September 8, 1969, Houston: Astros 9, Padres 2 (box score) Mike Corkins made his first big-league start on a Monday in the Astrodome. It could have gone better. Corkins, whom the Padres selected from the Giants with the 31st pick in the expansion draft, didn’t make it out of the second inning. Heck, he barely [...]
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IGD: Padres @ Rockies (7 Sep 07)
Game #140 time: 6:05 p.m. PT tv: 4SD sp: Justin Germano (7-8, 4.11) vs Elmer Dessens (2-2, 7.39) pre: Padres.com, B-R.com While rummaging through the MLB press notes for Friday night’s game I found this little nugget at the bottom of page 9: the Padres have lost a total of 241 games to the disabled [...]
Friday Links (7 Sep 07)
Thanks for all the kind words on Thursday. I try not to get too sentimental around here, but sometimes I just can’t help myself. That reminds me, as promised, I’ve got an article on the ’93 Fire Sale up at Hardball Times. Those of you who suffered through Tom Werner’s dismantling of the team might [...]
1969: Padres Complete Four-Game Sweep of Dodgers
September 7, 1969, San Diego: Padres 4, Dodgers 2 (box score) When the Dodgers arrived in San Diego on Thursday, they were 74-59, 1 game out of first place in the National League West. When they left, their record had fallen to 74-63 and the team from Los Angeles found itself in fourth place, 2 [...]
Decade of Ducksnorts
Yep, we’ve been here 10 years. That’s, like, 70 in Internet years. I was going to create a snazzy badge to commemorate the event, but what follows will be plenty self-indulgent on its own. Come, follow me… Old Incarnations I can’t find any versions earlier than 2000 (I probably have a few on a floppy [...]
1969: Sisk Finally Wins
September 6, 1969, San Diego: Padres 3, Dodgers 1 (box score) Clay Kirby and Don Sutton hooked up in the third of a four-game series at San Diego Stadium. Kirby, for reasons I cannot find, exited early, with Tommie Sisk taking over in the second. The game remained scoreless, with neither team threatening at all, [...]
IGD: Padres @ Diamondbacks (5 Sep 07)
Game #139 time: 6:40 p.m. PT tv: 4SD sp: Jake Peavy (16-5, 2.10) vs Livan Hernandez (9-9, 4.67) pre: Padres.com, B-R.com I’ve just picked up the new Jason Falkner CD, I’m OK You’re OK (aff link), and as usual, listening to Falkner is a very humbling experience. Way too much talent for one person. Speaking [...]
Sorry, I Was Watching Tennis
Ugly game on Tuesday (box score). I bailed pretty early in this one, when it was clear that Chris Young still didn’t have his mojo working. The Padres are so beyond hosed if he doesn’t find his form, like, yesterday. I ended up watching David Ferrer beat Rafael Nadal at the U.S. Open instead. Nothing [...]
1969: Niekro, Colbert Outlast Dodgers
September 5, 1969, San Diego: Padres 4, Dodgers 1 (box score) For the second straight game, the Padres got the best of their neighbors from the north. Joe Niekro frustrated the Dodgers, scattering 10 hits but yielding just one run. Los Angeles left two runners on base in the first inning, two more in the [...]
IGD: Padres @ Diamondbacks (4 Sep 07)
Game #138 time: 6:40 p.m. PT tv: 4SD sp: Chris Young (9-5, 2.38) vs Doug Davis (12-11, 4.09) pre: Padres.com, B-R.com As noted in Tuesday morning’s comments, the Padres have signed journeyman right-hander Brett Tomko for the stretch run. Tomko, a mainstay in the Padres rotation back in 2002, was a second-round pick of the [...]
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