Despite Tim Stauffer’s return to San Diego and heroic performance Monday night against the first-place Dodgers, the muse just isn’t with me this morning and I’ll need you to pick up the slack. So, what’s on your mind? Elevated from the comments (thanks, Steve, for putting this together!): Ducksnorts Fantasy Football we NEED 2 more [...]
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IGD: Padres vs Dodgers (21 Aug 06)
first pitch: 7:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Chan Ho Park (7-7, 4.68 ERA) Tim Stauffer (0-0, —) vs Chad Billingsley (4-3, 3.16 ERA) previews: Padres.com | SI.com buy tickets Ladies and gentlemen, I present the Padres’ new secret weapon, the venerable Manny Alexander. Now that one of the few people in baseball who [...]
Ducksnorts Meetup Recap and Photos
Still recovering from Sunday’s festivities so this will be brief. Left the house around 11 a.m., didn’t get back till 9:30 p.m. That’s what I call a great day at the ballpark. Of course, it helps that both the Padres and the Storm won in walkoff fashion. And I got to hang out and chat [...]
IGD: Padres vs Diamondbacks (20 Aug 06)
first pitch: 1:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Chris Young (9-5, 3.80 ERA) vs Miguel Batista (10-5, 4.67 ERA) previews: Padres.com | SI.com | ESPN buy tickets Clay Hensley is hurt, missing Saturday’s scheduled start. Khalil Greene has been placed on the 15-day DL, leaving the Padres without a shortstop. The left side of [...]
IGD: Padres vs Diamondbacks (19 Aug 06)
first pitch: 1:05 p.m., PT television: FOX matchup: Clay Hensley (7-10, 4.19 ERA) vs Claudio Vargas (9-8, 5.10 ERA) previews: Padres.com | SI.com | ESPN buy tickets You know what’s awesome? For all our griping about the Padres’ recent play, they’re only 1 game out of a playoff spot. Game is on FOX this afternoon, [...]
IGD: Padres vs Diamondbacks (18 Aug 06)
first pitch: 7:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Woody Williams (5-4, 3.79 ERA) vs Enrique Gonzalez (3-4, 4.98 ERA) previews: Padres.com | SI.com buy tickets Second place Snakes are in town (but not on a plane, although I guess they probably were at some point) for the weekend. Padres get their first look at [...]
Friday Links (18 Aug 06)
Okay, so while we’re all busy feeling sorry for ourselves, I’d just like to point out how much it stinks to be a Blue Jays fan right now: Postseason Odds WPct Playoffs Blue Jays .537 3.93 Padres .496 25.74 Source: Baseball Prospectus. Through games of August 17, 2006. Despite their inferior record, the Padres [...]
IGD: Padres vs Giants (17 Aug 06)
first pitch: 12:35 p.m., PT television: none matchup: Jake Peavy (6-11, 4.58 ERA) vs Matt Cain (8-9, 4.89 ERA) previews: Padres.com | ESPN buy tickets I don’t know which is worse, the apparent lack of focus on the field (where did Mike Cameron’s mind wander off to in the eighth inning as 40-year-old Moises Alou [...]
IGD: Padres vs Giants (16 Aug 06)
IGD: Padres vs Giants (16 Aug 06) first pitch: 7:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Chan Ho Park (7-7, 4.66) vs Noah Lowry (5-7, 4.12) previews: Padres.com | SI.com | ESPN buy tickets Nice of the Dodgers to lose a game. They’re not out of reach, of course, but it’s getting close to that [...]
Nine Signs You Think About the San Diego Padres Too Much
In the interest of trying to preserve our collective sanity while the Padres continue to play sloppy baseball and slip in the standings, and because one of my favorite bloggers is sponsoring a cool contest, I present the following list. To my regulars, I hope this helps. To those of you visiting from Darren’s blog, [...]
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