If you ask most casual observers, Trevor Bauer is the Anti-Hero. But wait, that’s not the type of article this is. This author is prepared to make a bet that you too will be convinced that Trevor Bauer is what baseball in 2020 needs, and not only that, but that we need many more like […]
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The top of the fifth brings Oliveras to the plate. The Padres are up 3-0. Three runs seem like nothing in Oracle park though. This was witnessed by anyone who watched last nights Padres Giants game. Oliveras K’s to give 8 strikeouts to Gausman, who actually looked quite good, even though he leaves on the […]
Padres eek out a single against Cueto who has had something of a return to form early in the 2020 season. He has historically been hard to hit because of his awkward stuttering delivery. Nevertheless Machado goes to the third baseman with an infield hit that can’t quite be executed for an out. The Padres […]
Grisham smacks a home run out in the bottom of the first, to give the Padres some run support early. This will be the biggest test so far, in a season that has seen the Padres only 2 runs away from a 3-0 start. The Biggest test, because, even if Lucchesi looked good last week, […]
Garrett Richards is also looking good early as he follows Paddack and Lamet in the Padres third game of 2020. Yes, he’s using pitches less efficiently, but he does end the top if the inning with 2K’s. Padres, again, seeing consistency from Pham, and doing well with 2 outs. Hosmer up again with men on […]
Before this game started, and after the rain took the last few innings of the Yankees Nationals game away, I said to myself: I hope this Soroka/DeGrom matchup is the technical pitching game I had hoped for last night. These guys are both so good. It’s crazy when, in the third inning of the game, […]
I’m sure there must be a reason, and maybe the question has already been asked and answered… But why do some players/staff have both patches (“united for change” and “black lives matter”) and some do not? This, when all players are kneeling in unification and holding the black ribbon together. This was noticed during the […]
It would be the opening scene of the 2020 MLB season to see Max Scherzer to serve up a 459 ft home run to Giancarlo Stanton, with Aaron Judge on second base. The World Series Champions, who no one expected to be in the playoffs, with one of the top 3 most dominant pitchers in […]
Here’s a rant: I hate the TV restrictions and blackout policies for major league baseball. I bought MLB.tv to get all the games. On July 23, 2020 at 3:00pm pst (an hour until opening pitch of the Yankees Nationals game), I realized they won’t be showing the game despite their slogan being something to the […]
Padres pitching looked excellent (so did Angel’s pitchers – Canning especially), with Garrett Richards getting punished literally once in his outing, this, by the best player in baseball, and the best in a generation. That and a bad throw was the extent of anything he did wrong. As a Padres fan, I was most impressed […]