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With Half a Season Remaining, I’m Already Running Low on Ellipses

One of the joys of east coast road trips is that, thanks to the day gig, I almost never catch any of the action. I heard exactly two pitches as I started driving home on Tuesday evening: strike one and game over. Well, that was a nice way to pass the time during my commute. [...]

Strasburg’s Debut

Stephen Strasburg is no longer part of my beat, but I covered him a bit when he was at SDSU. In case you missed it, the right-hander made his big-league debut on Tuesday at home against Pittsburgh. His Nationals beat the Pirates, 5-2. Strasburg’s final line: 7 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 [...]

Olive Pudding

It’s great to see the Padres sign all their top draft picks this year. First-round pick Donavan Tate (whom I was fortunate enough to meet last week, but we’ll get to that in a moment) took batting practice with the big club Tuesday night and impressed the veterans with his “respect and humility.” Tom Krasovic [...]

IGD: Padres vs Nationals (29 May 08)

Padres (20-34) vs Nats (23-31) Wil Ledezma vs John Lannan 12:35 p.m. PT no television AM 1090, FM 105.7, XM 188 MLB, B-R Afternoon game in San Diego.