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Please Help, My Shortstop Is Broken

Thursday, July 31, 2008
by Geoff Young

My latest article at Hardball Times deals with Khalil Greene's disappointing season. Here's something I uncovered in my research that didn't make the final cut. These are Greene's home/road splits in seasonal notation (i.e., per 162 games -- thank you, Baseball-Reference, for making it so easy): Khalil Greene at Petco Park, 2004-2008 YearABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOBAOBPSLG Statistics are courtesy of Baseball-Reference and are through games of July 29, 2008. 20045135612315666583108.241.345.338 200557359146302159728110.256.285.399 200655356116212167251137.210.282.346 200762076134316258531164.216.258.412 200859151129183214251129.218.295.365 Khalil Greene away from Petco Park, 2004-2008 YearABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOBAOBPSLG Statistics are courtesy of Baseball-Reference and are through games of July 29, 2008. 2004618101186582298738111.301.353.543 200559478145502258939139.244.308.465 20065499215447223745395.280.356.507 20076731111936103111935107.288.322.519 20086124212929396816181.212.225.317 Just for grins, I dug up comparable player-seasons while I was under the metaphorical hood. This is kind of esoteric, ...

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IGD: Padres vs Diamondbacks (30 Jul 08)

Wednesday, July 30, 2008
by Geoff Young

Padres vs Diamondbacks 7:05 p.m. PT Channel 4SD, DIRECTV 748 AM 1090, FM 105.7, XM 187 MLB, B-R Petco Park doesn't fool me often, but I really thought Jody Gerut had himself a go-ahead pinch-hit grand slam in the eighth on Tuesday night. Man, he crushed that ball. Oh well, it was fun to imagine for a moment that we might come back and win after being thoroughly dominated by a thoroughly mediocre pitcher for most of the evening.

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IGD: Padres vs Diamondbacks (29 Jul 08)

Tuesday, July 29, 2008
by Geoff Young

Padres vs Diamondbacks 7:05 p.m. PT Channel 4SD, DIRECTV 749 AM 1090, FM 105.7, XM 187 MLB, B-R

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IGD: Padres vs Diamondbacks (28 Jul 08)

Monday, July 28, 2008
by Geoff Young

Padres vs Diamondbacks 7:05 p.m. PT Channel 4SD, DIRECTV 748 AM 1090, FM 105.7, XM 187 MLB, B-R

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Hairston Never Got the Memo

Monday, July 28, 2008
by Geoff Young

I spend the weekend at Comic-Con, and the Padres go out and win three straight games. Are they even allowed to do that? Scott Hairston hit another home run on Sunday. Dude is batting .364/.417/.909 in July. He also has eight homers this month and 11 RBI. That's pretty hard to do. Hairston has some unusual splits in 2008. First off, he's destroying left-handers: .297/.313/.658, with 10 homers in just 115 plate appearances. Sure, the OBP is low, but why would you ever let a pitch go by when you're knocking the snot out of the ball like that? Hairston also ...

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