Was that an insane series in New York or what? Thank goodness the Padres hung on to win on Thursday night (box score). Taking two out of three against the Mets in their home park is a pretty slick trick, and it couldn’t have come at a better time. We’ll postpone the weekly link roundup [...]
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IGD: Padres @ Mets (23 Aug 07)
Game #126 time: 4:10 p.m. PT tv: 4SD sp: Justin Germano (6-7, 4.18) vs Tom Glavine (11-6, 4.12) pre: Padres.com, SI.com, B-R.com It’s amazing to think that these two pitchers have combined to win 308 games in the big leagues. What’s that? Tom Glavine accounts for 301 of those? Yes, I know. I’m sorry, did [...]
Peavy Ties Benes, Bullpen (Barely) Holds On to Beat Mets
Nice to hang on for the win Wednesday night (box score). Congrats to Jake Peavy for tying Andy Benes’ career mark for strikeouts by a Padres pitcher. The game wasn’t without its white-knuckle moments, aka the ninth inning. Several folks have noted that the Padres are having difficulty closing out games, and I’m happy (or [...]
IGD: Padres @ Mets (22 Aug 07)
Game #125 time: 4:10 p.m. PT tv: 4SD sp: Jake Peavy (13-5, 2.19) vs Brian Lawrence (1-0, 5.06) pre: Padres.com, SI.com, B-R.com It’s great to see ex-Padre Brian Lawrence back in the big leagues. B-Law did some nice work here back toward the end of the pre-Petco dark ages. I wish him well, but on [...]
It’s Not You, It’s Me
There’s too much blame to go around for Tuesday night’s loss (box score) to focus on any one person or play. I should talk about it, but I’m not sure where to start. Perhaps more troubling, the general negativity toward this team among “average fans” is starting to wear on me. It causes me to [...]
IGD: Padres @ Mets (21 Aug 07)
Game #124 time: 4:10 p.m. PT tv: 4SD sp: Chris Young (9-4, 1.93) vs John Maine (13-7, 3.59) pre: Padres.com, SI.com, B-R.com Interesting matchup. Both of these pitchers were acquired for “name brand” pitchers that turned out to be loads of, pardon my French, steaming crap. Much as we marvel that the Padres were able [...]
Why Bother?
Things just keep getting worse around here: Padres’ Record as of August 21 (1999 – 2007) Year W L Pct GB Statistics are courtesy of Baseball-Reference. 1999 55 68 .447 16.0 2000 60 65 .480 12.0 2001 62 62 .500 10.0 2002 53 73 .421 27.0 2003 49 79 .383 28.0 2004 65 57 .533 [...]
Parsing Peavy
You’ve read Jake Peavy‘s comments in Sunday’s San Diego Union Tribune. My first thought was to embark on a full-on rant, but talk radio does that much better than I ever could, so instead, I’ll call upon skills learned way back in college and do a detailed textual analysis of Peavy’s words: Text: I’m not [...]
IGD: Padres vs Astros (19 Aug 07)
Game #123 time: 1:05 p.m. PT tv: 4SD sp: Greg Maddux (8-9, 4.00) vs Matt Albers (3-5, 5.99) pre: Padres.com, SI.com, B-R.com A little haiku for your dining and dancing pleasure… request to Padres: please don’t make me fall asleep again at Petco
IGD: Padres vs Astros (18 Aug 07)
Game #122 time: 7:05 p.m. PT tv: 4SD sp: Justin Germano (6-6, 4.16) vs Roy Oswalt (13-6, 3.32) pre: Padres.com, SI.com, B-R.com Jake Peavy vs Woody Williams was supposed to be the gimme, but it didn’t work out that way. Maybe the Padres can return the favor on Saturday. San Diego has the worst ERA [...]
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