Padres @ Cardinals
5:15 p.m. PT
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Welcome to the second half. Here’s what the Padres need to do the rest of the way to reach certain benchmarks:
- 28-39 to finish at .400
- 31-36 to finish at .420 (worst record in NL last year)
- 36-31 to finish at .450
- 44-23 to finish at .500
- 52-15 to finish at .550 (repeat of ’07)
If they win each of their remaining 67 games, the Padres will finish at 104-58, a game back of the ’04 Cardinals.
Are we having fun yet?
#42@Pat: No idea what a “code red” is.
#50@Ben B.: The best thing about that is that the $10 Million man is responsible for most of that woeful production.
51: In Byrnes defense, he has been injured for good chunks of the season. He had a great year last year.
#43@Steve C: not to worry!
#51@Phantom: It’s a term from the movie “A Few Good Men.” Well worth checking out, btw. Basically, it was the term the movie used for the type of discipline/punishment/training it sounds like Dustin Canham may have been subjected to. I’ve heard it called hazing. I hope it is not what happened, but it’s a shame he’s gone regardless of the circumstances!
#54@Pat: Agreed. The circumstances surrounding his death seem suspicious at best. If Canham can get through all of this, I think he will be a tremendous asset someday.
#49@Paul R: But with our luck clark will hit 20 home runs and carry the diamondbacks to a win in the world series. We are talking about the team that saw a post-trade edmonds resurrection.
Maybe we are the ones who make the players suck, and if we truly love them we will let them free.
#54@Pat:
#55@Phantom:
I was actually stationed in that place for about 4 months in 2004. It was among the worst places I was at — there was absolutely nothing to do and we were sitting on our asses while there was a war going on. Probably 95% of the infantry grunts would have rather have been back in Iraq (we were there in 2003).
You do both realize that people do die just from exercise, don’t you? And, despite what his father thinks, it doesn’t matter whether you are in decent shape. Did he not read about the US Men’s Olympic Trials Marathon? Ryan Shay, a near world-class runner, collapsed and died after only 5 easy miles (at least for him). When it can happen to an athlete like him (who has doctors watching his every move) it can certainly happen to some young kid.
I think everyone involves feels terrible about what happened but they were doing what they thought was right. But to act like there was some conspiracy or cover-up is pretty irresponsible.
#32@Phantom: THANKS for the link, Robby … Mitch Canham’s easy to root for! I wasn’t high on him when the Padres drafted him … and I still think he’s longshot … but his track record is *very* impressive and I’m very glad he’s in the Padre’s organization.
#57@Schlom: Thanks for your comments, Schlom, you have some unique perspectives on this! I’m guessing that the family’s uncertainty is a product of their grief and frustration along with what I would describe as inevitable inconsistencies in details that are going to happen with an event such as this. My perception is that the Canham family feels responsible to make sure that what happened is well understood … and it sure seems like the Marines are doing that also, since the investigation is “ongoing”. And it prolly doesn’t help that we’ve all seen too many movies. Indeed, I agree with you that “everyone involved feels terrible about what happened but they were doing what they thought was right” … I think that’s called “tragedy” …