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Padres Farm Report (4 May 08)

by Geoff Young on May 04, 2008 (13) Comments

Brian Giles should have one more hit to his credit this season. Not that it affected the outcome, but Alfredo Amezaga absolutely didn’t catch Giles’ soft liner in the top of the eighth. Also, what a strange game for Paul McAnulty: hit by a pitch, thrown out trying to advance on a popup to third [...]

IGD: Padres @ Marlins (2 May 08)

by Geoff Young on May 02, 2008 (43) Comments

Padres (11-18) vs Marlins (15-13) Justin Germano vs Mark Hendrickson 4:10 p.m. PT Channel 4SD AM 1090, FM 105.7, XM 184 MLB, B-R The Padres continue to have a terrible approach when leading off an inning. Unfortunately, one of the worst offenders is leadoff hitter Brian Giles, who is hitting .108/.195/.135 in those situations. It’s [...]

Gee, I Still Don’t Understand Sample Size

by Geoff Young on Apr 30, 2008 (113) Comments

The Padres need to go out and get more hitters. I know this is true because I keep hearing it. I also know it’s a complete load of garbage. What they really need is for the hitters they already have to start performing up to their capabilities. Padres Hitters: 2008, 2007, Career     2008 [...]

Monkeys on Roller Skates

by Geoff Young on Apr 24, 2008 (73) Comments

Thanks to reader Lance for hooking us up with seats two rows behind the visitors dugout on Wednesday night. First time I’ve been anywhere near that close at Petco Park, and it’s a whole different experience. For a guy like me who lives in nosebleed, just, wow. Also, belated welcome to all the folks at [...]

Howlin’ Wolf and Friends Take the Fifth

by Geoff Young on Apr 16, 2008 (34) Comments

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 [...]

Series Preview: El Lefty Malo Talks Giants

by Geoff Young on Apr 07, 2008 (28) Comments

The Padres embark on their inaugural road trip of 2008. First stop is San Francisco, where long-time Padres skipper Bruce Bochy calls the shots but long-time Padres nemesis Barry Bonds no longer calls home. We caught up with veteran Giants blogger El Lefty Malo to chat about the upcoming series between these two NL West [...]

Cold and Windy, with a 100% Chance of Victory

by Geoff Young on Apr 02, 2008 (91) Comments

I’ve been advised that dwindling attendance at Petco Park shouldn’t worry me. This, of course, only worries me more. It’s early, and this may all be in my head, but I don’t think so. The ballpark was dead (heck, the entire Gaslamp was dead) on Tuesday night. It’s possible that 20,825 bought tickets, but there’s [...]

Everything in Its Right Place

by Geoff Young on Apr 01, 2008 (81) Comments

I couldn’t sit still on Monday. I can’t sit still a lot of the time, but on Opening Day it’s always worse. My nervous tics develop nervous tics. I arrived downtown just after 4 p.m., wearing my Chris Young jersey, and toting my digital camera and scorebook. Mrs. Ducksnorts and I wandered over to one [...]

Your Predictions for 2008?

by Geoff Young on Mar 30, 2008 (25) Comments

From esteemed reader LynchMob comes this excellent idea for a post on the eve of Opening Day: “provide us with a list of questions which you want us, the commenters, to go ‘on the record’ with”; he then poses several questions, which you will find below. This might be fun to peek back at throughout [...]

Friday Links (28 Mar 08)

by Geoff Young on Mar 28, 2008 (44) Comments

Is it my imagination, or are these weekly link roundups becoming a tad unwieldy? Would it be better to do a link post every day or two (not as a substitute for my normal daily thing, but in addition to it)? Let me know what you think… Mike Bauman at Padres.com notes that Jake Peavy [...]