Dodgers are a complete fiasco....

While not news to many...I saw this posted in a forum and thought it was classic and market-able......I do hope I see them during the next Dodger/Padre match up.......I just hope no Padre fan finds himself beaten as a result.......We know how Dodger fan can act.

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Staff Ace for the Indians admits to using Roids

Charlie Sheen Admits to Juicing ???!!!???

Well it looks like The Wild Thing has more than Tiger Blood coursing through his veins. In an interview Charlie Sheen admitted to using PED's in order to prepare for his role in Major League. Not that anyone who saw that movie is suddenly going to care, as I doubt any of us thought for a second that he was blowing 100+ mph on the radar gun to begin with. This is however fantastic timing as the Roger Clemens trial is set to start.

"...Let's just say that I was enhancing my performance a little bit. It was the only time I ever did steroids,

...I did them for like six or eight weeks," he continued. "You can print this... my fastball went from 79 to like 85."

The former "Two and a Half Men" star also told the mag that character Ricky Vaughn's signature hairstyle combined with his steroid use was a dangerous combination...."

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Way to go Ricky........Forget about the Curveball Ricky....Give'm the Heater !!!

T.Pichierri
-Planet Padres Writer

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Special thanks to KIP & Steve Kozle

Planet Padres, myself specifically, would like to send out a personal thank you to Steve Kozle and KIP America. We were recently at a convention and were lucky enough to win the door prize of a new IPad2. This was a fantastic gift and we can't thank you enough. It will be utilized to the n-th degree and is something I've always wanted for business and play.

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T.Pichierri
-Planet Padres Writer-

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The Streak ends at 8 games

Well for the sake of the baseball gods we didn't want to post anything about the Storm for fear of jinxing their streak, but it finally game to an end at 8 games....Great run boys put another one together.

The Streak Ends at Eight with Loss Against Inland Empire

By Steve Smaldone

The Storm were riding an eight-game winning streak going into Inland Empire on Wednesday night. After jumping out to an early 2-0 lead, it looked as if the Storm were going to pull off their ninth win in a row.

Storm starter Pedro Hernandez pitched five innings of shutout baseball to keep the 2-0 lead in tact. However, Inland Empire would get after the Storm bullpen, scoring nine runs between the sixth and seventh innings.

Just as it seemed all was lost, the Storm bats would wake up when LF Dean Anna led off the inning with a double. 66ers pitcher Kevin Nabors would then walk the next three batters in a row to help the Storm push across another run. SS Jeudy Valdez would strike out next for the first out. With the bases still loaded and the score 9-3 in favor of IE, Storm 3B Jedd Gyorko earned his first hit of the night, a two-RBI double bring the Storm within four runs.

Jedd Gyorko was also named Cal League Player of the Week. This hot hitting 3rd baseman has really made an impact on this league and team already. He's currently hitting .390ba with a .455obp and a monstrous .701 slg pct. He plays a very solid 3rd and is hot on the heels of James Darnell who is currently in AA. This kid has a very bright future and we will continue to keep our eyes on him while he's in LE.

California League - c/o MiLB
Jedd Gyorko, Lake Elsinore
.469/.897/1.365, 7 G, 12-for-29, 3 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR, 9 RBI, 9 RS, 3 BB, 2 K, 4 SB, 0 CS
The Padres grabbed West Virginia product Jedd Gyorko in the second round of last year's Draft, and the 22-year-old infielder is already succeeding in Class A Advanced ball. After finishing the previous week with a two-homer Sunday, Gyorko went yard again Monday and had a double, a single, two stolen bases, an RBI and two runs scored Tuesday. He was a triple shy of the cycle on a five-RBI Wednesday and missed out on the feat by a double Friday. Although he chilled out by going 0-for-7 over Saturday and Sunday, he did manage a stolen base and a run scored between those games.

The Storm have surged back into relevance, but have a ways still to go to reel in Rancho Cucamonga. They are currently 8 games out and will play RC this weekend in RC. For now it's on to game two against Inland Empire, and hopeuflly the start of another 8 game winning streak. Good luck STORM !!!

T.Pichierri
-Planet Padres Writer-

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Non Baseball Related

But still needs to be celebrated. The FBI has updated their 10 most wanted list with some great news

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108 Stitches with Bill Pierce

Recapping the 4-22-11 game

Hit Parade In Lake Elsinore.....

Coming into last nights game the Storm were looking to build on the 5-10 record and their eyes were set on the 7-8 Mavericks.

Lake Elsinore sent Matt Lollis out to face-off against High Deserts Yoervis Medina. Both pitchers are coming into the game win-less with Lollis posting a high 6.06 ERA and Medina being only slightly better at 4.60. Im sure Lollis is hoping for a better defensive effort from the boys behind him who the previous night put up a ridiculous 6 errors.

Well by the time the fireworks erupted over the diamond the sizable Friday night crowd was treated to a 12-1 trouncing of High Desert. The Storm won handily not looking at all like a 5-10 club.
Aside from one 3rd inning pitch that found the bleachers (HDM,s James Jones) Lollis sparkled allowing only 2 hits over 5innings of work while putting up 8 k's in the process. Never getting too cute with his pitches he relied on his hard stuff reaching 94 on the gun several times. The relief core finished of the game handily going the final four innings scoreless and putting up 7 more K's.

Now, here is where the "hit parade" part starts. the Storm put on a display at the plate. With nearly all hitters contributing, here are a few standouts in this writers mind. Gyorko continued to rake going 3-4 with a walk and remains an anchor in the line-up. Nathan Freiman who looked silly in his first AB and looked off balance two pitches into his second turned it around quickly hitting 2 consecutive bombs and continued with very hard outs driving in 5 runs. Edinson Rincon had a great night at the plate in DH role. He went 4-5 hitting the ball on the screws at every AB. Rincon still remains a bit of a mystery though as he shows no progression defensively. While he is still young he may be destined to be stuck in that DH position until they figure out a way to remove that iron skillet from his glove hand.

- Bill Pierce -

Planet Padres beat writer

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Tonights Game at The Diamond / 4-22-11

Tonight's lineup as seen on the wall of the Diamond

High Desert Mavericks
Player	Pos	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Carroll	DH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.328
Franklin	SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.306
Catricala	LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.358
Raben	1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292
Martinez, M	3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143
Almonte, D	CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.355
Jones, J	RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.139
Coleman	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176
Noriega	2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216

Lake Elsinore Storm
Player	Pos	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Fuentes, R	CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.321
Galvez	2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.341
Gyorko	3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.386
Hagerty	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277
Freiman	1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259
Rincon	DH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300
Valdez, J	SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222
Liriano	RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.106
Noel	LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.175

High Desert Mavericks
Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Medina, Y	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.60

Lake Elsinore Storm
Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Lollis	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.06

Lollis comes out of the shoot going 1-2-3 in the first, and hitting 93mph on the gun. Hopefully he'll have his A game and the boys on defense behind him will bring theirs as well. Good luck Storm.

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