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Padres Farm Report: Spotlight on San Antonio

Wednesday, August 13, 2008
by Geoff Young

I once caught a game at San Antonio's Wolff Stadium, back when the Missions were a Mariners affiliate. It's a nice ballpark in a nice town -- definitely on my short list of places to return to one of these years, especially now that the Padres have their Double-A team there... San Antonio Missions in a Box: Record: 63-56 Runs Scored: 557 Runs Allowed: 479 BA/OBP/SLG: .265/.349/.392 (Texas League: .269/.341/.410) ERA: 3.46 (TL: 4.33) DER: .656 (TL: .647) Source: Baseball-Reference. This is a good ballclub with some solid young talent. The pitching has been superb (San Antonio leads the league in ERA by a healthy margin -- the second place team is closer to last than first), although we need to attach a ...

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Padres Farm Report (17 Jun 08)

Tuesday, June 17, 2008
by Geoff Young

Triple-A -- Fresno 11, Portland 4 Matt Antonelli: 1-for-4, 2B, BB Peter Ciofrone (3B): 2-for-5 Chip Ambres (RF): 1-for-4, 2B Brian Myrow: 1-for-2, 2 BB Will Venable (CF): 1-for-3, 2B, BB, E Vince Sinisi (LF): 1-for-3, SF Cesar Ramos: 5 IP, 10 H, 8 R, 2 HR, 1 BB, 2 SO Enrique Gonzalez: 2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 BB, 1 SO Antonelli is slowly putting his season back together... Ramos, not so much. Double-A ...

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Reality: You’re Soaking in It

Tuesday, October 2, 2007
by Geoff Young

Where do I even begin? That this isn't the way I'd wanted to see the season end seems so beyond doubt that it hardly bears mentioning, and yet I just mentioned it. Even though a thing is obvious, it still needs a voice. I hate writing this. I hate thinking this. Honestly? I hate everything about this. But you can't go through life hating, right? Well, you can, but it's probably not a good idea. Besides, it's just baseball. "Just baseball." I hate that, too. Like that somehow negates it all, makes the experience less important, less real. Yeah, buddy, screw you. Anyway. Now you see the problem. I can't even get started. Do I whine about Monday night's outcome (...

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Where There’s a Game, There’s Hope

Monday, October 1, 2007
by Geoff Young

From October 1, 2004: Well, it's October and technically the Padres still aren't out of the race. Or, if you're reading this later in the day, maybe they are. The Pads have already won 22 more games than they did all last year (and they still have three more to go against the worst team in baseball), and they're the only NL team that had a losing record in 2003 that managed to push themselves above .500 in 2004. They've surpassed my preseason prediction of 84 wins (which I actually worried might be overly optimistic). The Padres will end up within shouting distance of the 800 runs forecast by GM Kevin Towers despite getting virtually no production from the key free agent acquisition (Jay Payton) and ...

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World Series IGD: Tigers @ Cardinals, Game 5

Friday, October 27, 2006
by Geoff Young

first pitch: 5:27 p.m., PT television: FOX matchup: Justin Verlander (17-9, 3.63 ERA) vs Jeff Weaver (8-14, 5.76 ERA) buy tickets Oops, forgot they were playing tonight. Somehow these games aren't as interesting when your team isn't in 'em.

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World Series IGD: Tigers @ Cardinals, Game 4

Wednesday, October 25, 2006
by Geoff Young

first pitch: 5:05 p.m., PT television: FOX matchup: Jeremy Bonderman (14-8, 4.08 ERA) vs Jeff Suppan (12-7, 4.12 ERA) buy tickets You know the routine. Chat about the game or anything else. Be nice, and don't break anything. Visit the fine blogs listed in the sidebar. Go outside and play. Whatever works for you...

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World Series IGD: Tigers @ Cardinals, Game 3

Tuesday, October 24, 2006
by Geoff Young

first pitch: 5:05 p.m., PT television: FOX matchup: Nate Robertson (13-13, 3.84 ERA) vs Chris Carpenter (15-8, 3.09 ERA) buy tickets I'm still out of town, probably staring at the ocean or something. Maybe I'm drinking a beer or rummaging through used bookstores. Who can say? Go Tigers.

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