Braves Snap Padres Win Streak
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/aug/29/30490/ The San Diego Padres can't seem to figure out Atlanta Braves pitcher Kris Medlen. Just less than two weeks prior to Tuesday's game, Medlen shut out the Padres 6-0, and on Tuesday Medlen again held the Padres without a …
Kelly Shines in Debut as Padres Blank Braves
Casey Kelly did on Monday night what a lot of baseball scouts thought he would do when called up to the big leagues. With a well-located fastball that sinks, a very good curve ball, and an improved change-up, Kelly held …
Big Trade Blots Streaking Padres From National Spotlight
If not for the blockbuster trade the Dodgers and Red Sox just pulled off, the San Diego Padres would be making national news right now, as it seems that they are the hottest team in baseball. A sweep of the …
Pirates Swept by Surging Padres
Let's get this straight. So, all you have to do is to call up some minor league pitcher that most people have never heard of and start him against a team that is contending for a play-off spot. Then, plug …
Headley's Heroics Hammers Helpless Pirates
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/aug/22/30142/ The only play more decisive in baseball than a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning, is a walk-off home run in the bottom of the tenth. Chase Headley found a change-up thrown by Pirates reliever …
Volquez Wows as Padres Beat Pirates
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/aug/21/30056/ Baseball is a game of what have you done for me lately. Your last four outings as a pitcher will be easily forgotten if you simply dazzle us tonight. This is what happens. And on Monday, Edinson Volquez dazzled. …
Clayton Richard Shines as Padres Beat Giants
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/aug/20/29938/ Maybe if the Padres could clone a bunch of Clayton Richards, maybe then the bats would also remain awake and pounding the ball, just maybe. Not that the other hurlers don't have their merits, but Richard has been due …
Giants Hand Padres Fifth Straight Loss
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/aug/19/29876/ The San Diego Padres are on the wrong side of a streak, which is bound to happen during the course of a season, but what with new ownership on the horizon and little to play for but pride this …
Giants Stomp Padres
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/aug/18/29860/ There isn’t always a lot that can be said after a blow-out loss from a team that was a victim of it. Padres starter Ross Ohlendorf failed to get out of the third inning, and the Padres were blown …
Braves Blister Padres for Third Straight Time
As Padres manager Buddy Black often points out, one can spin some events two ways. On the one hand, Braves starter Kris Medlen pitched one heck of a ball game, giving up only five hits while striking out six en …
Sale of Padres Approved by MLB Owners
As was widely predicted, a group headed by the O'Malley family, or perhaps Ron Fowler, or even the Seidlers, depending on how one wishes to figure it, were approved by MLB ownership on Thursday morning at the MLB quarterly owner's …
Braves Best Punchless Padres Again
Padres starter Edinson Volquez is in a slump, mired in a streak where he can't get out of the fifth inning. Amazing stuff, considering that just a under a month ago, Volquez pitched a one-hit complete game shutout against the …
Padres Bats Sleep as Braves and Hudson Roll
With Clayton Richard on the mound for the Padres and Tim Hudson going for the Atlanta Braves, the obvious expectation would be a pitcher’s duel. And that’s what happened on Tuesday at Turner Field, for a little while at least, …
Padres Back in Form, Beat Braves
After Sunday's loss - after having a good lead and then getting creamed by the Pirates in the last game of that series - the Padres could have experienced quite a hangover going into Atlanta to face the Braves in …
Padres Take Another Series, Pirates the Victims
The Padres are doing what they wish they could have done from the beginning of the season. The idea in the long season of baseball in the major leagues, is to take as many series as possible and generally wind …
Selig Will Approve His Own Money
Off of the top of my head, I remember the greatest infield I ever saw play the game of baseball. Steve Garvey came up as a third baseman, believe it or not, and he couldn’t throw any better than could …
Brooms and Dustpans Litter Petco Park as Padres Sweep Cubs
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/aug/09/29439/ Padres starting pitcher Clayton Richard has a knack for making some things unnecessary. Like relief pitching. Like an abundance of offense. Like a meeting on the mound, except for in the ninth inning - wonder what that conversation was …
Ohlendorf Hurls Six and Padres Post Seven To Beat Cubs
Seriously, Ross Ohlendorf? Really? So, no one wanted you and the Padres got lucky to sign you up because of the misfortune of their injured pitching staff? Hey, Ross, we know all about your thesis at Princeton. Sabermetrics, right? Who …
Pitching Sublime As Padres Shut Out Cubs
First it was Sandy Alderson that came to town his New York Mets in tow, and they dropped their series to the Padres winning only one of the three games. Now it's Jed Hoyer's Cubs, and Monday night they went …
Padres Pitching and Hitting Collide, Beat Mets
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/aug/06/29268/ The Padres combined the long ball with solid pitching on Sunday for some excellent results, and more importantly, they took the three-game series from the Mets in convincing fashion. With home runs from Chase Headley, Yonder Alonso, and Carlos …