My computer is still holding up okay; thanks for asking.

The Padres sure do find some interesting ways to lose ballgames. Ryan Klesko getting thrown out at third on a no-out grounder to short in the 13th, Gene Kingsale not bunting with Tom Lampkin on first and nobody out in the 14th. I’m no great fan of the sacrifice bunt, but Kingsale isn’t much of an offensive threat, Lampkin is slow, and you’ve got Mark Kotsay, Phil Nevin, and Klesko coming up next. It’s a no-brainer. I mean, sure, a lazy fly ball to center that doesn’t advance the runner is all well and good, but still…

On the bright side, we did get to see Bobby Jones relieve Bobby Jones. What’s really cool is that in Jones’ next start, we could see the opposite. Jones the lefty surprised me last night. He has a pretty live arm, better than might be expected from his numbers.

Baseball America offers its "Best Tools" for Triple-A. Dennis Tankersley was honored as having the best breaking pitch. No other Padre prospects were mentioned.

Some of you noticed this comment in the Transaction Analysis over at Baseball Prospectus:

Here’s hoping Eric Cyr gets his life and his career in order, in no particular order.

I asked Chris Kahrl what he meant by this and whether he’d heard that Cyr had gotten into trouble again. Kahrl indicated that he was speaking in general terms. So basically he doesn’t know whether or not Cyr has gotten his life in order. Color me optimistic, but without any evidence to the contrary, I’ll assume that he has.

I was at class last night for the first eight or so innings of the game, following it online during breaks (is this country great or what?), and I saw that the Padres had lifted Oliver Perez after 92 pitches. Only later did I find out that this was due not to Bruce Bochy’s game plan but rather to an injury he sustained while diving into first base. Strained left shoulder. He’s questionable for his next start. Not the way you want to see him keep his pitch count down, but whatever works, I guess.

Jake Peavy vs Vicente Padilla tonight. Should be a good one. With an exhausted bullpen, the Padres will be tempted to leave Peavy in longer than might be best for him. Let’s hope he can get guys out early in the count.

Finally, in the ongoing debate over "soda" vs "pop" I offer this remedy: Why not have a beer instead?