IGD: Padres vs Astros (1 Apr 08)
Tue, Apr 1, 2008
by Geoff Young
Padres (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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April 1, 2008 at 6:19 pm
Brandon Backe? Really? Quite a drop off from Oswalt.
April 1, 2008 at 6:40 pm
Re: 1 - further proof that Houston is not a good team.
April 1, 2008 at 6:42 pm
Well, they just mentioned GY’s buddy Ed.
April 1, 2008 at 6:46 pm
Just wondering…was anyone else experiencing refresh problems last night in here?
April 1, 2008 at 7:00 pm
Anyone having problems with ‘Gameday’? I couldn’t get it to work last night either.
April 1, 2008 at 7:01 pm
I’m interested to see if CY also uses the change up he’s been working on with Jake.
April 1, 2008 at 7:03 pm
2: They have a pretty solid lineup, but yeah the rotation is lacking.
April 1, 2008 at 7:07 pm
Well, my heart just stopped on that one.
April 1, 2008 at 7:07 pm
Pence looks like a ‘toon’ out of ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit.’
April 1, 2008 at 7:10 pm
9: Good call.
April 1, 2008 at 7:11 pm
Follow the game here: http://www.fangraphs.com/livew.....=280401125
April 1, 2008 at 7:12 pm
Nice start. Be better to see CY keep the hits on the ground, though.
April 1, 2008 at 7:13 pm
12: That wouldn’t be very CY-like, though…
April 1, 2008 at 7:13 pm
12: That’s not really CY’s game.
April 1, 2008 at 7:15 pm
At least Giles made him work for it.
April 1, 2008 at 7:19 pm
Good approaches again to start the night.
April 1, 2008 at 7:20 pm
Nice to see the Padres working the count so far this year..
April 1, 2008 at 7:20 pm
That was a bit aggressive though.. :-/
April 1, 2008 at 7:21 pm
Overly aggressive base running by Iguchi there.
April 1, 2008 at 7:23 pm
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!
April 1, 2008 at 7:24 pm
20: It’s working fine for me.
April 1, 2008 at 7:25 pm
iguchi looks a bit like chow yun fatt, and apparently runs a bit like him too
April 1, 2008 at 7:28 pm
21: really? crap. I wonder if there is a interface issue. ugh.
April 1, 2008 at 7:28 pm
Having Silent L on the opposing team’s side is akin to sending Frank Burns to the North Koreans.
April 1, 2008 at 7:29 pm
CY is throwing a ton of pitches early.
April 1, 2008 at 7:33 pm
Looking good CY.
April 1, 2008 at 7:34 pm
Hate to make an out on the first pitch like that.
April 1, 2008 at 7:36 pm
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.
April 1, 2008 at 7:36 pm
If the forecast is correct, tommorow night’s game will probably be a rain out.
April 1, 2008 at 7:38 pm
Too early to declare Hairston a bust and agitate for bringing up Headley?
April 1, 2008 at 7:39 pm
Keystone cops…
April 1, 2008 at 7:40 pm
30: After that 9 pitch AB, c’mon…
April 1, 2008 at 7:41 pm
20: I head it working fine when I had it last season.
April 1, 2008 at 7:44 pm
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.
April 1, 2008 at 7:45 pm
P-Mac sporting an unfortunate -.045 WPA after that AB.
April 1, 2008 at 7:47 pm
Borne’s base running reminds me of Ricky Henderson.
April 1, 2008 at 7:47 pm
34: Not having any issues with it in Firefox.
April 1, 2008 at 7:48 pm
CY is looking really good tonight in spite of the high-ish pitch count.
April 1, 2008 at 7:50 pm
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.
April 1, 2008 at 7:50 pm
Thank you CY and PMac.
April 1, 2008 at 7:52 pm
39: Really? I haven’t had a single issue.
April 1, 2008 at 7:58 pm
Are any of you guys using IE 7?
April 1, 2008 at 7:58 pm
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.
April 1, 2008 at 8:00 pm
43: It doesn’t measure how good a player is, only how valuable he was.
April 1, 2008 at 8:01 pm
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).
April 1, 2008 at 8:08 pm
This ump just doesn’t like to call the corners.
April 1, 2008 at 8:08 pm
thank you Kouz.
April 1, 2008 at 8:08 pm
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.
April 1, 2008 at 8:10 pm
THAT wasn’t a slider. It was a change up.
April 1, 2008 at 8:10 pm
Nice to have the opposing pitcher up in that situation.
April 1, 2008 at 8:10 pm
Good out for CY. Let’s get the rally caps out!
April 1, 2008 at 8:12 pm
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
April 1, 2008 at 8:13 pm
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.
April 1, 2008 at 8:14 pm
Kouzzzzzzzz
April 1, 2008 at 8:16 pm
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
April 1, 2008 at 8:16 pm
Damn! I thought that was in the kitty litter!
April 1, 2008 at 8:17 pm
Adrian flashes the warning track power. It’s tough to hit ‘em out at PetCo when it’s chilly.
April 1, 2008 at 8:18 pm
And Hairston knocks it out!!!!
April 1, 2008 at 8:18 pm
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April 1, 2008 at 8:18 pm
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!!!
April 1, 2008 at 8:18 pm
Hairston hit his to the right part of the ballpark. It’s a two run difference.
April 1, 2008 at 8:19 pm
Holy Santa Maria!!!!!! Nice Scotty!
April 1, 2008 at 8:19 pm
Bring up Headley! Send him to the bench!
April 1, 2008 at 8:19 pm
Oops..double posted.
April 1, 2008 at 8:20 pm
And the (stuffed) skunk is out of the box.
April 1, 2008 at 8:20 pm
KG with the follow up dbl!!!!
April 1, 2008 at 8:21 pm
Damn, thought Khalil was gonna go back-to-back.
April 1, 2008 at 8:21 pm
.188 WPA for Hairston, btw.
April 1, 2008 at 8:21 pm
OK, Hairston, you can stay a while longer
April 1, 2008 at 8:22 pm
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.
April 1, 2008 at 8:25 pm
How about a little bat from CY like we saw from Jake last night?
April 1, 2008 at 8:26 pm
Damnit, CY. More LOB. But I’ll take the 2-0 lead…
April 1, 2008 at 8:26 pm
70. Per my scorecard Khalil saw only 9 pitches last night. He’s swung at the first pitch both times tonight, too.
April 1, 2008 at 8:29 pm
All right, we need someone up in the bullpen. CY looks terrible.
April 1, 2008 at 8:33 pm
Hmm, maybe CY rediscovered his control. That would be good.
April 1, 2008 at 8:34 pm
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!!!!
April 1, 2008 at 8:35 pm
Bourne is like greased lightning. This kid is gonna be a leader in stolen bases.
April 1, 2008 at 8:36 pm
#76: Jon, get a laptop or set up another comp in the living room! LOL
April 1, 2008 at 8:36 pm
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.
April 1, 2008 at 8:38 pm
Maybe we should call up Headley to have him replace Giles.
April 1, 2008 at 8:42 pm
#80: Ben, you seem to have a wierd affection for Headly. You’re making me move down a couple of seats.
April 1, 2008 at 8:43 pm
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
April 1, 2008 at 8:46 pm
81: Yep. I do. Although I haven’t been serious tonight when talking about him.
April 1, 2008 at 8:49 pm
#82: Hey Danny! It’s Rick. Happy birthday my friend. I’m sure you will have a great time. Go Padres!
April 1, 2008 at 8:52 pm
Why the hell would Cooper have Loretta bunt with the #8 and 9 hitters coming up????
Glad he did, though.
April 1, 2008 at 8:53 pm
Where in the hell are these pitches missing? This ump sucks. Not just for us.
April 1, 2008 at 8:54 pm
85: Something about the mouths of horses…
April 1, 2008 at 8:56 pm
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
April 1, 2008 at 8:56 pm
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.
April 1, 2008 at 8:59 pm
Danny, I hope to see you in a Padre uni in about 10 years.
April 1, 2008 at 9:02 pm
Missed badly on pitches 1 & 3. Squeezed on pitch 2. Not looking good here.
April 1, 2008 at 9:03 pm
Well, this is an ugly situation.
April 1, 2008 at 9:04 pm
We got lucky with only one run scored.
April 1, 2008 at 9:05 pm
Ugly outing by CY, ugly relief job by Thatcher, but we’re still ahead so we’ll take it.
April 1, 2008 at 9:06 pm
That was horrible. Not good to walk a guy with a career .148 average against lefties.
April 1, 2008 at 9:09 pm
94: Coming in with the bases loaded, it’s not that bad of an outing to only allow one run to score.
April 1, 2008 at 9:12 pm
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.
April 1, 2008 at 9:13 pm
96: Yeah, but walking the first guy he faced on four pitches, blowing the lefty on lefty matchup, was not a pretty sight.
April 1, 2008 at 9:14 pm
Jon, what day are you going?
April 1, 2008 at 9:24 pm
98: Granted. That was ugly.
Freakin’ Bourn is killing us in centerfield.
April 1, 2008 at 9:25 pm
damn…he’s pretty impressive in center field…
April 1, 2008 at 9:25 pm
Cla Meredith, on the other hand, is very pretty. Er…, those weak grounders to second are pretty.
April 1, 2008 at 9:29 pm
I thought “Bourn to run” might be unused … nah .. too easy I guess:
http://www.google.com/search?s.....+to+run%22
April 1, 2008 at 9:32 pm
Man, that’s one empty looking ballpark.
April 1, 2008 at 9:36 pm
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.
April 1, 2008 at 9:37 pm
I wonder if Heath Bell will pitch in all 162 games?
April 1, 2008 at 9:39 pm
Carlos Lee is not a gold glover.
April 1, 2008 at 9:44 pm
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)…
April 1, 2008 at 9:46 pm
108: I actually laughed out loud before reaching the parentheses.
April 1, 2008 at 9:48 pm
Wow. That was terrible. And it looked like Hairston made it back. Did he come off the bag or something?
April 1, 2008 at 9:48 pm
Two games, two lapses.
April 1, 2008 at 9:48 pm
Well he looked safe to me, but that was some terrible baserunning.
April 1, 2008 at 9:48 pm
Brutally bad base running, by Scott.
April 1, 2008 at 9:50 pm
It’s very weird to see Trevor with long hair.
April 1, 2008 at 9:51 pm
No replay from channel 4 either…
April 1, 2008 at 9:51 pm
114: It’s a different look.
April 1, 2008 at 9:52 pm
The changeup is as filthy as ever.
April 1, 2008 at 9:54 pm
OK, we need 3 strikes against the ‘toon’ guy.
April 1, 2008 at 9:55 pm
That was some fantastic defense there…
April 1, 2008 at 9:55 pm
Good call, but I think Adrian should have taken that.
April 1, 2008 at 9:55 pm
I really didn’t need to see a Hoffman-Berkman matchup.
April 1, 2008 at 9:56 pm
That game was too close for comfort.
April 1, 2008 at 9:56 pm
105: Occasionally, it’s nice to be wrong.
April 1, 2008 at 9:56 pm
I guess it worked out okay. Hoffy needs a haircut, though…
April 1, 2008 at 9:57 pm
And according to WPA, CY was the MVP of tonight’s game edging Hairston by .005.
April 1, 2008 at 10:01 pm
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.
April 1, 2008 at 10:02 pm
I hope the Post Game Show doesn’t sugar coat this. This wasn’t pretty.
April 1, 2008 at 10:02 pm
ok, 44 more saves and Hoffman in forgiven.
April 1, 2008 at 10:04 pm
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.
April 1, 2008 at 10:11 pm
#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…
April 1, 2008 at 10:16 pm
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.
April 1, 2008 at 10:43 pm
8 games tonight… 7 decided by one run… spring is here
April 1, 2008 at 11:04 pm
124: I love the hair. WAY better than his normal hair cut
April 2, 2008 at 8:00 am
Running late again. Shooting for 8:30 a.m. PT. Thanks!
April 2, 2008 at 8:31 am
Geoff is having internet issues, but is hoping to post by 9 AM. Stay tuned…
April 2, 2008 at 8:36 am
Re: 135 I didn’t know Boston Terriers could type!
April 2, 2008 at 8:55 am
136: Heh; is Smitty his BT? That’s one talented terrier if so.
April 2, 2008 at 9:19 am
Okay, we’re up now:
http://ducksnorts.com/blog/200.....ctory.html
And yes, that is one talented terrier.