I hate eggplant. It’s like eating an old, purple sponge. Why would someone want to do that? Why would I want to do that? Sure, you can fry it up and slap some sauce on, but at the end of the day, it’s still just an old, purple sponge. Last night, after I’d lost my [...]
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1969: Padres Lose Again to Marichal
April 17, 1969, San Francisco: Giants 5, Padres 4 (box score) Nine games into their existence as a big-league franchise, the Padres scored more than two runs in a game for the very first time. After pouncing on Juan Marichal for two runs in the top of the first inning and adding another in the [...]
IGD: Padres @ Cubs (16 Apr 07)
first pitch: 5:05 p.m. PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Clay Hensley (0-2, 9.00 ERA) vs Jason Marquis (0-1, 3.27 ERA) previews: Padres.com | SI.com After suffering their first series loss of 2007, the Padres head to Chicago for two with the Cubs. Clay Hensley starts for the Pads in the opener. Pay no attention to [...]
Padres Drop Finale in LA, Hope Chicago Is Their Kind of Town
Strange series up at Dodger Stadium over the weekend. I expected tighter contests. Instead, one team’s starting pitcher failed to show up in each of the three games. Unfortunately for the Padres, it was their guy in two of those three. Sunday evening’s victim, Chris Young, never looked comfortable and needed 84 pitches to record [...]
1969: Four Dodger Homers Too Much for Padres
April 16, 1969, Los Angeles: Dodgers 9, Padres 1 (box score) The Padres dropped their fifth straight in front of 12,180 at Dodger Stadium. Right-hander Bill Singer went the distance, holding the visitors to a single unearned run on just four hits. The 25-year-old Singer would go on to win 20 games for the first [...]
IGD: Padres @ Dodgers (15 Apr 07)
first pitch: 5:05 p.m. PT television: ESPN matchup: Chris Young (1-0, 2.13 ERA) vs Randy Wolf (1-1, 3.75 ERA) preview: Padres.com Major League Baseball is branding this as the “Jackie Robinson Game.” As such, it will be televised on ESPN at a time that makes no sense whatsoever. Every member of the Dodgers will be [...]
1969: Padres Blown Out in LA, Drop Fourth Straight
April 15, 1969, Los Angeles: Dodgers 14, Padres 0 (box score) Southpaws Claude Osteen and Johnny Podres matched scoreless frames through four innings. Then, in the bottom of the fifth, the proverbial wheels fell off for Podres. With one out, Tom Haller drew a walk. Ted Sizemore, Osteen, and Willie Crawford followed with singles to [...]
IGD: Padres @ Dodgers (14 Apr 07)
first pitch: 7:10 p.m. PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Jake Peavy (1-0, 0.69 ERA) vs Jason Schmidt (1-1, 4.00 ERA) previews: Padres.com | SI.com I would dissect Friday night’s game, but the Dodgers pretty well took care of that themselves. The bullpen scoreless streak is over. At least the guy who ended it, Mike Thompson, [...]
IGD: Padres @ Dodgers (13 Apr 07)
first pitch: 7:05 p.m. PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: David Wells (0-0, 2.70 ERA) vs Derek Lowe (0-1, 5.73 ERA) previews: Padres.com | SI.com So, we were talking about Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica the other day. It’s Friday and I can’t help myself. Here are some quick scouting reports for a few characters from [...]
Friday Links (13 Apr 07)
Plenty to cover today. Let’s get right to it: Too Much Information (Baseball Prospectus). Joe Sheehan likes the Chris Young signing and has kind words for the young right-hander: I compared Young to Mike Mussina on the air in Indianapolis the other day, and I still like that comp. Both are smart pitchers from top-tier [...]
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