first pitch: 12:35 p.m., PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Chan Ho Park (4-3, 4.15 ERA) vs Bartolo Colon (0-2, 7.07 ERA) previews: Padres.com | SI.com | ESPN I didn’t catch any of Saturday’s game but that sure sounds like an irritating way to lose. The good news it that apparently Dave Roberts is okay. He [...]
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IGD: Padres @ Angels (17 Jun 06)
first pitch: 1:05 p.m., PT television: FOX matchup: Jake Peavy (4-7, 4.96 ERA) vs Ervin Santana (6-3, 4.29 ERA) previews: Padres.com | SI.com | ESPN New hitting coach Merv Rettenmund pays immediate dividends, as he gets Angels closer Francisco Rodriguez to hang an 0-2 breaking ball to Khalil Greene and catcher Mike Napoli to throw [...]
IGD: Padres @ Angels (16 Jun 06)
first pitch: 7:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Clay Hensley (4-5, 3.96 ERA) vs Jeff Weaver (3-9, 6.15 ERA) previews: Padres.com | SI.com | ESPN The Padres travel north to square off against the team that knows how to market itself and alienate its own community in the process. Clay Hensley, coming off a [...]
Friday Links (16 Jun 06)
Okay, I’m still backlogged from my Hawai’i trip so you’re getting an extra helping of links today. Some of these have been out there for a while, but they’re all good. Enjoy. Mailbag: A catching conundrum? (Padres.com). Lyle Spencer talks about everyone’s favorite three-headed monster, as well as backstop of the future George Kottaras. He [...]
Magadan Out, Rettenmund (Back) In
As we first noted in the comments to Thursday’s IGD, Dave Magadan has been relieved of his duties as the Padres’ hitting coach. Merv Rettenmund, who held the position from 1991 to 1999, has been named as Magadan’s successor and will join the club in Anaheim for Friday night’s game. What implications does this have? [...]
IGD: Padres vs Dodgers (15 Jun 06)
first pitch: 12:35 p.m., PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Chris Young (6-3, 3.25 ERA) vs Chad Billingsley (MLB debut) previews: Padres.com | SI.com | ESPN If there’s one thing I learned from Wednesday night’s 5-3 victory over the Dodgers, it’s that you don’t throw fastballs out over the plate to their kids. Those homers by [...]
IGD: Padres vs Dodgers (14 Jun 06)
first pitch: 7:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Mike Thompson (2-2, 4.67 ERA) vs Brad Penny (7-1, 2.34 ERA) previews: Padres.com | SI.com Ten quasi-random observations from Monday night’s victory over the Dodgers: For a guy who is supposed to stink, Chan Ho Park sure doesn’t pitch like it. As has been the case [...]
IGD: Padres vs Dodgers (13 Jun 06)
first pitch: 7:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Chan Ho Park (3-3, 4.36 ERA) vs Aaron Sele (3-0, 2.33 ERA) previews: Padres.com | SI.com | ESPN Padres are 16-18 at home, Dodgers are 16-14 on the road. It’s called “home field advantage” and the Pads don’t use it. They’ve been outscored by 29 runs [...]
Series Preview: Padres vs Dodgers
The team just up I-5 from San Diego is in first place, and I’m starting to have some concerns. Aside from the fact that the Dodgers easily have the best run differential in the NL West (+67, well ahead of second-place Arizona’s +25), what bothers me is that each time a hole opens, they are [...]
Five Years of Blogging
We celebrate two anniversaries at Ducksnorts — one for when the site launched in 1997 and another for when the blog launched in 2001. Today marks the five year anniversary of the blog, and I thought since a lot of folks haven’t been here from the beginning, maybe now would be a good time to [...]
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