Friar Watch

The Padres offense has been on fire lately so with Woody Williams going for the Astros tonight we can count on a return to form of a lousy pitcher shutting us down for 7 innings. Fortunately we have Peavy going for us tonight and he’s been dominant lately. Prediction: Padres win 2-0.
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Even though we’ve been soundly trounced in the playoffs by the Cardinals two years in a row I’ve always had a hard time working up any real hatred of the team. They have probably the best fan base in baseball (sorry Boston), a rich history and none of the players are real A-holes (Pujols […]

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The Padres are in Miami for a weekend series against the Marlins. This afternoon’s game should be fun to watch, Greg Maddux goes up against Dontrelle Willis.
My knowledge of the Marlins is about on par with that of the Nationals: I can name maybe 3 players on the roster. Let’s take a […]

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Considering how close the Padres were to sweeping the Dodgers series it’s especially aggravating to come out of it with only one win. After a full month in which Kevin Kouzmanoff hasn’t looked anything other than overwhelmed it’s time to make a move. The Padres need to send Kouz to Portland until he […]

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The Padres are back at Petco for a big weekend series against the struggling Dodgers. Speaking of struggling, Clay Hensley gets the start tonight. I don’t think Clay is back on track yet, despite the better results in his last outing. He was still inconsistent and threw a lot of hittable pitches. […]

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The Padres make their first trip to the alien landscape that is Coors Field for a weekend series so how about a Rox blog round up?
The Coors Effect notes that the Rockies have been getting some decent starting pitching but it’s been sabotaged by a lousy bullpen and poor offensive support.
Purple Row says that […]

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Padres are back home for two against Arizona before heading to Colorado. A day off would be nice at some point. Let’s see what the Diamondback blogs are talking about:
AZSnakepit: Bob Melvin is an idiot, or so they say. Case in point: opposing pitcher walks Byrnes on 4 straight pitches, then throws ball […]

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Padres are in Chicago for a two game series at Wrigely. I have no idea what’s going on in Cubbie land so let’s take a look at what some Cubs blogs are saying:
Bleed Cubbie Blue reports that Sunday’s game had the “nicest weather of the year”, 51 degrees. That’s icebox conditions for San […]

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Padres pitchers have been lights out so far this season but let’s face it, the Giants and Rockies outside of Denver don’t figure to score a lot of runs. This series should be the first real test for the staff. The Dodgers definitely have some guys who can hit and Dodger Stadium is […]

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