June 13, 1969, San Diego: Phillies 6, Padres 1 (box score) The Padres looked to rebound from a series loss to Montreal. The Phillies, winners of two straight against the Dodgers after losing nine in a row, had other ideas. Right-hander Rick Wise got the start for Philadelphia, while Johnny Podres toed the slab for [...]
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IGD: Padres @ Devil Rays (12 Jun 07)
Game #63 time: 4:10 p.m. PT tv: 4SD sp: Greg Maddux (5-3, 3.82) vs Scott Kazmir (4-3, 3.92) pre: Padres.com, SI.com A few things stand out to me when looking at Scott Kazmir’s splits: he is much more effective at home (.234/.319/.354 for his career) than on the road (.260/.349/.418), he does better work with [...]
Do You Know the Way to Tampa Bay?
Burt Bacharach never wrote a song about Tampa, of course, but “What’s New, Pussycat?” might work for the Devil Rays as a team. There is some serious young talent down there: B.J. Upton, Carl Crawford, the troubled Elijah Dukes, Delmon Young, Scott Kazmir, James Shields, Raul Casanova. Six Years o’ Blogging Happy Anniversary to me. [...]
1969: Padres Falter Late, Drop Series to Expos
June 12, 1969, San Diego: Expos 4, Padres 1 (box score) After splitting the first two games at San Diego Stadium, the Expos and Padres remained deadlocked in a scoreless tie through six innings in the rubber match. Not until the bottom of the fifth had either team put a runner past first base. In [...]
1969: Spiezio, Bullpen Lead Padres Past Expos
June 11, 1969, San Diego: Padres 6, Expos 5 (box score) Dick Kelley and Bill Stoneman squared off in this one, but neither would factor in the decision. The Expos jumped on Kelley early. A walk, single, double, and error by left fielder Al Ferrara made the score 2-0 three batters into the game. The [...]
Bumps in the Road
Quiet. Did you hear that? It’s the sound of people jumping off the Padres bandwagon. You know, because three games always provides an accurate representation of 162 games. I heard the jumpers. They were screaming the whole way down; it was kind of pathetic, really. Oh well, I’m sure they’ll crawl back onboard after the [...]
Good Morning
If you can read this, it means we’re back up and running. I had something planned for this morning, back before my database became corrupt, but it will have to wait. I’ve been troubleshooting stuff for, like, four hours and I need to eat. The gist of what I was going to say earlier is [...]
IGD: Padres vs Mariners (10 Jun 07)
first pitch: 1:05 p.m. PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Chris Young (6-3, 2.19 ERA) vs Felix Hernandez (3-3, 4.40 ERA) In honor of “King” Felix Hernandez: God bless the mullet…
1969: Bullpen Implodes, Padres Drop Opener to Expos
June 10, 1969, San Diego: Expos 7, Padres 4 (box score) A season-low “crowd” of 3,194 gathered to witness the Montreal Expos’ first ever game in San Diego. Rookie right-hander Mike Wegener, who had yielded two unearned runs over nine innings against the Padres in Montreal 11 days earlier, got the call for the visitors. [...]
IGD: Padres vs Mariners (9 Jun 07)
first pitch: 7:05 p.m. PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: David Wells (4-3, 4.79 ERA) vs Jeff Weaver (0-6, 14.32 ERA) previews: Padres.com | SI.com We’ve seen what happens when we talk smack about Geoff Blum. I’m not saying a word about Jeff Weaver. Go Padres!
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