Too sexy? Too lame is more like it. Anyway, here is what a couple of Royals blogs are saying about Monday’s trade: Royals Nightly doesn’t like it Royals Baseball does Everything really hinges on how well Dennis Tankersley does. If he blossoms, this could be a terrific deal for the Royals. Oh, and for any [...]
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Padres Off-Season: Starting Pitchers
Today kicks off our look at how the Padres might be able to improve themselves for next year. But first, a public service announcement. Tomorrow is Election Day. As a reformed apathist (didn’t vote between 1988 and 2003; not proud of it, but what’s done is done), I’d like to encourage everyone out there to [...]
Irritating
The NC Times has an article suggesting that the Padres aren’t going to be real active this winter. A few open questions: Wasn’t Petco supposed to bring additional revenue that would be re-invested in the team? Didn’t 3 million customers help reach the goal of #1? Whose fault is it that Jeff Cirillo is still [...]
Bittersweet
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 [...]
Resistable Forces, Movable Objects
The Giants bullpen tried to give the game to the Padres. The Padres hitters tried to give it back. In the end, some sloppy defense and a well-placed fly ball tipped the balance in the Pads’ favor. It may not have been pretty, but it was effective. Thanks to an extended stop at The Field [...]
Giant Problem
Brian Lawrence threw too many hittable two-strike pitches and the Giants hit ‘em. Not particularly hard, but well placed. And in a microcosm of the season, the Padres had chances late but couldn’t capitalize. Down two in the ninth, with runners at first and second, nobody out, and Phil Nevin, Ryan Klesko, and Rich Aurilia [...]
Odds, Ends, and Points Between
Bullet points today: Wells wants guaranteed contract if he returns to Padres (U-T). I love what David Wells has done for this ballclub, in terms of on-field performance and the impact he’s had on the kids. Signing Wells on the cheap this past winter was a brilliant move. But a large part of what made [...]
Game Blog
What the heck, haven’t done one of these in a while. 7:08 PM Checking out ESPN’s Stat Pack. Great feature. Surprised to see that the Pads are running four lefties against southpaw Odalis Perez. Getting excited at the prospect of watching Terrence Long hit grounders back to the mound. 7:11 PM So much for Stat [...]
Apples, Anyone?
A four-game sweep at Shea certainly is a nice way to start a road trip. Eventually the guys are going to have to learn how to win at home, but now isn’t really the time to gripe about that. Great starting pitching in the series. The combined line: IP H R ER HR BB SO [...]
Guzmania?
Freddy Guzman makes his big-league debut and the Padres score 11 runs at home. Interesting. Guzman, starting in center field and leading off, singled on the second pitch he saw from Jaret Wright, then proceeded to drive the Braves’ starter to distraction. How much of it was due to Guzman’s presence on the bases and [...]
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