Padres Farm Report (9 May 08)

Friday, May 9, 2008
by Geoff Young
Triple-A -- Portland 8, Omaha 7 Craig Stansberry (SS): 0-for-5, BB (.232/.360/.411, 19 BB, 19 SO) Matt Antonelli: 0-for-5, BB (.188/.319/.348, 20 BB, 22 SO) Chase Headley: 5-for-5, 2B, BB (.304/.383/.464, 15 BB, 33 SO, 11 2B) Brian Myrow: 1-for-5, 2B, BB (.318/.450/.536, 27 BB, 26 SO) Edgar Gonzalez (RF): 3-for-5, HR, BB (.307/.404/.440, 11 BB, 12 SO) Will Venable (DH): 1-for-5, BB, SB (.296/.315/.423, 2 BB, 15 SO) Chip Ambres (CF): 1-for-5, 2B, BB (.274/.381/.481, 18 BB, 23 SO) Nick Hundley: 2-for-4, 2 2B, BB (.217/.275/.410, 7 BB, 15 SO) Josh Banks: 5.1 IP, 10 H, 5 R, 0 HR, 1 BB, 5 SO (10.22 ERA, 5.84 K/9) Paul Abraham: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 HR, 2 BB, 0 SO (5.21 ERA, 7.58 K/9) Jared Wells: 1 IP, ...
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Padres Farm Report (29 Apr 08)

Tuesday, April 29, 2008
by Geoff Young
Triple-A -- Portland 5, Oklahoma 4 Craig Stansberry: 0-for-2, 2 BB Jody Gerut: 2-for-4, 2 HR Chase Headley: 1-for-3, HR, BB Brian Myrow: 2-for-4 Edgar Gonzalez (DH): 1-for-4 Nick Hundley: 0-for-3 Chip Ambres (CF): 1-for-3 Oscar Robles (SS): 0-for-2, BB Shawn Estes: 5 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 HR, 3 BB, 3 SO Paul Abraham: 2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 HR, 1 BB, 4 SO Adam Bass: 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 1 BB, 1 SO Jared Wells: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 HR, 2 BB, 2 SO (28 pitches, 15 strikes) Nice game from Gerut. After a slow start, he's playing well. Robles has been seeing most of the action at shortstop because Luis Rodriguez suffered a "right hook of ...
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"Stars of the Future" Game

Tuesday, March 25, 2003
by Geoff Young
Grabbed some bagels and coffee, filled up the tank. Picked up my buddy Jeff at his place, hit the freeway a little after 7:30 Sunday morning. Got to Yuma around 11:15 local time. Realized we had no idea where the stadium was. Stopped at a Circle K for directions; the woman who helped us seemed vaguely aware of what we were talking about and pointed us in the right direction. Fifteen minutes later we found ourselves in the parking lot of the appropriately named Desert Sun Stadium. The weather forecast had said it would be 84 that day, which felt about right. There wasn't a cloud in the sky. Six bucks got us both in the door. Seating was general admission, so we dropped ourselves down behind ...
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