IGD: Padres vs Mariners (28 Jun 08)

Saturday, June 28, 2008
by Geoff Young
Padres (32-49) vs M's (29-50) Cha Seung Baek vs Carlos Silva 7:05 p.m. PT Channel 4SD DIRECTV: 741 AM 1090, FM 105.7, XM 183 MLB, B-R The Padres have re-signed Brett Tomko, whose sizable contribution to 2007's collapse often gets overlooked by folks more interested in placing all the blame on Trevor Hoffman. Why was Tomko available, you ask? Because the Kansas City Royals had no use for him. If that isn't a ringing endorsement for any pitcher's services, then I ...
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IGD: Padres @ Mariners (18 May 08)

Sunday, May 18, 2008
by Geoff Young
Padres (16-28) @ Mariners (17-27) Shawn Estes vs Felix Hernandez 1:10 p.m. PT Channel 4SD AM 1090, FM 105.7, XM 181 MLB, B-R Seven useless facts about Estes: His first name is Aaron. He shares a birthday with Jerry Morales, a member of the 1969 Padres. The Mariners selected him with the 11th pick overall in 1991, three picks after the Padres took Joey Hamilton and two before the Cleveland Indians nabbed Manny Ramirez. Deion Sanders was the center fielder behind him in his first big-league start. He wore #36 on first arriving in the big leagues, but soon switched to #55, which he has donned since 1996. He once was traded for ex-Padre Desi Relaford. He later was traded for ex-Padre Brady Clark.

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IGD: Padres @ Mariners (17 May 08)

Saturday, May 17, 2008
by Geoff Young
Padres (16-27) @ Mariners (16-27) Randy Wolf vs Erik Bedard 7:10 p.m. PT Channel 4SD AM 1090, FM 105.7, XM 181 MLB, B-R Nice job by Trevor Hoffman on Friday night. For those who remain unclear on the dangers of judging a man based on an eight-game sample, here's a clue: Trevor Hoffman's Last 24 Games  GIPHHRBBSOERABAOBPSLG Statistics are courtesy of Baseball-Reference and are through games of May 15, 2008. 8/28/07 - 9/25/078860161.13.207.233.241 9/28/07 - 4/11/088712151012.86.375.447.688 4/13/08 - 5/16/0888511101.13.179.207.321 And, no, you don't want to go reaching any conclusions based solely on this most recent stretch either.

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IGD: Padres @ Mariners (16 May 08)

Friday, May 16, 2008
by Geoff Young
Padres (15-27) @ Mariners (16-26) Chris Young vs Miguel Batista 7:10 p.m. PT Channel 4SD AM 1090, FM 105.7, XM 181 MLB, B-R Ah, interleague play. The intensity, the intrigue, the irrelevance... I walked over to Book-Off the other day and found a whole slew of baseball publications. Most are in Japanese, so I couldn't read them, but I could look at pictures. One of the publications was a commemorative yearbook (or some such) for the 2000 Pacific League champion Daiei Hawks. ...
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Series Preview: Dave and DMZ Talk Mariners

Friday, May 16, 2008
by Geoff Young
The Padres head next to the Pacific Northwest to face their bitter natural rivals, the Seattle Mariners, in a battle to determine which end of I-5 (all 1381.29 miles of it) is most dominant. In preparation for this dramatic and important event, I chatted with Dave and DMZ of USS Mariner fame to get their take on the 2008 M's: Ducksnorts: This is a question I ask myself about the Padres: Are the Mariners a good team playing poorly or a bad team? How competitive did you think the M's would be in 2008, and have your expectations changed at all based on what you've seen in the first six weeks of the season? Dave: The Mariners aren't the worst team in baseball, so ...
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