“I think the Dodger-Padre series down here always brings a little bit more energy but I think this will be heightened because of Manny, because he is one of the true lightning rods in the game today,” San Diego manager Bud Black told the Associated Press on Thursday. “I guess our fans and the game itself will benefit from that.”
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2 July 2009
Tonight's game between the Dodgers and San Diego Padres at Petco Park also happen to be sold out.
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30 September 2008
With the MLB playoffs set to begin, there is a subtle difference in the air compared to start of any other postseason. In the NHL, fans can potentially look forward to a great Canadians/Bruins series that is not only exciting, but has a historical kick to it. Likewise basketball fans always have the chance to see if the Suns can finally get past the Spurs and football fans love seeing the rivalry of the Eagles Vs the City of Philadelphia when the Eagles so much as get tackled for a loss.
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2 September 2008
Been a while since I posted, in part because I was out of town last week at a trade show in San Diego. Not a bad place to go for a working vacation, and a week ago we got to take in a game between the Padres and the D-backs. My dad's a rabid D-backs fan, beside which my fandom (or fanhood, as the ESPN ads call it) seems rather small. He brought his own logo-coordinated Arizona hat and shirt, having overcome his anger at their change in colors and logo, which seemed to him (correctly) to be an effort to boost merchandising sales.
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26 August 2008
Earlier today I said that if you were to bet on the Dodgers, take them SU ( straight up ). For those of you who read this a listened I apologize. I figured the Dodgers wouldn't give up a game to a team doing far worse then them. With Derek Lowe pitching and the hits the Dodgers have been getting recently you would figure they would put some runs on the board. Wrong again, in the last 23 innings the Dodgers have scored 1 run while producing 34 hits. Thats ridiculous!
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15 July 2008
It’s the annual midpoint of the baseball season, and for the brief span that is the All-Star break, all eyes are upon the Bronx. As everyone is well aware of, this campaign is the last go around for the world’s most famous, largest, and most prominent ballpark, Yankee Stadium. It seems hard to believe, and even more sacrilegious that this living legend’s days are numbered. Built in 1923 and christened by the greatest ballplayer to ever live, Babe Ruth, the cathedral of baseball will never truly be replaced. Although the Bombers will move a block to Yankee Stadium’s heir, the Mecca of America’s Pastime will still live on in our hearts. Whether you’re a diehard Yankee fan, or Yankee-hater, you still can respect the history and awe that the stadium brings. So when the All-Stars take the field Tuesday night, sit back on your couch, crack open a cold one and soak up the history of Yankee Stadium, as its final chapter is unveiled to all of us.
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One of the All-Star Break traditions: Reassessing our predictions from the first half of the season. Some of mine have changed, some have stayed the same—and some were just damn wrong. Living in the West, I will take the contrarian position and roll from west to east in my choices.
Posted by Street Reporter | 3 comments
2 July 2008
After coughing up a five-run lead and heading for extra innings, you’d think the Dodger offense would just roll over and die, and drop their fifth straight game to Houston.
Posted by Yoni Bain | No comments yet
30 June 2008
All right. Are you ready for this? As the All-Star break approaches, the Tampa Bay Rays have the best record in baseball. That’s right. At 49-32, they’re a half-game ahead of Boston, the Cubs, and Anaheim. Whoa. Is this one of the signs of the apocalypse?
Posted by Street Reporter | 5 comments
22 June 2008
A bullpen is all about trust, both for the team and for the fans. A manager needs to be able to trust a reliever to put the game away, and the fan needs to trust that the reliever won’t cause more headaches with a late-inning meltdown. An Indians fan spending the ninth inning with Joe Borowski is going skydiving without knowing whether you grabbed a parachute or a parakeet until it’s too late; a Yankees fan spending the ninth inning with Mariano Rivera is awaiting the everyday beauty of watching a simple yet majestic sunset.
Continue reading "Fantastic Four Help Dodgers Avert Cleveland Sweep"
Posted by Yoni Bain | No comments yet
17 June 2008
In news obscured by the thrilling conclusion to the U.S. Open and sandwiched between the hype that is the NBA Finals, Bill Bavasi got fired for his failure to produce winners as the general manager of the Seattle Mariners. Bavasi assembled a Mariners team that is falling well short of expectations, as many picked Seattle to win the AL West, and is underperforming in many facets of the game. This shouldn’t really come as a surprise; since becoming GM in 2004, Bavasi has produced one team over .500, last year’s 88-74, and no playoff berths.
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12 June 2008
The Dodgers won three games in Petco Park in 2006 and three in 2007, and after recording their third win this season in San Diego on Tuesday, the Dodger offense didn’t seem that eager to extend their winning ways.
Continue reading "Peavy Earns Win in Rehab Start over AAAA Dodgers"
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11 June 2008
On May 9th the Padres released Jim Edmonds, whom they’d signed from the Cardinals over the winter to play centerfield in place of the departed Mike Cameron. While the Padres’ release of 37-year-old Edmonds freed them of his sub-Mendoza .179 average, they also lost an outstanding defensive outfielder. Edmonds signed with the Cubs five days later, and has shown some signs of rejuvenation batting behind the Cubs’ formidable lineup of Derrek Lee, Aramis Ramirez and Kosuke Fukudome.
Continue reading "Martin, Padres Outfielders Help Dodgers Prevail"
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10 March 2008
will likely have to rely more heavily on Kemp, Loney and Laroche then they might otherwise like.
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Will Kevin Kouzmanoff preform at his pre or post All Star levels?
Kouzmanoff was added last year in a trade with the Cleveland Indians in hopes of providing some badly needed offense. Coming over as one of the more highly touted offensive prospects in the game, the thirdbaseman put up respectable numbers as a rookie hitting .275 with 74 RBI and 18 home runs in the cavernous Petco Park. Prior to the All-Star break, Kouzmanoff was hitting only .228 and was in danger of losing his job. He finally settled in and hit .317 along with 11 of his 18 home runs after the break.
Continue reading "MLB 2008 Preview Part One: National League West"
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