Game #91 time: 7:05 p.m. PT tv: 4SD sp: David Wells (4-5, 4.31) vs Jorge Sosa (7-3, 3.92) pre: Padres.com, SI.com As a team, the Mets do most of their damage during the game’s second act. They’re batting .294/.352/.477 in innings 4-6 this year. Unfortunately for the Padres, David Wells tends to implode in the [...]
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Weekend in the Desert
Shutting out the Diamondbacks on Sunday took some sting out of the weekend series. Saturday night’s game was particularly frustrating, but what can you do other than hope the bullpen holds next time out, which it did. Some positives: Adrian Gonzalez is starting to get his stroke back. The single and double on Sunday were [...]
IGD: Padres @ Diamondbacks (15 Jul 07)
Game #90 time: 1:40 p.m. PT tv: 4SD sp: Justin Germano (5-3, 3.90) vs Brandon Webb (8-6, 3.37) pre: Padres.com, SI.com Brandon Webb’s GB/FB ratio is down a bit this year (3.18). That’s still extremely good, but it’s not as freakish as it was in ’05 (4.34) or ’06 (4.06). Webb is no less effective [...]
IGD: Padres @ Diamondbacks (14 Jul 07)
Game #89 time: 6:40 p.m. PT tv: 4SD sp: Chris Young (8-3, 2.00) vs Livan Hernandez (5-5, 4.54) pre: Padres.com, SI.com I can’t stand watching Livan Hernandez pitch, but I have tremendous admiration for the guy. He has successfully taken Muhammad Ali’s rope-a-dope strategy and applied it to baseball. The results may be “aesthetically challenged,” [...]
IGD: Padres @ Diamondbacks (13 Jul 07)
Game #88 time: 6:40 p.m. PT tv: 4SD sp: Greg Maddux (7-6, 4.19) vs Doug Davis (5-10, 4.26) pre: Padres.com, SI.com Over the All-Star break, between episodes of Enterprise, I visited the Museum of San Diego History on Free Tuesday. I didn’t spend a lot of time there (a few too many busloads of kids), [...]
Friday Links (13 Jul 07)
Where were we? Ah, yes, talking about baseball. Okay, then… Q&A with Khalil Greene (San Diego Union-Tribune, via Phantom in the comments). Love this quote: I want to be as good as I can be. To me, a good play in practice is just as important as in the game because you should strive to [...]
Kevin Towers’ Trades of 1999
In the Ducksnorts 2007 Baseball Annual, we examined Kevin Towers’ best and worst trades. As it happens, two of his five best and two more “honorable mentions” were made in 1999. Here’s a quick review of Towers’ trades from that year: February 2, 1999 Traded Mark Sweeney and Greg Vaughn to the Cincinnati Reds for [...]
Fun with Win Shares
On page 970 of The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract (aff link), James uses win shares to compare several teams throughout history. He suggests many reasons for doing this, among which are “comparing groups of players” and “studying how pennants are won in one era as opposed to another.” With that in mind, here [...]
Who Are the Padres’ Marquee Players?
One factor in determining a player’s worth is his “marquee value.” On page 95 of his book Diamond Dollars: The Economics of Winning in Baseball (aff link), Vince Gennaro calls marquee value “the point where the baseball department and the marketing department intersect” and notes that “players with marquee value contribute not only to their [...]
Who Is Taxing the Bullpen?
One thing I’m tracking this season is reliever usage. We know the Padres bullpen has been outstanding all year, but are the two fortysomethings in the rotation putting a strain on the relievers? With five guys in the bullpen who pitch on a regular basis plus two others who are along for the ride, it’s [...]
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