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Houston @ San Diego


I'm gonna try something right here...

An Empty Widget

No Data Available

Now, if that worked, there's supposed to be a lineup that gets shown, but I don't see it yet. Cest la vie.

That won't stop me from posting this here GameThread.

Yesterday's matchup was a preview of potential Cy Young candidates. With Chris Young facing Brandon Backe tonight, it's the first chance Padres and Astros fans will get to see how well their respective number twos have recovered from injury last season. I'm nervous to the bone, but strangely excited as well.

OK. Let's all just settle in again for that strange faint feeling we all get as we pour ourselves into the game. Paper bag to breath in... check.

GO PADRES!!!

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Seriously...

I'm gonna throw up. Nobody else goes through this?

by Dex on Apr 1, 2008 6:17 PM PDT   0 recs

Hell, yes.

But here's the question: have they ever actually made you blow chips?

"And the way I feel tonight...well I could die and I wouldn't mind."

by Drama on Apr 1, 2008 6:27 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

True story

Last year I saw him on the studio lot driving a Rolls Royce

by matto619 on Apr 1, 2008 6:31 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

matto

You have the best celeb sightings ever.

"And the way I feel tonight...well I could die and I wouldn't mind."

by Drama on Apr 1, 2008 6:47 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Obviously not what I meant, Dex.

Wilcox is the hot one.

"And the way I feel tonight...well I could die and I wouldn't mind."

by Drama on Apr 1, 2008 6:52 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Are you fucking kidding me?

"I call Roy [Oswalt] the best pitcher on the planet and I guess I just saw the second best on the planet tonight," Astros manager Cecil Cooper said. "It wasn't by accident that he won the Cy Young last year. That won't happen too often with us. Three hits, four hits? That won't happen very often."

ROFL @ Roy Oswalt best pitcher on the planet. Get real.

by Hacker on Apr 1, 2008 6:25 PM PDT   0 recs

Who cares if you get singled to death?

Sorry Sam the Cooking Guy, but that happens when you sell out. Anderson Cooper..gay or straight..you've gotta love him..

by TheVinylCrocodile on Apr 1, 2008 6:33 PM PDT   0 recs

god I hate Chrissy Russo

I can't believe I burned my hand with boiling water.

by TheVinylCrocodile on Apr 1, 2008 6:42 PM PDT   0 recs

Heck yeah; ready to go.

Got my mlb.tv pre, er, I mean subscription and a good computer to watch it on. Good times will be had.

www.PadsAndEnds.blogspot.com
"jbox does not drink coffee, as it makes him clean house big time." ~Kev

by TheThirdGonzalez on Apr 1, 2008 6:54 PM PDT   0 recs

Woohoo!!

First 2008 Game thread for me! HD TV tuned to 704, dinner simmering, laptop fired up and ready to go. Its ON!

by Christina on Apr 1, 2008 7:02 PM PDT   0 recs

Christina!

How does Alex like his game?

"And the way I feel tonight...well I could die and I wouldn't mind."

by Drama on Apr 1, 2008 7:03 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

He'll play it tomorrow

His dad picks him up tonight around 8 and then he'll have access to his PS3. We will file a report next week :-)

by Christina on Apr 1, 2008 7:04 PM PDT   0 recs

Cool.

He deserved it after his investigative work on Uncle Barry.

"And the way I feel tonight...well I could die and I wouldn't mind."

by Drama on Apr 1, 2008 7:05 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

ole Uncle Barry

who else is glad we didn't sign him? what did he get anyway, $150m?

Relax, all right? Don't try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring! Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic.

by TheRevRun on Apr 2, 2008 11:00 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

WHEW

Brian Giles almost killed our star centerfielder

by Dex on Apr 1, 2008 7:07 PM PDT   0 recs

what the hell

is with all the empty seats

did san diego not get the message that its baseball season now
i know its a tuesday... but still

Tough times don't last, tough people do.

by C8LIN B on Apr 1, 2008 7:07 PM PDT   0 recs

c8lin...

you're here with us...

by Dex on Apr 1, 2008 7:08 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

well yea

but i'm poor and have a test

i just didn't expect to see so little people there

Tough times don't last, tough people do.

by C8LIN B on Apr 1, 2008 7:09 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

and being here

is just as important i think

Tough times don't last, tough people do.

by C8LIN B on Apr 1, 2008 7:13 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

So good to hear Mud and Matteus again.

www.PadsAndEnds.blogspot.com
"jbox does not drink coffee, as it makes him clean house big time." ~Kev

by TheThirdGonzalez on Apr 1, 2008 7:07 PM PDT   0 recs

Dayum

Outfield getting a workout early. After yesterday's game which was almost all infield popups and ground outs, I guess they needed to get involved.

by Christina on Apr 1, 2008 7:08 PM PDT   0 recs

I HATE YOU MLB.TV

BECAUSE THE F**KING RANGERS GAME IS ON FSN RIGHT NOW...I CAN'T WATCH THE PADRES GAME ON MLB.TV. MAKE SENSE? OF COURSE NOT.

"And the way I feel tonight...well I could die and I wouldn't mind."

by Drama on Apr 1, 2008 7:09 PM PDT   0 recs

uh oh

An angry Drama...not a good thing.

by Christina on Apr 1, 2008 7:12 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

one of these days

we gotta talk matt and mud into commenting on an open thread during the game. they have computers! i see them there!!

by Dex on Apr 1, 2008 7:10 PM PDT   0 recs

genius.

www.PadsAndEnds.blogspot.com
"jbox does not drink coffee, as it makes him clean house big time." ~Kev

by TheThirdGonzalez on Apr 1, 2008 7:11 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Good inning

by this year's Cy Young Award winner.

www.PadsAndEnds.blogspot.com
"jbox does not drink coffee, as it makes him clean house big time." ~Kev

by TheThirdGonzalez on Apr 1, 2008 7:12 PM PDT   0 recs

First Corkey's Commercial

Now I feel like Baseball has started

by Jonny Dub on Apr 1, 2008 7:14 PM PDT   0 recs

Johnny!

Aw, and there's your cat. I better get my pictures ready!

by Christina on Apr 1, 2008 7:16 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

YES!!!!!!!!

Can't wait to turn this place into a cat blog!

by Jonny Dub on Apr 1, 2008 7:18 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

We're screwed.

www.PadsAndEnds.blogspot.com
"jbox does not drink coffee, as it makes him clean house big time." ~Kev

by TheThirdGonzalez on Apr 1, 2008 7:23 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

shhhh

tad is up and he's my favorite.

by Dex on Apr 1, 2008 7:16 PM PDT   0 recs

I love me

some second baseman.

www.PadsAndEnds.blogspot.com
"jbox does not drink coffee, as it makes him clean house big time." ~Kev

by TheThirdGonzalez on Apr 1, 2008 7:17 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Well

That sucked.

"All the big fellas in baseball are gonna get scrawny and weak like those stat geeks that nobody likes." -- Roger Clemens

by TheGrandHatching on Apr 1, 2008 7:21 PM PDT   0 recs

WHat the hell was that, Tad?

"Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race." -H.G. Wells

by Boilermaker19 on Apr 1, 2008 7:21 PM PDT   0 recs

holy head

how did he figure he was gonna get that? catch them sleeping?

by Dex on Apr 1, 2008 7:21 PM PDT   0 recs

Still

He's my favorite new Padre.

by Jonny Dub on Apr 1, 2008 7:21 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Sleeping?

They were checking him every pitch. No way Joey would have let that happen.

www.PadsAndEnds.blogspot.com
"jbox does not drink coffee, as it makes him clean house big time." ~Kev

by TheThirdGonzalez on Apr 1, 2008 7:22 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Damn, Gooch.

Nice try, I guess. No, wait; if it was a nice try you would have made it.

www.PadsAndEnds.blogspot.com
"jbox does not drink coffee, as it makes him clean house big time." ~Kev

by TheThirdGonzalez on Apr 1, 2008 7:21 PM PDT   0 recs

I blame the cats

"All the big fellas in baseball are gonna get scrawny and weak like those stat geeks that nobody likes." -- Roger Clemens

by TheGrandHatching on Apr 1, 2008 7:23 PM PDT   0 recs

"Aitch Gee Aitch!"

Chant it with me.

www.PadsAndEnds.blogspot.com
"jbox does not drink coffee, as it makes him clean house big time." ~Kev

by TheThirdGonzalez on Apr 1, 2008 7:23 PM PDT   0 recs

i was

chanting it to!

Tough times don't last, tough people do.

by C8LIN B on Apr 1, 2008 7:25 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Trevors' Change

Filthy?!!! Don't think so.

by Jonny Dub on Apr 1, 2008 7:26 PM PDT   0 recs

you know what's filthy

that weird looking cat of yours.

by Dex on Apr 1, 2008 7:26 PM PDT to parent up   1 recs

Hahahaha

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"jbox does not drink coffee, as it makes him clean house big time." ~Kev

by TheThirdGonzalez on Apr 1, 2008 7:27 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Damn

I'm still laughing at that one

"All the big fellas in baseball are gonna get scrawny and weak like those stat geeks that nobody likes." -- Roger Clemens

by TheGrandHatching on Apr 1, 2008 7:31 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Pause?

Is this something new?

"All the big fellas in baseball are gonna get scrawny and weak like those stat geeks that nobody likes." -- Roger Clemens

by TheGrandHatching on Apr 1, 2008 8:08 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I actually missed it...

meant to write that somewhere else.

by Dex on Apr 1, 2008 8:09 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I bet you meant to write that in response to Jonny Dub's cat...

...but you'd write "paws" instead.

"All the big fellas in baseball are gonna get scrawny and weak like those stat geeks that nobody likes." -- Roger Clemens

by TheGrandHatching on Apr 1, 2008 8:15 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I wonder what

Khalil uses on his hair. That stuff ain't moving for anything.

www.PadsAndEnds.blogspot.com
"jbox does not drink coffee, as it makes him clean house big time." ~Kev

by TheThirdGonzalez on Apr 1, 2008 7:26 PM PDT   0 recs

metal polish?

what do they use to clean fiber optics?

by Dex on Apr 1, 2008 7:28 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Maybe

he froze it with duster.

www.PadsAndEnds.blogspot.com
"jbox does not drink coffee, as it makes him clean house big time." ~Kev

by TheThirdGonzalez on Apr 1, 2008 7:30 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I think he uses the grow chemical for magic rocks

"Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race." -H.G. Wells

by Boilermaker19 on Apr 1, 2008 7:33 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Nice to see

how well Kory's other guy and Marky Lo were cheered upon their returns.

www.PadsAndEnds.blogspot.com
"jbox does not drink coffee, as it makes him clean house big time." ~Kev

by TheThirdGonzalez on Apr 1, 2008 7:29 PM PDT   0 recs

sdsuaztec4 must be at Petco.

"And the way I feel tonight...well I could die and I wouldn't mind."

by Drama on Apr 1, 2008 7:31 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Nice try, Towelie.

www.PadsAndEnds.blogspot.com
"jbox does not drink coffee, as it makes him clean house big time." ~Kev

by TheThirdGonzalez on Apr 1, 2008 7:31 PM PDT   0 recs

Towlie

"And the way I feel tonight...well I could die and I wouldn't mind."

by Drama on Apr 1, 2008 7:33 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Hmmm...

I think I'm gonna go get high.

"All the big fellas in baseball are gonna get scrawny and weak like those stat geeks that nobody likes." -- Roger Clemens

by TheGrandHatching on Apr 1, 2008 7:35 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Save it for between innings.

www.PadsAndEnds.blogspot.com
"jbox does not drink coffee, as it makes him clean house big time." ~Kev

by TheThirdGonzalez on Apr 1, 2008 7:37 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm late

and, uh, I smell cats.

by Winfield's Ghost on Apr 1, 2008 7:35 PM PDT   0 recs

Hey now

My cats do not smell.

by Christina on Apr 1, 2008 7:40 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Shoulda been more specific

I smell JON'S cats. Apologies:)

by Winfield's Ghost on Apr 1, 2008 7:41 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I love Matty

but who the hell doesn't know about leap years?!?

www.PadsAndEnds.blogspot.com
"jbox does not drink coffee, as it makes him clean house big time." ~Kev

by TheThirdGonzalez on Apr 1, 2008 7:36 PM PDT   0 recs

Helmets?

like Little League?

by Jonny Dub on Apr 1, 2008 7:38 PM PDT   0 recs

Your cat wears a helmet.

by Winfield's Ghost on Apr 1, 2008 7:38 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

My mom wears a helmet.

www.PadsAndEnds.blogspot.com
"jbox does not drink coffee, as it makes him clean house big time." ~Kev

by TheThirdGonzalez on Apr 1, 2008 7:39 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Thank you.

"And the way I feel tonight...well I could die and I wouldn't mind."

by Drama on Apr 1, 2008 7:39 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Greenie!!

Capri. Baseball will get me through the Bar.

by Demoira on Apr 1, 2008 7:39 PM PDT   0 recs

WG

Are you getting to watch the game? And if so...how?

"And the way I feel tonight...well I could die and I wouldn't mind."

by Drama on Apr 1, 2008 7:40 PM PDT   0 recs

Yeah

I'm on MLB.TV. You're not getting?

by Winfield's Ghost on Apr 1, 2008 7:41 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Nope. Blacked out.

Rangers on FSN. Makes NO sense.

"And the way I feel tonight...well I could die and I wouldn't mind."

by Drama on Apr 1, 2008 7:43 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

How's that?

I don't get it. Rangers are on here.

by Winfield's Ghost on Apr 1, 2008 7:44 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

UNREAL.

"And the way I feel tonight...well I could die and I wouldn't mind."

by Drama on Apr 1, 2008 7:45 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

THINK

Fingers didn't get enough spring training

by Christina on Apr 1, 2008 7:46 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I guess.

But they're not on TV. So why the blackout?

"And the way I feel tonight...well I could die and I wouldn't mind."

by Drama on Apr 1, 2008 7:48 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I can't ever watch the Padres

...even if Ch4 is not broadcasting...they simply own the local rights to all games.

by Christina on Apr 1, 2008 7:49 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

That's probably it

Its probably recognizing Austin as part of the Houston market and even though FSN is showing you the Rangers, about 200 miles to the east of you, Houston is probably on FSN.

by Winfield's Ghost on Apr 1, 2008 7:50 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

probably

bastards

"And the way I feel tonight...well I could die and I wouldn't mind."

by Drama on Apr 1, 2008 7:51 PM PDT to parent up