IGD: Padres @ Cardinals (20 Jul 08)

by Geoff Young on Jul 20, 2008

Padres @ Cardinals
11:15 a.m. PT
Channel 4SD, DIRECTV 733
AM 1090, FM 105.7, XM 184
MLB, B-R

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  1. Loren
    July 20, 2008 • 9:01 am

    Here we go again

    Only thing that would cheer me up is word we were making some trades but apparently that isn’t plausible considering most of our team sucks.

  2. Field39
    July 20, 2008 • 9:13 am

    Right now, I am asking the question: Has this team gotten to the point, where they have accepted losing? If so, is there anything to build around?

  3. pm
    July 20, 2008 • 10:20 am

    Hard to get enthusiastic about the game, even on my new (for fathers day) 46 LCD TV. Busch Stadium looks great.

    At least we are hitting the ball better. I think I saw KG go the other way yesterday for a single. That was nice.

    Maybe I’ll go to the beach instead.

  4. Turbine Dude
    July 20, 2008 • 11:27 am

    #3@pm: Your avatar shows you as a woman. So how do you rate a gift for father’s day?

  5. Field39
    July 20, 2008 • 11:31 am

    Terrible at bat by Kouz. He refused to be walked, and struck out.

  6. Turbine Dude
    July 20, 2008 • 11:33 am

    And everyone was so antsy to get Headly up to the bigs because?….

    He hasn’t done anything spectacular thus far.

  7. Oside Jon
    July 20, 2008 • 11:40 am

    #2@Field39: I think they’ve accepted losing, at least some of them. Reality has to have set in.

  8. Oside Jon
    July 20, 2008 • 11:42 am

    #6@Turbine Dude: he made that one throw to the plate a while back…=) But i see where your coming from. I say keep him up here and get some more experience. He definitely hasn’t flopped.

  10. Oside Jon
    July 20, 2008 • 11:44 am

    Let’s prepare to be swept. Ha ha.

  11. Oside Jon
    July 20, 2008 • 12:12 pm

    Wow. Well it looks like it’s just me in here.

  12. Field39
    July 20, 2008 • 12:14 pm

    #11@Oside Jon: Losing and posting, have an inverse relationship.

  13. Turbine Dude
    July 20, 2008 • 12:33 pm

    I have two options today. Either visit with my wifes family that flew in last night or watch the Padres lose. Neither option appeals to me. But at least I can turn the TV off if I want to.

  14. Turbine Dude
    July 20, 2008 • 12:37 pm

    I can’t believe Baek hit a 2 run homer!!!!!!!!!!

  15. Lance Richardson
    July 20, 2008 • 12:49 pm

    I’m late in posting this, but that may well be the only time Baek homers in what is likely to be a short career, so here goes….

    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!!!

  16. Lance Richardson
    July 20, 2008 • 12:50 pm

    #13@Turbine Dude:

    I sure hope your wife doesn’t read this blog.

  17. Masticore317
    July 20, 2008 • 1:02 pm

    #13@Turbine Dude: You can turn off the TV but can you turn off your wife?

  18. Turbine Dude
    July 20, 2008 • 1:09 pm

    #16@Lance Richardson: #17@Masticore317: Actually, my wife feels the same way I do. However, she is obligated to visit with them. My wife is a living Saint.

  19. Field39
    July 20, 2008 • 1:26 pm

    A solid outing by Baek.

  20. JP
    July 20, 2008 • 1:28 pm

    What a job by Mike Adams ! Adams has been one of the more reliable relievers in this tattered pen. Adams is coming on 35 innings now with a WHIP of about 1.1. Not bad at all.

  21. Field39
    July 20, 2008 • 1:38 pm

    La Russa is changing pitchers for Hundley? Isn’t that like hunting humming birds with an atom bomb?

  22. JP
    July 20, 2008 • 1:45 pm

    Things usually hinge now in the late inning/high leverage at bats of Luis Rodriguez. It really make the 37-61 Padres worth watching late in games in late July.

  23. Field39
    July 20, 2008 • 1:48 pm

    #22@JP: They need to tell Luis to stop jumping out of the way, when the ball is about to hit him.

  24. JP
    July 20, 2008 • 1:48 pm

    Black outmanaged in the 8th. Agon opportunity in pinch hitting role is wasted by IBB as Larussa is excited about facing Luis Rodriguez.

  25. Lance Richardson
    July 20, 2008 • 1:58 pm

    Well, Glaus is on my fantasy team, so if someone had to beat us…

    Of course this is little consolation for any of you.

  26. Schlom
    July 20, 2008 • 2:05 pm

    Sweet, Heath Bell is on the Stephen Strasburg plan! Plus it certainly appears that Bud Black is on it as well, which is probably the most important person of the people on the field.

  27. Turbine Dude
    July 20, 2008 • 2:07 pm

    #25@Lance Richardson: OT: FYI, LaDanion Tomlinson is the #1 pick for the NFL fantasy football. Not a big suprise. But, still…

  28. JP
    July 20, 2008 • 2:15 pm

    Pads showing some heart.

    On another point, in my mind, it would be ridiculous to now sit down Scott Hairston for the next three in Cincy all against right handers. Hairston in centerfield for all three !!!

  29. Schlom
    July 20, 2008 • 2:16 pm

    Apparently the offense isn’t on the plan though it appears that a lot of the pitchers appear to be (Maddux, Wolf, Bell). We’ll see if Trevor is on it.

  30. Steve from Boston
    July 20, 2008 • 2:18 pm

    Hey guys, remember when Mark Bellhorn was on our team? That was the worst, huh?

    (Sorry, the always-look-on-the-bright-side in me just really needed to say that)

  31. Field39
    July 20, 2008 • 2:25 pm

    I am going to be sick now.

  32. Steve from Boston
    July 20, 2008 • 2:29 pm

    I say one more intentional walk. Seems less embarrassing than what’s about to happen next.

  33. Schlom
    July 20, 2008 • 2:30 pm

    Corey has an awesome ball to strike ratio right now — 13 pitches, 12 balls, 1 strike.

  34. Lance Richardson
    July 20, 2008 • 2:32 pm

    This has been a rough season.

  36. Field39
    July 20, 2008 • 2:33 pm

    #34@Lance Richardson: Understatement of the year.

  37. Schlom
    July 20, 2008 • 2:33 pm

    Now that’s the way to end it, grand slam by Aaron Freakin’ Miles!

    I wonder if the bullpen has been following these threads and picked up on my idea or just decided to do it on their own?

  38. Marsh
    July 20, 2008 • 2:33 pm

    Well, that seems fitting. A jolting, yet not unfamiliar, reminder of that which is the 2008 Padres. ….Sigh…..

  39. Lance Richardson
    July 20, 2008 • 2:36 pm

    Matty V. just referred to the Pads on the air as “the triple A Portland Beavers.”

  40. Schlom
    July 20, 2008 • 2:39 pm

    I’m not too upset. Not only do they stay with at least the worst record in baseball, they also screw over the Cubs. Win-win in my book.

  41. Oside Jon
    July 20, 2008 • 3:10 pm

    great way to lose today!!! Awesome!

  42. Loren
    July 20, 2008 • 3:21 pm

    That sucked; thank God I wasn’t watching
    Its not just the fact that the Pads are losing, its that you EXPECT it every time they show any heart or push to win. Last year I expected the Pads to win, now they don’t even appear to be trying.

  44. PM
    July 20, 2008 • 3:46 pm

    Beach was great, Torrey Pines, sun not too hot, water good temperature, waves ok, with some bigger sets, ran through Torrey Pines which was nice. Good scenery for a family beach. Easy parking.

    Later this afternoon going to a free concert in the park, picnic with the wife and a bottle of Barefoot Merlot.

    Then its back to the cube on Monday.

    Anybody know what happened in the British?

  47. LynchMob
    July 20, 2008 • 3:50 pm

    #44@PM: Assuming you are talking about “The Open Championship”, well, let’s just say that history repeated itself ;-)

  48. Masticore317
    July 20, 2008 • 4:23 pm

    I just saw the highlights and Beak’s HR trot was epic!!!

  49. LynchMob
    July 20, 2008 • 5:04 pm

    #46@LynchMob: Beavers lose when McAnulty flies out with tieing run on 1st base (Venable had just drawn a 9-pitch walk) …