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IGD: Padres @ Cardinals (7 Aug 07)

Game #112 time: 5:10 p.m. PT tv: 4SD sp: Jake Peavy (11-5, 2.38) vs Anthony Reyes (1-10, 6.07) pre: Padres.com, SI.com, B-R.com If you want to see what a “mismatch on paper” looks like, try this on for size: Runs Allowed by Start for Jake Peavy and Anthony Reyes in 2007 RA Peavy Reyes Statistics [...]

IGD: Padres @ Astros (27 Jul 07)

Game #102 time: 5:05 p.m. PT tv: 4SD sp: Jake Peavy vs Woody Williams And then he resorted to quoting Loverboy lyrics… Burning up the miles, there’s a full moon out tonight I’ve got a high-heel Venus, doing twice the speed of light Crank it up through the gears — see what she can do [...]

IGD: Padres vs Phillies (22 Jul 07)

Game #97 time: 1:05 p.m. PT tv: 4SD sp: Jake Peavy (9-4, 2.30) vs J.D. Durbin (1-2, 9.00) pre: Padres.com | SI.com Words that rhyme with “Durbin”: bourbon turban urban Now you know. Go Padres!

IGD: Padres vs Mets (17 Jul 07)

Game #92 time: 7:05 p.m. PT tv: 4SD sp: Jake Peavy (9-3, 2.19) vs Orlando Hernandez (5-4, 3.20) pre: Padres.com, SI.com I cannot begin to tell you how glad I am that the Diamondbacks traded Orlando Hernandez for Jorge Julio in May 2006. Sure, it made sense at the time, but Arizona could use Hernandez [...]

IGD: Padres vs Marlins (5 Jul 07)

Game #84 time: 12:35 p.m. PT tv: none sp: Jake Peavy (9-2, 2.09) vs Byung-Hyun Kim (2-2, 4.50) pre: Padres.com, SI.com You already know this, but Kevin Kouzmanoff is quietly putting together a nice little season. His overall numbers are masked by a miserable start, but since May 1, he’s been hanging with some pretty [...]

IGD: Padres @ Dodgers (30 Jun 07)

Game #79 time: 7:10 p.m. PT tv: 4SD sp: Jake Peavy (9-2, 2.14) vs Brad Penny (10-1, 2.04) pre: Padres.com, SI.com Saturday night’s game is being hyped as a battle to see who will start the All-Star game. I don’t know about all that, but I do know that this should be a fun pitching [...]

Some Pictures Are Bigger Than Others

Knowing that a Red Sox convention had descended on downtown and that our usual parking option was unavailable, we left our car about 2 1/2 miles from the ballpark. After machaca and black coffee at Jimmy Carter’s Cafe, we slipped over to Sixth and walked along the perimeter of Balboa Park, with its impromptu soccer [...]

IGD: Padres vs Red Sox (24 Jun 07)

Game #74 time: 1:05 p.m. PT tv: 4SD sp: Jake Peavy (9-1, 1.98) vs Josh Beckett (10-1, 3.14) pre: Padres.com, SI.com I think it’s safe to say that the first two games of this series have lived up to the hype. Sure, the Padres could’ve done more damage against Daisuke Matsuzaka in the first inning [...]

IGD: Padres vs Orioles (19 Jun 07)

Game #69 time: 7:05 p.m. PT tv: 4SD sp: Jake Peavy (8-1, 1.82) vs Steve Trachsel (5-4, 3.94) pre: Padres.com, SI.com You can find stats anywhere. Describing and analyzing those stats adds value. Presenting them in a graphical format that gives a quick overview of key indicators potentially provides further value. The concept of a [...]

Another City, Another Series Win

Good to see the boys wrap up the road trip with a couple of wins in Chicago. Even better to see Mike Cameron playing well again. Since May 1, he’s batting .288/.341/.532. That’s more like it. The fight on Saturday? I’ll be honest; I hate that aspect of professional sports — nobody walks away from [...]