So I finally got broadband this weekend. The speed is nice, but what I really dig is that now I can update Ducksnorts while watching the game in the living room. Pretty cool. I’m running out of good things to say about Khalil Greene. That bomb he hit yesterday at Montreal tied the Padre record [...]
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Apples, Anyone?
A four-game sweep at Shea certainly is a nice way to start a road trip. Eventually the guys are going to have to learn how to win at home, but now isn’t really the time to gripe about that. Great starting pitching in the series. The combined line: IP H R ER HR BB SO [...]
Cal League Tour 2004: Phase IV (continued)
Another great weekend of baseball at Petco, eh? Add Carl Pavano and Juan Pierre to the list of guys who like hitting here. Anyway, we never did finish up our last phase of the Ducksnorts/Syntax of Things Cal League Tour 2004. So without further ado… The story so far… Ducksnorts Cal League Tour 2004: Phase [...]
Art Therapy
Still can’t talk about Wednesday, but I’m getting better. I started somewhere around "apopleptic" and I’m hoping to reach "bemused" or even "detached" in the near future. Just want to make sure I don’t overshoot…
Short, Not So Sweet
Lots to discuss, but I’m in no mood to talk after that one. Analysis of last night’s game? Two words: It stunk. Hey, if you can’t wax poetic, at least you can be honest. I’ll try to be more sociable next week, after the swelling from repeatedly banging my head against the wall has subsided. [...]
Guzmania?
Freddy Guzman makes his big-league debut and the Padres score 11 runs at home. Interesting. Guzman, starting in center field and leading off, singled on the second pitch he saw from Jaret Wright, then proceeded to drive the Braves’ starter to distraction. How much of it was due to Guzman’s presence on the bases and [...]
One More for the Road
Padres won their second straight road series, taking two of three from the Reds this weekend. Good offensive performances from pretty much every spot in the lineup. Real strong outing from Adam Eaton Sunday afternoon. His work in the fifth, striking out Adam Dunn and Willy Mo Peña with the bases loaded, was clutch. Eaton [...]
Allocation of Resources
Two out of three at Wrigley ain’t bad. Once again, I didn’t see the game so I can’t really offer commentary beyond the obvious, i.e., we needed that one. Instead, today we’ll talk about something I’ve been thinking about for a while: proper allocation of available resources. The other day one of my regulars wrote [...]
More Phil Nevin, Less Cowbell
The Cubs have tied up the series and taken a two-game lead over the Padres in the wild card race. We figured the first game was up for grabs, with Mark Prior and Adam Eaton going. Sterling Hitchcock vs Carlos Zambrano looked like a mismatch in the Cubs’ favor, and it was. This afternoon it’s [...]
You Just Keep Me Hangin’ On
So the Pads managed to hang on in the opener at Wrigley, 8-6. By the time I got home from work, Mark Prior was already out of the game and Adam Eaton wasn’t far behind. I don’t know what Prior’s problem was, but I do know that when you knock him out of the game [...]
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