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3 Questions For: 619 Sports!

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by Craig on September 3, 2009

You follow us on Twitter and Facebook, and we get great comments and questions all the time.  Today, Chris and Craig answer three of those questions:  Keep Kouz & Headley for 2010?  Eckstein getting hot?  And how about a little fantasy football/Brandon Marshall talk?

 

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New Media Roundtable Part Two: Padres

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by Craig on August 18, 2009

How should the Padres react to yet another Kevin Kouzmanoff second-half tear?  Re-sign Eckstein, good or bad idea?  And who’s the most exciting young player on the team?  Part two of our New Media Roundtable with Mike from Avenging Jack Murphy:

 

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Padres Would Like Your Attention

August 14, 2009
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This is the Padres’ ironic lot: the curtain is coming down on them right as the team is getting their act together. While San Diego turns away, their baseball club is just now showing some stick, some speed, a collection of interesting arms and an identity all their own. Nobody may notice, but the Padres are going to be worth watching down the stretch.

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Black Is Back

August 7, 2009
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How can it be a good thing when a last-place team, on pace for back-to-back 90+ loss seasons, extends their manager’s contract? How could a skipper with a career 198-236 record deserve further commitment? From the outside looking in, the San Diego Padres’ extension of Bud Black’s contract might raise some eyebrows, but a closer look reveals that Black has proven himself the right man for a tough job.

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Padres: Some Signs Of Life

August 3, 2009
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ShareIn what has been a terrible year, the last week showed Padres fans at least a few hopeful glimpses for the future.  Can the 619 Sports guys see a light at the end of the tunnel?
 

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MadFriars.com’s John Conniff

July 24, 2009
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There’s not much to see at the top of the Padres’ farm system. In fact, most of Triple-A is already in the big leagues. But is there hope at the lower levels? John Conniff joins us from MadFriars.com and Baseball America to talk about the class of 2008, the rehab of Nick Schmidt, and what the Padres are doing right and wrong in player development:

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Kevin Towers Interview: Blanks Called Up

June 20, 2009
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Has the youth movement begun? 619 Sports’ Craig Elsten caught up with Padres’ GM Kevin Towers on the field prior to Friday’s A’s/Padres game, an interview for KOGO.com and 619 Sports:

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Road To Nowhere

May 14, 2009

There’s good news for the Padres Thursday in Chicago, just in time for the series finale against the Cubs: it might keep raining and wash the game away. (Update: no rain, no good news, the Padres got smashed 11-3 to cap an 0-6 road trip.)

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