If you open Wednesday’s San Diego Union-Tribune and turn to the sports section, you’ll see that the top 80+% of the front page is devoted to Barry Bonds’ passing of Hank Aaron on the all-time home-run list. Although Bonds’ achievement — regardless of how he may have gotten there — is impressive and newsworthy, the [...]
Game #110
time:
1:05 p.m. PT
tv:
4SD
sp:
Justin Germano (6-6, 4.38) vs Noah Lowry (12-7, 3.32)
pre:
Padres.com, SI.com
Barry Bonds hit home run #755 off Clay Hensley on Saturday night in support of San Francisco’s 3-2 loss to the Padres. I used to defend Bonds back in the day; now I just don’t really care. It’s a shame that Bonds felt [...]
Don’t look now, but the Padres are 4-2 at home. What worked in Wednesday night’s 4-0 victory over the Giants (recap | box score)? Pretty much everything.
Greg Maddux pitched brilliantly, winning his 334th game as a big leaguer and first as a Padre. He needed just 75 pitches to complete six shutout innings before passing [...]
Nice way to start the season, eh? First Opening Day shutout in club history (recap | box score). Sure, that works.
Jake Peavy had a strong outing, spinning six scoreless innings against the Giants at PhoneCo. One of the things we’ve harped on here in the past is the need for Peavy to pitch with greater [...]
