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IGD: Padres @ Rockies (20 Sep 2005)

first pitch: 5:35 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Woody Williams (8-11, 4.61 ERA) vs Jamey Wright (7-16, 5.73 ERA) magic number: 8 –> Padres overcame a Brian Lawrence meltdown to beat the Rox in the opener at Coors Monday night. The headlines will all sing the praises of Khalil Greene (and rightly so; he [...]

IGD: Padres vs Nationals (18 Sep 2005)

first pitch: 1:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Pedro Astacio (4-10, 5.18 ERA) vs Esteban Loaiza (11-10, 3.79 ERA) preview: Padres.com magic number: 10 So. That bit about Sean Burroughs having the Pads’ biggest hit of the year off Armando Benitez Wednesday afternoon? Sorry, son; you’ve been trumped by Khalil Greene and Ramon Hernandez. [...]

Turning Point?

Padres keep driving us crazy, but we love ‘em. It’s been so darned long, I had forgotten how stressful a pennant race can be. A few thoughts after Wednesday’s sequence of infinitely improbable events: Scott Linebrink can pitch for my team anytime. Coming back down 3-0 to Mike Matheny to get out of a bases-loaded [...]

Round Two, Advantage Padres

Great game Tuesday night at Petco. The Padres fell behind early but battled back. Neither Jake Peavy, who started the game, nor Trevor Hoffman, who finished it, had his best stuff, but both got the job done. A few observations from Section 309: The defensive shift against Khalil Greene was odd. In his first at-bat [...]

How Not to Win a Division

I’m not in the best frame of mind right now. Frankly, I’m disgusted with the way the Padres are playing. There’s a decent enough chance they’ll make the playoffs by default, but if they keep doing what they’re doing, they’ll get smoked pretty quickly and have a nice long winter to think about it. Anyway, [...]

IGD: Padres vs Diamondbacks (16 Jul 2005)

first pitch: 7:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Jake Peavy (7-3, 3.14 ERA) vs Claudio Vargas (3-4, 6.70 ERA) previews: ESPN | Padres.com That was a satisfying win Friday night. After Sean Burroughs and Ramon Hernandez both dropped balls that would have ended the top of the sixth, en route to a five-run inning [...]

Taking Back Petco

The Padres beat the Giants Sunday, 9-6, to take the final home series before the All-Star break. A few observations from the game… Second Inning First pitch Khalil Greene sees from Jason Schmidt is a filthy slider. Greene takes a horrible hack, and I figure he’ll see a steady diet of breaking balls all day. [...]

In-Game Discussion: Padres vs Brewers (31 May 2005)

first pitch: 7:05 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Jake Peavy (5-0, 2.00 ERA) vs Wes Obermueller (1-0, 2.43 ERA) previews: ESPN | CBS | SI | Padres.com Ho hum, the Pads won another one-run game to improve their home record to 17-4 and extend their lead in the NL West to a whopping three [...]

In-Game Discussion: Padres @ Diamondbacks (26 May 2005)

first pitch: 6:40 p.m., PT television: Channel 4 matchup: Jake Peavy (4-0, 2.29 ERA) vs Brandon Webb (6-0, 3.32 ERA) previews: ESPN | CBS | SI | Padres.com Now that was an ugly game. Nobody really deserved to win it, but the Snakes hung on to reclaim first place in the NL West. Who do [...]

Minor Monday

Once again using Baseball America’s preseason top 30 prospects as our starting point, here’s a quick look at the system: Hitters Lvl AB BA OBP SLG BB SO #1 Barfield,Jo AAA 108 .250 .303 .370 9 31 #2 Guzman,Fr injured #3 Kottaras,Ge A+ 90 .322 .402 .444 12 21 #6 Bush,Ma A 110 .227 .267 [...]