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Padres Farm Report (13 Apr 08)

Triple-A — Salt Lake 11, Portland 10 Oscar Robles (2B): 1-for-5 Jody Gerut (RF): 0-for-5 Chase Headley: 1-for-4, HR, BB Brian Myrow: 1-for-3, HR, 2 BB Edgar Gonzalez (DH): 0-for-3, 2 BB Will Venable: 4-for-5, 2 2B, 3B Craig Stansberry (3B): 1-for-4, BB Nick Hundley: 1-for-5 Luis Rodriguez: 3-for-4, E Wade LeBlanc: 5 IP, 8 [...]

IGD: Padres @ Dodgers (12 Apr 08)

Padres (6-5) vs Dodgers (4-6) Chris Young vs Derek Lowe 7:10 p.m. PT Channel 4SD AM 1090, FM 105.7, XM 185 MLB, B-R Should we abandon our hope that Young will ever learn to work more efficiently and just accept him for what he is — a flawed, but damn good pitcher?

MLB08: The Show (Video Game Review)

Sony PlayStation 3, $59.99 Sony PlayStation 2, $39.99 (reviewed on this system) Sony PSP, $39.99 Before we get started, you need to know my bias: I grew up on Intellivision and Atari 2600. As such, all else being equal, I prefer simplicity in my video games. Also, I don’t play nearly as many of them [...]

Padres Farm Report (12 Apr 08)

Triple-A — Portland 11, Salt Lake 9 Matt Antonelli: 1-for-6, HR Jody Gerut (DH): 1-for-6, 3B Chase Headley: 2-for-4, BB Brian Myrow: 3-for-4, 2B, 3B, BB, E Chip Ambres: 1-for-4, BB Will Venable: 2-for-5, 2B Craig Stansberry (3B): 2-for-4, HR, BB Oscar Robles: 2-for-4, 2B, BB Cesar Ramos: 5.2 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 1 [...]

IGD: Padres @ Dodgers (11 Apr 08)

Padres (5-5) @ Dodgers (4-5) Jake Peavy vs Brad Penny 7:40 p.m. PT Channel 4SD AM 1090, FM 105.7, XM 185 MLB, B-R Jake dominated the Dodgers last weekend in San Diego. Perhaps more importantly, he seems to have gotten into their heads with Smudgegate. Here’s hoping he can work that to his advantage.

Friday Links (11 Apr 08)

Quick reminder: The Ducksnorts 2008 Baseball Annual is on sale. People tell me it doesn’t suck, so go buy a copy or three. To the links… Jake Peavy has a mysterious substance on his hand (Yahoo!, h/t Kevin) and suddenly the “national” media knows where San Diego is. Solid effort, guys. Love this quote from [...]

Padres Farm Report (11 Apr 08)

I figure I’ll throw in some stats once a week. I don’t want to bombard you with info, but I want to give you enough… Triple-A — Sacramento 6, Portland 3 Matt Antonelli: 0-for-4, BB (.238/.429/.524) Edgar Gonzalez (3B): 2-for-4 (.500/.526/.667) Chase Headley: 0-for-4 (.185/.241/.222) Brian Myrow: 1-for-4 (.174/.345/.304) Nick Hundley: 0-for-3, BB (.263/.333/.579) Jody [...]

I, Me, Mine

No game on Thursday. Hey, the Padres can’t lose. Meanwhile, I’ve been working on a few other things: John at MadFriars asked me a few questions about the Ducksnorts 2008 Baseball Annual. I’ll also be pimping the Annual on Bases Loaded with Elliott Price. Elliott is the former long-time play-by-play voice of the Montreal Expos. [...]

Padres Farm Report (10 Apr 08)

Triple-A — Sacramento 8, Portland 3 Matt Antonelli: 2-for-5, 2 2B Craig Stansberry (3B): 0-for-5 Chase Headley: 0-for-4 Brian Myrow: 0-for-1, 2 BB, HBP Nick Hundley: 1-for-4, HR Jody Gerut (RF): 2-for-3, 2B, BB Edgar Gonzalez (DH): 1-for-4 Will Venable: 2-for-4, 2B Luis Rodriguez: 1-for-4, HR Josh Geer: 3.2 IP, 11 H, 8 R, 2 [...]

IGD: Padres @ Giants (9 Apr 08)

Padres (5-4) vs Giants (2-6) Justin Germano vs Jonathan Sanchez 7:15 p.m. PT Channel 4SD AM 1090, FM 105.7, XM 189 MLB, B-R I was so busy whining about sloppy baserunning and the 12-man pitching staff this morning that I forgot to mention Adrian Gonzalez‘s spectacular 3-5 double play in Tuesday’s contest. It was a [...]