Around the Mission: Padres Links 4/17

by jbox on Apr 17, 2009 9:37 AM PDT

You know what's nice about this season so far. If we get behind 3 runs, the game isn't over the Padres are actually capable of making a come back. In 2008 I would have turned off the game after the first inning.

Silva is getting the week off. He hurt his upper forearm while swinging the bat. He never batted in Mexico. “On the swing and miss, it hurt,” he said.
Bailout Ballpark has no hot water: "The ballpark is beautiful. They did it right, other than getting some hot water down in the clubhouse, we'd be set," a chuckling Peavy said. "But, nah, beautiful facility."
Headley went 4-4 and leads the team with 8 RBI. "When you're hitting behind Adrian, you know they're not going to give him much to hit. Adrian is such a great hitter. They're going to make the younger, less established players beat them," Headley said.
Padres Blogger Kaybee writes an Ode to Kouz based on lyrics to Beauty and the Beast. I'm a little upset I didn't think of this first and I'm being dead serious.

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I love that picture of Heater celebrating

dude gets fired up!

by Stephen (shaynes41) on Apr 17, 2009 9:47 AM PDT reply actions

by Stephen (shaynes41) on Apr 17, 2009 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions

Yeah

let me replace the Peavy one.

by jbox on Apr 17, 2009 9:57 AM PDT up reply actions

"Just discovered Fiji"

“YES!”

Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you? ◔ヮ◔
Uncommon Sportsman :: Absurdity in play

by Axion on Apr 17, 2009 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions

I like to pretend

that this picture is actually from petco and before Heater has actually started pitching… He’s just rocking out to his intro music.

by Stephen (shaynes41) on Apr 17, 2009 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions

ha

"I suggest more bike" ~KSK

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by justdave on Apr 17, 2009 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions

Who picked Headley

when we were picking our favorite players of the year to root for?

I want to thank the good Lord for making me a Philip Rivers fan.

by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Apr 17, 2009 10:42 AM PDT reply actions

I just remember you picked Giles

by jbox on Apr 17, 2009 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions

retire old man

I want to thank the good Lord for making me a Philip Rivers fan.

by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Apr 17, 2009 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions

Reminder that 10 games is a crazy small sample...

Last year’s club had an 8-2 run in June.

Bolts from the Blue // "Game over." - Jamal Williams
Bloody Elbow // "Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats." - H.L. Mencken

by Richard Wade on Apr 17, 2009 1:38 PM PDT reply actions

negative nancy

"I suggest more bike" ~KSK

www.wellbelowthemendozaline.blogspot.com
www.drinkerswithawritingproblem.blogspot.com

by justdave on Apr 17, 2009 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions

Perspective.

by Richard Wade on Apr 17, 2009 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions

Still

even with this small sample, this team’s doing things last year’s team was incapable of, at least offensively.

Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you? ◔ヮ◔
Uncommon Sportsman :: Absurdity in play

by Axion on Apr 17, 2009 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions

10 Games.

by Richard Wade on Apr 17, 2009 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions

1/16th of the season

just need to repeat it 15 more times and we’ll win 112 games.

see how easy that was?

"I suggest more bike" ~KSK

www.wellbelowthemendozaline.blogspot.com
www.drinkerswithawritingproblem.blogspot.com

by justdave on Apr 17, 2009 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions

10 games and...

We’ve had some pretty favorable pitching matchups. Also, the Giants offense is playing about as horrible as an offense can play. It would have almost been embarrassing not to sweep them. On the flip side of the small sample size making us look good, it’s not like there isn’t some stuff that will get better. Kouz and Giles are performing abysmally at the plate and Eckstein hasn’t made it above replacement level there either. So while we are getting some small sample size boosts on offense from Hairston, Hundley and LRod it’s not without a counterbalance. Of course, the pitching is another story where the sample size has almost every one other than Mujica and possible Peavy performing at or above their expected levels. Although, a look a Correia’s K rate and BABIP make him look like he might have gotten more bad luck than good so far. He could help himself though if he lowered his BB rate, then the extra hits lady luck is granting wouldn’t hurt so much.

Memo to baseball managers: You manufacture runs by NOT making outs, not by making them on purpose.

by Wonko on Apr 17, 2009 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs