first pitch: 9:35 a.m., PT television: none matchup: Clay Hensley (8-11, 3.87 ERA) vs Aaron Harang (13-10, 3.83 ERA) previews: Padres.com buy tickets Morning start. So, what’s everyone having for breakfast today? In honor of Tuesday night’s shutout behind Jake Peavy and the bullpen, I’m making myself a bagel with cheese. Oh yeah, believe it. [...]
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IGD: Padres @ Reds (13 Sep 06)
first pitch: 4:10 p.m., PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Jake Peavy (8-14, 4.31 ERA) vs Kyle Lohse (4-7, 5.35 ERA) buy tickets Why are the Padres still blowing winnable games at this point in the season? Very annoying. Jason LaRue? He’s the Reds’ version of Mark Bellhorn, a guy who really shouldn’t be beating you. [...]
New Gig
Okay, the other day I mentioned that I’d accepted a new writing gig. Today I’m happy to announce that I have officially started blogging at Knuckle Curve. This is exciting to me on many levels. First, over the years, Ducksnorts has evolved from a general baseball blog to one that is (proudly) focused on the [...]
R-E-P-S-E-C-T
For the record, it’s spelled “McAnulty.” And for the record, Paul McAnulty hit a pinch double in this at-bat despite the wardrobe malfunction. Much repsect to Eric and Anthony for catching this in the IGD.
IGD: Padres @ Reds (12 Sep 06)
first pitch: 4:10 p.m., PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Chris Young (10-5, 3.66 ERA) vs Eric Milton (8-7, 4.95 ERA) previews: Padres.com buy tickets As of this writing, 86 pitchers have worked enough innings to qualify for a big-league ERA title this season. Among those pitchers, Chris Young (86) and Eric Milton (85) are the [...]
Branyan’s Progress
Brian Hiro has a piece in this morning’s North County Times spotlighting recently acquired third baseman Russell Branyan and his prodigous power. Sprinkled among the usual cliches (“as much power as anyone I’ve ever seen,” “some kind of strong,” etc.) is this nugget from Branyan himself, reflecting on his propensity to swing and miss: It’s [...]
Cla Meredith, Superhero
Projects wrapping up at work today, so this will be brief. Rough weekend for the Padres, but it was nice to see them finish strong on Sunday in front of a national audience that is still trying to figure out whether Ryan Howard plays for the Pads or the Giants. Right-hander Cla Meredith, as is [...]
IGD: Padres @ Giants (10 Sep 06)
first pitch: 5:05 p.m., PT television: ESPN matchup: Woody Williams (7-5, 3.91 ERA) vs Matt Morris (10-12, 4.54 ERA) previews: Padres.com | SI.com | ESPN buy tickets A possible solution to the steroid problem in baseball would be to allow each team to field one player who can do absolutely anything to his body. Everyone [...]
IGD: Padres @ Giants (9 Sep 06)
first pitch: 1:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: David Wells (2-3, 4.58 ERA) vs Jason Schmidt (11-8, 3.39 ERA) previews: Padres.com | SI.com | ESPN buy tickets The Padres try to bounce back Saturday afternoon from a “borderline embarrassing” defeat in the opener of a three-game set at San Francisco. David Wells makes his [...]
IGD: Padres @ Giants (8 Sep 06)
first pitch: 7:15 p.m., PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Jake Peavy (8-13, 4.32 ERA) vs Matt Cain (11-9, 4.11 ERA) previews: Padres.com | SI.com buy tickets Matt Cain is one of a couple young pitchers in the NL West who scare me (LA’s Chad Billingsley would be the other). I don’t want the Padres to [...]
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