Cash? Check. Coffee? Check. Gas? Check. Good to go. We left San Diego shortly after 9 a.m. and headed north on I-5 toward Stockton. The drive through Oceanside, Camp Pendleton, Orange County, and various parts of Los Angeles proved uneventful, which is precisely as you want it to be. We made our first stop, as [...]
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IGD: Padres @ Brewers (4 Sep 2005)
first pitch: 11:05 a.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Jake Peavy (12-6, 3.01 ERA) vs Doug Davis (9-10, 4.12 ERA) I’m still on the road, probably somewhere between Modesto and Lake Elsinore. Probably whining about the heat. And the smell. And whatever. Are we there yet?
IGD: Padres @ Brewers (3 Sep 2005)
first pitch: 5:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Woody Williams (6-11, 5.01 ERA) vs Wes Obermueller (1-2, 4.62 ERA) preview: Padres.com Pads got plastered by the Brewers Friday night. Silver linings? A few. Ben Johnson homered in his third straight game. Chris Oxspring made his big-league debut. Even though he gave up 6 runs, [...]
IGD: Padres @ Brewers (2 Sep 2005)
first pitch: 5:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Brian Lawrence (7-13, 4.61 ERA) vs Chris Capuano (14-9, 3.61 ERA) preview: Padres.com I’ve hit the wall, folks. Padres are finally playing well again and I’ve gone and hit the wall. I could tell you that Capuano destroys lefties and who should sit for whom against [...]
IGD: Padres @ Brewers (1 Sep 2005)
first pitch: 5:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Adam Eaton (9-3, 3.86 ERA) vs Rick Helling (1-0, 4.63 ERA) preview: Padres.com Great end to the homestand, beating the Diamondbacks on Wednesday afternoon. Yeah, the bullpen made things a little interesting toward the end, but the bottom line is the Pads have a 5 1/2 [...]
IGD: Padres vs Diamondbacks (31 Aug 2005)
first pitch: 12:35 p.m., PT television: none matchup: Chan Ho Park (11-6, 5.91 ERA) vs Javier Vazquez (10-13, 4.59 ERA) preview: Padres.com The tax man’s taken all my dough, And left me in my stately home, Lazing on a sunny afternoon. And I can’t sail my yacht, He’s taken everything I’ve got, All I’ve got’s [...]
Cal League Tour
Jeff from Syntax of Things (you can hear him on Ducksnorts Radio Episode 2) and I are headed off on our Second Annual Tour of the Cal League this Labor Day weekend. This year’s event will be a much abbreviated version of the 2004 tour de force, with stops in just two cities. If you [...]
Round Two, Advantage Padres
Great game Tuesday night at Petco. The Padres fell behind early but battled back. Neither Jake Peavy, who started the game, nor Trevor Hoffman, who finished it, had his best stuff, but both got the job done. A few observations from Section 309: The defensive shift against Khalil Greene was odd. In his first at-bat [...]
IGD: Padres vs Diamondbacks (30 Aug 2005)
first pitch: 7:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Jake Peavy (11-6, 2.97 ERA) vs Javier Vazquez (10-13, 4.59 ERA) preview: Padres.com Monday Recap Frustrating loss in the opener Monday night. Shoddy defense and the home run ball put the Padres in an early hole. But in the ninth, the Friars did manage to get [...]
IGD: Padres vs Diamondbacks (29 Aug 2005)
first pitch: 7:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Woody Williams (6-10, 5.14 ERA) vs Russ Ortiz (4-8, 6.95 ERA) previews: ESPN | Padres.com Padres averted a sweep at home by the Rockies Sunday afternoon. And a collective sigh of relief with news that Brian Giles suffered only a bruised right knee (article contains Monty [...]
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