Browsing: Padres

What is the difference between a breaking ball and curveball, along with bullpen management, line ups, Correia, Gonzo future, and how the experts missed the talents of this team.


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It was already going to be difficult for the Padres to justify putting 25% of their overall payroll into one player, even if that player is an offensive powerhouse, gold glove winner, and all around good


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Does this past week look familiar Padre fans?  Late inning victories, come from behind wins, close battles with the Pads finding a way to come out on top, even after setbacks…very similar to what we saw


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While it may be the come from behind exploits of the Padre batters that gets the most attention during their current winning streak, the unsung heroes have been the Padres’ bullpen corps.


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Now that you’re done laughing at my A.L. picks, you can prepare yourself for round two of Scan’s soothsaying pre-season prognostications. Get your Southwest reservation ready to hit the sports book at Caesar’s, because here are


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Two questions:  Seems like the ground rules should cover strange construction at the Diamondbacks park to affect redirected balls like the one that was hit for the inthepark HR today. In that event should that not


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For the next few days, the waiver wire will be buzzing.  Now is the time when teams will be keeping their eyes open for tasty scraps being thrown away from another organization’s table.


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Honestly I was surprised when Padre skipper, Bud Black, announced John Garland as his opening day starter, but the more I’ve thought about it, the more sense it makes.


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He pitched in 10 games this spring, throwing 9 1/3 innings and allowing only 1 run to cross the plate for a sterling 0.96 ERA.  Usually that would be more than enough to seal up a


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Can Matt Antonelli be what everybody thought he would be a couple of years ago? I know that he did some work in the offseason but can he be the second baseman of the future like


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