Okay, so the Pads pulled that one off but at the risk of seeming ungrateful, I have to get a few things off my chest: Guys Hacking First Pitch with RISP 1st inning Dave Roberts: Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, D Roberts walked Geoff Blum: Ball, Ball, Ball, D Roberts stole second, Strike (looking), [...]
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In-Game Discussion: Padres vs Brewers (31 May 2005)
first pitch: 7:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Jake Peavy (5-0, 2.00 ERA) vs Wes Obermueller (1-0, 2.43 ERA) previews: ESPN | CBS | SI | Padres.com Ho hum, the Pads won another one-run game to improve their home record to 17-4 and extend their lead in the NL West to a whopping three [...]
Notes and Links: Special “Winning Is Fun” Edition
Today’s edition features recaps of the latest Padre victory, injury updates, changes at the hot corner, a couple of tasty interviews, and more of the best out on the web. Pads Win Again Despite The Geoff Jenkins Show (San Diego Spotlight). Rich gives a nice recap of Monday night’s 2-1 victory over the Brewers. Geoff [...]
Rickey and the Dawgs
Caught Monday evening’s Surf Dawgs game against Chico at Tony Gwynn Stadium. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so I’ll let these speak for themselves.
In-Game Discussion: Padres vs Brewers (30 May 2005)
first pitch: 7:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Darrell May (0-0, 5.53 ERA) vs Victor Santos (2-4, 3.02 ERA) previews: ESPN | CBS | SI | Padres.com The Pads completed the sweep of the Giants in San Francisco Sunday afternoon and have now won 20 of their last 25 games. Only St. Louis has [...]
In-Game Discussion: Padres @ Giants (29 May 2005)
first pitch: 1:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Adam Eaton (7-1, 3.49 ERA) vs Jason Schmidt (3-1, 4.79 ERA) previews: ESPN | CBS | SI | Padres.com Just got in from Vegas; thanks to Jay for posting the key pitcher-batter matchups in yesterday’s comments. Here they are: Padres vs Schmidt: Good: (AB/BA/OBP/SLG/OPS) Sweeney: 20/.350/.458/.750/1.208 [...]
In-Game Discussion: Padres @ Giants (28 May 2005)
first pitch: 1:05 p.m., PT television: Fox matchup: Tim Stauffer (1-1, 4.44 ERA) vs Noah Lowry (2-5, 5.75 ERA) previews: ESPN | CBS | SI | Padres.com Las Vegas is a place an existentialist could love. The notion that things don’t have any intrinsic meaning until we assign meaning to them is just so damned [...]
In-Game Discussion: Padres @ Giants (27 May 2005)
first pitch: 7:15 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Brian Lawrence (2-5, 5.47 ERA) vs Brad Hennessey (2-0, 3.66 ERA) previews: ESPN | CBS | SI Jake Peavy must’ve done something right Thursday night; he made the front page of ESPN and SI’s baseball web sites this morning. I didn’t get to watch the game, [...]
From the Vault: My Last Name Should Have Been Walker
[With so many folks abuzz about OBP these days, I thought this would be a fun one to bust out again. It was originally posted October 6, 1997, in Ducksnorts' pre-blog days. Enjoy!] Something is terribly wrong with me, I’m convinced of it. When most people go to a ball game, they like to see [...]
In-Game Discussion: Padres @ Diamondbacks (26 May 2005)
first pitch: 6:40 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Jake Peavy (4-0, 2.29 ERA) vs Brandon Webb (6-0, 3.32 ERA) previews: ESPN | CBS | SI | Padres.com Now that was an ugly game. Nobody really deserved to win it, but the Snakes hung on to reclaim first place in the NL West. Who do [...]
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