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“Bend but don’t break”, was tonight’s theme for the Padres as they took game one against the Cubs 4-3.  For the Cubs the theme would have to be, “Extra outs kill”, as they committed three errors and

Ever wonder why baseball players high five each other on the field after wins, and act so jubilant even though they play 162 games and even the worst teams will get to celebrate at least 60

For the second night in a row the Padres were out pitched as they fell to the Nationals tonight 4-1. It was supposed to be the battle of the Titans on the mound in game three

Almost every night if you ask any team’s manager who the most important player on his team is that night he will tell you that it’s his starting pitcher for that evening.  Such was the case

That may have been the longest 2 hour and 44 minute game I’ve ever experienced…but maybe that was because of the 1 hour and 56 minute rain delay that started in the shortest amount of time after

Sometimes it’s less about your stuff and more about what you’re made of when standing on an MLB mound. Tonight James Shields showed he had both the stuff and the…well, how should we say it? “Intestinal

So much for Safeco Field being a pitcher’s park tonight as the Mariners took down the padres 11-4. The Mariners launched an organizational record tying 6 home runs in their 15 hit barrage unleashed on the

Almost every year there is a “Tough Loss” pitcher on the staff who simply can’t buy a Win. He pitches well, but the team simply can’t score runs the day he throws, or can’t play defense,

In a contest like tonight’s there is no middle ground – you’re emotionally all in. You either return to the clubhouse high fiving each other yelling “$%*# YEAH!” as the music blares, or you’re sitting silently