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Maddux Forgets He’s Old, Spins Complete Game Against Reds

Tuesday, May 15, 2007
by Geoff Young

Vintage Maddux? I didn't watch enough of Greg Maddux during his prime, but I can't imgaine him (or anyone else) pitching much better than he did on Monday night against the Reds (recap | box score). How good was The Professor? According to the U-T, Jake Peavy, who charted the game, said that Maddux "missed his location maybe five pitches all night." Peavy obviously has a better eye for such things than I do (it is, after all, his job). Reader Didi and I were stationed in Section 300, directly behind home plate, ...

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Good Isn’t Good Enough

Wednesday, May 9, 2007
by Geoff Young

Tough loss Tuesday. Justin Germano comes up from Triple-A and pitches the game of his life, and the normally brilliant bullpen blows a late lead (recap | box score). Of course, if the batters could get a key hit every now and then, the bullpen wouldn't be under such constant pressure to be brilliant all the time. It's a credit to the Padres' current relief corps that we're shocked when they aren't perfect. This isn't Luther Hackman and Mike Matthews, or Carlos Almanzar and Rodney Myers. On the bright side, Mike Cameron is finally starting to get his act together. He's batting .259/.333/.481 in 27 May at-bats. ...

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A Lot Can Go Wrong in a Game

Thursday, April 19, 2007
by Geoff Young

I don't have the heart to watch this one a second time on TiVo, so we'll have to rely on my impressions of Wednesday night's game (recap | box score) as viewed from the upper deck. Scary proposition, I know, but there it is. David Wells pitched a beautiful game. Honestly, I don't know that he's capable of much better and I don't know that we have the right to ask for anything more than what he gave last night. The only runs that scored against him came as a result of poor defense or questionable officiating. Wells kept Arizona hitters off-balance all ...

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Better Ways to Get There

Wednesday, April 18, 2007
by Geoff Young

Yeah, I'm happy that the Padres won on Tuesday (recap | box score). Actually, relieved is more like it (pun only partially intended). The bullpen coming through with nine innings of two-hit shutout baseball is huge. I still can't believe the Mets had no use for Heath Bell. Still, this Mike Cameron losing fly balls in the sun/lights thing is getting a little old. So is leaving 17 runners on base. A win is a win, but this game shouldn't have been close. Some of it was dumb luck. Beyond being irritated, there's not much you can do about Rob Bowen lining hard to Matt Murton ...

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