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IGD: Padres @ Dodgers (13 Sep 07)

Game #145 time: 7:10 p.m. PT tv: 4SD sp: Greg Maddux (12-9, 3.68) vs David Wells (7-8, 5.31) pre: Padres.com, B-R.com From The Scouting Report: 1990 (aff link): Finding a weakness in Greg Maddux is difficult. Whether he is at home or on the road, on turf or natural grass, during the day or at [...]

IGD: Padres @ Dodgers (12 Sep 07)

Game #144 time: 7:10 p.m. PT tv: 4SD sp: Justin Germano (7-9, 4.38) vs Chad Billingsley (10-4, 3.22) pre: Padres.com, B-R.com Five years ago I was concerned about Jake Peavy‘s lefty/righty splits, optimistic about Adam Eaton’s recovery from surgery, and drinking Eureka Black and Tan and MacTarnahan’s Blackwatch Cream Porter. Two years ago I still [...]

IGD: Padres @ Dodgers (11 Sep 07)

Game #143 time: 7:10 p.m. PT tv: 4SD sp: Jake Peavy (16-6, 2.43) vs Esteban Loaiza (2-0, 2.49) pre: Padres.com, B-R.com The Padres need Jake Peavy to be a pitcher, not a hero. They need him to come back strong from last week’s debacle in the desert. A few Dodgers with decent sample sizes — [...]

IGD: Padres @ Rockies (9 Sep 07)

Game #142 time: 12:05 p.m. PT tv: 4SD sp: Chris Young (9-6, 2.63) vs Josh Fogg (8-9, 5.01) pre: Padres.com, B-R.com I liked this pitching matchup a lot better in July. Now would be a good time for Chris Young to remember that he’s a dominant big-league pitcher and not some guy who can’t find [...]

IGD: Padres @ Rockies (8 Sep 07)

Game #141 time: 5:05 p.m. PT tv: 4SD sp: Greg Maddux (11-9, 3.75) vs Jeff Francis (15-6, 4.12) pre: Padres.com, B-R.com Jeff Francis has been terrific again this year, proving that his 2006 breakout season was no fluke. On the bright side, he’s been terrible against the Padres of late. Francis has allowed at least [...]

IGD: Padres @ Rockies (7 Sep 07)

Game #140 time: 6:05 p.m. PT tv: 4SD sp: Justin Germano (7-8, 4.11) vs Elmer Dessens (2-2, 7.39) pre: Padres.com, B-R.com While rummaging through the MLB press notes for Friday night’s game I found this little nugget at the bottom of page 9: the Padres have lost a total of 241 games to the disabled [...]

IGD: Padres @ Diamondbacks (5 Sep 07)

Game #139 time: 6:40 p.m. PT tv: 4SD sp: Jake Peavy (16-5, 2.10) vs Livan Hernandez (9-9, 4.67) pre: Padres.com, B-R.com I’ve just picked up the new Jason Falkner CD, I’m OK You’re OK (aff link), and as usual, listening to Falkner is a very humbling experience. Way too much talent for one person. Speaking [...]

IGD: Padres @ Diamondbacks (4 Sep 07)

Game #138 time: 6:40 p.m. PT tv: 4SD sp: Chris Young (9-5, 2.38) vs Doug Davis (12-11, 4.09) pre: Padres.com, B-R.com As noted in Tuesday morning’s comments, the Padres have signed journeyman right-hander Brett Tomko for the stretch run. Tomko, a mainstay in the Padres rotation back in 2002, was a second-round pick of the [...]

IGD: Padres @ Diamondbacks (3 Sep 07)

Game #137 time: 1:40 p.m. PT tv: none sp: Greg Maddux (10-9, 3.79) vs Micah Owings (6-7, 4.51) pre: Padres.com, B-R.com Happy Labor Day, folks. The Padres and Diamondbacks enter their three-game series separated by mere percentage points at the top of the National League West with fewer than 30 games remaining. Could it get [...]

IGD: Padres vs Dodgers (2 Sep 07)

Game #136 time: 1:05 p.m. PT tv: 4SD sp: Justin Germano (7-7, 4.25) vs Chad Billingsley (9-4, 3.50) pre: Padres.com, B-R.com Offense in the National League has been steadily climbing throughout the season, from 4.42 runs per game in April and May, to a high of 4.98 in August. The Padres, meanwhile, have been all [...]