Seeing Brian Giles reach base three times in the leadoff spot and score two of the Padres’ three runs Monday night (recap | box score) is great. Seeing how he did it is even better. In the first inning, Marlins right-hander Sergio Mitre retired Giles on three pitches. Call it a mulligan. Next time up, [...]
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IGD: Padres vs Marlins (2 Jul 07)
Game #81 time: 7:05 p.m. PT tv: 4SD sp: David Wells (3-5, 4.48) vs Sergio Mitre (2-3, 2.75) pre: Padres.com, SI.com Welcome to the midway point of the season. After Monday’s night’s contest against the Marlins, the Padres will have played exactly half of their regular-season schedule. They are assured of at least a share [...]
The One About Bradley
In case you somehow missed it, Milton Bradley is a Padre. Acquired Friday afternoon along with cash for minor-league right-hander Andrew Brown, the outfielder from Long Beach with a checkered past begins his Padres career on the disabled list due to a strained left oblique. (The Pads knew about the injury and didn’t request a [...]
IGD: Padres @ Dodgers (1 Jul 07)
Game #80 time: 1:10 p.m. PT tv: 4SD sp: Justin Germano (5-1, 2.67) vs Chad Billingsley (4-0, 4.01) pre: Padres.com, SI.com I’ve got no real angle for this one other than a sweep would be nice. The Padres have won seven straight road series and are 24-17 away from Petco Park this season. They also [...]
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 [...]
Hall of Fame Plans?
With Tony Gwynn’s induction into the Hall of Fame less than a month away, now might be a good time to revisit plans to meet up at Cooperstown. Here’s what I’m doing; how about you?
Friday Links (29 Jun 07)
First off, thanks to everyone for helping out yesterday with the overlooked players. This is subject to change, but right now based on your feedback, I’m leaning toward Mike Ivie, Ruppert Jones, and Brad Ausmus to go along with Ollie Brown. Onto the links! Padres tentatively acquire OF Milton Bradley (San Diego Union-Tribune). We started [...]
Overlooked Players in Padres History
Shifting gears a little, one idea I have for the Ducksnorts 2008 Baseball Annual is a chapter devoted to three or so former Padres that didn’t make our lists of top players in franchise history (2007 Annual) but whose accomplishments deserve attention. I’m knee deep in the 1969 season, so one of my subjects will [...]
IGD: Padres @ Giants (27 Jun 07)
Game #76 time: 12:35 p.m. PT tv: none sp: Greg Maddux (6-4, 3.84) vs Matt Cain (2-8, 3.46) pre: Padres.com, SI.com How did David Wells and Greg Maddux end up back-to-back in the rotation again? I thought we agreed that the bullpen can’t afford that. The good news is that the Padres are off Thursday, [...]
What Is Luck?
I’ve been wrestling with the term “luck” — specifically, as it applies to the Padres’ record in one-run games so far this season. Bill James has said that “winning or losing close games is luck” but also that “winning or losing close games is probably not all luck.” When such seemingly contradictory statements emanate from [...]
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