first pitch: 4:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Jake Peavy (8-4, 3.28 ERA) vs Kip Wells (6-11, 4.65 ERA) preview: Padres.com I paid a visit to one of my favorite bookstores this weekend and picked up a collection of writings by the late, great Jim Murray. The Last of the Best features pieces he [...]
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How Not to Win a Division
I’m not in the best frame of mind right now. Frankly, I’m disgusted with the way the Padres are playing. There’s a decent enough chance they’ll make the playoffs by default, but if they keep doing what they’re doing, they’ll get smoked pretty quickly and have a nice long winter to think about it. Anyway, [...]
IGD: Padres @ Rockies (10 Jul 2005)
first pitch: 12:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Pedro Astacio (2-8, 6.05 ERA) vs Jeff Francis (8-5, 4.74 ERA) preview: Padres.com You’re down 1-0 in the bottom of the ninth at Coors Field. You’ve got runners on first and second with nobody out. Xavier Nady (.263/.328/.497) is available on the bench. So is Geoff [...]
In-Game Discussion: Padres @ Dodgers (29 Jun 2005)
first pitch: 12:10 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Darrell May (1-2, 5.40 ERA) vs Jeff Weaver (6-7, 4.75) previews: ESPN | CBS | Padres.com I love it when Hee Seop Choi comes to the plate at Dodger Stadium and the crowd starts chanting “Beat LA.” Very odd game Tuesday night. Pads won, 8-3, but [...]
In-Game Discussion: Padres vs Dodgers (21 Jun 2005)
first pitch: 7:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Woody Williams (2-5, 4.47 ERA) vs Derek Lowe (5-7, 3.69 ERA) previews: ESPN | CBS | Padres.com Now that was a dominant pitching performance. Brad Penny was outstanding, but Jake Peavy pitched about as well as a guy can pitch (dig the photo; it’s even better [...]
In-Game Discussion: Padres @ Tigers (15 Jun 2005)
first pitch: 4:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Adam Eaton (9-1, 3.18 ERA) vs Mike Maroth (4-7, 4.54 ERA) previews: CBS | Padres.com Jake Peavy got part of the way out of his mini-funk Tuesday night but his defense let him down and the Padres’ June swoon continues, as the club is now 3-9 [...]
In-Game Discussion: Padres vs Cubs (2 Jun 2005)
first pitch: 7:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Tim Stauffer (1-1, 4.01 ERA) vs Glendon Rusch (4-1, 2.35 ERA) previews: ESPN | CBS | Padres.com The Padres couldn’t quite mount another late-inning comeback Wednesday night, as Geoff Blum‘s bid for a walk-off grand slam fell just shy. Still, there’s something to be said for [...]
Places to Go, Things to Read
Unfortunately, the long weekend kind of threw my schedule so our next installment in the “Prospects from 1996, Revisited” series will have to wait. In the interim, here are some items of potential interest. Enjoy! Some Graphs About the Padres (Hardball Times). The first one will look familiar to readers of Future Friars. Studes also [...]
Stuff I Was Going to Whine About before We Came Back to Win
Okay, so the Pads pulled that one off but at the risk of seeming ungrateful, I have to get a few things off my chest: Guys Hacking First Pitch with RISP 1st inning Dave Roberts: Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, D Roberts walked Geoff Blum: Ball, Ball, Ball, D Roberts stole second, Strike (looking), [...]
In-Game Discussion: Padres vs Brewers (31 May 2005)
first pitch: 7:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Jake Peavy (5-0, 2.00 ERA) vs Wes Obermueller (1-0, 2.43 ERA) previews: ESPN | CBS | SI | Padres.com Ho hum, the Pads won another one-run game to improve their home record to 17-4 and extend their lead in the NL West to a whopping three [...]
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