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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

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by Craig on August 14, 2009

This weekend marks, for many people, the end of the baseball season.  Come Saturday evening, tailgates will be fired up, the Q will be (not quite completely) packed, and toe will meet leather as the Seahawks meet the Chargers.   Football season will officially be here, and even though it might start for many of us with a 10:30pm replay of a blacked-out preseason game, we will still be dusting off our powder blues, celebrating Merriman’s mohawk and debating Charlie Whitehurst’s ambition.

Then, once the game is over, the cycle begins.  Each week, a new game, a new opponent, a new week’s worth of news and talk.  Baseball?  What’s that?  The Padres had their chance, they had the summer’s stage all to themselves, and delivered a stinkbomb of a performance.  We’ll check back on them next year.

This is the Padres’ ironic lot: the curtain is coming down on them right as the team is getting their act together. Continue Reading →

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Mat Latos Interview

August 10, 2009
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ShareThe Padres rookie phenom joins 619 Sports’ Craig Elsten to talk about his rapid rise through the minor leagues, the early lessons he’s learned in the majors, and how he will be used the rest of the season:
 

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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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