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IGD: Padres @ Rockies (22 Sep 2005)
first pitch: 12:05 p.m., PT television: none matchup: Adam Eaton (10-4, 4.10 ERA) vs Aaron Cook (5-1, 3.39 ERA) preview: Padres.com Wednesday Recap How clutch was Jake Peavy Wednesday night? Pads seriously needed innings out of their ace, and that’s precisely what they got. Their lead in the NL West remains at 5, with 11 [...]
IGD: Padres @ Rockies (21 Sep 2005)
first pitch: 5:35 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Jake Peavy (12-7, 2.98 ERA) vs Mike Esposito (MLB debut) You lose by 19 runs, you get no “Magic Number” banner. Silver linings? Well, nobody got hurt. Sean Burroughs made his big-league pitching debut and served up a three-run homer to Matt Holliday. Sure, it was [...]
IGD: Padres @ Rockies (20 Sep 2005)
first pitch: 5:35 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Woody Williams (8-11, 4.61 ERA) vs Jamey Wright (7-16, 5.73 ERA) magic number: 8 –> Padres overcame a Brian Lawrence meltdown to beat the Rox in the opener at Coors Monday night. The headlines will all sing the praises of Khalil Greene (and rightly so; he [...]
IGD: Padres @ Rockies (19 Sep 2005)
first pitch: 5:35 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Brian Lawrence (7-15, 4.83 ERA) vs Sunny Kim (5-2, 4.57 ERA) preview: Padres.com magic number: 9 Who do I have to sleep with to get some Padres coverage now that football has started? Last night on local TV, I could watch a painfully detailed breakdown of [...]
IGD: Padres vs Nationals (18 Sep 2005)
first pitch: 1:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Pedro Astacio (4-10, 5.18 ERA) vs Esteban Loaiza (11-10, 3.79 ERA) preview: Padres.com magic number: 10 So. That bit about Sean Burroughs having the Pads’ biggest hit of the year off Armando Benitez Wednesday afternoon? Sorry, son; you’ve been trumped by Khalil Greene and Ramon Hernandez. [...]
IGD: Padres vs Nationals (17 Sep 2005)
first pitch: 7:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Adam Eaton (10-4, 3.97 ERA) vs Hector Carrasco (4-3, 2.19 ERA) preview: Padres.com magic number: 11 Color me stupid, but despite the Pads’ poor play, I’m still pumped. Sure, the turning point turned out to be more of a hiccup. And the Friars probably won’t finish [...]
IGD: Padres vs Nationals (16 Sep 2005)
first pitch: 7:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Jake Peavy (12-6, 2.93 ERA) vs John Patterson (8-5, 2.74 ERA) preview: Padres.com magic number: 12 As I’m writing this, ESPN has John Halama starting for the Nats Friday, with Patterson going on Saturday. I don’t know who will get the call, but Peavy vs Patterson [...]
Been through the Desert in a Car with No Name
Ever since I’ve been able to read a map ― or, really, since I’ve been able to gaze out a car window ― I’ve been fascinated by roads and where they go. In that spirit, and with the Gorman fire still not contained from our previous day’s journey, we decided to hang a left onto [...]
Turning Point?
Padres keep driving us crazy, but we love ‘em. It’s been so darned long, I had forgotten how stressful a pennant race can be. A few thoughts after Wednesday’s sequence of infinitely improbable events: Scott Linebrink can pitch for my team anytime. Coming back down 3-0 to Mike Matheny to get out of a bases-loaded [...]
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