Posting will be light this week, as I’ve got to overhaul a client web site. It’s a small site, but they need a quick turnaround. More importantly, the gig pays actual money (for the actual mortgage on my actual house), which comes in handy when your primary source of income is a book that nobody [...]
Tag Archive for ‘diamondbacks’ 
IGD: Padres @ Diamondbacks (20 Apr 08)
Padres (8-10) @ D’backs (13-4) Randy Wolf vs Randy Johnson 1:10 p.m. PT Channel 4SD AM 1090, FM 105.7, XM 189 MLB, B-R I love Greg Maddux‘s attitude. Dude took one for the team on Friday, throwing 113 pitches to give a beleaguered bullpen some rest following the 22-inning contest that finished earlier in the [...]
IGD: Padres @ Diamondbacks (19 Apr 08)
Padres (8-9) vs D’backs (12-4) Chris Young vs Edgar Gonzalez 5:10 p.m. PT Channel 4SD AM 1090, FM 105.7, XM 183 MLB, B-R The Padres need to recall Adrian Gonzalez‘s older brother from Portland and stick him in the lineup for this one. How cool would it be to see two different sets of namesakes [...]
IGD: Padres @ Diamondbacks (18 Apr 08)
Padres (8-8) @ D’backs (11-4) Greg Maddux vs Dan Haren 6:40 p.m. PT Channel 4SD AM 1090, FM 105.7, XM 183 MLB, B-R We’re three weeks into the season; is it too early to panic? More importantly, is it too early for me to complain about people who are panicking? On a related note, drop [...]
Series Preview: Jim McLennan Talks Diamondbacks
Yeah, it’s Friday, but we’ve got something way cooler than links. We’ve got Jim McLennan, of AZ Snakepit fame, with us, and he’s going to give us the dirt on this year’s Diamondbacks. Ducksnorts: I picked Arizona to win the NL West in 2007 on the strength of its good young position players. The team [...]
Series Preview: Rox Girl Talks Rockies
The Padres and Rockies hook up for the first time since that fateful Game 163 in Denver last October. I recently had a chance to chat with Rox Girl of the excellent Rockies blog Purple Row about her expectations for the 2008 season, the challenges of marketing a team that plays half its games west [...]
Random Roster Notes
Brian Giles saw his first action this spring on Monday. He went 0-for-2 against the Diamondbacks in Tucscon, but who cares? The important thing is, he was in the lineup and able to play right field. Quoth Giles: This was a pretty good test. I know it was only three innings, but the conditions weren’t [...]
OBG08: Scott Hairston
By now you’ve heard that the Minnesota Twins have agreed to trade left-hander Johan Santana to the Mets for Carlos Gomez, Phil Humber, Deolis Guerra, and Kevin Mulvey. Beyond the obvious impact this will have on the balance of power in the National League, there’s an important lesson here for those who would trade Khalil [...]
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 [...]
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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