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Falling Off the Bandwagon

Tuesday, May 13, 2008
by Geoff Young

We are all products of our environment. The recent environment in San Diego baseball has been one of winning. Since moving downtown for the 2004 season, the Padres have seen unprecedented on-field success. For the first time in franchise history they've enjoyed four straight winning seasons. In 2005 and 2006, they reached the post-season in back-to-back seasons, another first. And as fans in these parts are all too aware, they came within a strike of making it three straight. Through Monday, the Padres have won 360 games since 2004. That's more wins than all but three teams in the National League (Cardinals, 389; Phillies, 369; Braves, 368) over the same period. Only the Padres and Phillies have posted winning records in each of the past four ...

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1969: Padres Score Six in Fifth, Rout Reds

Tuesday, September 18, 2007
by Geoff Young

September 18, 1969, San Diego: Padres 7, Reds 1 (box score) Here's the danger of small sample sizes, as illustrated by Jose Arcia. We've established that the guy couldn't hit a lick, and yet, over a four-game period in mid-September, he went 9-for-18 with four doubles. In this one, Arcia collected four hits en route to a Padres win over Cincinnati. Starters Clay Kirby and Jim Maloney kept the game scoreless until the fourth. Then the Reds parlayed four singles into a run, driven in by none other than Maloney. With the bases still loaded, Kirby retired Bobby Tolan and Alex Johnson to limit the damage. San Diego scored its ...

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1969: Reds Beat Padres in Hit Parade

Monday, September 17, 2007
by Geoff Young

September 17, 1969, San Diego: Reds 10, Padres 5 (box score) Like offense? You'd have loved this one. Thirty-one hits. Six batters collected three base knocks -- five of them played, as you might have imagined, for the visiting Reds. Cincinnati scored early and often against starter Joe Niekro (and everyone else the Padres sent out there, come to think of it). They tallied single runs in the first and seventh innings, and two each in the third, fourth, fifth, and eighth. The Reds were, in a word, relentless. Midway through the game, the Padres trailed, 7-0, and were burning through their second pitcher. In the bottom of the fifth, they ...

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1969: Padres Can’t Come Back in Cincy

Tuesday, September 11, 2007
by Geoff Young

September 11, 1969, Cincinnati: Reds 6, Padres 4 (box score) The Padres dug themselves into a serious hole early in this one, and couldn't quite get back out of it. After mounting a minor threat in the second inning, the Reds touched up San Diego starter Tommie Sisk in the third. Pitcher Gary Nolan led off the frame with a single to center. After Ted Savage drew a walk, Bobby Tolan singled home Nolan, and Pete Rose drove in two more with a double to center. Johnny Bench then singled, but center fielder Jerry Morales nailed Rose at the plate for the inning's first out. Exit Sisk, enter Jack Baldschun. ...

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1969: Kirby Sucks Up Reds

Monday, September 10, 2007
by Geoff Young

September 10, 1969, Cincinnati: Padres 2, Reds 1 (box score) This Wednesday affair at Crosley Field turned out to be quite the pitchers duel. Through the first three innings, there were a total of three baserunners: all walks by the Padres against Cincinnati starter Tony Cloninger. In the fourth, San Diego scored the game's first run. Rookie Jerry Morales, getting the start in left field, led off the inning with his first big-league home run. The score remained 1-0 until the sixth, when the Reds tied the contest. Clay Kirby, who had allowed just one hit entering the inning, served up a two-out triple to Jimmy Stewart that brought home ...

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IGD: Padres @ Reds (12 Aug 07)

Sunday, August 12, 2007
by Geoff Young

Game #117 time:10:15 a.m. PT tv:4SD sp:Jake Peavy (12-5, 2.21) vs Bronson Arroyo (5-12, 4.51) pre:Padres.com, SI.com, B-R.com Went and watched Rush Hour 3 on Saturday. Wait till it comes out on cable. As Morrissey says, "that joke isn't funny anymore." On another note, the Padres have played 116 games this year. For reference, here are their best records at this point in the season throughout history: 1998: 75-41 1984: 69-47 1992: 64-52 1982: 62-54 1985: 62-54 2004: 62-54 2007: 62-54 We're still in good shape here, folks. Let's take the series...

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IGD: Padres @ Reds (11 Aug 07)

Saturday, August 11, 2007
by Geoff Young

Game #116 time:12:55 p.m. PT tv:none sp:Justin Germano (6-6, 4.30) vs Bobby Livingston (2-2, 4.46) pre:Padres.com, SI.com, B-R.com Here's an exercise for those who would jump off the Padres bandwagon during times of adversity (and for anyone else who might be curious). Which of the following describes San Diego's last 10 games, and which describes the Diamondbacks' last 10 games? Team A Runs scored: 12, 11, 5, 5, 5, 4, 4, 3, 1, 0 (50 tot, 5.0/game) Runs allowed: 10, 9, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2, 2, 0, 0 (42 tot, 4.2/game) Team B Runs scored: 11, 10, 9, 8, 4, 4, 3, 3, 1, 0 (53 tot, 5.3/game) Runs allowed: 11, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, ...

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