first pitch: 7:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Chan Ho Park (6-4, 4.29 ERA) vs John Smoltz (6-5, 3.60 ERA) preview: Padres.com | SI.com | ESPN buy tickets Tough loss Friday night. I kept bouncing back between the game and the season premieres of Stargate: SG1 and Stargate: Atlantis. I really thought once Scott [...]

first pitch: 7:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Chris Young (8-4, 3.12 ERA) vs Tim Hudson (6-8, 4.56 ERA) preview: Padres.com | SI.com | ESPN buy tickets I’ve been doing all the talking lately; now it’s your turn — go crazy!

first pitch: 10:05 a.m., PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Clay Hensley (5-6, 4.16 ERA) vs John Patterson (1-2, 4.31 ERA) preview: Padres.com buy tickets Should it bother me that Brian Giles is ranked 75th in the NL in ISO among 90 qualifiers, behind the likes of Jamey Carroll and Jack Wilson? Yeah, maybe. But I [...]

first pitch: 4:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Chris Young (7-4, 3.13 ERA) vs Pedro Astacio (1-0, 1.80 ERA) preview: Padres.com | SI.com | ESPN buy tickets You know what’s kind of freaking me out these days? All the kids wearing Iron Maiden shirts. Or Led Zeppelin. Geez, I’m not even old enough to [...]

first pitch: 4:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Woody Williams (3-1, 3.04 ERA) vs Ramon Ortiz (6-6, 4.90 ERA) preview: Padres.com | SI.com | ESPN buy tickets Too bad there isn’t anyone named “Smith” on the Padres. Then we could say something witty about Mr. Smith going to Washington. Man, that would be great. [...]

first pitch: 4:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Chan Ho Park (5-4, 4.32 ERA) vs Ryan Madson (8-5, 5.71 ERA) preview: Padres.com | SI.com | ESPN buy tickets Did you ever think, in your wildest dreams, that Chan Ho Park would have a lower ERA in July than Jake Peavy? And that that wouldn’t [...]

first pitch: 4:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Jake Peavy (4-8, 4.50 ERA) vs Scott Mathieson (0-2, 6.75 ERA) preview: Padres.com | SI.com buy tickets If you haven’t already done so, be sure to vote for Chris Young in the “All-Star Final Vote.” You know I don’t care about the game itself, but it’d [...]

first pitch: 12:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Clay Hensley (5-6, 4.14 ERA) vs Cole Hamels (1-4, 5.50 ERA) preview: Padres.com | SI.com | ESPN buy tickets Happy Indendence Day! Cole Hamels gets the start this afternoon against his hometown team. Remember when the Padres were looking at him with their first-round pick back [...]

first pitch: 1:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Chris Young (7-3, 2.97 ERA) vs Matt Morris (6-7, 4.24 ERA) preview: Padres.com | SI.com | ESPN This dude was at the Storm game Saturday night. He can pass his entire body through a tennis racket. I feel so inadequate.

first pitch: 7:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Woody Williams (3-1, 3.27 ERA) vs Brad Hennessey (3-1, 2.59 ERA) preview: Padres.com | SI.com | ESPN And in the second game, we see the return of Woody Williams, who was the Padres’ best starting pitcher when he landed on the DL back in May. The [...]