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Giles Arrives, Hoffman Returns
Few quick notes from Tuesday night’s game: Didn’t get to our seats till the bottom of the second, so we missed Brian Giles’ first Padre at-bat in San Diego. From the ticket window it sounded like he got a pretty good reception. And all the folks, such as myself, who missed his first trip to [...]
Other Takes on Giles Coming to the Padres
Hope you had a safe and enjoyable Labor Day Weekend! I spent mine working on the yard, cleaning up around the house, and doing some recording. Not a lot to report at the moment. Figured I’d throw some more Brian Giles stories at you while we’re still in the infatuation phase: Stats Geek says Brian [...]
Oliver Perez vs Pedro Martinez
Great win Sunday, after a heartbreaker Saturday night. Tough to see the Pads give the game away Saturday after scrapping back from down six. The silver lining is that the Astros burned up their bullpen in trying to preserve the win, which led to Jimy Williams having to stick with the erratic Ron Villone maybe [...]
Giles Makes Padres Debut
Before I launch into the "Welcome Brian Giles" portion of this entry, I’d just like to say that I’m sorry to see Ollie Perez and Rondell White go. In my excitement about picking up Giles, I’m not sure I made that clear. I’ve been following Perez for a long time, and I think he’s got [...]
Padres Acquire Giles
Holy superstars, Batman, Brian Giles is a Padre. I’m so excited I’m even using my crappy old Windows 98 laptop to write this. Where to begin? I’ll just start spewing random thoughts as they occur to me, so if this entry is more incoherent than most (how can you tell?), I trust you’ll understand. The [...]
Concern over Peavy’s Innings?
Real quick today. First off, one of the band of Jeffs pointed out to me that Trevor Hoffman will rejoin the Padres against the Diamondbacks in San Diego. Thanks for the correction, dude. I didn’t see last night’s game, just heard a little of it in the car. I can only guess how Jake Peavy [...]
Second Base, Hoffman, and the Arizona Fall League
Lots to cover, so let’s jump right in. Ugly game Sunday against the Expos. I don’t know if a catcher can have much of a worse inning than Miguel Ojeda had in the fifth inning. Passed ball, two stolen bases, two errors. The low point came with Jamey Carroll on second and Vlad Guerrero at [...]
Stauffer, Greene, and Tucker
As expected, I busted a string this weekend. I usually change strings before a gig, but since we only played one night last weekend (and for just three hours instead of the usual four), I figured I could get away with keeping the old ones on a bit longer. Sure enough, midway through the second [...]
Have a Better Day
Some of the links from Wednesday’s post got screwed up. The Larry Flynt and ESPN links have been fixed. I’m exhausted, I’m in a foul mood, my arms still hurt like hell, and I’ve got gigs this weekend. I wouldn’t want to be a string on my guitar right about now. As a cop who [...]
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