traded Young and righthander Jon Searles for Matt Herges in December 2002, then released Herges at the end of spring training.
Yep, there were 18 prospects rated more highly than CY in the Expos system in ’04. Of those, guys currently in the big leagues include RHP Chad Cordero (#5), RHP Shawn Hill (#6), RHP Darrell Rasner (#7), Sledge, OF Ryan Church (#10), RHP Jason Bergmann (#12), and Jerry Owens (#17).
Now you know why I don’t sweat too much over what some experts might think about, say, Matt Antonelli…
I make a motion that we do away with any mention of silent “l” for the reaminder of the year. Do I have a second?
Blum from the right side even! Who is this guy and what has he done with Silent L?!?!
And Blum continues his redemption….
Blummer !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Silent L of all people has now tied it up!!!!!! Go figure.
That is such a huge hit by Blum.
Maybe I should have waited a few minutes for my last comments…
BLUMMMMMEEERRRR!!!! I love Geoff Blum!!!!!
For the record, the hit does not for a second make the decision to let Blum hit there correct.
BUT I LOVE BLUM!
Even a win will not aliviate my suffering. Used to think the Padres a good team not playing to potential, now I know we are a mediocre team at best occasionally playing over its head. Until I see some wins baby, that’s how I feel.
Go Padres!
Blummer! Possibly the most clutch hit of the year…WOW
57 – If you’re negative and they lose, you don’t feel so bad. If they win, you feel better.
If you’re positive and they lose, you feel disappointed. If they win, it was just what you expected.
I only have a quarter century of rooting for the Padres, so longer-term fans that are still positive can roast me all they want for the negativity…
God doesn’t want us to win. Sheesh.
What is Blum’s OPS against righties ? As a manager, you also have to manage by your instinct or gut = in concert or balance with the reading of the numbers.
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Right there, two game winning long balls that got caught. OG and Camy with SHOTS! that would win the game, taken away by Petco. And you don’t think every play in both dugouts isn’t thinking the same thing. Lets face it people, its a lousy park for hitting and all of MLB knows it. I hope SA and KT do something about it in the off season.
64: I turned my music off, TV sound on just to hear the HR call (that never was).
Who pitches next, Bell?
Silent L is too good a nick to give up.
I’m callling my shot – Kouz gets the game-winner
#68: Kouz or Cammy…
I STAND CORRECTED! KHALIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG!!!! (nod to Lance)
Walk-off for KG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YES!!!!
GREENE!!!!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!DONG!!!
wish list.. Hairston gets the start tomorrow against the righty…..and Blum gets all the remaining starts even against the lefties….and Marcus gets mysterious injury and Stansberry gets his spot because of his more valued bat control and speed.
I had the TV sound on
Unfortunately it was Steve Quis.
greenie is a keeper I think. Still 1.5 up in the WC. good night all.
C’mon, D’backs. (Let’s be realistic.)
It shouldn’t have been this difficult against the San Francisco Padres…er Giants. We left way too many runners on base tonight..again.
76: Awesome HR by Greenie. Not so awesome call by SQ. That big hit deserved a big “SANTA MARIA!” from Matty V.
75: Sorry to keep flogging this dead horse, but Blum is hitting .217 against lefties this year. None of his home runs have come against lefties. His OBP and SLG% are both under .300. His OPS is .550. Basically, he hits like Jake Peavy against lefties (except Peavy’s SLG% is over .300 this year). Blum is definitely the guy to start against righties now, but he should never be hitting against lefties if it can be avoided.
But man was that an awesome hit tonight. Great win. CY was back to looking dominant again, too.
Re: 75
Marcus catches the ball that Klesko hit…. second run in ninth wins it.
Just pointing out the other side.
Great night to be at the ballpark.
Glad to see Hairston in…
That was a huge win. Also, it was nice to see CY pitch well again.
“I enjoy being able to succeed, sure,†Greene said. “But the extracurricular stuff and the things that come with it, that’s not what I seek.â€
Greene is a gem……….
The fact that Steve Quis called that walk off home run almost ruined it for me… almost
Gotta love the Quis edge on HR calls (or unbelievably despise it). I had hoped the MLB page would have posted the radio call; I missed it on the postgame show.
Believe me Greene’s,HR last night wasnt hit nearly as hard as his blast just right of center and right up against the wall the night before. Altough it was caught, it had LA fans gasping for a few sweet seconds(6-3 at the time).