Around the Mission: 6/3 Padres Links
by jbox on Jun 3, 2010 10:06 AM PDT
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Grand slam makes a happy ending - SignOnSanDiego.com
"A walkoff anything is great," said the All-Star first baseman. "A walkoff homer and a walkoff grand slam is pretty much the same thing." -
Padres' 3:35 p.m. starts not a hit? - SignOnSanDiego.com
The April 21 turnout of 14,906 for the Giants was the smallest crowd of the 2010 season and the sixth-smallest in Petco Park history. Wednesday’s crowd of 15,880 was the third-smallest of the season and the April 15 crowd of 16,356 was the fourth-smallest. - insidethepadres: San Diego summit
I've seen comments from Hoyer that he takes little credit for the team's fast start, instead praising the Gunslinger. Nice touch. - PADRES NOTES: Blanks shows progress in elbow rehabilitation
"I got a little bit more rhythm and timing between my body and my arm," Blanks said. "I felt a lot better today. But I need to get my arm strength back. It felt good today, but toward the end of it I started to feel a little tired. I started losing my arm slot and definitely had to focus on it. There's probably still a decent amount of time left." -
Tip of the cap to Eckstein - Mets Blog - ESPN New York
Eckstein has come to bat 29 times in the ninth inning or later in a regular season or postseason game in the following situation. * One out from defeat * Opportunity to tie game (one-run down, or representing tying/winning run) He's succeeded in either extending the game, or putting his team ahead, with either a hit, walk, or hit by pitch 13 times. That's a 45 percent success rate. Wow. -
The Friarhood - Announcer critics detract from padres winning ways
"Enberg is a true professional and in my opinion, these mini-diatribes (aimed towards BOTH Dick Enberg and Mark Grant) from bloggers and on twitter, from the casual and die hard fans alike, have sunk to a new low."
Option play is working with Padres catchers - SignOnSanDiego.com
"We (both) want to be in there every day," Hundley said after Sunday’s 3-2 victory over the Washington Nationals. "But that’s kind of up to Buddy and, fortunately now, I think we’re making it tough on him to decide."
Gonzalez walks off Padres in grand style | padres.com: News
Adrian Gonzalez hit a walk-off grand slam in the 11th inning to lift the Padres to a 5-1 win over the Mets on Wednesday in front of 15,880 at PETCO Park.
Padres activate Scott Hairston from DL | padres.com: News
Outfielder Scott Hairston was reinstated Wednesday off the disabled list by the Padres, who created roster room for him by optioning Luis Durango to Triple-A Portland.
Hundley catches Reyes for Padres' first | padres.com: News
Nick Hundley became the first San Diego catcher to throw out the speedy Jose Reyes when he fired a strike to Jerry Hairston Jr. in the fifth inning while Reyes was trying to swipe second base.
PADRES: Gonzalez's grand slam in 11th inning delivers dramatic win over Mets
"With Adrian, you feel pretty good about him because he has bat control," manager Bud Black said. "We were in pretty good shape there, especially with how he's swinging the bat."
Mailbag: Cumberland, Tekotte, and the Rest – Ducksnorts
Before we get started, I must thank David Eckstein for making me look smarter than I am.
Nearly perfect :: Friar Forecast
A game happens, and then it is over. We can’t, nor shouldn’t, go back and change things around after the fans have left the ballpark or turned their TV sets off, and the players have left the field.
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Mmm, I love happy endings
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by tonoxtono on Jun 3, 2010 10:10 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs
I FREAKING LOVE MARK GRANT
So twas not I.
Dick Enberg has stopped saying “Touch Em All” after opposition home runs.
So, I’m back to liking Dick almost full-time.
"Savvy Chicks Dig the Bullpen"
I think so
That was the big thing I got passionate about.
It stung every time.
"Savvy Chicks Dig the Bullpen"
Yeah, I never heard any complaints about Mud.
And I don’t think anyone wanted Enberg burned at the stake, we’re just annoyed when it seems like he dislikes the Padres.
by theodore donald kerabatsos on Jun 3, 2010 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Mud is the man.
I just don’t like Dick getting all excited for our enemy’s and Milquetoast for our team!
"This team looks dangerous, like a convict with a temper, nothing to lose and a switch blade." -jbox
Sorry, huge pet peeve of mine
apostrophes aren’t for pluralizing words, especially when the plural of that word actually exists in the form of “enemies”
[/grammar nazi]
That all said, I agree with your point.
You could have read it as Enemy's HR's...
But my intention was the mistake.
"This team looks dangerous, like a convict with a temper, nothing to lose and a switch blade." -jbox
I thought of that after my post
And the post was intended to be more of a general PSA to all, it just happened to be a response to you while not entirely being directed at you.
I’m more of a fan of PSA’s PSAs because those PSAs’ content seem to be higher quality.
No, I don't think you're an idiot. Please don't go trying to prove me wrong about that.
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So, I’m back to liking Dick almost full-time
twss
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by icaughthundleys#4 on Jun 3, 2010 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
When did Dick stop saying "Touch 'em All" after opposition home runs?
I distinctly remember hearing him say it after Ike Davis’s home run on Tuesday night
Just after that.
Ohhh! How come nothing is ever boobs or ice cream? - Homer Simpson
by Boilermaker19 on Jun 3, 2010 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Love the piece on Eck.
People who hate Eckstein have never had him on their team.
Ohhh! How come nothing is ever boobs or ice cream? - Homer Simpson
How you like him now?
Ohhh! How come nothing is ever boobs or ice cream? - Homer Simpson
by Boilermaker19 on Jun 3, 2010 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions
lol
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Bolts From The Blue "There’s a gleam men. Let’s go get the gleam! Focus and Finish!!! One play at a time!!! Let's Go!!!"
it kind of reminds me of that movie "You've got mail"...I'm Tom Hanks he's Meg Ryan -- Padres prospect Matt Antonelli on sdsuaztec4
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Jun 3, 2010 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Exactly
Douchey (Is this the correct spelling? The red line underneath the word has me second guessing my interpretation. Grammar police, do you do spell checks as well?) thing to say. I didn’t bother reading the post.
I did
I regret it.
He never said how it detracts from the Padres. He lists all of Enderg’s faults and transitions that to blaming twitter and the Internet. He said criticism has sunk to a new low but he didn’t say what low that is. He likes Enberg because they wear suits now. He tries to suggest that he has good taste by talking about Vin Scully and he enjoys the broadcast because he wants to, so you should all stop complaining.
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by Axion on Jun 3, 2010 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
Just Steve being Steve
Mountain West Connection ::Above the Rest::
Bolts From The Blue "There’s a gleam men. Let’s go get the gleam! Focus and Finish!!! One play at a time!!! Let's Go!!!"
it kind of reminds me of that movie "You've got mail"...I'm Tom Hanks he's Meg Ryan -- Padres prospect Matt Antonelli on sdsuaztec4
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Jun 3, 2010 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Definitely got the "because I said so" feeling on that one
I don’t get to hear Enberg’s commentary very often, so I probably wouldn’t have given that post had it not been an off-day. I had been shying away from Friarhood for a while, and now I remember why.
Ohhh! How come nothing is ever boobs or ice cream? - Homer Simpson
by Boilermaker19 on Jun 3, 2010 5:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I wonder what the plan is with Blanks?
in my estimation, the move to the DL was for PR . Now he gets to get a undetermined amount of time stay down in the minors to test out his “elbow”.
"There are two great tragedies in life: One is not getting what one wants; the other is getting it."
"I like to consider the padres' team as a microcosm, or symbolic representation of my daily endeavor towards inner salvation." — Mysterious Cloaked Padre Fan
With the type of injury Blanks has
I don’t see how he could have avoided a DL stint. He still can’t throw well with the elbow damage. He’s worked himself out to throwing 70 ft and by media accounts he threw “gingerly.” Do you think he’s faking that?
No, I don't think you're an idiot. Please don't go trying to prove me wrong about that.
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I was about to say something to this effect.
I really hope it is a legit injury. It makes the most sense. He needs to fully recover… we need another good power bat so badly, and he has never sucked this bad before in his career. Hopefully the rest has helped, and he can rebuild his strength and confidence in the minors.
"This team looks dangerous, like a convict with a temper, nothing to lose and a switch blade." -jbox
I have not doubt his trip to the DL is letegimate.
That being said, there is no point activating him, until his swing has recovered, along with his elbow.
still sounds fishy to me.
the guy barely throws the ball to begin with. To hurt your arm in a way that limits your throwing when you are rarely ever asked to throw the ball with any authority(maybe every other game. hitting the cut off man does not mean your throwing frozen ropes to home plate) just rubs me the wrong way. The elbow is usually something that is injured due to repeated torque on the arm, i.e. bad throwing mechanics.
I agree that if he did hurt his elbow to which the severity is that he can not throw comfortably, or swing the bat with any authority, he should be on the DL. coincidentally, his play was the elephant in the room.
I dont know, dont you guys ever feel like we’re not getting full-truths? Not that it would matter either way, the guys on the DL, and there is a reason for it; one way or the other. I think its fun to speculate;)
"There are two great tragedies in life: One is not getting what one wants; the other is getting it."
"I like to consider the padres' team as a microcosm, or symbolic representation of my daily endeavor towards inner salvation." — Mysterious Cloaked Padre Fan
It just seems like an awful lot of trouble
To make sure he only DHs in his rehab and then have him come back to Petco to check out the arm before he goes on a road trip with Lake Elsinore and then send him on a bus separate from the Storm to get to Modesto. If you were trying to convince an outsider it would seem enough to just have him DH for a few games and then have him go to the OF and forget all the machinations of special travel arrangements.
No, I don't think you're an idiot. Please don't go trying to prove me wrong about that.
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Also
I’d probably have made the injury something that you could blame his poor hitting on as opposed to writing his name into the lineup and the saying that he was scratched because he tweaked something during pre-game warmups. That way the fans and media could try and forget about his poor performance because he had an injury excuse.
No, I don't think you're an idiot. Please don't go trying to prove me wrong about that.
Bolts from the Blue - General Manager: It is what it isn't
Your points are well taken, and perhap even suit as a crown atop your head.
"There are two great tragedies in life: One is not getting what one wants; the other is getting it."
"I like to consider the padres' team as a microcosm, or symbolic representation of my daily endeavor towards inner salvation." — Mysterious Cloaked Padre Fan
I guess all my points
Are just a fancy way of saying that, for me, this one doesn’t pass the sniff test for injury conspiracies.
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an injury that allows him to
work on his hitting is mighty convenient – and a great idea.
"I post like canned meat."
Hormel
Chile. Not too shabby.
"There are two great tragedies in life: One is not getting what one wants; the other is getting it."
"I like to consider the padres' team as a microcosm, or symbolic representation of my daily endeavor towards inner salvation." — Mysterious Cloaked Padre Fan
Off Days suck
we have to wait 24 hours before our next victory….Schedule is going to hate.
"Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!"
I'm honestly glad today's an off day
I have sooooo much homework and studying to do. It hasn’t stopped me from being on here though.
You know what that picture of Adrian says to me?
Haters gonna hate.
by Jordan_Ming on Jun 3, 2010 5:01 PM PDT reply actions 3 recs
haha wut?
Jeff Weaver came out to relieve Kuroda and had to be replaced before he even threw a pitch!
Meanwhile, I’m glad we already got one series against the Braves out of the way…
Match up?
"This team looks dangerous, like a convict with a temper, nothing to lose and a switch blade." -jbox
Got hurt.
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by Zach (maestro876) on Jun 3, 2010 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
the Dodgers offensive woes continue
if only the worthless Dbacks could have won at least ONE of those stupid extra inning games.
Enberg redeux
“I understand that Dick Enberg may rub some Padres fans the wrong way, or may just not be the preference of the new age trendy style play-by-play hype men that were popularized by ESPN….”
Nice dodge but those sentiments have not a thing to do with the real and present complaints that I, and many others, have lodged against His Eastern click homer-ism, blown calls, and general “opposition cheer leading”. Now if the blogger of that article cares to address the actual things being debated, it might possibly move things down the road. Otherwise he brings nothing to the party. Fail.
My displeasure with the man began in earnest after having to suffer through several Chargers games listening to him audition for lap dog of the year with the Eastern NFL media. It got so bad I actually started turning off the sound on the TV and turning on the radio coverage. Dan might as well have not even been there.
So, even before I heard him rinse and repeat the same obvious displeasure, disapproval, dismissive attitude with the Padres, I had a very well developed bone to pick. I remember actually groaning aloud when I first heard he’d landed the job.
Then again, as several here have pointed out, he has seemingly improved markedly, so either our comments did not go unheeded, (apparently, unlike “the blogger”, he doesn’t think its a good idea to piss off a large segment of Padres supporters). or he’s given up on the Dodgers slot. Either way it has gotten much better in the last week or two, and for that you have to give him credit.
So, if this trend continues he may yet turn out to be a big improvement over things in the past. If “the blogger” had bothered to read the broad range of comments here, he would have known that few if any of us ever questioned the mans abilities, just the twin crimes of Padre bad-mouthing and mistakes.
Moving the goalposts is a nifty trick when you want to post against what is probably the popular position on some issue, but you can’t move them so far your contra props are irrelevant. ’Nuff said.
by Big Bang Hunter on Jun 3, 2010 11:40 PM PDT reply actions 3 recs
I don't think he's gotten any better
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by matthewverygood on Jun 4, 2010 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Latos vs. Halladay
Biggest Padres pitching matchup since:
A. - Peavy vs. Harden (CHC) – May 12, 2009 Peavy vs. Haren (AZ) – Aug 25, 2008
B. -
C. — Young vs. Lincecum – Apr 12, 2009
by theodore donald kerabatsos on Jun 4, 2010 8:43 AM PDT reply actions
Wow. That formatting looks great. Let's try that again...
A. Peavy vs. Harden (CHC) – May 12, 2009
B. Peavy vs. Haren (AZ) – Aug 25, 2008
C. Young vs. Lincecum – Apr 12, 2009
by theodore donald kerabatsos on Jun 4, 2010 8:45 AM PDT up reply actions
I dunno... Latos vs. Sanchez has been epic.
"This team looks dangerous, like a convict with a temper, nothing to lose and a switch blade." -jbox
That's true...
I was going more for like the “marquee matchups”… pitchers with big reputations going up against each other. Those Latos-Sanchez games have been more of a pleasant surprise.
by theodore donald kerabatsos on Jun 4, 2010 9:31 AM PDT up reply actions
To be perfectly honest
if I was palnning a trip to SD or SF right now, I’d try to plan it around a potential Latos-Sanchez match up.
The Richard-Cain ones haven't been too bad either.
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Jordan I am liking you more and more
Its one thing for a woman to be a baseball fan, but for her to plan trips around pitchers duels is infinitely hot… fyi.
"This team looks dangerous, like a convict with a temper, nothing to lose and a switch blade." -jbox
I'd actually put Latos-Sanchez ahead of those other three
And here’s why: What was at stake.
The two Peavy matchups listing were great for pitching, but there wasn’t much on the line for those games. The Young-Lincecum matchup was early enough that you couldn’t make a judgment like that, but a 5-2 team vs a 2-4 still seems less epic than what surrounded Latos-Sanchez part II.
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Or
If I take out the team matchup concept, I could also add that we had a Latos-King Felix matchup earlier this year.
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Bolts from the Blue - General Manager: It is what it isn't
I didn't take the stakes of the game into account at all.
If I did, I’m sure there wouldn’t be any ’08 or ’09 games on my list.
I was really just trying to make a list of highly anticipated pitching matchups based on pitcher’s names and reputations. I agree with everyone saying that Latos-Sanchez was better than all the games on my list, but in terms of pitching star power, no one really cared about that matchup outside of us and the SF fans.
Peavy-Harden, Peavy-Haren, and Young-Lincecum are all games that could easily be national broadcast quality. I think Halladay-Latos comes close to that type of matchup. I agree with the Latos-Hernandez one, too.
by theodore donald kerabatsos on Jun 4, 2010 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions
I understand what you're saying
But I just don’t see people on the outside caring much about those other matchups (Peavy-Harden, Peavy-Haren, and Young-Lincecum) either.
No, I don't think you're an idiot. Please don't go trying to prove me wrong about that.
Bolts from the Blue - General Manager: It is what it isn't
I'm not saying they're going to put up Super Bowl ratings...
But a Peavy-Haren matchup is much more recognizable and interesting to a national audience than Latos-Sanchez.
In 2008, Peavy was coming off a Cy Young season and Haren was establishing himself as one of the best pitchers in the game. Those were two of the very, very best in baseball going head-to-head.
As of a month ago, nobody outside San Diego had ever heard of Mat Latos and Jonathan Sanchez is the fourth best starter on his team.
I agree that overall most people probably don’t really care that much about either matchup, but comparitively a Peavy-Haren matchup is a much bigger deal than a Latos-Sanchez matchup.
by theodore donald kerabatsos on Jun 4, 2010 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions
If I remember correctly
Sanchez was being shopped prior to that one game last year.
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