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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 …
Kicking off the 2012 season
The High School Red Zone has returned for the 2012 high school football season. For the fifth straight year, the Red Zone will be the San Diego Reader’s home for high school football and provide in-depth coverage from throughout the …
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 …
Family Pride
It's become an icon of the games. Opening day ceremonies, 1984 Olympics, Los Angeles Coliseum: the American team comes onto the field. Leading them a man holds the U.S. flag high in the air — with one hand. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akCndyEaiL0 An …
Volquez Falters, Mets Beat Padres
In facing Jeremy Hefner of the New York Mets on Saturday, it could be presumed that the San Diego Padres might have had an advantage seeing as how Hefner was in the Padres minor league organization last season before being …
Padres Solve R. A. Dickey, Beat Mets
The New York Mets R.A. Dickey (pictured) is a knuckleball pitcher, and a dominant one this season in particular, entering Friday’s contest against the San Diego Padres with a record of 14-2 and a 2.83 earned run average. What types …
Reds and Cueto Too Much For Padres
Getting into a deep hole against Reds starter Johnny Cueto isn’t advisable, as the Padres found out on Thursday. Padres starter Ross Ohlendorf didn’t get out of the second inning, putting up six runs in the frame, and the Reds …
Reds Again Outlast Padres
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/aug/02/28967/ The key to beating the Cincinnati Reds seems to be in having your offense put up big numbers against their starting pitchers while holding off their offense late. Getting to the Reds bullpen is as tough as making ice …
Happens Every Four Years
Work ceases. TV goes on. I tolerate the steams of commercials and NBC's infinite stockpile of heart-wrenching stories about the athletes, their parents, pet, song, library card number, favorite brand of mustard. Like a blitz of Hallmark cards. For two …
Padres Split First Two of Four With Reds
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/aug/01/28904/ The Padres seem to be getting better, but are still often coming up just short. After losing in extra-innings in their last game in Miami this season, the Padres traveled to Cincinnati to face the Reds for a four-game …
Marlins Finally Beat Padres in Florida
Statisticians will tell you that there is no such thing as a law of averages, while baseball writers will tell you that streaks come to an end eventually. Baseball players just play the game, and even hopeless romantics will likely …
Padres Spear Marlins, 7-2
It was a homecoming of sorts for two Padres players, Yasmani Grandal and Yonder Alonso - both of whom attended the University of Miami - and with family and friends in the stands in Miami, both made the most of …
Padres Salvage Game in Series with Giants
After losing the first two games of the three-game series against the Giants, the Padres got an excellent pitching performance from Jason Marquis while Jesus Guzman socked a pair of homers as San Diego salvaged the third game on Wednesday …
Giants Ensure Padres Series Win Streak Over
After a successful home stand culminating with a win on Sunday against the Colorado Rockies to take their third series in a row, the Padres hit the road on Monday. First stop: San Francisco, to face the division-leading Giants. Monday …
The Impossible Dream Team
My father used to say: "the older you get, the better you were." Maybe this is a variation: "the better they were." Maybe not. All this bruhaha about Dream Team 2012 (Kobe, Lebron) vs Dream Team 1992 (Magic, Bird) and …