Happy Friday, and welcome to an extra special “you did all the work” edition of our weekly link roundup. Enjoy! Meredith keeps chin up despite Year 2 struggles (North County Times). In addition to the stuff on Cla Meredith, we learn that Milton Bradley “might not be ready to start until Tuesday in New York.” [...]
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1969: Another Day, Two More Losses
August 17, 1969, New York: Mets 3, Padres 2 (box score); Mets 3, Padres 2 (box score) Researching and writing about the 1969 Padres is affecting me in a couple different ways. First, it’s depressing the heck out of me to realize just how terrible that inaugural team was. Second, it’s making me appreciate the [...]
IGD: Padres vs Rockies (16 Aug 07)
Game #120 time: 7:05 p.m. PT tv: 4SD sp: Clay Hensley (1-3, 6.18) vs Elmer Dessens (1-1, 6.60) pre: Padres.com, SI.com, B-R.com Clay and Elmer… Sounds more like a pre-school art class than a big-league ballgame, but whatever. Go Padres!
Tweaking the Padres Draft Process
I don’t have much to say about Wednesday night’s loss, so maybe instead we can continue our earlier discussion on the 2007 draft. Among other things, we now know that third-rounder Tommy Toledo and 10th-rounder Christian Colon didn’t sign. Rich at Baseball Analysts has a full breakdown of the first round, including bonuses. One thing [...]
1969: Padres Drop Another Doubleheader
August 16, 1969, New York: Mets 2, Padres 0 (box score); Mets 2, Padres 1 (box score) What could be better than playing a doubleheader after two off days? Why, facing Tom Seaver in the first game, of course. Tommie Sisk threw one of his better games for San Diego, allowing just two runs over [...]
IGD: Padres vs Rockies (15 Aug 07)
Game #119 time: 7:05 p.m. PT tv: 4SD sp: Chris Young (9-4, 2.02) vs Ubaldo Jimenez (1-2, 6.57) pre: Padres.com, SI.com, B-R.com In case you haven’t voted in the poll, we need to come up with a song from the late-’70s or early-’80s that the Padres can adopt as their theme. Remember how the White [...]
Slugging Shortstops and Home-Field Advantage
Not to beat a dead horse, but it’s worth noting that since reaching the big leagues in September 2003, Khalil Greene has hit more home runs on the road (42) than any other shortstop in baseball. Baltimore’s Miguel Tejada comes in second, with 40 in about 300 more at-bats. Greene also has the best ISO. [...]
IGD: Padres vs Rockies (14 Aug 07)
Game #118 time: 7:05 p.m. PT tv: 4SD sp: Greg Maddux (7-9, 4.15) vs Jeff Francis (13-5, 4.06) pre: Padres.com, SI.com, B-R.com I understand that it is customary to panic when a team is three games out of first place with 45 remaining on the schedule. According to Wikipedia, “the word panic derives from the [...]
Here Come the Rockies
I’d hoped to interview a Rockies blogger for this segment, but no such luck, so you’re stuck with me. Colorado is probably the single most surprising team in the big leagues right now (you could make a case for Seattle in the American League); how are they doing it? Mostly by having a balanced attack. [...]
Road Trip to Cooperstown: Raleigh to Scranton
The original plan called for Jeff to join me on my jaunt to Cooperstown, but circumstances beyond anyone’s control made that impossible, so instead I stuck around a little longer on Friday and we went to the State Farmer’s Market in Raleigh for an early lunch. Although this put me about 6 hours behind schedule, [...]
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