Game #109 time: 7:05 p.m. PT tv: 4SD sp: Clay Hensley (1-3, 6.49) vs Patrick Misch (0-1, 4.91) pre: Padres.com, SI.com What I listened to while driving from San Diego to Cooperstown and back: Nickel Creek, This Side New Pornographers, Twin Cinema Incubus, A Crow Left of the Murder Peggy Coolidge, Spirituals in Sunshine and [...]
Author Archives 
Safe at Home
I am happy to report that we made it back to San Diego in one piece. I’d also submit that 6,417 miles of driving in 12 days probably is too much for one person and that actually doing it isn’t necessarily the best way to discover said fact. Reader LaMar asked the other day for [...]
IGD: Padres vs Giants (3 Aug 07)
Game #108 time: 7:05 p.m. PT tv: 4SD Go Padres!
Friday Open Thread (3 Aug 07)
Greetings from the Grand Canyon…
1969: Cubs Rally Late, Hand Padres Eighth Straight Loss
August 3, 1969, Chicago: Cubs 4, Padres 3 (box score) The Padres faced their former teammate, Dick Selma, in the finale at Chicago. Joe Niekro, for whom Selma was traded, got the call for San Diego. The Cubs scored first. In the second inning, they parlayed three straight one-out singles into a 1-0 lead. The [...]
IGD: Padres vs Diamondbacks (2 Aug 07)
Game #107 time: 12:35 p.m. PT tv: none Go Padres!
1969: Holtzman, Santo Lead Cubs Past Padres
August 2, 1969, Chicago: Cubs 4, Padres 1 (box score) It’s hard to win when you have more errors than hits in a game. The Padres gave an excellent demonstration of that fact on a Saturday afternoon at Wrigley Field. The Cubs scored two unearned runs in the second inning off Al Santorini. They extended [...]
IGD: Padres vs Diamondbacks (1 Aug 07)
Game #106 time: 7:05 p.m. PT tv: 4SD Go Padres!
1969: Different City, Same Result
August 1, 1969, Chicago: Cubs 5, Padres 2 (box score) The Padres, after being swept in St. Louis by the Cardinals, headed to Chicago hoping to change their fortunes. Unfortunately, the Cubs, who owned first place in the NL East at the time, had their own ideas. Clay Kirby and Bill Hands hooked up in [...]
Recent Comments