Is it just me, or is the Padres’ strategy of building through trade rather than via free agency this winter starting to make a lot of sense? Omar Vizquel at 3 years for $12.25M? Cristian Guzman at 4 years for $16.8M? (And aren’t you glad we have Khalil Greene!) The Phillies re-signed Cory Lidle yesterday [...]

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 [...]

Trying very, very hard to keep politics out of this site. A few quick notes, then we’ll get on with life: Geologically speaking, 4 years isn’t a long time. The Earth was here well before we arrived, and it will be here well after we’re gone. God bless the Earth. Not that any other state [...]

So much for going out with a bang. Pads dropped two out of three to the worst team in baseball to finish the season. On the other hand, I did see something in the finale I don’t believe I’ve ever seen. In the sixth inning, both clubs had runners on second and third with nobody [...]

I know nobody comes here on the weekends, but I just have to give our boy some props. Jake Peavy joins Randy Jones as the only Padres ever to lead the league in ERA. Congratulations. 7:39 PM: Padres eliminated from playoff contention with Astros’ 4-2 victory over Colorado. 7:44 PM: Jake Peavy records his fifth [...]

It’s what the Pads are doing, and it’s what I’m doing as well. We’re going to cover a lot of ground today, so get comfortable. First off, the Padres completed their sweep of Arizona on Sunday, behind more great pitching from Jake Peavy. The young right-hander allowed one run in six innings and now needs [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

So the Pads managed to hang on in the opener at Wrigley, 8-6. By the time I got home from work, Mark Prior was already out of the game and Adam Eaton wasn’t far behind. I don’t know what Prior’s problem was, but I do know that when you knock him out of the game [...]

Frustrating homestand. Longest of the year, and the Pads finish 5-8. This is not how contenders play in August. Of course, if the Padres had been able to take care of business earlier in the year, this might not be such a problem. But that is water under the well-trodden bridge. After taking three of [...]