Busy, busy, busy…
Scouting Jake Peavy (Baseball Analysts, via Jim Parish in the comments). Joe P. Sheehan dissects the repertoire of Jake Peavy.
Brian Giles has surgery on knee (San Diego Union-Tribune, via Tom Waits in the comments). Brian Giles, who has been having trouble with his right knee since April, is expected to be ready for [...]
Where do I even begin? That this isn’t the way I’d wanted to see the season end seems so beyond doubt that it hardly bears mentioning, and yet I just mentioned it. Even though a thing is obvious, it still needs a voice.
I hate writing this. I hate thinking this. Honestly? I hate everything about [...]
Game #163
time:
4:37 p.m. PT
tv:
TBS
sp:
Jake Peavy (19-6, 2.36) vs Josh Fogg (10-9, 4.79)
pre:
Padres.com, B-R.com
Analyze this one however you’d like; it’s one game, and anything can happen. That is my greatest fear and also my greatest hope. Go Padres!
Coffee in the bloodstream, jazz in the ears, baseball on the brain. Let’s get busy…
Trade winds blow true (San Diego Union-Tribune). Tom Krasovic tells us what we already know: Kevin Towers is good at that trading thing. Here’s a passage that helps confirm some things we’ve long suspected:
Padres statistical analysts deserve credit, Towers has said. [...]
What to say about Wednesday night’s win (box score)… Huge? Yeah, a little. Fun? You bet.
Jake Peavy struck out just one batter over seven solid innings en route to his 19th win. First time since August 2003 he’s registered fewer than two strikeouts in a game.
Matt and Mud speculated that maybe Peavy had purposely changed [...]
Game #158
time:
7:15 p.m. PT
tv:
4SD
sp:
Jake Peavy (18-5, 2.36) vs Pat Misch (0-3, 2.75)
pre:
Padres.com, B-R.com
This kid made a lot of Padres hitters schwing and Misch the last time he faced them. Thanks, you’re much too kind; please stop throwing vegetables.
For the working magician, the best tool in his toolbox is a little thing we like to call the false expectation. If played right, it can stun an audience into total submission.
1973 Draft
Need a break from the current season? My article on the ‘73 amateur draft is now up at Hardball Times. Where’s Dave Winfield [...]
Game #153
time:
7:05 p.m. PT
tv:
4SD
sp:
Jake Peavy (18-6, 2.39) vs Franklin Morales (2-2, 3.81)
pre:
Padres.com, B-R.com
Big series this weekend against the Rockies. Yeah, you think?
The Padres have won seven in a row, while Colorado has taken its last five. With one more win in their final 10 games, the Rockies will have their first winning season since 2000. [...]
Game #148
time:
1:05 p.m. PT
tv:
4SD
sp:
Jake Peavy (17-6, 2.44) vs Tim Lincecum (7-4, 3.99)
pre:
Padres.com, B-R.com
Swish. Swoosh. Ah, that’s a real nice breeze.
Also, congrats to Khalil Greene on becoming the 10th shortstop in big-league history to collect 40 doubles and 20 homers in the same season.
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