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Hairston Never Got the Memo

July 28, 2008 – 7:17 am

I spend the weekend at Comic-Con, and the Padres go out and win three straight games. Are they even allowed to do that?
Scott Hairston hit another home run on Sunday. Dude is batting .364/.417/.909 in July. He also has eight homers this month and 11 RBI. That’s pretty hard to do.
Hairston has some unusual splits [...]

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Here’s to Humble Foundations

June 13, 2008 – 7:25 am

That was satisfying. We took the in-laws out to the ballgame — sprung for Toyota Terrace seats, first time this year. They picked a good time to visit. Mom is from the old country, but I was heartened to see that she chose to root for the home team rather than Hiroki Kuroda. She digs [...]

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Notes on a Victory

May 28, 2008 – 7:59 am

Satisfying win on Tuesday night. The last two games I’ve attended have followed the exact same pattern: Randy Wolf serves up a two-run homer in the first, settles down, and watches his teammates play long ball late.
To the bullet points:

Hard to complain about a victory, but I’ll do it anyway. The Pads really should have [...]

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