San Diego Padres

Somebody Get This Guy Some Run Support

Greg Maddux is going through withdrawal.The San Diego Padres 350-game winner, who hasn’t tasted sweet, sweet victory since May 10th — that’s 14 starts — had another letdown on Wednesday, watching his lead disappear just one pitch after his exit.The…

24Jul2008 | Babes Love Baseball | 0 comments | Continued

Ed Wade Boggles My Mind

The Houston Astros have some sort of plan they are about to set into action. I’m not sure exactly what it is, but it somehow involves Randy Wolf. Maybe they’re planning a hostile takeover of the NL Central.The Astros shipped off 26-year-old AAA righty …

23Jul2008 | Babes Love Baseball | 0 comments | Continued

MiLB updates coming soon

Coming soon- Recap on how our top prospects, and a few others are doing at the various levels- Recap on how our DL victims are fairing and when we can look forward to them getting back to business- A look at the draft, who has signed, and how they migh…

17Jul2008 | Planet Padres | 0 comments | Continued

Padres drop 2nd half opener to Cards

Padres lose 4-3Jake Peavy was in 2nd place in the ERA hunt to start the night. He got the call to open the 2nd half, and everything was off to a very Jake Peavyesque start, and the boys even spotted him to a 1st inning 1-0 lead. But things quickly unra…

17Jul2008 | Planet Padres | 0 comments | Continued

Padres drop finale to Fish

Padres lose 5-2Despite Scott Hairston being on fire with the bat, and leaping above the wall to rob HR’s, the Padres couldn’t muster any consistant offense to help the pitching out. Baek started the game and made a couple mistakes, but overall pitched …

10Jul2008 | Planet Padres | 0 comments | Continued

Been on Vacation for 2 weeks

Back from taking two weeks off in the lovely vacation destination city of Detroit. I’ll be back to updates soon, so keep checking back while I update myself on the goings on of the past few weeks in the world of baseball.Play Ball !!!

9Jul2008 | Planet Padres | 0 comments | Continued

Final Hall of Fame Game Rained Out !

Well this sucks ! What a bummer deal for our boys of summer……..The final HOF game was canceled due to bad weather.Thunderstorms nix Hall of Fame Game Inclement weather cancels tradition; refunds available by mail By Bruce Markusen / Special to…

17Jun2008 | Planet Padres | 0 comments | Continued

Interleague continues

Padres were in Cleveland this week…….and dropped 2 of 3 to the IndiansJune 13, 2008 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E San Diego 0 0 0 2 …

17Jun2008 | Planet Padres | 0 comments | Continued

Head(ley) of the Class

The Padres have had their ups and downs this season, and while they have been playing better as of late, the organization can longer resist the temptation to promote their top prospect outfielder/third baseman Chase Headley from Triple-A. Headley, the converted third baseman who has been playing the outfield this season, was hitting .305 with […]

15Jun2008 | 108 Stitches | 0 comments | Continued

Padres take series behind a brillant Peavy start

Padres win 9-0Jake Peavy was back at it again, after a little vacation for his elbow, and it didn’t appear he missed a beat. Peavy went 6 shutout innings in his first start in about a month, giving up only 3 hits, walking nobody and striking out 4. He …

13Jun2008 | Planet Padres | 0 comments | Continued

PEAVY’S BACK !!!

Great news Friar fans………. Jake is taking the bump today in the finale…….SAN DIEGO — Jake Peavy, the reigning National League Cy Young Award winner, is on his way back to the Padres’ starting rotation.Peavy will be activated from the disabled…

12Jun2008 | Planet Padres | 0 comments | Continued

Padres get unexpected power and win game 2

Padres win 4-1Randy Wolf was outstanding AGAIN last night going 7 strong, giving up only 4 hits, walking only 1, striking out 9, and surrendering only 1 run. It was a brilliant start by the crafty veteran who had it all working, and had it all working …

12Jun2008 | Planet Padres | 0 comments | Continued

Padres lose game 1

Padres lose 7-2Maddux was outstanding in his start against the hot young Dodger prospect Clayton Kershaw, but wouldn’t factor in the decision yet again. Maddux went 6 strong only giving up 1 run, and turned it over to the bullpen with a 2-1 lead, but t…

12Jun2008 | Planet Padres | 0 comments | Continued

2008 Draft Results

Courtesy of Mad Friars, with a little modification from Planet Padres, here is the information pertaining to the Padres and their day 1 picks. Please follow the link to Mad Friars for more information, and if you really are interested in MiLB, this is …

10Jun2008 | Planet Padres | 0 comments | Continued

Padres SWEEP the Mets

Padres win 8-6 securing the series sweepGerut & Giles both went 3 for 5, but Paul McAnulty was the guy having a great weekend, and he capped it off by going 2 for 3 with 2 RBI keeping his team in the game.But the real story came in the bottom of th…

9Jun2008 | Planet Padres | 0 comments | Continued