Open Thread, 7/5: Padres vs Dodgers
by Dex on Jul 5, 2009 1:52 PM PDT
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That's Kouz.
Hitting home runs in meaningless situations.
by Zach (maestro876) on Jul 5, 2009 2:43 PM PDT reply actions
I guess everyone saw
the Padres have two All-Stars.
No Manny?
Manny, really? What’d you tire yourself out playing rehab games in the minors during your suspension? BOOOO-F’ing-HOOO.
I’m originally from Boston, so maybe I’m just double-biased here, but, c’mon, isn’t it a little early for him to be taking games off? I was about to try to go to the game today, but my hangover from America’s birthday told me “Not so fast,” & now I’m actually glad. Sweating out a keg of Coors through my sunburned skin, AND not being able to yell at Mann-breasts the entire time? No, thank you – I’ll just turn on the television, and hit the mute button.
Manny, earn those giant paychecks you never cash. Now that you’re allowed back in the Big’s, how about playing some ballgames? Or are you too wistful over your past days with Inland Empire?
by matthewrobertwheeler on Jul 5, 2009 3:08 PM PDT reply actions
It's not really his choice
Torre has declared that Manny is not ready to go full games yet and will also given him a day off at least once a week. I don’t think this is Manny’s choice.
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Back to Back HRs could tie this game
What are the chances of Adrian and Kouz doing that?
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Kouz already hit his HR for the month.
Would be nice though.
by Zach (maestro876) on Jul 5, 2009 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh and Kouz is out of the game apparently.
Shows how much I’m paying attention.
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It'll have to be Venable and the other Gonzalez
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Okay scratch that
We just need an EGon dinger.
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Venable keeps it alive!
Edgar, or do we pinch hit?
by Zach (maestro876) on Jul 5, 2009 4:08 PM PDT reply actions
All we got is Blanks
and he’s been dumbfounded by power righties so far.
Well, and Lobotan but that’s not going to happen.
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Well, jeez
A HR would win it.
Grand slam, Mr. Alfonzo, please.
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Course, when he faced Broxton on Friday
he was completely overmatched.
by Zach (maestro876) on Jul 5, 2009 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Fine
just walk and ECab can hit a double to win it.
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3-0
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Broxton looks sleepy out there
I want to give him a pillow and a blanky.
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Stupid bastard Alfonzo
just swung at ball 4.
by Zach (maestro876) on Jul 5, 2009 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Eh, according to the tracker
it was on the border. But, the umpire’s strike zone seems to have been real small.
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not last year
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Yeah, but they've been showing some heart this year.
by Zach (maestro876) on Jul 5, 2009 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Sometimes
They sure as heck don’t do it all the time
by TheAxManCometh on Jul 5, 2009 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions
102 MPH foul ball
yikes
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Extras!!!
Alfonzo you dumb fool.
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Sometimes when you leave the game early
you miss all the fun.
Thought that I was gonna spare myself sitting in the sun witnessing the end of a blowout.
Learned this last year at a Sept game against the Giants
NEVER leave the game early…the cardiac kids CAN do it!!! :)
This is the second time in 3 years
that we’ve scored 5 in the 9th against Broxton.
by Zach (maestro876) on Jul 5, 2009 4:27 PM PDT reply actions
We also did something similar
Against the Dodgers with Danys Baez as their closer. But, that was longer ago.
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Grades for Dodgers All Stars today
Billingsley, B+
Broxton, F
Hudson, INC
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Blake's got a single.
Runners on the corners now 2 outs. Gotta get the next guy.
by Zach (maestro876) on Jul 5, 2009 4:36 PM PDT reply actions
Good thing
no one bobbled that ball in LF.
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Tony agrees
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Forgot something
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The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities 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 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 would attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee.
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whoa
close call
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Right out of the Tony Gwynn Jr playbook there
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yo!
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what's up?
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how's it going
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i'm just chillin'
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Using just this game as a measure
Our all-star closer > their all-star closer.
by Zach (maestro876) on Jul 5, 2009 4:39 PM PDT reply actions
tells the dealer
Hit me!
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OG TG was not impressed
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Walked Eck!
2 on now!
Come on Hairston!!
by Zach (maestro876) on Jul 5, 2009 4:44 PM PDT reply actions
Awesome
Heat on the top step, playing cheerleader.
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I know I hate giving up free outs
But a bunt here could make sense.
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With no outs, yes. With two outs, I'd say no. I'd rather have two shots for a base hit.
by Zach (maestro876) on Jul 5, 2009 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions
you think Savior could score from first on a single
I’m gonig to assume that with Scotty or AGon hitting it that it’s a hard hit single.
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I'm also taking into account
That you remove the DP from the equation with the bunt.
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Ok
Here’s my new plan. Mota throws a wild pitch early in the count. Hairston sac fly or deep fly ball single ftw.
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Wow
I thought Hairston was always good for a fly ball.
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Somebody call for me?
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You guys are very needy
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Or maybe you bring in Blanks
with the lefty coming in?
Probably not, you got to save him to hit for the pitcher in case this goes longer.
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Well that's that.
One pitch, one swing.
by Zach (maestro876) on Jul 5, 2009 4:53 PM PDT reply actions
Damn Yahoo!!!
It’s not updating fast enuff 4 me…ugh…
How about just 11?
Bell is going to get a hit, Alfonzo will redeem himself by driving Bell in with a bases clearing triple… :)
not
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yeah i know...
just wishful i guess…we’ll be going to 17 like clyde said…
So
I’m expecting Manny to come up either 3rd or 4th this inning.
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How good is Everth Cabrera?!?!?!
THANK YOU COLORADO :D :D :D
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Jul 5, 2009 4:55 PM PDT reply actions
Why pull Bell? Can't he go more than an inning?
Like I said…Yahoo isn’t updating quick enough…I didn’t even see Adams come in much less the inning end…Go Pads!!!
I think it's because of his long outing yesterday
I wanted him to go two as well, but I’ll give Buddy a pass since he worked so hard to close out the last game.
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Why use Yahoo
when you can go to mlb.com and get it from the horse’s mouth. Still slower than real life, but I’ve found them to be the fastest.
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Adams came in and pitched an inning.
ESPN Gamecast is keeping up better.
Ugh oh
Our arch enemy, Jeff Weaver
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Jul 5, 2009 5:02 PM PDT reply actions
Leblanc is annoying
He can’t pitch worth a lick for the Padres, but then he goes down and dominates the top team in Portland’s division (and second winningest team in the PCL). I guess if I’m being an optimist I can claim that he learned something?
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Much like Joe Thatcher.
Though Thatch has improved since 2008, he’s still not like he was in 2007. Which could be attributed to sample size.
by Zach (maestro876) on Jul 5, 2009 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions
ITP HR please
Mr. Everth.
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That was a terrible swing.
I can’t believe that Jeff Weaver owns us.
by Zach (maestro876) on Jul 5, 2009 5:07 PM PDT reply actions
Snarky alert
Is Kouz’s home run still meaningless.
Orlando Hudson
Continues to be mired in suck.
by Zach (maestro876) on Jul 5, 2009 5:10 PM PDT reply actions
All Star Hudson
no longer gets an incomplete. I’ll give him a D for that performance. Maybe a D-.
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= All Star
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Former Aztec Jon Berger
18Ks in 15 IP with only 2 BBs and a 0.8666 WHIP and 3.00 ERA
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Jul 5, 2009 5:11 PM PDT reply actions
for the rookie ball AZL Padres
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Jul 5, 2009 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Bell
would get a B. gave up 2 hits but no runs.
Ali G
gets the job done. Come on guys, let’s win this bitch.
by Zach (maestro876) on Jul 5, 2009 5:16 PM PDT reply actions
Adams hasn't worked too hard
I’d like to see him go one more before we turn it over to the Mujica/Burke/Meredith lot.
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if we don't
“win this bitch” first.
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Meredith has been used.
We have Burke and Mujica left.
I guess that's true
Man, we are not prepared to go 18 today.
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not with every reliever these days
being one inning specialists.
You're preaching to the choir
I’ve been pining for the return of the long reliever for years.
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a little birdy told me
Jose Lobotan is making his first major league start tomorrow.
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Savior
hits a flyball to the deepest part of the park.
by Zach (maestro876) on Jul 5, 2009 5:18 PM PDT reply actions
Can't believe this game is still going on!
I kind of wrote it off when I saw it was 6-2 in the 9th, so I went for a swim and a shower.
Now I’m settling in with a beer for the next 6 or 7 innings of this. GO PADRES!
Jeff Weaver is the greatest pitcher of all time
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Jul 5, 2009 5:24 PM PDT reply actions
And with Eck out
We are even less prepared for 18
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Great so who the hell is playing 2nd? LRod?
We already used him I think.
by Zach (maestro876) on Jul 5, 2009 5:24 PM PDT reply actions
yeah, him
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Just one more reason
to not use EGon as a RF. As if there needed to be more.
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he could play OF, i guess
and move edgar to second.
or you play a starting pitcher in the OF.
Edgar is burned
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Mujica needs 3 Ks
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pulled a hammy trying to stretch out to beat the throw to first.
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Well we still have Hairston and Adrian.
by Zach (maestro876) on Jul 5, 2009 5:30 PM PDT reply actions
There are Dodger fans still there?
I thought they weren’t permitted to stay past the 7th inning.
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I'm not going to judge Mujica's status on the team
Based on one pitch.
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The Dodgers
Despite getting 8 IP from their starter used the same amount of pitchers as the Padres through 12. Got to love Torre’s managing style.
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I too would walk Adrian here
Can’t argue with Torre with that one.
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WHY are they IBB'ing Correia?
Set up the double play?
by Zach (maestro876) on Jul 5, 2009 5:35 PM PDT reply actions
Oh wait
they were just showing him in the on-deck circle. Sorry!
by Zach (maestro876) on Jul 5, 2009 5:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Correia PH
= another reason I miss Jake Peavy.
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C'mon Savior Jr.
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Padres better call up a pitcher from AAA for tomorrow
Because, let’s be honest, Silva ain’t going much longer than 4 or 5 tomorrow.
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L
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Did Black double switch a lot?
If he did, he is just Bochy II.
I was there
Amazing comeback in the 9th inning, we made broxton look loke a joke (well, i guess it was mostly him walking the yard).
We really blew it in the bottom of th 9th and in the bottom of the 10th by not just putting it away.
Scott hairston popping up was probably the most deflating, aall the energy just left at that point. Of course he was traded after the game.
It was a great game though, as far as I’m concerned the dodgers suck if it takes them 13 inning to beat our patch-worked team.
Scotty knew it too
There was a shot of him practically in tears and his head in his hands after that missed opportunity.
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