first pitch: 5:30 p.m., PT television: Fox matchup: Jon Garland (18-10, 3.50 ERA) vs Roy Oswalt (20-12, 2.94 ERA) Vince Galloro has a detailed preview of Tuesday night’s contest up at Exile in Wrigleyville. For my part, I’ll just note that this is a very even pitching matchup. Opponents hit .255/.298/.399 against Garland in 2005, [...]
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Tuesday Notes
Just a few items of (potential) interest for you this morning: Jonathan at PDX Beavers is posting updates from a couple of Padres playing in Winter Ball. Be sure to check out Jon Knott & Brian Sweeney’s Venezuela Journal. Quoth Sweeney: “They love to win here and enjoy every moment. I think every baseball fan [...]
2005 in Review – First Base
We continue our look back at the 2005 season today with one of the most problematic positions for the Padres, first base. Nobody started more than 70 games there for the Friars, none of them fielded the position particularly well, and none of them hit well enough to justify the poor defense. Basically, the black [...]
World Series IGD: Astros @ White Sox, Game 2
first pitch: 4:30 p.m., PT television: Fox matchup: Andy Pettitte (17-9, 2.39 ERA) vs Mark Buehrle (16-8, 3.12 ERA) Unless you’re an Astros fan, Game 1 certainly didn’t disappoint in terms of being a fun one to watch. I wish Fox didn’t feel the need to throw cheesy graphics and sounds all over everything, but [...]
World Series IGD: Astros @ White Sox, Game 1
first pitch: 4:30 p.m., PT television: Fox matchup: Roger Clemens (13-8, 1.87 ERA) vs Jose Contreras (15-7, 3.61 ERA) preview: MLB.com Feels weird doing one of these without the Padres in it, but if you’re watching the game and you want to hang out and chat, please feel free. I’m really looking forward to what [...]
This Time Last Year
Don’t mind me, I’m just rummaging through the archives. Oct. 20 – Looking for a drink to name after my band, reading Neil Peart and Bill Bryson, listening to Deathcab for Cutie. [Found the drink. Just picked up the new Deathcab for Cutie CD: good stuff, although mellower than the last one.] Oct. 13 – [...]
World Series: Astros vs White Sox
Congrats to the Chicago White Sox and Houston Astros for reaching the World Series! It is great to see some new blood in there (and no teams from Boston or New York). I have a slight preference for the ChiSox because they don’t have Roger “I Don’t Know What That Thing I Threw at Mike [...]
Hacking on a 2-1 Count
Yesterday we talked about the Padres’ inability to hit on a 2-1 count. We speculated on reasons why this might be so. Reader Anthony suggested that some hard hit balls may have died on the warning track at Petco or that some players might be thinking walk first when they get ahead in the count. [...]
Towers Leaning?
I have avoided talking about this too much because it’s mostly been speculation, but the Kevin Towers-to-Arizona thing seems to be gaining momentum. I know a lot of folks think the Padres can do better than Towers at GM. Me, I’ll believe it when I see it. “Getting rid” of Towers doesn’t accomplish anything unless [...]
Padres Batting by Count, 2004-2005
I’ve alluded to this before, and I don’t know what to make of it, but the Padres really struggled hitting in 2-1 counts this year: Padres Batting by Count, 2005 Count AB BA OBP SLG OPS ISO XBH/H AB/HR Stats courtesy ESPN. 0-0 666 .309 .309 .459 .768 .150 .311 39.18 0-1 559 .351 .358 [...]
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