first pitch: 5:10 p.m., PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Woody Williams (10-5, 3.53 ERA) vs Chris Carpenter (15-7, 2.93 ERA) previews: Padres.com | SI.com buy tickets Chris Carpenter continues his unlikely transformation from mid-rotation starter to perennial Cy Young Award contender via 1 1/2 years of inactivity due to injury. His is not the recommended [...]
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Padres Month in Review: August 2006
The Padres went 13-15 in the month of August. Despite outhitting the opposition, .248/.326/.385 to .246/.305/.377, and again outhomering them, 26 to 23, the Pads managed to be outscored, 107 to 105. Adrian Gonzalez (.248/.333/.386 in 101 AB), Josh Barfield (.220/.273/.374 in 91 AB), and Mike Piazza (.203/.268/.344 in 64 AB) all scuffled, and Mark [...]
IGD: Padres vs Rockies (4 Sep 06)
first pitch: 6:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Woody Williams (7-5, 3.85 ERA) vs Josh Fogg (9-9, 5.36 ERA) previews: Padres.com | SI.com | ESPN buy tickets Williams vs current Rockies: .359/.400/.609 in 128 AB Fogg vs current Padres: .275/.352/.479 in 142 AB Guess who’s doing the big damage against Williams? Yep, former Padres [...]
Wells’ Triumphant Return
You couldn’t have asked for more than what David Wells gave in his return to the San Diego Padres. On Sunday at Petco Park he kept Reds hitters off-balance with an assortment of pitches and his trademark command of all of them. Wells tantalized with just enough mid-60s curve balls that batters had trouble catching [...]
IGD: Padres @ Rockies (27 Aug 06)
first pitch: 12:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Jake Peavy (7-12, 4.35 ERA) vs Aaron Cook (8-12, 4.05 ERA) previews: Padres.com | SI.com buy tickets Padres go for the series win at Coors Field Sunday afternoon behind their hottest pitcher, Jake Peavy. If he isn’t quite “vintage Peavy,” he’s getting pretty darned close. Peavy [...]
IGD: Padres vs Diamondbacks (20 Aug 06)
first pitch: 1:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Chris Young (9-5, 3.80 ERA) vs Miguel Batista (10-5, 4.67 ERA) previews: Padres.com | SI.com | ESPN buy tickets Clay Hensley is hurt, missing Saturday’s scheduled start. Khalil Greene has been placed on the 15-day DL, leaving the Padres without a shortstop. The left side of [...]
Friday Links (4 Aug 06)
Is it me, or has this been a long week? I dunno, maybe it’s the heat. Or maybe I’m getting old. Anyway, TGIF. Onto the links: This time, Greene’s injury not serious (North County Times). Khalil Greene hurt his left middle finger while swinging a bat in the fourth inning of Thursday afternoon’s game against [...]
IGD: Padres vs Astros (3 Aug 06)
first pitch: 12:35 p.m., PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Clay Hensley (6-8, 4.46 ERA) vs Matt Albers (0-0, 0.00 ERA) previews: Padres.com | SI.com | ESPN buy tickets I guess now we know why last year Bruce Bochy wouldn’t stick a guy at third who hadn’t played the position in a while. Todd Walker went [...]
IGD: Padres vs Astros (1 Aug 06)
first pitch: 7:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Jake Peavy (5-10, 5.01 ERA) vs Andy Pettitte (9-11, 5.18 ERA) previews: Padres.com | SI.com | ESPN buy tickets Day 1 of the Todd Walker era presumably begins with him riding pine against southpaw Andy Pettitte, as two former All-Star hurlers try to get their ERAs [...]
Underwhelmed, Thanks for Asking
Well. That was quite the frenzy considering nothing of real consequence got done. Movement for the sake of movement, like a child who waves his arms and screams, “Look what I can do” when the only activity is his waving and screaming. In the end, one trade was made. Another was reported by numerous sources, [...]
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