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IGD: Padres vs Mets (6 Jun 08)

Friday, June 6, 2008
by Geoff Young

Padres (25-37) vs Mets (30-29) Randy Wolf vs Johan Santana 7:05 p.m. PT Channel 4SD AM 1090, FM 105.7, XM 188 MLB, B-R The last time Johan Santana faced the Padres, he served up a homer to Dave Roberts (the last time Roberts took a southpaw yard) and lost to Darrell May in what appears to be the final victory of the latter's big-league career. Baseball is a strange game... Fun fact: Brian Giles normally comes to the plate accompanied by the ...

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OBG08: Scott Hairston

Wednesday, January 30, 2008
by Geoff Young

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 Greene simply for the sake of trading him. Do you see the name of Philip Hughes anywhere in the list of players coming to Minnesota? I don't, and that's a problem. Greene wouldn't fetch such a ...

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