Top of the ninth, two on, one out. Adrian Gonzalez steps to the plate. Braves manager Bobby Cox summons ex-Padre Royce Ring, who promptly hangs a breaking ball. Gonzalez swats it high and deep down the right-field line. He, catcher Brian McCann, and plate umpire Wally Bell all watch as it sails into the Atlanta [...]
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Padres Farm Report (5 May 08)
Before we get to Sunday’s games, here’s a brief chat I had with John Conniff, of MadFriars.com, about his impressions from a recent trip to Portland: Ducksnorts: The big names at Portland, of course, are Chase Headley and Matt Antonelli. How do they look so far this year? Conniff: Obviously by the numbers that they [...]
Winning Is Better Than Knitting
Winning is so much more fun than losing, n’est ce pas? Every starter except Jim Edmonds and Chris Young collected at least one hit on Wednesday in the Padres’ 4-2 victory over Philadelphia at Citizens Bank Park. Tadahito Iguchi broke out of a season-long slump with four hits, while Adrian Gonzalez and Kevin Kouzmanoff each [...]
Howlin’ Wolf and Friends Take the Fifth
Randy Wolf‘s final line looks fantastic, and he pitched a beautiful game, but it didn’t seem dominant while I was watching. The Rockies hitters probably have a different opinion. Because my job is to pick nits, I found myself wondering why Wolf needed to throw so many pitches. He walked four and fanned nine, which [...]
That Strange Feeling We Sometimes Get
Two quick observations about Jim Edmonds and Tadahito Iguchi: Mike Cameron looked lost in center field last April. Marcus Giles hit .327/.376/.459 that same month. What we’re seeing from Edmonds and Iguchi right now may not mean much in August in September. In other words, we still don’t know what we’ve got…
IGD: Padres vs Dodgers (5 Apr 08)
Padres (3-2) vs Dodgers (3-1) Jake Peavy vs Brad Penny 12:55 p.m. PT FOX AM 1090, FM 105.7, XM 185 MLB, B-R I’m pleased with what I’ve seen so far from Randy Wolf and Justin Germano. Small sample? Yep. Petco Park? Yep. Hey, I said “pleased,” not “deliriously happy.” Peavy makes his first start since [...]
Padres Farm Report (5 Apr 08)
I’m still figuring out the best way to present this stuff. Suggestions welcome… Triple-A Portland 6, Fresno 1 Matt Antonelli: 1-for-3, 3B, BB Edgar Gonzalez (RF): 3-for-4, HR Chase Headley (LF): 1-for-4 Will Venable (PH): 0-for-1 Shawn Estes: 6 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 1 BB, 4 SO (11 GO) Mauro Zarate: 1 [...]
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