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Thank You, Mr. Giles

Wednesday, September 26, 2007
by Geoff Young

Analysis is cheap, season-saving home runs are not. Thank you, Brian Giles, for keeping our hope alive (box score). Thanks also to Joe Thatcher for getting out of a bases-loaded jam in the seventh, to Brady Clark for dropping a bloop single down the right-field line in the ninth, to Oscar Robles for drawing a walk after being a strike away from ending the game, and to the entire team for giving us all reason to cheer during the season's final week. I don't know who half these guys are either, but they're ours. Rock on...

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Get Luckier

Tuesday, May 1, 2007
by Geoff Young

The fact that we're all frustrated by a 13-13 start speaks volumes about how far this franchise has come in a very short time. That doesn't make us feel any better after another stupid loss (recap | box score), of course, but it's something. I don't have the stomach to sit through the game again, so I'm working from memory this morning. Monday night's contest isn't just one that the Padres could have won, it's one they should have won. Several well-struck balls found gloves -- Josh Bard drove one to the gap in right-center that Ryan Church tracked down, Adrian Gonzalez smashed one ...

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