IGD: Padres vs Astros (1 Apr 08)

Tue, Apr 1, 2008Ballhype: hype it up!
by Geoff Young

Chris YoungPadres (1-0) vs Astros (0-1)
Chris Young vs Brandon Backe
7:05 p.m. PT
Channel 4SD
AM 1090, FM 105.7, XM 184
MLB, B-R

I’m getting in late on this, but big congratulations to Ducksnorts friend Ed Barnes on taking over as producer for Padres telecasts (h/t Friar Forecast) at Channel 4SD. Among many other things, Ed was instrumental in setting up my television debut on “Outta Left Field” back in ‘05 and also in connecting me with Matt Vasgersian, who contributed the foreword to the Ducksnorts 2008 Baseball Annual.

So, yeah, I’m biased when it comes to Ed. That, and I like to see good people rewarded. Here’s to continued success!

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138 Responses to “IGD: Padres vs Astros (1 Apr 08)”

  1. Richard Says:

    Brandon Backe? Really? Quite a drop off from Oswalt.

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  2. Coronado Mike Says:

    Re: 1 - further proof that Houston is not a good team.

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  3. Turbine Dude Says:

    Well, they just mentioned GY’s buddy Ed.

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  4. Turbine Dude Says:

    Just wondering…was anyone else experiencing refresh problems last night in here?

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  5. Marsh Says:

    Anyone having problems with ‘Gameday’? I couldn’t get it to work last night either.

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  6. Turbine Dude Says:

    I’m interested to see if CY also uses the change up he’s been working on with Jake.

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  7. Richard Says:

    2: They have a pretty solid lineup, but yeah the rotation is lacking.

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  8. Richard Says:

    Well, my heart just stopped on that one.

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  9. Turbine Dude Says:

    Pence looks like a ‘toon’ out of ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit.’

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  10. Richard Says:

    9: Good call.

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  11. Richard Says:

    Follow the game here: http://www.fangraphs.com/livew.....=280401125

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  12. Turbine Dude Says:

    Nice start. Be better to see CY keep the hits on the ground, though.

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  13. Marsh Says:

    12: That wouldn’t be very CY-like, though…

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  14. Richard Says:

    12: That’s not really CY’s game.

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  15. Richard Says:

    At least Giles made him work for it.

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  16. Richard Says:

    Good approaches again to start the night.

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  17. Mark O Says:

    Nice to see the Padres working the count so far this year..

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  18. Mark O Says:

    That was a bit aggressive though.. :-/

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  19. Richard Says:

    Overly aggressive base running by Iguchi there.

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  20. Marsh Says:

    seriously, has anyone gotten mlb gameday to work?? i can get mlb.tv to work, but i keep missing plays and I have no idea what happened… ugh!

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  21. Richard Says:

    20: It’s working fine for me.

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  22. saintjoel Says:

    iguchi looks a bit like chow yun fatt, and apparently runs a bit like him too

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  23. Marsh Says:

    21: really? crap. I wonder if there is a interface issue. ugh.

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  24. Turbine Dude Says:

    Having Silent L on the opposing team’s side is akin to sending Frank Burns to the North Koreans.

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  25. Richard Says:

    CY is throwing a ton of pitches early.

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  26. Oside Jon Says:

    Looking good CY.

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  27. Richard Says:

    Hate to make an out on the first pitch like that.

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  28. Ben B. Says:

    27: I don’t know, keeping Brandon Backe in the game might be a good thing.

    25: CY only has to throw 44 pitches next inning to match Erik Bedard’s three inning pitch count yesterday.

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  29. Turbine Dude Says:

    If the forecast is correct, tommorow night’s game will probably be a rain out.

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  30. Ben B. Says:

    Too early to declare Hairston a bust and agitate for bringing up Headley? ;)

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  31. Turbine Dude Says:

    Keystone cops…

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  32. Richard Says:

    30: After that 9 pitch AB, c’mon…

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  33. Mark O Says:

    20: I head it working fine when I had it last season.

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  34. Stu Says:

    21 - re: MLB TV. I just downloaded a whole bunch o’ new plugins, and it’s working fine. Seems to be smoothest in Internet Explorer.

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  35. Richard Says:

    P-Mac sporting an unfortunate -.045 WPA after that AB.

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  36. Turbine Dude Says:

    Borne’s base running reminds me of Ricky Henderson.

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  37. Richard Says:

    34: Not having any issues with it in Firefox.

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  38. Richard Says:

    CY is looking really good tonight in spite of the high-ish pitch count.

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  39. Schlom Says:

    I had terrible problems with the MLB.com Gamecast when I used Firefox, it would crash and close all the windows. However, it seems to work just fine with Internet Explorer. They did seem to add to much to it though, I liked it better last season. Too much information on it now.

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  40. Turbine Dude Says:

    Thank you CY and PMac.

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  41. Richard Says:

    39: Really? I haven’t had a single issue.

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  42. Marsh Says:

    Are any of you guys using IE 7?

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  43. Schlom Says:

    35:

    I don’t really like the WPA stats. A single that wins the game 4-3 in the 9th inning is worth more then a 3 run HR in the first even though the HR is more valuable overall.

    I guess that’s the problem with having McAnulty in LF — you are giving up some serious range.

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  44. Richard Says:

    43: It doesn’t measure how good a player is, only how valuable he was.

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  45. Schlom Says:

    41:

    Well, it’s happened at least twice where all the windows just closed. It just seems to work a little better with IE, which is odd since I thought it worked fine last year with Firefox. But this is on my laptop which is older and doesn’t have a lot of RAM (only 768MB).

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  46. Turbine Dude Says:

    This ump just doesn’t like to call the corners.

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  47. Stu Says:

    thank you Kouz.

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  48. Schlom Says:

    44:

    Actually I guess my main complaint is that people use it to measure the players value when it reality it’s called Win Probability Added, which isn’t exactly the same thing. It’s not a bad stat but it has more to due with circumstances and luck then anything else.

    Doesn’t look like they are going to get 6 innings out of CY tonight.

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  49. Turbine Dude Says:

    THAT wasn’t a slider. It was a change up.

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  50. Richard Says:

    Nice to have the opposing pitcher up in that situation.

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  51. Turbine Dude Says:

    Good out for CY. Let’s get the rally caps out!

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  52. Mark Ase Says:

    75 pitches through 4 huh……yeah looks like 6 it is, unless he a long 5th!

    McAnulty breaking the wrong way on Carlos Lee’s pop up certainly didn’t help

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  53. Ben B. Says:

    I don’t generally like WPA in MVP contexts, but here it’s very appropriate. It tells us McAnulty was up in a key situation and the out he made made the team 4.5% less likely to win.

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  54. Turbine Dude Says:

    Kouzzzzzzzz

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  55. Mark Ase Says:

    It will be nice once they add Headley and Antonelli in the lineup, those high OBP guys are going to help a ton over the next couple of seasons

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  56. Turbine Dude Says:

    Damn! I thought that was in the kitty litter!

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  57. Richard Says:

    Adrian flashes the warning track power. It’s tough to hit ‘em out at PetCo when it’s chilly.

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  58. flash Says:

    And Hairston knocks it out!!!!

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  59. lance Richardson Says:

    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!!!

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  60. lance Richardson Says:

    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!!!

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  61. Richard Says:

    Hairston hit his to the right part of the ballpark. It’s a two run difference.

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  62. Turbine Dude Says:

    Holy Santa Maria!!!!!! Nice Scotty!

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  63. Ben B. Says:

    Bring up Headley! Send him to the bench!

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  64. lance Richardson Says:

    Oops..double posted.

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  65. Richard Says:

    And the (stuffed) skunk is out of the box.

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  66. Turbine Dude Says:

    KG with the follow up dbl!!!!

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  67. Bryan S Says:

    Damn, thought Khalil was gonna go back-to-back.

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  68. Richard Says:

    .188 WPA for Hairston, btw.

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  69. Stu Says:

    OK, Hairston, you can stay a while longer :)

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  70. Schlom Says:

    Now if Hairston can play at least a league average CF he’ll be quite a weapon for the Padres (of course, if he can stay healthy which he’s never really done before). He might not be as valuable as Cameron in 2006 (when he was really good) but he’d still be really good.

    Was those the first two pitches that Greene has taken this season? Good things happen when you are ahead in the count.

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  71. flash Says:

    How about a little bat from CY like we saw from Jake last night?

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  72. Bryan S Says:

    Damnit, CY. More LOB. But I’ll take the 2-0 lead… :)

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  73. Bryan S Says:

    70. Per my scorecard Khalil saw only 9 pitches last night. He’s swung at the first pitch both times tonight, too.

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  74. Ben B. Says:

    All right, we need someone up in the bullpen. CY looks terrible.

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  75. Ben B. Says:

    Hmm, maybe CY rediscovered his control. That would be good.

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  76. Oside Jon Says:

    We’re doing better than the Astros so far……….
    Hairston even with his 20 lbs weight loss hits it out….
    My TV is in the living room, thus the late post. I’m moving to the bedroom now, close to the computer!!!!

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  77. Turbine Dude Says:

    Bourne is like greased lightning. This kid is gonna be a leader in stolen bases.

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  78. Turbine Dude Says:

    #76: Jon, get a laptop or set up another comp in the living room! LOL

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  79. Ben B. Says:

    Good work holding Bourne by CY. His move looks a lot faster and he is using something of a slide step, so he actually gave Bard a chance on the steal.

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  80. Ben B. Says:

    Maybe we should call up Headley to have him replace Giles.

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  81. Turbine Dude Says:

    #80: Ben, you seem to have a wierd affection for Headly. You’re making me move down a couple of seats.

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  82. OSIDE DANNY Says:

    Hey guys how are you i’m going to bed. I got 10 tickets for my birthday party I get to bring my friends Aidan,Alex,Hanna,collinQre so I will write back. OsideJon’s son

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  83. Ben B. Says:

    81: Yep. I do. Although I haven’t been serious tonight when talking about him.

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  84. Turbine Dude Says:

    #82: Hey Danny! It’s Rick. Happy birthday my friend. I’m sure you will have a great time. Go Padres!

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  85. lance Richardson Says:

    Why the hell would Cooper have Loretta bunt with the #8 and 9 hitters coming up????

    Glad he did, though.

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  86. Turbine Dude Says:

    Where in the hell are these pitches missing? This ump sucks. Not just for us.

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  87. Richard Says:

    85: Something about the mouths of horses…

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  88. OSIDE DANNY Says:

    I like baseball somuch I like it 100%.It it a sport so I have a dad named Oside Jon he is a great dad he plays baseball like me.He will be my best friend to me so you guys do some sports. YOUR NEW GUY OSIDE DANNY

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  89. Schlom Says:

    Cain has shut the Dodgers out on two hits through 5.2 innings tonight — but of course he doesn’t have the lead. I wonder what the lowest run support a starter has gotten over the past 10 years or so — Cain would probably be happy if he just averages 2 runs per start. The Giants lineup features one of the worst clean-up hitters of all-time (Bengie Molina), Ray Durham batting 5th, their $60m free agent acquisition batting 6th (Aaron Rowand), one of the worst players in the majors batting 7th (Jose Castillo) and the worst player in baseball batting 8th (Brian Bocock). I’d like to see them make a run at the 1962 Mets record for all-time losses.

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  90. Turbine Dude Says:

    Danny, I hope to see you in a Padre uni in about 10 years.

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  91. Richard Says:

    Missed badly on pitches 1 & 3. Squeezed on pitch 2. Not looking good here.

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  92. Richard Says:

    Well, this is an ugly situation.

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  93. Turbine Dude Says:

    We got lucky with only one run scored.

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  94. Ben B. Says:

    Ugly outing by CY, ugly relief job by Thatcher, but we’re still ahead so we’ll take it.

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  95. Schlom Says:

    That was horrible. Not good to walk a guy with a career .148 average against lefties.

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  96. Richard Says:

    94: Coming in with the bases loaded, it’s not that bad of an outing to only allow one run to score.

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  97. OSIDE DANNY Says:

    Thanks Rick. Danny has gone to bed. I’ll let him know what you said. Again, thanks for letting him post guys.

    Let’s hold ‘em. Good game so far.

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  98. Ben B. Says:

    96: Yeah, but walking the first guy he faced on four pitches, blowing the lefty on lefty matchup, was not a pretty sight.

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  99. Turbine Dude Says:

    Jon, what day are you going?

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  100. Richard Says:

    98: Granted. That was ugly.

    Freakin’ Bourn is killing us in centerfield.

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  101. Mark O Says:

    damn…he’s pretty impressive in center field…

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  102. Ben B. Says:

    Cla Meredith, on the other hand, is very pretty. Er…, those weak grounders to second are pretty.

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  103. MB Says:

    I thought “Bourn to run” might be unused … nah .. too easy I guess:

    http://www.google.com/search?s.....+to+run%22

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  104. Stephen Says:

    Man, that’s one empty looking ballpark.

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  105. Richard Says:

    Crap. Hoffman’s going to get the top of the lineup. And the way he pitches in April, we’ll be lucky if we get out of the top of the 9th tied.

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  106. lance Richardson Says:

    I wonder if Heath Bell will pitch in all 162 games?

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  107. Richard Says:

    Carlos Lee is not a gold glover.

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  108. lance Richardson Says:

    107: Seems strange that Carlos Lee came up as a third baseman, doesn’t it? Go ahead and try to imagine him at the hot corner (without laughing)…

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  109. Richard Says:

    108: I actually laughed out loud before reaching the parentheses.

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  110. Richard Says:

    Wow. That was terrible. And it looked like Hairston made it back. Did he come off the bag or something?

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  111. Stephen Says:

    Two games, two lapses.

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  112. Ben B. Says:

    Well he looked safe to me, but that was some terrible baserunning.

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  113. Field39 Says:

    Brutally bad base running, by Scott.

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  114. Ben B. Says:

    It’s very weird to see Trevor with long hair.

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  115. Richard Says:

    No replay from channel 4 either…

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  116. Richard Says:

    114: It’s a different look.

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  117. Richard Says:

    The changeup is as filthy as ever.

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  118. Turbine Dude Says:

    OK, we need 3 strikes against the ‘toon’ guy.

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  119. Richard Says:

    That was some fantastic defense there…

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  120. Turbine Dude Says:

    Good call, but I think Adrian should have taken that.

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  121. lance Richardson Says:

    I really didn’t need to see a Hoffman-Berkman matchup.

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  122. Turbine Dude Says:

    That game was too close for comfort.

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  123. Richard Says:

    105: Occasionally, it’s nice to be wrong.

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  124. lance Richardson Says:

    I guess it worked out okay. Hoffy needs a haircut, though…

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  125. Richard Says:

    And according to WPA, CY was the MVP of tonight’s game edging Hairston by .005.

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  126. Turbine Dude Says:

    I wasn’t that impressed by CY’s outing. Being a big fan of his, I was a little let down. Our defense did a decent job of protecting this game.

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  127. Turbine Dude Says:

    I hope the Post Game Show doesn’t sugar coat this. This wasn’t pretty.

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  128. PM Says:

    ok, 44 more saves and Hoffman in forgiven.

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  129. Ben B. Says:

    123: Well it helped that Darin Erstad and Michael Bourn were the first two hitters. Those guys don’t really qualify as dangerous top of the order hitters. But, wow, Hoffman looked great.

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  130. Biggest Padres Fan in Utah Says:

    #129 agreed. he located a high-80’s fastball and mixed in the changeups when he needed them… he gave me that same giddy feeling he’s been giving me for years…

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  131. Biggest Padres Fan in Utah Says:

    To me, Trevor Hoffman is like your big brother when some bullies have been picking on you that shows up just in time to keep you from getting beat up. Did you see how far in front of his changeup Erstadt was? filthy. just filthy.

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  132. dprat Says:

    8 games tonight… 7 decided by one run… spring is here

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  133. SDSUBaseball Says:

    124: I love the hair. WAY better than his normal hair cut

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  134. Geoff Young Says:

    Running late again. Shooting for 8:30 a.m. PT. Thanks!

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  135. Smitty Says:

    Geoff is having internet issues, but is hoping to post by 9 AM. Stay tuned…

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  136. Steve C Says:

    Re: 135 I didn’t know Boston Terriers could type!

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  137. Pat Says:

    136: Heh; is Smitty his BT? That’s one talented terrier if so. :-)

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  138. Geoff Young Says:

    Okay, we’re up now:

    http://ducksnorts.com/blog/200.....ctory.html

    And yes, that is one talented terrier. 8)

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