Happy Wednesday. We’ll start looking back at the 2005 season in excruciating detail next week. Meantime, have some links: Blogdom’s Best: San Diego Padres (Deadspin, via Gaslamp Ball). The folks at Deadspin cited Ducksnorts as the #2 Padres blog. Much obliged. With season over, how drastic will Padres’ overhaul be? (NC Times). Padres eligible for [...]
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At Least They Kept Kicking Back
The rest of the world can be as smug as they want to be, but when all is said and done, I’m proud. The Padres got kicked around pretty good in the NLDS, but they kept kicking back. Yeah, they got swept in the first round of the playoffs (hey, at least they did it [...]
Playoff IGD: Padres vs Cardinals (8 Oct 2005)
Wins needed for WS championship: 11 first pitch: 8:00 p.m., PT television: ESPN matchup: Woody Williams vs Matt Morris previews: Yahoo! | ESPN | Padres.com Come on down and meet your maker Come on down and make the stand Come on down, come on down, Come on down and we’ll make the stand. Last time [...]
Playoff IGD: Padres @ Cardinals (4 Oct 2005)
first pitch: 10:05 a.m., PT television: ESPN matchup: Jake Peavy vs Chris Carpenter preview: Yahoo! The moment we have all been waiting for is finally upon us. For the first time since October 21, 1998, the Padres are playing a post-season game. And thanks to the brilliant minds that run our national pasttime, it will [...]
Playoff Preview: Padres vs Cardinals
So the Padres will play the Cardinals in the first round of the playoffs. Let’s take a little look at this here series. For those of you joining us who don’t follow the Pads, welcome and I’ll see if I can help introduce this team to you. For those of you who hang out here [...]
Playoff Roster Decisions
In Thursday’s comments, dprat pointed to John Maffei’s take on the playoff roster. Here is his “best-guess scenario” along with my reactions: P: Jake Peavy, Adam Eaton, Woody Williams, Pedro Astacio, Brian Lawrence, Akinori Otsuka, Rudy Seanez, Scott Linebrink, Clay Hensley, Trevor Hoffman I think he has this about right. I would set up the [...]
IGD: Padres vs Giants (27 Sep 2005)
first pitch: 7:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Adam Eaton (10-5, 4.18 ERA) vs Brett Tomko (7-15, 4.48 ERA) preview: Padres.com I’m kind of at a loss for words today. Actually, that’s not true. I’ve got plenty of words but I don’t care to use most of ‘em. From where I was situated last [...]
IGD: Padres vs Giants (26 Sep 2005)
first pitch: 7:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Jake Peavy (13-7, 2.95 ERA) vs Brad Hennessey (5-8, 4.96 ERA) preview: Padres.com The Giants come to town guaranteed to finish the season with a losing record, and yet they are still in the playoff hunt. Thanks to the Rockies bullpen and the Padres general inability [...]
IGD: Padres @ Diamondbacks (25 Sep 2005)
first pitch: 1:40 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Woody Williams (8-12, 5.07 ERA) vs Javier Vazquez (11-15, 4.57 ERA) preview: ESPN | Padres.com You know what would be a ballsy move that won’t happen? Stick Clay Hensley in the playoff rotation behind Jake Peavy and Pedro Astacio. Here’s how Hensley and the guys who [...]
IGD: Padres vs Nationals (18 Sep 2005)
first pitch: 1:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Pedro Astacio (4-10, 5.18 ERA) vs Esteban Loaiza (11-10, 3.79 ERA) preview: Padres.com magic number: 10 So. That bit about Sean Burroughs having the Pads’ biggest hit of the year off Armando Benitez Wednesday afternoon? Sorry, son; you’ve been trumped by Khalil Greene and Ramon Hernandez. [...]
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