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 [...]
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1969: Marichal Marches Giants Past Niekro, Padres
July 2, 1969, San Diego: Giants 6, Padres 3 (box score) I hope that if nothing else, this look back at the Padres’ inaugural season has given everyone a greater appreciation for where the franchise is now. Honestly, if the club hadn’t been doing so well over the past few seasons, I’m not sure I [...]
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 [...]
1969: July Starts the Way June Ended, with a Loss
July 1, 1969, San Diego: Giants 5, Padres 4 (box score) The good news is that the Padres managed to collect 10 hits and score four runs. The bad news is that shoddy defense cost San Diego three runs and, ultimately, the game. The Giants got to starter Dick Kelley right away. Bobby Bonds and [...]
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?
1969: Falling? We Haven’t Even Started
June 30, 1969, San Diego: Giants 6, Padres 1 (box score) The scary thing isn’t that the Padres went 7-22 in June to bring their season record to 27-52, it’s that they went 25-58 the rest of the way. As a relative newcomer to the party who has had to “suffer” through the ’93 Fire [...]
IGD: Padres @ Dodgers (29 Jun 07)
Game #78 time: 7:40 p.m. PT tv: 4SD sp: Chris Young (7-3, 2.08) vs Hong-Chih Kuo (1-3, 6.33) pre: Padres.com, SI.com I guess Luis Gonzalez didn’t get the memo. You know, the one that says he’s washed up. Gonzalez is batting .350/.424/.624 over 132 plate appearances since May 21 and .301/.393/.500 overall. Russell Martin? Still [...]
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 [...]
1969: Foster Freezes Padres
June 29, 1969, San Diego: Dodgers 3, Padres 1 (box score) Just as the Eskimos were reputed to have many words for snow, fans of the expansion Padres may have had many words to express the concept of loss. Whichever one they used on this day, the meaning was the same. The Padres broke out [...]
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