Good game last night. Homers from Mark Loretta and Brian Giles, a couple of knocks from Ryan Klesko. Great work from the bullpen. It was especially nice to see Aki Otsuka get back on the proverbial horse and work a perfect eighth. Kudos also to Bruce Bochy for yanking Ismael Valdez before things got ugly. [...]
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First-Half Recap
The bad news is, Phil Nevin is expected to miss two to four weeks following surgery to repair torn cartilage in his right knee. Xavier Nady has been recalled from Portland to take Nevin’s spot on the roster. Ryan Klesko moves back to first base, with Terrence Long getting the bulk of PT in left, [...]
Royal Sweep
First off, I’m a little behind in my e-mails. If you’ve sent me something recently and I haven’t responded yet, it’s not you, it’s me. I’ll get back to you as soon as I can. I actually do read everything you send, which is great because you guys have boatloads of interesting stuff to tell [...]
Big Unit Gets 4000, Padres Win
The headline may vary from town to town, but that will be the gist of it. Some probably won’t even mention the Padre victory. That’s cool. As long as it still counts as a win in the standings, folks can say whatever they want. So congrats to Randy Johnson on becoming the fourth pitcher in [...]
Seattle Slewed
Yeah, okay I know the past tense of "slay" is "slain" but "Seattle Slain" doesn’t really work, does it? I thought seeing as how the Mariners are our "rival" and all, they deserved better. Anyway, that was a good start to the road trip. Two out of three from Seattle, back into second place. Terrific [...]
More Bullet Points
Hate to do another one of these, but I’m totally out of gas. Just a few things to mention, so let’s get to them. Not to belabor the point, but I have yet to speak with anyone who isn’t completely baffled by Kerry Robinson’s presence on the Padres roster. Can’t we talk Marvell Wynne out [...]
Bullet Points
Adam Eaton deserved the win Tuesday night. How many times has a Padre starter given up zero runs this year and not earned the victory? I think David Wells has done it once or twice. I know Ismael Valdez finished with a pretty good line Monday night, but he still scares the heck out of [...]
Mailbag
Friday was supposed to be mailbag day, but somebody was pretty bummed and beat after Thursday night’s debacle against the Devil Rays. The Padres are not playing inspired or intelligent baseball right now, and I’m having trouble writing inspired or intelligent analysis. This is the first real bad streak they’ve had all year and it [...]
This and That
In-laws in town, no time to talk. Not that there’s much to talk about, with the Padres falling again to the Devil Rays and now in third place. Not even Tuesday’s earthquake could get the home team moving. Ugh. Anyway, here’s the latest on the World Series of Blogs. After a slow start, we’re making [...]
Cal League Tour 2004: Phase III — continued
Remember to vote for Ducksnorts in the World Series of Blogs! After convincing the front desk that we did not, in fact, spend $20 at the bar Saturday night and shouldn’t be charged for someone else’s drinks, we headed off to China Buffet. Oh yeah, sjfanboy set us up real good. It lacked the Mongolian [...]
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