I am contractually obligated to give this to you: Game 19: 4/20/03 Colorado 8, San Diego 0 (ESPN) I don’t have anything to say about this except that I’m glad the Padres are out of Coors Field. Next up, Wrigley Field, a much more reasonable place to play baseball. Which reminds me… Okay, that’s a [...]

Ain’t karma a bitch. We’ll talk about Sunday’s game tomorrow, since today is an off-day. But right now there are more important (and agonizing) things to discuss. Game 18: 4/19/03 Colorado 10, San Diego 9 (ESPN) As it turns out, Thursday’s game in Los Angeles was just a prelude for bigger things to come. Let’s [...]

I usually take the weekends off, but it’s 3:26 AM and sleep isn’t happening, so here I am. Lucky you. Game 17: 4/18/03 Colorado 12, San Diego 1 (ESPN) The Good Two more walks for Ramon Vazquez. That’s 16 now in 16 games, for a .417 OBP. Although he had only a single to show [...]

It’s been a long week at work and the Padres lost a game last night they had no business losing. I’m bored, tired, and in a lousy mood. I’ll work my way back over to baseball before too long, but first I have to talk about some other stuff or it’s all gonna be one [...]

Monday, April 14, 2003 Man, there’s nothing I’d rather do on a Sunday than fill out a tax return. Talk about fun. On the bright side, the Padres took two out of three from the Rockies. Gotta like that! Here’s a real quick recap of the series. Game 11: 4/11/03 San Diego 6, Colorado 4 [...]

Yuck. That was terrible. San Francisco 15, San Diego 11 (ESPN) The Good Everybody but Mark Kotsay had at least one hit, and even he drew a walk. Six guys had two or more hits. Fifth multi-hit game for Xavier Nady this year. Homers from Ryan Klesko and Rondell White. The Bad The bullpen allowed [...]

Just a thought, but with a runner on first, why not pitch to Barry Bonds out of a full windup? Seriously, most starters are more comfortable working out of a windup. And if the guy on first takes second, you walk Bonds, which was a likely outcome anyway. San Diego 9, San Francisco 4 (ESPN) [...]

Tuesday, April 8, 2003 Back to the teal color scheme. I had to change it, because I was growing disturbingly fond of the mustard and hamburger motif. Not good. I didn’t catch yesterday’s game. Doesn’t seem like I missed much other than more abuse at the hands of the Giants, so we’ll be brief this [...]

Monday, April 7, 2003 Okay, this just rocks: Ultimate Road Trip to Visit Every Team (minorleaguebaseball.com) Extra Innings Tour 2003 What a cool gig that would be. Anyway, here’s a real quick look at the games over the weekend. Game 5 San Diego 4, Los Angeles 2 (ESPN) Clay Condrey’s line looked better than he [...]

I don’t know about y’all, but I’m real glad it’s Friday. It’s been a week. But hey, the Pads finally won a game. Woo-hoo! Before we get into that, I thought I’d point those of you who haven’t yet read this to an excellent Q and A by San Diego’s own Craig Elsten of Padre [...]