Okay, this took a little longer than I’d anticipated. Having first examined the pitchers, we now turn our attention to the position players. Catcher There are two huge positional mismatches in this series, and catcher is the first. Padres catchers led the NL with 31 homers and were second to the Atlanta Braves with 107 [...]
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Wednesday Morning Notes
Just a few bullet points today. As always, feel free to add anything I may have missed: Peter Friberg breaks down Albert Pujols’ at-bat against Cla Meredith in Monday night’s game. I’m in total agreement here; you just don’t see Pujols take swings like the one he took on that 2-2 pitch. Meredith had some [...]
IGD: Padres @ Cardinals (26 Sep 06)
first pitch: 5:10 p.m., PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Woody Williams (10-5, 3.53 ERA) vs Chris Carpenter (15-7, 2.93 ERA) previews: Padres.com | SI.com buy tickets Chris Carpenter continues his unlikely transformation from mid-rotation starter to perennial Cy Young Award contender via 1 1/2 years of inactivity due to injury. His is not the recommended [...]
Cla Meredith, Superhero
Projects wrapping up at work today, so this will be brief. Rough weekend for the Padres, but it was nice to see them finish strong on Sunday in front of a national audience that is still trying to figure out whether Ryan Howard plays for the Pads or the Giants. Right-hander Cla Meredith, as is [...]
Padres Month in Review: August 2006
The Padres went 13-15 in the month of August. Despite outhitting the opposition, .248/.326/.385 to .246/.305/.377, and again outhomering them, 26 to 23, the Pads managed to be outscored, 107 to 105. Adrian Gonzalez (.248/.333/.386 in 101 AB), Josh Barfield (.220/.273/.374 in 91 AB), and Mike Piazza (.203/.268/.344 in 64 AB) all scuffled, and Mark [...]
Barfield and Padres Snatch One Back from Rockies
The August month in review will have to wait another day, because what Josh Barfield and the Padres did Monday night was huge. For those who may not have seen it, here’s a quick run through the ninth. Colorado closer Brian Fuentes enters the contest with a 7-5 5-4 lead. The first batter he faces [...]
IGD: Padres vs Rockies (4 Sep 06)
first pitch: 6:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Woody Williams (7-5, 3.85 ERA) vs Josh Fogg (9-9, 5.36 ERA) previews: Padres.com | SI.com | ESPN buy tickets Williams vs current Rockies: .359/.400/.609 in 128 AB Fogg vs current Padres: .275/.352/.479 in 142 AB Guess who’s doing the big damage against Williams? Yep, former Padres [...]
Wells’ Triumphant Return
You couldn’t have asked for more than what David Wells gave in his return to the San Diego Padres. On Sunday at Petco Park he kept Reds hitters off-balance with an assortment of pitches and his trademark command of all of them. Wells tantalized with just enough mid-60s curve balls that batters had trouble catching [...]
I’ll Drive Myself Home, Thanks
The other day I was looking at Mike Piazza’s batting line and noticed something weird. Dude has 18 homers this year, but only 28 runs scored. Granted, if he gets on base late in the game and the Padres are leading, Rob Bowen will run for him (which explains his 20 runs scored despite all [...]
IGD: Padres vs Giants (17 Aug 06)
first pitch: 12:35 p.m., PT television: none matchup: Jake Peavy (6-11, 4.58 ERA) vs Matt Cain (8-9, 4.89 ERA) previews: Padres.com | ESPN buy tickets I don’t know which is worse, the apparent lack of focus on the field (where did Mike Cameron’s mind wander off to in the eighth inning as 40-year-old Moises Alou [...]
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