Friar Watch

The summer slacking continues here at Friar Watch. Trying to cover every game was perhaps a bit too ambitious; it’s given me a new appreciation for Geoff and the other real Padres bloggers. I’m going to switch focus a little and become more of a general Padres blog. I’ll still be working […]

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Yeah, I know I’m slacking. The biggest series of the year and not only am I late, I have all three games in one post. I’ll try to make this quick so I can get caught up.
Game 1
Greg Maddux: The Professor pitched a great game considering the opposition. He really deserved a […]

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I didn’t see much of the game and for some reason there’s no Enhanced Gameday data so I’m just going to make some general observations here.
David Wells: Actually pitched better than I thought but there was still no reason to let him come out for the 7th. When Boomer goes past 5 or 6 […]

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Jake Peavy: This game reminded me why I don’t like American League baseball. 12-6 is just not a good outcome for a baseball game, no matter who wins. Nevertheless, a win is a win so we’ll take it. Jake pitched very well, much better than his line would indicate and his line […]

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Chris Young: Young looked great in the early going. He was working very quickly and was obviously in a groove; he looked like he had the stuff to take another no hit bid into the late innings. Unfortunately a high fastball got away from him and hit Derek Lee, igniting an brawl that […]

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David Wells: This is starting to sound like a broken record. 5 good innings, too bad he pitched a 6th. Two homer runs in the 6th, including Ahole Sorriano’s showboating tape measure job.
Cla Meredith: I didn’t see Cla’s appearance but at least he didn’t give up a home run.
Kevin Cameron: […]

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These East Coast games in stadiums without Enhanced Gameday really make it hard for me to post anything meaningful. A few highlights:
Game 1: Maddux was ok, not great, but there was a lot of chirping about the umpire. We’ve got three guys in the rotation (Maddux, Wells, Germano) who are almost entirely dependent […]

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David Wells: Boomer looked great for 6 innings. You know where this is headed: Black ran him out there in the 7th and it cost them the game. In the bottom of the 5th the Padres had two men on and I think one out and I told Geoff at the time that […]

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Jake Peavy: Jake didn’t have his best stuff tonight, it seemed like he had trouble locating his slider and it didn’t have the usual bite. He had trouble with his slider in his last start as well, I mentioned in the Game Notes that I suspect arm problems and tonight did nothing to dispel […]

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Maddux, Bell and Linebrink all pitched well tonight but the big story is Trevor Hoffman’s 500th career save. In honor of Trevor’s milestone let’s take a look at how he did it.
Leading off the inning: Nomar Garciaparra

Green dot = first pitch
Trevor usually likes to throw a first pitch fastball for a strike but Nomar […]

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