Still Waiting for Matt Holliday to Touch Home Plate: The 2008 San Diego Padres Thread

One downside to the awesome Padres/Astros game last night was listening to Orestes Destrades and Candy Maldonado in the booth. They were really, really bad.

ugh. orestes destrade IS terrible on the stick, that handsome devil.

..and, yes; up w/ callix crabbe!

Why pay Tony Clark when Adrian Gonzalez never needs a day off or a defensive replacement?

Last night basically answered this question for me. Tony Clark roolz.

fun fact: his full name is Gentleman Ballplayer Tony Clark

Poly, why did Bard start yesterday? Barrett's still #1 right?

Was Barrett ever #1?

Yeah, Bard is definitely the #1.

We win again!

game 2 of the season? is this normal?

Stadium: Petco Park, San Diego, CA
Attendance: 20,825 (49% full)

that's twice as many as Baltimore's 2nd game attendance

that San Diego early April chill can't help.

Look at the uniforms of the Lake Elsinore Storm:

http://www.geoffreynyoung.com/gfx/edmonds-and-hunter.jpg

no fear

I guess the hyperlink won't redirect, so here's the link:

http://www.geoffreynyoung.com/gfx/edmonds-and-hunter.jpg

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also, were the pads wearing fukkin CAMO alternate unis last night??? THAT SHIT WAS HEINOUS

Have you never seen the camos before?

They're going to wear those Camo unis EVERY HOME SUNDAY this year. BARF BARF BARF.

I'm pretty happy with the Iguchi era so far, though.

You are fucking joking:

http://store.majesticathletic.com/ImageGallery/Product/MAProductImgs/P0110728.jpg

Oh those are no good. Fug city. The camo from a few years ago were pretty decent; at least they could have done realtree.

Matt Vasgersian's first response to a 2 RBI bases-loaded single by Derek Lowe: "Madone."

It's currently the 17th inning and Josh Bard is still catching.

The Padres dugout is playing with and taping together the disembodied head of a taxidermied ram that cam out of somebody's locker for good luck.

Top of the 21st. franchise-tying record.

I wonder if they will enforce this: MLB rules prohibit an inning from starting after 12:59am.

Not only is it the first time I've been able to watch baseball after getting up in the morning, but it's the first time it's made me late for work. The one inning I missed? The one where we scored.

Yeah, suffice to say that I didn't expect to be following a baseball game while eating my lunch today.

Fell asleep during the bottom of the 20th.

Everyone looked sleepy. Khalil Greene made a throwing error to first and the run scored. Then Bud Black let Glendon Rousch bat for himself to make the final out. I think everyone just wanted to go home and sleep.

doesnt Khalil Greene always look sleepy?

I was scoreboard-watching at Shea when this game was in the 6th and just hoped my game would end before that one. It did.

It's so hard to tell. His eyes look like commas.

His face had a mien similar to the goat carcass head.

^^ram

I wonder if they will enforce this: MLB rules prohibit an inning from starting after 12:59am.

The broadcasters said this was only a rule in the AL. Don't know if this is true or not.

I only lasted until the 20th.

Yeah, that AND the DH. Either could have endeded the game earlier.

AL = emo dweebs

NL = Emerson Lake & Palmer

Which means interleague = Coheed & Cambria!

I like when the local announcers just stop caring at all what comes out of their mouths or goes on camera during the extra innings.

I think Tony Clark went gray sometime in the 19th.

19th CENTURY, you mean! Haha! Funny!

The broadcasters said this was only a rule in the AL. Don't know if this is true or not.

Not true -- at least not for this game:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET200708240.shtml

Friday, August 24, 2007, 11:06PM
Time of Game: 4:24

Four-hour rain-delay drunks and the Yankees are in town. Fantastic combination.

-- Andy K, Saturday, August 25, 2007 3:22 AM (7 months ago) Bookmark Link

The sprinklers went on during the 21st or so.

Jim Edmonds was released today. Perhaps they will finish the job and release everyone else.

The St. Louis Cardinals would like to thank you for your generous charitable contribution to the James Patrick Edmonds fund. As a token of our appreciation, we invite all Padre fan(s) to "15" Jimmy's very own steakhouse located in downtown St. Louis. See you there!

say it aint so fathers! i know times are tough but SHAWN ESTES is never the answer! (i will leave that on a tee for the next poster...unless the Q iiiiis...)

He is legitimately the fifth-best option the Padres have right now at SP. It's sad, but he's actually pitched pretty well this year in AAA (better than anyone else on that team, for sure) and in his two MLB appearances. And there's really no reason to start the service time for any of the guys in AA. If he can give 150 innings of 4.5 ERA, at least it'll keep the bullpen relatively healthy.

If he can give 150 innings of 4.5 ERA, at least it'll keep the bullpen relatively healthy.

SD Offense:
140 Runs Scored / 41 Games Played = 3.4 Runs per game

=

:-(

I don't see what that has to do with Estes, but yeah, the Padres offense sucks.

I mean, they've proved very capable of losing no matter who's pitching.

I really feel sorry for this team now.

Yeah I'm pretty bummed, but what can you do.

I mean, I predicted this team would finish in fourth place, but I guess that was a little optimistic.

I overlooked this Sheehan line last week:

"Khalil Greene is 28 years old and appears to be a harder-to-spell version of Kevin Elster."

still think they might finish ahead of the Rockies.

Especially if they ever call up Headley. Dude is raking in AAA. With Kouz, Gonzalez and Giles, that makes for the beginnings of an offense.

Man, Ledezma looked great yesterday. That might wind up being one of Towers' best moves ever if Ledezma can find a way to pitch like that regularly. He might be the Padres' second best pitcher in two or three years.

I will consider third place this season a huge victory after the horrors of April and May, despite the weaknesses of the competition.

jeeeez @ CY:

"Young has a small crack in his skull and doctors have to wait for it to heal in order to avoid an infection in his brain, according to Padres manager Bud Black in the San Diego Union-Tribune."

That might wind up being one of Towers' best moves ever if Ledezma can find a way to pitch like that regularly.

That's the problem. He occasionally shows flashes of excellence and then tends to slide off the rails within two-three appearances. He has been given only one shot at starting regularly. It didn't go well (it was in '05), but I think he could develop into a decent number four or five starter. He has always seemed kinda awkward out of the bullpen, like he would benefit from knowing precisely when he will pitch.

I hope this is Trevor Hoffman's last year, because the dude kinda sucks now.

prior to have season ending surgery

First team in MLB history to win 4 consecutive 2-1 games.

6/27 B. Tomko, SDG, SP Signed as free agent

Their rise out of the ashes begins now!

CS - J Peavy (1, 2nd base by P Maholm/R Chavez)

peavy is a #1 most wanted motherfucker, i love that guy

I wish he had a good team behind him.

The Rockies freaking clobbered the Reds this weekend. They piled up hits left and right. If it wasn't for some good defensive plays by the Reds, the Rockies would have also put up a dozen runs on Saturday.

I think if Colorado's starting pitching can hold out over the next two or three weeks, they might have a shot at making things interesting. They got off to a horrible start at the plate, but as they are hitting now like the best lineup in the NL. Their schedule in the next month includes series with the Pirates, Nationals, Padres, Reds (again), Giants and direct against LA and Arizona. The only club that they have coming up that is doing well is a four game series with the Marlins.

and only 6 back...

Perrotto, BP:

The Padres are expected to significantly cut their payroll from this year's Opening Day salary total of $74 million, as owner John Moores is going through a messy divorce that has even caused conflict when it comes to who has the right to sit in the owner's box at Petco Park.

:o

Yeah, that was the story when Giles didn't get through waivers, and the divorce has loomed large on the horizon for awhile now. They may have to sell the team or just hand it to the daughter at this point.

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