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Friday Links (1 Jun 07)

Friday, June 1, 2007
by Geoff Young

I can't even begin to tell you how glad I am the Padres came back to win Thursday night. I'm not sure how much enthusiasm I could've faked if they'd lost to Shawn Chacon. Nice to see Khalil Greene render the umpires' confusion regarding Josh Bard's 11th inning "double" irrelevant by driving home pinch-runner Rob Bowen from third. Milestones? Mike Cameron knocked his 200th big-league homer (to win the game, no less), Trevor Hoffman nailed down save #498. And Bud Black's ejection was his first as a player, coach, or manager. He's now ...

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IGD: Padres @ Pirates (31 May 07)

Thursday, May 31, 2007
by Geoff Young

first pitch: 4:05 p.m. PT television: Channel 4SD matchup: Greg Maddux (4-3, 4.20 ERA) vs Shawn Chacon (1-0, 3.38 ERA) previews: Padres.com | SI.com Greg Maddux has been terrible over his last two starts: Greg Maddux, May 19 and 25, 2007 IPHRERHRBBSO Stats courtesy of Baseball-Reference. 9.1211010316 On the other side, Shawn Chacon has been terrible over, um, a little longer than his last two starts. Among other things, Chacon had one of the most unbelievable seasons in recent memory for the Rockies in 2004, when he saved 35 games despite a 7.11 ERA and 1.942 WHIP. Not to belittle anything that ...

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