Game Thread: 5/7, Padres vs. Slitherin
by jbox on May 7, 2009 11:29 AM PDT
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PrintArizona Diamondbacks at San Diego Padres, May 7, 2009 12:35 PM PDT
Early game alert! I hope the boys weren't out binge drinking too late last night.
I got my radio here, a banana that has turned brown and a tennis ball. I'm ready to go.
Here's the line up:
Jenny Cavnar has challenged us to help her get to 550 followers on her twitter by March 15th and if she does accomplish this feat, then she will answer one question for us about a Channel 4 personality. As Dex says, it shouldn't be a problem, we're ugly as hell and have no information and some how we got to 600+.
So get a twitter account if you don't have one and follow @jennych4 for ridiculously cute Padres updates.
Go Padres!
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make my day.
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on May 7, 2009 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions
It's a day game
They’ll probably score a couple.
I’ll stick with my 4-2 prediction.
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Ahhhh
Lietners homerisms
Winfield goes back to the wall. He hits his head on the wall -- and it rolls off! It's rolling all the way back to second base! This is a terrible thing for the Padres. - Jerry Coleman
Those first two pitches
were outside according to Pitch F/X. That’s a big league hang with ’em for Blue.
Memo to baseball managers: You manufacture runs by NOT making outs, not by making them on purpose.
Okay
and the 3rd pitch to Ojeda (called a ball) was in the strike zone. Oh Blue, you crazy bastard.
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Ed Rapuano
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It's worse than that
Today is buy 1 ticket, get 1 free.
Memo to baseball managers: You manufacture runs by NOT making outs, not by making them on purpose.
Maybe they will eventually lower some
concessions prices at least. The place was empty last night at the stands.
Winfield goes back to the wall. He hits his head on the wall -- and it rolls off! It's rolling all the way back to second base! This is a terrible thing for the Padres. - Jerry Coleman
I doubt it
The Padres don’t really pad their pocket books with Rockies and DBacks games. Those are usually some of the more poorly attended series’. Especially when they are on weekdays. It doesn’t seem a little more sparsely attended than usual, but that’s to be expected.
Memo to baseball managers: You manufacture runs by NOT making outs, not by making them on purpose.
*does seem
Memo to baseball managers: You manufacture runs by NOT making outs, not by making them on purpose.
For my tickets they are always Wed. and Sunday games
last night was the lowest crowed I can remember on a Wed. in years. Hoping the run another 1$ hot dog thing like last season.
Winfield goes back to the wall. He hits his head on the wall -- and it rolls off! It's rolling all the way back to second base! This is a terrible thing for the Padres. - Jerry Coleman
God I hate
those diamondback commentators. How come Channel 4 doesn’t broadcast the daygames?
by sixpakfrombelgium on May 7, 2009 12:50 PM PDT reply actions
Isn't one of AZ commentators Mark Grace?
Winfield goes back to the wall. He hits his head on the wall -- and it rolls off! It's rolling all the way back to second base! This is a terrible thing for the Padres. - Jerry Coleman
I had a rant about this last year
I can’t imagine Channel 4 gets more ad revenue by not showing the game. I was told by more than one GLBer that you should just go to the game if you want to see it so bad. Suffice it to say, I didn’t find that answer acceptable.
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what else is on 4 outside of Padres Baseball?
Winfield goes back to the wall. He hits his head on the wall -- and it rolls off! It's rolling all the way back to second base! This is a terrible thing for the Padres. - Jerry Coleman
They have a few shows in primetime
But I don’t think they show anything during the day, so it’s probably infomercials?
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I agree
doesn’t make sense at all to not show the game . It also looks like Channel 4 is the only channel that does not show weekday afternoon games but since I didn’t do much research on that so I could be wrong.
by sixpakfrombelgium on May 7, 2009 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I would wager
That other stations take them off from time to time. But, maybe Channel 4 is the only one that never shows weekday day games. The only time I recall them showing one in recent memory was the day game at Yankee Stadium last year.
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My attempt at making sense of it
The sponsors are nonexistent for a daytime baseball game.
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Um, how about the fact they would have no ratings at all? It's all about ratings
and my understanding is that they have low ratings even at night. Besides, the majority of people who watch games are going to be at work. What area all of you doing that allows you to just sit at home on a weekday and watch a game? And most local channels don’t broadcast weekday day games. It’s not the norm, so Channel 4 is doing what most do.
by kdukat on May 7, 2009 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions
It's not about ratings
It’s about ad revenue.
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Ratings are dumb
who cares what some stupid families watch? What if none of them are Padres fans? Nielson rating systems are so dumb.
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It's not Nielsens for cable channels. But, yes, companies are
not going to buy ad time for a day game when the audience is tiny compared to primetime.
by kdukat on May 7, 2009 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions
but.but but...
what about all the people who would DVR the game if it was on during the day? Just throwing that out.
Exactly
Sponsors look at ratings and decide what’s fair for them to pay, it’s a value metric. If they’re losing money on night games during prime time, they’re bleeding it out for the production cost of a day game.
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But I suppose
there is a correlation between ratings and ad revenues. I’m starting to see that it does make some sense to not show the games. I’d rather have channel 4 broadcast them though
by sixpakfrombelgium on May 7, 2009 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Trust me
The ratings for the Padres game will be higher than whatever they are showing right now.
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that's wishful thinking. Most of us have jobs we go to during the day
and can’t be home watching a Padres game. It makes perfect sense, and most localities are the same way.
by kdukat on May 7, 2009 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Well nobody is going a gamethread
about infomercials, so I think we can assume that a Padre game would still do better.
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Do we know that's what's on? They show old tv shows
like Andy Griffith and stuff in the afternoon.
by kdukat on May 7, 2009 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Look at it like this
The fact that we are talking about a Padres game right now means that there is demand, which we can translate to at least some ratings.
Show me a place where people are talking about wanting to catch today’s Andy Griffith on Channel 4, and then I’ll believe that there’s ratings for that.
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Not enough to warrant putting it on, I couldn't watch it
even if it was on and most are the same way, that’s what I am saying. I don’t think peple on this blog are the norm for people that can work from home or have other responsibilites. That’s all I am saying, people need to deal with it. Heck, sometimes the Chargers games aren’t even on here!
by kdukat on May 7, 2009 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions
We're saying the same thing
You’re the reason the sponsors look at the the metric and say “I’m not paying you shit for that because nobody will see my ad” and Ch4 goes “well, damnit, we’re not going to come close to even scratching the surface for covering the cost of production, screw it, no game.”
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Well, people work, that's a fact of life and not
everyone can or want to work from home, so there is going to be a very small audience, compounded by the fact that something like 1/3 of SD County can’t even get Channel 4 to begin with (I heard that). I don’t understand why people don’t get it, it makes perfect sense. And the people that care about the Padres enough to blog on here is a small minority, not the average baseball fan.
by kdukat on May 7, 2009 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions
It will actually be more likely when Cox loses the rights
because I know a lot of people who can’t get Channel 4 that would like to see Padres game no matter when it’s on, but they can’t get it on ATT or their satellite companies channels
by kdukat on May 7, 2009 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I work from home
I, for one, would be watching
"He had decided to live forever or die in the attempt"
by penguinpatrol on May 7, 2009 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I would argue
That there are enough people that could do something like this (work from home, go to a place with TVs for lunch, are a stay at home mom, took the day off, etc.) that it would outweigh the “Andy Griffith crowd”.
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Well, I think you're giving the Padres more credit than
they deserve, I don’t know anyone that would or could take a day off from work once a week to watch a game on tv and stay at home moms are way to busy to watch tv, and many don’t care about baseball. And if the advertisers won’t pay for a day game, they won’t broadcast it. I can’t think of any market I have ever lived in that broadcasts weekday games. It’s just not the norm. We all may be die hards that would do that stuff you mention, but there are very few of us that would do that. It’s wishful thinking. And I talked to someone at Channel 4 that says even their evening ratings are abysmal when the team isn’t good, so to me, it makes little sense to broadcast it.
by kdukat on May 7, 2009 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions
When did I say
That someone took a day off of work to watch the Padres? I just said that someone may have the day off of work (kid is sick or something).
Plus, if people aren’t willing to take days off of work to watch a game. THEN WHY ARE THEY HAVING A F***ING DAY GAME TO BEGIN WITH!
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by Wonko on May 7, 2009 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I agree about the day games, but it is getaway day
so they do that so teams can leave earlier. That’s why it’s always on Thursdays which is kind get away day.
I am not saying they couldn’t consider broadcasting it, I am just saying that it makes sense to me that they are not and I don’t understand why people gripe about it every time that they are not on tv. Maybe ask Channel 4 sometime what the reason is. That’s all I am saying on the topic.
by kdukat on May 7, 2009 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Channel 4 can suck it
If they can’t make the Padres profitable then give up their contract. The DBacks are broadcasting this game. There must be a reason for it.
Memo to baseball managers: You manufacture runs by NOT making outs, not by making them on purpose.
At least this argument
Is better than just telling me to buy a ticket and go to the game. Makes way more sense this way.
Memo to baseball managers: You manufacture runs by NOT making outs, not by making them on purpose.
Well, you're right about that. I would switch to ATT
if that happened, and this probably exactly why they don’t because they wouldn’t because they would lose customers that way.
by kdukat on May 7, 2009 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I think you're just being disagreeable.
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on May 7, 2009 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions
close but ......
horseshoes and hand grenades
I am anti everything Giles...
by icaughthundleys#4 on May 7, 2009 12:53 PM PDT reply actions
got a break, now get a hit
Winfield goes back to the wall. He hits his head on the wall -- and it rolls off! It's rolling all the way back to second base! This is a terrible thing for the Padres. - Jerry Coleman
It's close
We are definitely in the bottom half of the National League, but probably not the worst.
Memo to baseball managers: You manufacture runs by NOT making outs, not by making them on purpose.
Padres are
4th best in Fielding % in all of baseball.
Winfield goes back to the wall. He hits his head on the wall -- and it rolls off! It's rolling all the way back to second base! This is a terrible thing for the Padres. - Jerry Coleman
Hmm..They are better than the last time I looked
11th (out of 16) in the NL and 17th (out of 30) in the MLB in Defensive Efficiency.
13th in the NL and 23 in the MLB in Park Adjusted Defensive Efficiency.
That’s not awful.
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Edgar
Damn dude….
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by penguinpatrol on May 7, 2009 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions
did that just change your mind again???
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by icaughthundleys#4 on May 7, 2009 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Hundley's defense
Hundley seems to be a bit of a defensive hack went in comes to fielding throws to the plate. In fact, in general, Hundley seems to be below average defensively.
He sure is looking like
a bad 6 million investment at the moment.
by sixpakfrombelgium on May 7, 2009 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions
but would you look at that tan
I am anti everything Giles...
by icaughthundleys#4 on May 7, 2009 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Giles........
strikes again :(
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by icaughthundleys#4 on May 7, 2009 1:22 PM PDT reply actions
Where those runs
scored earned or unearned for Young?
by sixpakfrombelgium on May 7, 2009 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions
earned
Edgar apparently didn’t even put the glove on the ball, missed it in the sun or something
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by penguinpatrol on May 7, 2009 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Aid
He’s not so hot no mo’
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AVGs
Giles .159
Egon .176
Gey .220
Kouz .219
Hundley .250
Burke .222
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on May 7, 2009 1:25 PM PDT reply actions
at least Brian is winning at sucking
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by icaughthundleys#4 on May 7, 2009 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I think Edgar is a good hitter
but he doesn’t know his role and isn’t getting consistent ABS. He can’t pinch hit at all though! I’d like to see his BA in starts this year. I would think his AVG is somewhat respectable.
At least he can catch....
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on May 7, 2009 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
scouting reports
have caught up with him
"He had decided to live forever or die in the attempt"
by penguinpatrol on May 7, 2009 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I believe it was not the scouting reports
but the fact that managers saw him commit too many errors on routine plays
"He had decided to live forever or die in the attempt"
by penguinpatrol on May 7, 2009 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Is this play Bud Black's fault ?
As far as those who think Bud Black is the problem and thus should be fired….what manager could get the job done with this roster ? Is Black really the problem ? have never seen a case of poor play so blatantly not the managers fault. No one…no manager could squeeze more than 75 to 80 wins out of this roster.
youre right that
no manager could squeeze 75-80 wins from this team. Black isn’t the problem, but he isnt very proactive in fixing anything. He’s not helping anything in my opinion.
Managers usually can't help a team too much
But they can surely hurt it.
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Oh I forgot we have 1 hitter.
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on May 7, 2009 1:34 PM PDT reply actions
Adrian
keeping my beat the streak alive
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by icaughthundleys#4 on May 7, 2009 1:35 PM PDT reply actions
how many games do you got going right now?
I could only do 8 two years ago
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by penguinpatrol on May 7, 2009 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
3 with that
i always end mine by forgetting to pick everyday
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by icaughthundleys#4 on May 7, 2009 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I gave up after 3 tries
"He had decided to live forever or die in the attempt"
by penguinpatrol on May 7, 2009 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Zeros
Whenever I check a Padre box score it’s always zeros in the runs column…it’s almost like watching soccer at this point.
Maybe they think they are playing soccer.
Winfield goes back to the wall. He hits his head on the wall -- and it rolls off! It's rolling all the way back to second base! This is a terrible thing for the Padres. - Jerry Coleman
You a soccer fan?
Just finished watching the Uefa Cup semifinals between hamburg and Bremen. It was a great game
by sixpakfrombelgium on May 7, 2009 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I like to watch the replays on FoxSports
when I can remember. Rarely home or up late enough to watch them live.
Winfield goes back to the wall. He hits his head on the wall -- and it rolls off! It's rolling all the way back to second base! This is a terrible thing for the Padres. - Jerry Coleman
Yeah
the timedifference is a bitch if you’re fan of a sport played across the atlantic
by sixpakfrombelgium on May 7, 2009 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Jerry Coleman is talking smack about the Dbags.
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on May 7, 2009 1:40 PM PDT reply actions
Gerut and Kouzmanoff back to back in any lineup is scary
They don’t work the count, almost never walking and strike out a lot without providing much power. Personally, I am done with Gerut…soon there will absolutely no reason to playing Gerut
SEE BALL HIT BAT
It’s not rocket surgery.
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on May 7, 2009 1:43 PM PDT reply actions
less time suffering
while it happens
"He had decided to live forever or die in the attempt"
by penguinpatrol on May 7, 2009 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Now Jerry's talking smack on MannyNoWood.
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on May 7, 2009 1:46 PM PDT reply actions
He just rambles on
Every season he becomes more and more like Abe Simpsons
Winfield goes back to the wall. He hits his head on the wall -- and it rolls off! It's rolling all the way back to second base! This is a terrible thing for the Padres. - Jerry Coleman
Jerry is so freaking awesome
It’s 2009 and he’s talking about the 1961 batting title race between Mantle and Maris in explicit detail. AND it was relevant to the Manny thing.
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on May 7, 2009 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Agreed
"He had decided to live forever or die in the attempt"
by penguinpatrol on May 7, 2009 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Let's see if we can score a run now.
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on May 7, 2009 1:51 PM PDT reply actions
Well
At least Edgar can’t ground into a DP like yesterday.
Memo to baseball managers: You manufacture runs by NOT making outs, not by making them on purpose.
Coleman on Manny
“You don’t take things now a days when there is a microscope under every ball player”
Well I know I don't take those things now a days.
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they know the trick now
take the drug…say you didn’t know it was banned…deny deny deny
...lose millions of dollars.
Wait, that’s not as clever as it was initially made out to be.
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Giles helped.
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don't know why Haren didn't just throw 3 more sliders
"He had decided to live forever or die in the attempt"
by penguinpatrol on May 7, 2009 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions
CY scored on Edgars hit
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on May 7, 2009 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Wooo an RBI!
Winfield goes back to the wall. He hits his head on the wall -- and it rolls off! It's rolling all the way back to second base! This is a terrible thing for the Padres. - Jerry Coleman
He doesn't do any other kind
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Every walk is gonna be big when you're 6'10
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by penguinpatrol on May 7, 2009 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions
lol
was trying not to swing and got a hit/rbi
Winfield goes back to the wall. He hits his head on the wall -- and it rolls off! It's rolling all the way back to second base! This is a terrible thing for the Padres. - Jerry Coleman
Shrek the Hero
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by icaughthundleys#4 on May 7, 2009 1:56 PM PDT reply actions
More!
Go Shrek!
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My 4-2 loss prediction is still possible
Not like that 2-0 loss prediction. Ha!
Memo to baseball managers: You manufacture runs by NOT making outs, not by making them on purpose.
Way to start off the inning Chris.
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on May 7, 2009 2:04 PM PDT reply actions
CY having trouble finding the plate.
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on May 7, 2009 2:06 PM PDT reply actions
c'mon chris
i’d be happy if he can get out of this with only 1 earned run
typical........
tie the game, give it right back
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by icaughthundleys#4 on May 7, 2009 2:10 PM PDT reply actions
Which one?
j/k
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can she play 2nd?
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by icaughthundleys#4 on May 7, 2009 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions
forget that
can she hit?
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by icaughthundleys#4 on May 7, 2009 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions
That was the only strike CY threw
according to Gamecast. Okay, pitch 5 (foul) was a strike too. But still.
Memo to baseball managers: You manufacture runs by NOT making outs, not by making them on purpose.
It was on the line for sure.
Plus, Rapuano has called some weird stuff today.
Memo to baseball managers: You manufacture runs by NOT making outs, not by making them on purpose.
I dunno
Doesn’t seem to be used for anything other than gathering data.
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on May 7, 2009 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Has anyone heard Joe West's album?
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on May 7, 2009 2:17 PM PDT reply actions
Kouz and Giles both have a hit today
I’m going back to Vegas.
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on May 7, 2009 2:18 PM PDT reply actions
double into the left field corner
by Hundley
by sixpakfrombelgium on May 7, 2009 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Woo
Was worried they were gonna get Kouz.
Winfield goes back to the wall. He hits his head on the wall -- and it rolls off! It's rolling all the way back to second base! This is a terrible thing for the Padres. - Jerry Coleman
Who's injured? Burke? It says injury delay on Gameday and I couldnt' hear what
they said on the radio.
by kdukat on May 7, 2009 2:23 PM PDT reply actions
He swung at a pitch
and the ball hit his leg. He’s staying in the game though
by sixpakfrombelgium on May 7, 2009 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Burke fouled the ball into his knee
Winfield goes back to the wall. He hits his head on the wall -- and it rolls off! It's rolling all the way back to second base! This is a terrible thing for the Padres. - Jerry Coleman
Giles....
prove me wrong
I am anti everything Giles...
by icaughthundleys#4 on May 7, 2009 2:29 PM PDT reply actions
i am the smartest man alive
I am anti everything Giles...
by icaughthundleys#4 on May 7, 2009 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions
So, how do you think they'll blow it today?
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by TheThirdGonzalez on May 7, 2009 2:33 PM PDT reply actions
That's a pretty good start.
Walks are good.
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by TheThirdGonzalez on May 7, 2009 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions
would u prefer, mujica, perhaps sanchez???
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by icaughthundleys#4 on May 7, 2009 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Mujica
Has done well lately. Just putting that out there.
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I'd rather see him out there
right now
by sixpakfrombelgium on May 7, 2009 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm guessing
that Black doesn’t want to use him in a day after night scenario. Or maybe just not in a back-to-back days scenario.
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Quiet turnstiles
The two games against Colorado on Monday and Tuesday drew the two smallest crowds in the history of Petco Park. Yesterday’s crowd was the third smallest ever.
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on May 7, 2009 2:36 PM PDT reply actions
That seems logical.
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Nobody wants to see them in the first place
and less than nobody wants to see the Padres lose to those teams either.
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Walks walks walks walks walks
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on May 7, 2009 2:40 PM PDT reply actions
Bud Black
not letting a guy finish an entire inning????
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by icaughthundleys#4 on May 7, 2009 2:40 PM PDT reply actions
Looking like a good call so far
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and even better now
still tied. Let’s get some points!
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Who's ready for the Royals bandwagon?
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on May 7, 2009 2:41 PM PDT reply actions
Love me
some Greinke! Did I spell that right?
by pasadenapadre on May 7, 2009 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Huge fantasy draft picking him late
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on May 7, 2009 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I drafted him on my Fantasy team also.
Winfield goes back to the wall. He hits his head on the wall -- and it rolls off! It's rolling all the way back to second base! This is a terrible thing for the Padres. - Jerry Coleman
Me!
I grew up idolizing George Brett.
Winfield goes back to the wall. He hits his head on the wall -- and it rolls off! It's rolling all the way back to second base! This is a terrible thing for the Padres. - Jerry Coleman
So we have two good pitches in the bullpen.
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on May 7, 2009 2:45 PM PDT reply actions
Gregerson
has provided more value to us than Khalil has to the Cards so far, statistically speaking.
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Fo Sho
Not only has Khalil been injured (AGAIN) His OPS is .665 and OPS+ 75 LOL
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on May 7, 2009 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
Tell Drama that.
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on May 7, 2009 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Drama
got way too, um, dramatic, over a bunch of spring performances. I don’t think any of them translated to anything in the regular season.
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In Khalil's defense EWWWWWW
He has 9 BBs against only 10Ks.
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on May 7, 2009 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I forgot Adams is coming soon.
Good news everyone.
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on May 7, 2009 2:47 PM PDT reply actions
He hasn't thrown a rehab inning yet
So don’t hold your breath.
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Can't read "Good News Everyone" without thinking about Professor Farnsworth is saying it
"He had decided to live forever or die in the attempt"
by penguinpatrol on May 7, 2009 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions
That's who I was imitating!
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on May 7, 2009 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Dman, I'm not getting jokes and references lately
"He had decided to live forever or die in the attempt"
by penguinpatrol on May 7, 2009 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions
No it is good news. I heard on the pregame show today that he is WAY ahead of
schedule and has been throwing a lot. He could make rehab starts in the next two weeks and be back in late May, early June. That’s what Coach Kentera said today. It will be long before the Break.
by kdukat on May 7, 2009 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions
May, Early June
is what they were predicting in the offseason. I think he’d have to start those rehab games real soon to make it back before June and that’s without any setbacks (which will probably happen unless he’s been touched by Jesus or something).
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Touched by Mark Prior
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on May 7, 2009 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I heard them say the AS break in the offseason and Coach K said he thought
so originally, too, but now earlier. And we talked to Mike at ST and he said he was ahead.
by kdukat on May 7, 2009 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I guess Coach K isn't an injury expert
Those who knew about his type of injury had him as a May/June returnee.
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coack K
comon man. I think that reference is deserved for someone that has coached in the last two decades
and you didnt tell me Coach said this???
Just kidding. This confirms what Mike told us and what has been said all along. :-)
Chicks Dig a Low ERA Bullpen.
That sounds like something EastbaySD would go for
Only she’d want Conor Jackson in the middle.
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Served hot
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with peanut butter
you know, cuz it’s Petco
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by Axion on May 7, 2009 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
4 fastballs and a curve?
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Gameday
Does not agree with Rapuano at all today.
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on May 7, 2009 2:59 PM PDT reply actions
moar leik
crapuano, amirite?
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Giles lost his power
Byrnes lost his speed.
Both made them wish they had Manny drugs.
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Uno, dos, adios
Let’s get some points!
Gregerson, FTW!
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Gregerson
FTNQALY (For the not quite a loss yet)
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by Wonko on May 7, 2009 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
An abbreviation
like that get’s recced
by sixpakfrombelgium on May 7, 2009 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Gey, Louzmanoff, and Toxic Avenger up
DO SOMETHING GOOD
by The Kipper on May 7, 2009 3:04 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
lol
louzmanoff….
puns… 
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Kouz....
The librarian is here and she looks pissed.
I am anti everything Giles...
by icaughthundleys#4 on May 7, 2009 3:04 PM PDT reply actions
Two runners on and no outs.
This can’t end well.
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on May 7, 2009 3:06 PM PDT reply actions
Reynolds is the anti-Toluwitzki
When we played the Purple Dinosaurs I kept yelling at my TV for them to stop hitting hit to that guy, it’s an automatic out.
Whereas with the DBags, hitting a grounder to Reynolds has like a 50% of getting you on base.
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as you type that
that he makes a great play on a bad throw by Guttierez
by sixpakfrombelgium on May 7, 2009 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions
In play, out(s)?
Toxic Avenger, nooooo!
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Which shoulder did Headley hurt
is he supposed to be better right now from the left or right with the injury. I thought jbox or dex implied that he was supposed to be okay from the right but hindered from the left.
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Told you we weren't going to score.
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on May 7, 2009 3:12 PM PDT reply actions
I'll take the walk
I have more faith in Giles than most though.
He’s had two walk offs recently right?
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LEAN INTO IT DORN
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by Axion on May 7, 2009 3:16 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness. For he is truly his brother’s keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know I am the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you.
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the lack of clutch hitting is amazing
we’ve put plenty of guys on this year…but no hits when it counts
Pitches 1 and 3 were strikes on Gameday
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Shrek and AGon are coming up
no faith in Egon though. Super unclutch.
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what the crap
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how many have we left on base today??
3 runs on 11 hits is beyond ugly
at least we had 11 hits
For most of the game yesterday the Dbacks has more errors (4) than we had hits.
Winfield goes back to the wall. He hits his head on the wall -- and it rolls off! It's rolling all the way back to second base! This is a terrible thing for the Padres. - Jerry Coleman
Great play by Eck
I don’t think Edgar would have made that one
by sixpakfrombelgium on May 7, 2009 3:40 PM PDT reply actions
No way that
the first pitch was a strike
by sixpakfrombelgium on May 7, 2009 3:43 PM PDT reply actions
Burke
justify your existence
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We're boned
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I would like like some salt
for my crow
Isaac Brock is my Morrissey
by CurbEnthusiasm on May 7, 2009 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions
W!
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Sweet
Winfield goes back to the wall. He hits his head on the wall -- and it rolls off! It's rolling all the way back to second base! This is a terrible thing for the Padres. - Jerry Coleman
Now
all we need is some of those hits to be clutch
by sixpakfrombelgium on May 7, 2009 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions
man i step out to take a wiz and we win the game
maybe i should spend all of next game in the bathroom…
This is how the curse of daves truck started
Youre fucked my friend
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by CurbEnthusiasm on May 7, 2009 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Outhit the DBag 13-5
Outscore them only 4-3.
A W is a W.
“I don’t understand how if you win, it’s actually a loss.”
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San Diego Padres’ David Eckstein, second from right, is congratulated by teammates Heath Bell, left, Brian Giles, second from left, and Chase Headley, right, after his game-winning RBI-single in the tenth inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Thursday, May. 7, 2009, in San Diego. Padres’ Kevin Kouzmanoff scored on the play and San Diego won 4-3. (AP Photo/Chris Park)
Eckstein
bracing for the imminent Giles Nipple Bite
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