The answer is yes, but it took 12 innings. Bases loaded walk to Xavier Nady, who wasn’t supposed to play due to strep throat. But a win is a win, and especially after the opening day loss in Denver, I don’t think anyone is complaining. Nice job, guys, on the in-game discussion yesterday. I’ll try [...]
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Hoffman Blows Save, Coors Field Just Blows
That was ugly. And I’d say the same even if the Padres had ended up winning. Caught the first few innings on television. Some observations: Woody Williams had nothing. He was constantly falling behind in the count and having trouble locating his pitches. It was one game, and at Coors, so I’m not concerned about [...]
Themeless Thursday
I should be working on the preview, but despite your best efforts, I’m still having trouble motivating myself to write about Darrell May. The best I can say is that “more left-handed than Ismael Valdez” is gaining momentum as a catchphrase. Speaking of May, he struggled again in Wednesday’s loss to Oakland. Everyone is downplaying [...]
Box Scores!
Making progress on the BTF Padres Preview. I’m through the starting lineup and into the bench. Then it’s onto the pitchers, farm system, and front office. One thing I’ve noticed is that the first five hitters in the lineup are all age 33 or 34 and hail from SoCal. We should come up with a [...]
Padres Spring Training Notes
I’m thinking of changing our tagline to “Ducksnorts: The Baseball Blog for Folks Who Like Bullet Points.” Catchy, huh? Anyway, here’s today’s batch: Greene eager to get back in swing again (U-T). Worth it just for the photo of Khalil “Dude, Where’s My Snowboard” Greene. Everybody’s favorite shortstop expects even greater things from himself. Love [...]
Weekend Notes
Prospect Pulse – Having The No. 1 Pick Is A Mixed Bag (BA, via Hank at Fanstop). Some good insights from Padres scouting director Bill Gayton, who sees the top of the draft as “overvalued” and likes the greater flexibility afforded by picking later in the first round. What direction might the Pads be headed [...]
Predicting the Future, Badly
Three years ago today that’s exactly what I was doing, giving WAG projections for the Padres 2002 pitching staff. WAGs on top, reality on the bottom. IP ERA BB SO Jarvis, Ke 180 4.94 55 121 35 4.37 10 24 Jones, Bo 180 5.05 52 104 108 5.50 21 60 Lawrence, Br 165 3.73 52 [...]
BA’s Padres Chat
Excellent chat with Kevin Goldstein yesterday to follow up on his Top 10 list. I strongly encourage you to read the transcript if you haven’t already, but here are a few highlights: Likes Paul McAnulty’s bat but questions his glove. Also notes his ranking at #10 is an indictment of the Padres system. Mentions that [...]
The Morning After
Just cleaning up the debris. Does your head still hurt? Don’t mind me, I’ll keep it down. A few items of note: Hoffman gets Hutch Award (U-T). Trevor Hoffman has won MLB’s annual award given to the player who most displays “honor, courage and dedication to baseball both on and off the field” for his [...]
Free Agency Questions
Congratulations to the San Diego Chargers for clinching the AFC West yesterday. I did not think they’d win more than five games this year, but there they are at 11-3, headed to the playoffs for the first time since 1995. Kudos to Marty Schottenheimer, LaDainian Tomlinson, Drew Brees, Antonio Gates, and all the other unlikely [...]
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