La Jolla Stories Seems everybody’s got one. Here are a couple more that came in over the weekend: I was at Whole Foods, and a lady accidentally bumped a guy with her cart. She said “Oh, I’m sorry.” He gave her a nasty look and said, “You just hit me with your cart.” “I know, [...]
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Scouts, Storm, and Deago
Just when I’m ready to get worked up over Kerry Wood throwing 141 pitches Saturday, I see that Jake Peavy was allowed to throw 128 Sunday. I really don’t consider myself that extreme when it comes to pitch counts, but someone has to hold Bruce Bochy accountable for his actions. There’s no reason to leave [...]
10 Reasons to Love/Hate La Jolla
I’m tired, I’m cranky, I’m sick of watching the Padres getting their asses kicked. I didn’t get home in time to watch last night’s debacle, but can anyone tell me if Brian Lawrence looked right? No disrespect to the Expos, but he’s got to be hurt. Meantime, Adam Eaton has been placed on the DL, [...]
Keltnerizing Tony Gwynn: Part 3 of 3
One of my Legion of Jeffs™ gave me the heads-up on this great site: VincentsBallparkPhotos.com. This really is an awesome collection of Petco Park photos and is well worth the trip. And now, as promised, we return to David Marshall’s consideration of Tony Gwynn as a Hall of Fame candidate as measured by Bill James’ [...]
Keltnerizing Tony Gwynn: Part 2 of 3
Game 26: 4/29/03 Pittsburgh 7, San Diego 2 (ESPN) Four wild pitches from Adam Eaton in 3 1/3 innings? Forty-four pitches in the first inning alone? His first big-league homer? Jesse Orosco gives up a homer to a lefty (Rob Mackowiak) hitting .184/.244/.237? Strange, strange night. Positives: Mark Kotsay appears to be healthy. Sean Burroughs [...]
Keltnerizing Tony Gwynn: Part 1 of 3
Let’s try something a little different today, shall we? I’m going to sit back and relax with y’all and let others do most of the talking. Before we get going, I’d like to point you to a terrific interview of NY Times sports writer Buster Olney that Alex Belth conducted. The part that got me [...]
Padres Drop Two of Three to Reds
Monday, April 28, 2003 Game 23: 4/25/03 San Diego 7, Cincinnati 3 (ESPN) Game 24: 4/26/03 Cincinnati 7, San Diego 6 (ESPN) Game 25: 4/27/03 Cincinnati 7, San Diego 5 (ESPN) Quick look at the series against the Reds. I won’t comment on each of the games, but rather will give general impressions of what [...]
Some Days You Beat the Mule, Some Days the Mule Beats You
Game 22: 4/24/03 San Diego 2, Chicago Cubs 1 (ESPN) So the Pads, in case you missed it, came back and took the series from the Cubs. Oliver Perez, who entered the game with an ERA of 9.00, pitched a gem. And he needed it. No, Jeff, I don’t think that just because his ERA [...]
Revenge of the Rented Mules
So the series with the Cubs is even after yesterday’s shutout victory behind Adam Eaton and Matt Herges. I figured if the Pads’ bats showed up at all, the first two games should be pretty close. I sure wish Jake Peavy were pitching today. But maybe this is the game Oliver Perez turns things around. [...]
Padres April Wrap
by Geoff Young on May 05, 2003 (0) Comments
Why even bother with an official scorer? Xavier Nady hits a lazy fly ball to center in the 10th on Friday night that Ricky Ledee loses in the lights; ball clanks off Ledee’s glove and it’s ruled a hit. Then Saturday night, Mike Lieberthal hits a ducksnort to right that Nady has to run a [...]