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Padres Keep It Rolling

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by Craig on September 13, 2009

The Padres are giving Craig and Chris plenty to talk about.  Can the Padres carry their momentum into 2010, or is this late run a flash in the pan?  And has this been Kevin Towers’ best year as GM?

 

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Padres Are The True Wild Card

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by Craig on September 11, 2009

The Padres return home having won 10 of their last 13 series.  Now the NL Wild Card-leading Rockies are at Petco Park for the weekend.  Craig and Chris talk about how the Giant-slaying Padres are helping to shape the race:

 

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A Homegrown Rockpile

July 18, 2009

ShareFriday night’s game between the Rockies and the Padres at Petco Park brought forth an interesting mini-discussion between the Channel 4 announcers, Mark Neely and Mark Grant.  Grant noted that the ENTIRE Rockies lineup, from pitcher to RF, was drafted and developed in the Colorado farm system.  Neely then tried to pump up the Padres’ [...]

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NL Worst? Not Anymore!

June 30, 2009
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Share In 2005 the NL West was the laughingstock of the big leagues.  But while many still perceive the division as being weak, the NL West has turned into one of the toughest divisions in baseball.  Craig and Chris talk about the resurgence of the Rockies and Giants, and how Manny’s return will help or [...]

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Thoughts on Peavy and the WBC

March 15, 2009

Share What makes baseball great?  A million things.  But here’s one I’m thinking about this morning…
 Baseball is the game that simultaneously offers the most and least variance.  What do I mean?  In any given baseball game, given that the skill levels are at least of a baseline level, any team can get the better of another. [...]

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A Sunday Column

March 8, 2009

Share A collection of thoughts, rounded up and placed on the table like a San Diego Continental Sports Breakfast:

For the first time in years, Daylight Savings Time hit me by surprise this morning.  Pogi woke me up as usual, I went out to give him breakfast, laid down on the couch, fell back asleep, woke [...]

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