Around the Mission: 8/19 Padres Links

by jbox on Aug 19, 2009 8:55 AM PDT

Blanks zips around bases for round-tripper
Said Blanks: "I hit it and started running and I looked up to see where it was. I knew if he didn't catch it it was going to clank off the wall. I put my head down and started running."
Top pick Tate earns veterans' respect
"It feels good to finally have a decision and know my plans for the future," said Tate, the son of star Georgia running back Lars Tate. "It's a hard decision. It's was definitely tough. But I just love baseball right now. That's my priority. "If you know me, when I make a decision I stick by it."
PADRES NOTES: Padres getting ahead with the advance work of Olson
Remember when Sandy Alderson said we didn't need an advance scout, well we have one now.
PADRES: Carrillo, Blanks, Tate provide youthful inspiration
"My hope is Donavan Tate will become the next Will (Venable) and Everth (Cabrera)," Towers said.
Blanks, Gonzalez team up for Carrillo | padres.com: News
Kyle Blanks hit an inside-the-park homer, Adrian Gonzalez belted his 33rd shot of the season and Kevin Kouzmanoff added three hits as the Padres toppled the Cubs, 6-3, on Tuesday.
Latos looking to bounce back vs. Cubs | padres.com: News
Mat Latos stormed out of the gate to win four of his first five starts, but finally hit a road bump in his last outing as he's hoping to rebound vs. Chicago.
Tate prepares for life in big leagues | padres.com: News
Donavan Tate, the Padres' first-round pick in the 2009 First-Year Player Draft, took batting practice on Tuesday at PETCO Park.
Castro tosses first TinCaps no-hitter | padres.com: News
Fort Wayne's Simon Castro struck out nine while no-hitting Dayton in a seven-inning 6-0 shutout in the second game of Tuesday's doubleheader.
Grady Fuson One-on-One with 619 Sports
Scott Boras On Strasburg, Tate
Edgar Gonzalez was cleared by doctors to start rehab.
Brian Giles is still experiencing soreness in the knee.

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Reason to keep the faith

Monday’s comeback win marked the fourth time this season the Padres won a game that they trailed entering the ninth inning, tying the highest such total in the major leagues, according to Elias Sports Bureau

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Uncommon Sportsman :: Absurdity in play

by Axion on Aug 19, 2009 8:57 AM PDT reply actions

This is highly amusing

considering last year, we didn’t win a game we trailed after 8 innings until July. Going into that month, we were something like 0-60 when trailing after 8.

This year, we seem to excel at beating up closers. We’ve even had some games we’ve lost, but came back from big deficits to tie in the 9th (Arizona, LA, I’m looking at you).

Greg Maddux for manager.

by Zach (maestro876) on Aug 19, 2009 9:04 AM PDT up reply actions

The same article is trying to suggest

that the Padres were pressured by Tate’s scholarship situation, but it seems to me that the fact that he’s a two-sport athlete would be very attractive to this ownership.

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Uncommon Sportsman :: Absurdity in play

by Axion on Aug 19, 2009 9:16 AM PDT reply actions

You know what else would be attractive?

Breakfast!!!

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by SDPads_1 on Aug 19, 2009 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions 6 recs

the best part about yesterday

was piniella getting stopped for jaywalking

by Kozak on Aug 19, 2009 9:46 AM PDT reply actions

"Brian Giles is still experiencing soreness in the knee."

The good news just keeps on coming.

by Drama on Aug 19, 2009 10:05 AM PDT reply actions

Paging Jeff Gillooly

Mr. Gillooly, please report to Petco Park

"And now for something completely different"

by Boilermaker19 on Aug 19, 2009 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions

The only bad part

is that when Giles is even mentioned, it reminds Bud that he’s still on the team. If we could just stop mentioning him, Bud would totally forget that he was even still around.

Drama is an a-hole.

by Winfield's Ghost on Aug 19, 2009 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions

Do the TinCaps only play 7 innings every night?

I dont follow the minor leagues that much…obviously

I am anti everything Giles...

by icaughthundleys#4 on Aug 19, 2009 10:49 AM PDT reply actions

Nah... league rules when it comes to doubleheaders.

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by TheThirdGonzalez on Aug 19, 2009 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions

The article doesn't specify exactly when Gregg Olson (advance scout) started...

but just looking at the season splits is a good indicator of why it may have been incredibly stupid not to have had one the past few years…

Pre-All-Star Break — .233/.311/.370/.681
Post-All-Star Break — .267/.339/.427/.766

That’s a dramatic turn around.

by theodore donald kerabatsos on Aug 19, 2009 2:50 PM PDT reply actions

On the radio today

They said he started before they began interleague play.

Wisdom can not be cultivated through ignorance of information.

by Wonko on Aug 19, 2009 6:49 PM PDT up reply actions

My bro and I

will be attending one or two of the Padres-Rockies games in mid September. I’d like to have a beer and a jalapeno handshake with a ’baller, if anyone plans at being at any of these games…

"Get on board early," Black said, alluding to, what he feels, is a crop of up-and-coming players.

"I would tell those fans that we're going to play good baseball. We're going to play hard. We're going to have exciting young players..." -Bud Black

by The Kipper on Aug 19, 2009 2:52 PM PDT reply actions