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Padres Farm Report (6 May 08)

May 6, 2008 – 12:33 am

Triple-A — Portland 5, New Orleans 4
Matt Antonelli: 2-for-6, BB
Jody Gerut: 2-for-7, SB
Chase Headley: 2-for-6
Brian Myrow: 2-for-3, 2B, 3 BB
Chip Ambres (CF): 2-for-6, 2B
Nick Hundley: 0-for-5
Craig Stansberry (SS): 2-for-4, 2B, 2 BB
Edgar Gonzalez (PH): 1-for-1, HR
Wade LeBlanc: 6 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 1 HR, 1 BB, 5 SO, HBP
Dirk Hayhurst: 2 IP, 0 H, [...]

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Series Preview: Craig @ FishStripes Talks Marlins

May 2, 2008 – 7:12 am

After a tough series in Philadelphia, the Padres head to Miami for three against the Marlins. I recently caught up with Craig at Fish Stripes, and we talked a little about his team.
Ducksnorts: The Marlins are off to a surprisingly strong start in 2008. What have been some of the key factors, and will they [...]

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The Year Jake Peavy Turned Hitters into Matt Walbeck

March 25, 2008 – 7:07 am

I recently picked up the Bill James Gold Mine 2008. There’s tons of great stuff in here, as you’d expect, but two items in particular have captured my imagination (so far): the “record of opposing batters” James presents for certain pitchers, and the “comps” he offers of team batting records to individual career batting records [...]

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OBG08: Cla Meredith

February 11, 2008 – 7:18 am

I’m a sucker for freak stats, so I love the fact that Cla Meredith recorded more groundball outs in 2007 than did Chris Young despite pitching less than half as many innings. Meredith gave up a lot more hits last year than he did in his rookie campaign, but despite the high batting average, the [...]

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