IGD: Padres @ Astros (21 Apr 08)

Monday, April 21, 2008
by Geoff Young
Padres (9-10) @ Astros (7-12) Justin Germano vs Roy Oswalt 5:05 p.m. PT Channel 4SD AM 1090, FM 105.7, XM 188 MLB, B-R Oswalt is off to a terrible start, although he did well in his last start (which made Lisa happy). Me? I could use more of the terrible version right about now...

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IGD: Padres vs Astros (31 Mar 08)

Monday, March 31, 2008
by Geoff Young
Padres (0-0) vs Astros (0-0) Jake Peavy vs Roy Oswalt 7:05 p.m. PT Channel 4SD AM 1090, FM 105.7, XM 184 MLB, B-R It's beginning to look a lot like Opening Day. What better time to bust out an esoteric table: Jake Peavy: 2007 Starts by Percentage of Pitches for Strikes Str/PitGSIP/GSH/9HR/9BB/9K/9ERAW-LRS/GRA/G Statistics are courtesy of Baseball-Reference. >.66106.805.160.402.5111.251.728-16.702.60 .63-.66156.607.640.452.369.002.366-43.732.87

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Series Preview: Lisa Gray Talks Astros

Monday, March 31, 2008
by Geoff Young
I'm making a concerted effort to do more interviews this year and get more voices talking here at Ducksnorts. With that in mind, it's my great pleasure to bring you Lisa Gray, of the excellent Astros Dugout, who will tell us a little more about the Padres' first opponent of 2008. Ducksnorts: The Astros and Padres are similar in many respects. Both teams entered the league during the '60s and still are largely ignored by the national media. With the retirement of Jeff Bagwell and now Craig Biggio, how does the franchise go about re-establishing itself in an environment where so much emphasis is placed on individual players, particularly those in large media markets? Gray: That ...
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World Series IGD: White Sox @ Astros, Game 3

Tuesday, October 25, 2005
by Geoff Young
first pitch: 5:30 p.m., PT television: Fox matchup: Jon Garland (18-10, 3.50 ERA) vs Roy Oswalt (20-12, 2.94 ERA) Vince Galloro has a detailed preview of Tuesday night's contest up at Exile in Wrigleyville. For my part, I'll just note that this is a very even pitching matchup. Opponents hit .255/.298/.399 against Garland in 2005, .262/.302/.389 against Oswalt. It's like how much closer could this matchup get? and the answer is none, none more close.

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