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Going to game tonight. Only second all year, last game was terrible.
Geoff, I’ve been meaning to point out that the home plate in your banner above is not in line with the foul lines.
Probably photoshopped over a little for the DUCKSNORTS but tech writers are a nit picky bunch.
Other then that, everything else checks out:)
http://www3.signonsandiego.com/news/2008/jul/28/two-months-after-being-rocked-line-drive-young-rea/?padres
“The nose isn’t completely healed. If it happens again, there could be some significant damage there. But I’ve played a long time without it happening. Hopefully, I go a long time without it happening again.”
According to CY he is not fully recovered, yet he is starting tonight. Why?
Well, it sounds like the injury isn’t something that affects his pitching. I wonder if he’ll be gunshy in this start. Some pitchers never recover from this kind of thing.
KT was on 1090 this morning. I only caught the last few minutes but Scott and BR were once again pressing him for odds on Greg Maddux and Giles still being on the team after Thursday. He said 6-to-1 for Maddux and 2-to-1 for Giles that they would still be here after the deadline.
From what I can gather, he’d definitely trade Giles if the right offer was presented and ideally, it would be to a team that would decline his option for ‘09 which would allow him to sign with the Padres again.
They also asked about Bard and he pretty much said the same thing. If someone presented a really good offer, no one is untouchable, although they kind of like the current balance of having Bard working with the youngster Hundley. I agree on that one.
He said there was no problem in his rehab starts. Playing Center in the NCAA Basketball makes a guy pretty tough.
4: I agree that the catching situation is probably the best that it’s been this season. I like Hundley’s arm and power and Bard’s OBP and switch hitting. If we went into next year with that catching tandem, I’m pretty happy.
6:1 for Maddux remaining a Padre…hmmm…
I’m going to offer something that’s probably going to get me flamed but I wanna throw it out there because i think its interesting:
What about us in the off-season acquire Manny Ramirez?
Let’s consider a few points
1. Red Soxs are apparently getting more and more desperate to get rid of Manny, they can’t stand him.
2. The Red Sox will never get ‘fair value’ for him and can’t expect otherwise. So we won’t throw the kitchen sink at him but something respectable will suffice.
3. We get a huge name, a big bat and some media attention. KT/John Moores gets to shut people up regarding “you never spend money” and “you don’t acquire the big bats”.
4. Manny gets a fresh start, a less insane media location, a great crowd in the locker room and a really nice place to be.
5. He protects Adrian, Headley whomever in the lineup and makes this team alot more dangerous. Not to mention the pitchers might do cartwheels because we got an actual run producer here.
Greene, Meredith and Venerable for Manny + Cash
#7@Loren: I won’t flame you for it, but Manny reportedly wants any team that trades for him to guarantee that his option won’t be picked up.
#7@Loren: I think knowing they can’t/won’t get “fair value” for Manny means they simply won’t trade him in the middle of a tight pennant race. Not getting along with the guy isn’t enough to compel them to trade that bat.
Some good news from the minors.
Peter Ciofrone extended his hitting streak to 26 games today when he hit his 11th HR of the season.
Matt Antonelli is finally closing in on the Mendoza line after getting two more hits to raise his average to .199.
P-MAC was 4-for-4 with another HR and a double.
Anyone else notice the great pitching from down on the farm yesterday? Scoreless outings from Wade LeBlanc, Matt Buschmann, and Wynn Pelzer, who struck out 10 and walked none. That guy has been impressive. Can’t wait to see how he handles the Cal League next season, or maybe later this season.
It really is nicer to be on a winning streak. How about that?
What’s going on with Chip Ambre? Is he just warming the bench? Can’t he pitch or something?
#7@Loren: You should read Peter Gammons’ article on Manny. It gives a little insite into what Manny being Manny really means.
http://insider.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=3508405&name=gammons_peter&action=login&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fespn%2fblog%2findex%3fentryID%3d3508405%26name%3dgammons_peter
#11@Didi: I was starting to keep track of who had the worst record in the league. For awhile, it seemed like the Padres were going to run away with that title and a chance to take the best amateur player in next season’s draft (probably Stephen Strasburg). But still, I’d rather have them winning ballgames and building up momentum going into the offseason. Losing really is something that teams get used to doing. They need to get used to winning again.
#11@Didi: It really takes a special player to come off of the bench a few times a week and have success. Myrow (0 for his last
and Ambres (0 for his last 10) are figuring that out right now. Look at what P-MAC is doing now that he’s playing everyday in Portland. He’s killing the ball. But he was awful coming off of the bench here. There just aren’t a lot of John VanderWal’s and Mark Sweeney’s out there. Ambres is the fifth outfielder right now so he’s lucky to get more than a few at bats per week.
I know all of the above about Manny. For one I was thinking more about this happening in the off-season but should’ve made that clear. For another, its a nice thought that’s all
The Red Sox will probably not pick up his option in the off-season, which is apparently Manny’s goal. As a result he we be a free agent, with speculation being Scott Boras wanting a 4 year 15-20 million contract.
In other words, he won’t be in San Diego.
Warning … plug for BP Radio … Like much of the rest of the NL West, the San Diego Padres have struggled to build on a strong 2007 season. In the latest edition of BP Radio, John Perrotto talks with Padres manager Bud Black about a disappointing ‘08 season, the team’s future, and the struggles of all of the clubs in the division. John also catches up with Padres outfielder Jody Gerut to hear the story of his long road back to the big leagues. Don’t miss an all-Padres edition of BP Radio by surfing to:
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#10@JMAR:
http://tinyurl.com/6bz4f4
See Buschmann face Max Ramirez (just down from a stint on the big club Texas Rangers)
I think GY said it best in his 2008 Annual when he remarked that Buschmann is a lot like Josh Geer.
#10@JMAR: Jack-AAAAnulty strikes again! He’s now at 417/500/717 (that’s an OPS = 1217) since returning to Portland …
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2008_07_29_poraaa_nasaaa_1&t=g_box&did=milb
… as does GermAAno (note: he doesn’t appear to even deserve the moniker GermAAAno)
Portland wins 12-8 …
Does Ciofrone get reward with a September call up ? The guy is red hot.
Casey Kotchman was reportedly pulled off the field during warmups, possibly as part of a Teixiera trade.
#17@JP: I thought Buschman’s K numbers were better than that. I guess they are better than Geer’s, so that’s good.
#18@LynchMob: It just occured to me that Paul McAnulty’s next stop will be Japan … AAAA players like he appears to be can get a good pay check in Japan. Now that I think about it, I’m a bit surprised Myrow hasn’t gone that route …
The rich get richer…
BC-APNewsAlert 07-29 0043
BC-APNewsAlert,0060
BOSTON (AP) — Mark Teixeira has been traded by the Atlanta Braves to the Los Angeles Angels.
#22@Richard D.: I’m here wondering about insignificant moves like which Padre reliever will be optioned out when CY is activated before tonight’s game and the Angels are adding Mark Texeira to their team. Man, the freakin’ Angels are stacked.
By the way, I’m guessing Brian Corey has to be gone. He’s given up at least one run in five straight games.
#23@JMAR: Take your Pick, Corey, Ledezma, Hampson, Hensley….
#23@JMAR: I don’t know, that offense is still pretty bad. 93 OPS+ currently.
Steve Henson of Yahoo! Sports thoroughly examines Maddux trade possibilities.
http://tinyurl.com/madduxtrade
#25@Ben B.: They are getting little to no production out of 3B and LF I’m a bit suprised that they traded for a 1B…manny would have made a ton of sence for them to pick up.
#27@Steve C: The Red Sox aren’t likely to send him to a team they could face in the AL playoffs. It is surprising that they moved a guy who has been hitting instead of looking for help at their weaker areas.
#26@Johnny Utah: The more I read from Maddux, the more I like him. I’m not so hot on the Padres paying another 10 million for a league-average pitcher if he decides to return next year, not unless the budget expands.
Headley back in the lineup tonight … Gerut out …
Scott Hairston, CF
Edgar Gonzalez, 2B
Brian Giles, RF
Adrian Gonzalez, 1B
Kevin Kouzmanoff, 3B
Chase Headley, LF
Khalil Greene, SS
Nick Hundley, C
Chris Young, P
#26@Johnny Utah: “…I’ll do what’s best for the organization.â€
Not the kind of thing you expect an athlete on the trade block to say.
Injury Updates …
http://www3.signonsandiego.com/news/2008/jul/28/hes-not-looking-mike-adams-numbers-are-worth-watch/?padres
– Second baseman Tadahito Iguchi, who has been out since June 6 with a separated shoulder, will start his rehab assignment tonight with Single-A Lake Elsinore.
– Left-handed starting pitcher Shawn Estes, who hasn’t pitched since May 28 because of a broken thumb on his pitching hand, threw his first bullpen session Monday afternoon.
– Right-hander Brett Tomko, who hasn’t pitched since June 30 because of an elbow strain, will join Portland later this week on a rehab assignment.
Paul DePodesta has a new entry over at his blog talking about two of our young dominican studs who have been named to the DSL all-star game. His entry has a link to video of Jonathan Galvez (one of the two all-stars)…. man, his swing looks very, very similar to Manny Ramirez’s swing (which is a bit odd looking, but obviously extraordinarily effective)……
Fun Fact (courtesy of FJ and SDUT) …
SS Khalil Greene’s home run Monday was his 84th, moving him into a tie with Fred McGriff for eighth in the team’s career charts.
The skinny on the Maddux hat tip …
http://padres.mlblogs.com/archives/2008/07/padres_8_diamondbacks_5.html
… just a classy guy …
#34@LynchMob: I don’t think this town has seen such a combination of baseball genius, hall-of-fame ability and selflessness since Tony Gwynn.
#25@Ben B.: I guess I hadn’t been paying much attention to them this season. I know their pitching has been really good. But their offense is really at a 93 OPS+? Vlad, Texeira, and Hunter make a pretty darn good middle of the order, though. The playoffs should be interesting this season.
#36@JMAR: ERA+ is 107, OPS+ 93… 4 points lower than the Padres.
#37@SDSUBaseball: The Padres are second in the NL West by OPS+ behind only the Rockies. Their ERA+ however is the worst in the division.
OT: I noticed nobody was blogging during the earthquake earlier today.
Manny to the Padres? That only makes sense if he wants to play for free, or close to it. His option is for 20 million in 2009, and he wants teams to decline it so he can get more, I’m assuming around the 25 million that ARod got. That’s just not going to happen, especially with Manny’s atrocious defense.
I’d much rather take on Bonds for a few million in left than Manny – not that the Padres should take on either of them.
Lackey: four outs away from a no-hitter.
On Manny:
1. He will only go to a team that will break the bank.
2. He is a clubhouse cancer.
3. He is not the same player he was, so that makes him not as worth the trouble as he once was.
#22@Richard D.: Do you work somewhere with the AP wire.
No-hitter over.
#42@Kevin:
Clubhouse cancer? He’s won two world series in the last 4 years. He’s a pain in the butt, but I think clubhouse cancer is too harsh. Look at his numbers the last few weeks, with all this “controversy” surrounding him – he’s coming up huge.
Clubhouse cancer, to me, connotes a guy like Eric Show or Dick Allen, who doesn’t get along with his teammates and prevents a team from winning. Manny isn’t that.
**** Allen, should read Richie Allen. Damn sensitive spam-ware…
#45@David Coonce: I don’t think a clubhouse cancer necessarily equals wins or losses.
The story by Gammons implies he has become a clubhouse cancer or something like that. Maybe that is a poor choice of words.
#11@Didi:
#23@JMAR:
#24@Steve C:
FJ reports Ambres DFA’d to make room for CY.
Nice to see CY back on the mound. Let’s hope for a straight 5th win.
#46@David Coonce: When the censor gets you, we can see what you wrote by mousing over the asterisks. A lot of people seem not to realize this.
CY is off to a pretty nice start.
I guess this means we have 13 pitchers.
#52@Kevin: stunning … and bummer …
53: CY with a 24-pitch first inning. We may need those pitchers after all.
We should just go with Bard and Gerut on the bench. Bring up more pitchers.
#43@Kevin: TV station… if I am allowed a plug: NBC 7/39.
It’s classic that Tony Clark is in the Dback lineup tonight … CY K’s him first time up, YES!
39 pitches to get 6 Ks in 2 innings … I’m impressed!
#56@Richard D.: Cool. I’m at The Washington Times.
I like CY’s stuff tonight. He’s looking like his old self before the injury. (and I just lost sound to SD4?)
#56@Richard D.: Tell Pat Brown to wear shorter skirts. she has great legs. J/K.
CY is on pace to K 27 for the game.
#52@Kevin: I’m speechless. Do we really need Ledezma and Corey that bad? I know we used 6 members of the pen last night, but come on.
The front end of the bullpen has been worked hard over the last four games. I would guess at least two aren’t available.
62: But those two are apparently very good base2base runners and pinch bunters. It’s completely nuts. Possibly, Hoffman is turning back into SS to back up Greene.
Let’s go Khalil. Let’s go Hundley.
Garrison with a decent outing for San Antonio tonight …
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2008_07_29_sanaax_coraax_1
… they are 3-3 in the 9th …
Sawyer Carroll generates the first run of the game with single + SB (scoring on RBI single by Matthew Clark) …
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2008_07_29_eugasx_yakasx_1&t=g_log&did=milb
… Eugene up 1-0 after 2 …
Thru 3 …
Pitches-strikes – D Davis 43-30; C Young 53-34.
Ground balls-fly balls – D Davis 5-1; C Young 0-2.
Batters faced – D Davis 9; C Young 10.
… slight edge to Davis … as impressive as CY appears to be, Davis has thrown 10 few pitches while putting down the Padres 9-up-9-down in 3 innings …
I’d forgotten that Mad Dog’s brother was the pitching coach for the Brew Crew… wonder if he would accept a deal there?
Heavy air on the west coast tonight? All 3 games (@SD, @LA, @Oak) are scoreless thru 3 …
Huge clank by Edgar
#71@Field39: What’d he do (or not do)?
#60@Turbine Dude: I’ll pass along the compliment to Pat…. (and for the record, you’re right).
#66@LynchMob: Huffman with a PH HR in the 10th … Missions now up 4-3 …
#71@Field39: Missed a pop up. put runners on second and third. Then CY made it OK.
#57@LynchMob: CY wins round 2 vs Tony Clark … getting him to foul out to catcher … and then getting Reynolds to pop up to wiggle out of an error-induced 2nd & 3rd, 1-out jam!
#59@Kevin: Cool, dude… I always wanted to work in the print media… I just kinda wound up doing TV….
Thru 4 …
Pitches-strikes – D Davis 55-37; C Young 64-40.
Ground balls-fly balls – D Davis 6-3; C Young 1-4.
Batters faced – D Davis 12; C Young 15.
… I assume the “marine layer” is present?
#77@Richard D.: I’m headed out of it.
Doug Davis has a perfect game through 4!!!!
(Trying to get a little jinx going)
#79@Kevin: Is that good news?
#81@LynchMob: Yes. That’s all I can say now though.
#80@Richard D.: What’s Davis doing that’s causing him to be so effective tonight?
Doug Davis is perfect through 5. Wow. A perfect game thus far. He’s really been perfect.
One could also describe it as a no-hitter. A no-hitter it is indeed.
#84@Ben B.: I believe the jinx only works, if you want the no no. One cannot fool the baseball gods.
#74@LynchMob: Closer implosion at San Antonio
CY done after 5 IP …
Pitches-strikes – D Davis 67-46; C Young 88-53.
Ground balls-fly balls – D Davis 7-3; C Young 3-4.
Batters faced – D Davis 15; C Young 20.
… success! HE’s BACK!!!
#83@LynchMob: He has all his stuff working, man… I’d love to criticize the Padre hitters, as I often do… but he’s throwing his curve anywhere he wants it.. his change is darting down at the end… and he’s locating his fastball.
#67@LynchMob: Eugene explodes for 7 in top of 4th … now up 8-0 …
Memo to Kouz: You cannot make the throw, before you have the ball.
Tell me about KK’s error?
#91@LynchMob: It looked like he had the runner at the plate, but he didn’t get the glove down.
Hensley = bad
#86@LynchMob: 2nd night in a row !
OT … for somebody like me, whose “favorite play in baseball” is the “blown save”, this game would have been fun to be at …
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=280729113
… btw, Ramon Vasquez went 4-for-5 to lift his BA to .320 … whassup with *that*???
#94@JP: Know anybody in Corpus Christi who might have filmed Huffman’s HR?
#88@Richard D.: I have to agree. I just don’t want to see a no-no against us tonight.
Perfect through 6.
#97@Turbine Dude: Then they should bring Kulbacki up and give him an at bat. He went deep again tonight.
#99@Field39: It’s kinda hard to change horses mid-stream.
#99@Field39: Lots of good stuff going on for the Storm tonight …
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2008_07_29_lesafa_hdmafa_1
… Kulbacki’s 18th (as mentioned previously), Canham with 2 hits (1 of them a double), Hunter with 2 SBs … up 8-1 after 4 …
#98@Richard D.: Richard, send me an e-mail at rickchroder@cox.net (my e-mail address is no big secret in this blog), I’d like to talk to you about something OT.
Rodriquez is first bat of the bench tonight? I’d think short a hitter/fielder, he’d be last … Bud confuses me … could be me …
Rally caps on? Mine is!
Are rosters frozen, at the beginning of every game?
#101@LynchMob: This will make GY happy.
Thank goodness.
Davis is rockin’ hot tonight. But OG just ruined a no-no with a ducksnort to left center!
#102@Turbine Dude: Didn’t work… dude.. bounced back at me.
#109@Richard D.: Oh sorry, I miss typed.. rickschroder@cox.net
#110@Turbine Dude: Just look at my name on the brick and add an @cox.net.
#105@Field39: I assume so … and am pretty sure … but I can’t find it in the rules …
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/official_rules/foreword.jsp
… if you (or anyone) can, I’d be interested to see where it is …
Greene walks, film at 11:00.
#101@LynchMob: Iguchi is playing in that Storm game tonight … 0-for-3 with a walk so far …
#109@Richard D.: You got mail!
Well … bases loaded … this is interesting …
I wish Hundley had not swung at the 2-0 pitch that was clearly a ball.
Davis was outstanding until this inning. I hope that the Padres cancapitalize on this opprotunity. Somehow, I just don’t see it happening. However, my glass remains half full.
Rauch is nasty. The Nationals traded their best player.
i hate petco
Wow. Great catch.
An earlier graphic showed that the Padres lead the NL in home runs since the All-Star break with 18.
NEWS FLASH … Latos pitched an inning for AZL Padres …
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2008_07_29_pdrrok_rngrok_1
… now *that* is some good news!
That was an unbelievable catch. At first, I didn’t even think that he had a beed (sp?) on it and it would drop, then I thought it was out of the park, then Romero flashes his glove to show that he caught it. Crapburgers.
#96@LynchMob: Just too far from me or I might have gone. Corpus C. is 9 hours away
#121@Kevin: Tell me more …
I’m not sure I have seen a RF’er in Petco make a catch in that location before, certainly not with his back to the infield. When that happens, it’s just not your night.
That catch was the best I’ve seen this season, and perhaps in several seasons. To make that grab running toward the wall at that speed, so incredibly close to the wall… damn.
I’ve played thousands of innings as a centerfielder in my life, and I cannot begin to describe how brilliant that grab was. Wow.
Banks was warming up earlier. Matty said Young replaces him in the rotation. But doesn’t he replace Hensley?
Tear my heart out of my chest wy don’t you?
Again, I feel like Randy Quiad in ‘Major League II.’
I have to say that I was at last night’s game and Romero’s defense was less than impressive to my untrained eye.
#125@JP: Those boys would have done a 9-hour bus ride after you saw them play last night before they played again tonight? Yow … life in the minor leagues …
Wow, that was a heck of a catch. And, poof, gone is the Padres’ chance to score runs. Wow.
Can somebody describe how Drew got out at home on the wild pitch? Lots of wild/wierd stuff in this game …
#133@LynchMob: Yeah and they got out of Frisco in a hurry, they vacated that dugout in 60 seconds…
“Padres attempting to break through against Padres” headline on Padres.com
Did I miss something tonight? Are we battling our own team?
http://sandiego.padres.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=sd
#137@Oside Jon: At least we’d win.
#18@LynchMob: Jack-Anulty!