Passing the time in the bullpen

Did you ever wonder what the guys stuck out in the bullpen do during the game to pass time when the cameras aren't on them ? Well wonder no more.............

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I happened to catch this video one weekend in August, and it just hit me as funny watching these guys who were so bored that they would do and play anything just to pass the time until the phone rang. And yes even HOFer's get involved in the mix.

Enjoy the game within the game........

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Padres take series in Denver

The Padres win 16-7

The Padres took 2 of 3 from division rival Colorado Rockies this weekend behind some very strong hitting, believe it or not ! Kevin Kouzmanoff had back to back to back 3 hit games, while Luis Rodriguez had back to back multi-hit games. And yesterday it came to a head as the Padres routed the Rockies 16-7, behind the power of Kouz, Gerut, Giles & Carlin who notched his first big league HR of his career, an opposite way shot over the Lft/Ctr wall.

But not to be forgotten in any way shape or form was that the top 5 of the Padres lineup completely wore out Rockies pitching yesterday. Each had a multi-hit game, and Jody Gerut & Brian Giles were wrecking machines as they seemed impossible to get out.

Also Chase Headley showed the kind of plate discipline that Sandy Alderson and our FO has been preaching by collecting 3 walks during yesterdays game, one of them resulted in an RBI, which is rare, but shows his patience at the plate and willingness to maintain his good approach. Chase is also showing how well he’s adapting to playing everyday LF. This was a concern for some, since it was a new position for this kid, but he’s very athletic, has a great work ethic, and has shown very few signs of struggles in the field thus far. Last night was a good example of this as he was tested in virtually every way but having to throw someone out. He showed good range to both is right and left, and had a ball scorched directly at him, and anyone that’s played the game knows that those can sometimes be the trickiest of them all. He appeared to have no problems whatsoever, and fielded his position like a “pro”. Meanwhile he’s showing the FO that LF isn’t a concern if they should choose to leave him out there, allowing for them to keep both he and Kouz in the same lineup, and not have to trade one or the other. Which in this persons opinion is the best solution of all.

Padres pitching was still pretty dicey, and when it allowed 7 runs in the 3^rd inning, I think most Padre fans got that uneasy feeling that even the 11 run lead wasn’t safe. Not to be this day, as the offense picked up the slack and hammered out 5 more runs to ensure the series victory.

This begs another poll regarding what fans really think our goals for the remaining season should be. Vote to your right for whether you think the Padres should play hard the rest of the way risking the 1^st overall pick, or whether they should play for that pick knowing what kind of talent in Strasburg awaits the winner of that prize.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
San Diego	4	0	7	0	0	3	1	0	1		16	20	0
Colorado	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0		7	14	0

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Forum Game - Elsinore - 7-26-08

Tonight the SOSD Padres forum had it's first 2008 LE Storm meet and greet. We all met at "henry's" house for a ......few.......beers before heading over to the Diamond.

Lineup's go like this......

Inland Empire 66ers
1- Trayvon Robinson
2- Bridger Hunt
3- Tommy Giles
4- Drew Locke
5- Austin Gallagher
6- Matt Berezay
7- Christian Lara
8- Justin Fuller
9- Esteban Lopez
P- Jerome Williams

Lake Elsinore Storm
1- Cedric Hunter
2- Eric Sogard - DH
3- Kellen Kulibacki
4- Mitch Canham
5- Brian Joynt
6- Jeremy Hunt
8- Keone Ruth
9- Jesus Lopez
P- Rolando Valdez

It was a great night for baseball at the Diamond as the weather stayed in the 70's for most of the evening. We showed up ready to watch the future of the Padres perform and we didn't leave wanting. Kellen Kulbacki, Cedric Hunter & Jeremy Hunt all had two hits, but it was Hunter and Kulbacki that flexed their muscles.. In the 5th inning with 1 on and 2 outs Cedric Hunter came to the plate and hammered a 2 run HR to CF for his 5th of the season. In the 6th it was Kulbacki's turn to go deep with 1 on and 2 outs, and put his 17th of the season well over the RF monster.

Meanwhile Rolondo Valdez was smooth and in control for 5 innings, and kept the 66ers off balance all night. He got a little shaky in the 6th, but worked his way out of the inning for a very solid start.

Robert Woodard came on in relief of Valdez and one thing that caught all of our eyes was this guys strange wind up....check it out !

July 26,2008
	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Inland Empire 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 1 Lake Elsinore 0 2 0 4 0 2 0 0 X 8 10 0 Recap | Box W: R. Valdez (3-4, 4.04); L: J. Williams (0-1, 6.30) HR: LAK: K. Kulbacki (17), C. Hunter (5).

Elsinore is currently in 4th place, 3.5 games out of it and very much in the mix.......Go Storm !!!

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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 might project

- A look at the possible future of the big league club and who might project out as a Padre

Keep checking back

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Padres drop 2nd half opener to Cards

Padres lose 4-3

Jake 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 unraveled for Jake, and he fell victim to Troy Glaus twice and also was taken deep twice by two other Cards and it proved the difference in the game.

Edgar Gonzalez started off the 2nd half just like he played the first half.........red hot........in the 3rd inning EGon connected for his 4th HR of the year of Kyle Lohse, but it would quickly be answered in the bottom of the same inning by back to back Cardinal HR's.

The Padres have quite to do to improve this team, and at least become competitive........tonight was actually a solid game, and amazingly enough it was the usually reliable Jake Peavy that gave this game away......

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
San Diego	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		3	9	0
St. Louis	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	X		4	9	0

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Padres drop finale to Fish

Padres lose 5-2

Despite 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 pretty well, but got near zero love from the lineup. Unlike the night before the Padres bats seemed to have holes in them again, except for Hairston, who continued his torrid pace by notching his 14th HR of the year in part time play.

Scott Hairston as a CFer is now hitting .340 ba/.349 obp/.698 slg in 106 AB's.....
Not too shabby!

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Florida	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	2		5	8	1
San Diego	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1		2	6	0

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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.

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