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Will Venable and Alexi Amarista's 2014 stats are basically identical
I was looking at Baseball Reference's page for the 2014 Padres for something completely unrelated when I noticed that Alexi Amarista and Will Venable have nearly identical offensive statistics this...
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Pitcher-catcher battery leaders in extra strikes
While some catchers are better at framing than others and some pitchers are better at exploiting that, we don't necessarily know who to credit. Still, we can determine which batteries have done best...
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Fun with Awful Numbers - Hitting Edition
Slinging statistics side-armed to strike you out.The 2014 Cincinnati Reds have been as offensively inept as at any point in recent memory, at times being so bad that it's hard to even look at them.No,...
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Robbie Erlin will make spot start in finale against Phillies
It's officially the 11th-to-last game of the year for our Padres tonight after they were mathematically eliminated from the 2014 postseason last night.  With this last week and a half, our Padres will...
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Cubs Sign 2-Year Affiliation With Eugene Emeralds
The Cubs are moving to Oregon.And the affiliation shuffle comes to an end.BREAKING: Eugene Emerald sign 2-year deal as affiliate of the Chicago Cubs. End 14-year relationship with San Diego.— Steve...
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Punchless: Padres 7, Phillies 3
The Phillies fell punchlessly against the offensive dominance of the San Diego Padres, losing only their second series ever at PetCo Park.The Phillies wrapped up their four game series in San Diego by...
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Padres 7, Phillies 3: Homers Win Series
Earlier today, TheThinGwynn detailed how Alexi Amarista and Will Venable are basically the same person this season, and it seems he was being a bit prophetic. Venable went 1 for 5 with 3 RBI, while...
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Phillies finally show it's OK to think ahead
Ryne Sandberg resisted the urge to focus on the now and, in last night's game in San Diego, decided to let the future have a crack at it.In baseball, some stories are better than others. And unless you...
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Padres 5, Giants 0: You're Welcome, LA
The Padres played the first of their remaining 6 games against the Giants tonight, and they reminded them that we ruin everything. The leader in tonight's ruining? Odrisamer Despaigne. He was lights...
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What was Trevor Hoffman taking pictures of on this card?
Trevor Hoffman is no stranger to great baseball cards. He's been pictured signing, bunting, and wearing catcher's gear, among other things. Hoffman's 1998 Upper Deck Collector's Choice All-Star card...
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Padres give drums to monks in Right Field, some fans annoyed
After a Beerfest bathroom break last night I suggested we stop by the Right Field Mission where the Dancing Friar and his Merry Monks get crazy at just about every home game. They're an interesting...
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Padres 3, Giants 2: Cashner Dominates On The Mound And At The Plate
Andrew Cashner didn't just dominate the Giants tonight, he did it with the bat, too. Cashner's impressive line (8+ IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 7 K) only tells half the story. He was the only Padre the San...
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Andrew Cashner's triple is the only one by a pitcher this year; no other...
When I saw that Andrew Cashner's triple last night was the first by a major league pitcher this season, it got me wondering whether there have been any seasons in which only one pitcher hit a triple....
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Padres history: The 19 pitchers who have hit a triple
In addition to being the first major league pitcher to hit a triple this season, Andrew Cashner is the nineteenth Padres pitcher to hit one. I feel like I'm overdoing it with posts about his triple,...
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Padres continue to tease fans with retro uniforms
The Padres wore their 1984 brown away uniforms last night and looked like themselves again, like the teams from our youth, when you could identify them at a glance and take pride in their appearance....
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Padres 8, Giants 2: San Franciscans Have Tearful Sunday Evening Gathering At...
Ian Kennedy joined this weekend's parade of Padres pitchers dominating the Giants. In 6.2 innings on the mound, Kennedy picked up his 200th strikeout of the season and held the opposition to just 2...
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'Round the Bases: Week 3 of September
(9/14 - 9/20) A weekly roundup of Padres performances. This past week has been much kinder for the Friars. Taking a 4-game series against the Phils and playing spoiler for the Giants.With the season...
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Jason Pearson: Two-team two-game wonder
Nearly six years after Sean Mulligan's lone major league plate appearance, Jason Pearson became the fourth two-game wonder in Padres history. Coincidentally, Pearson also became the fourth Padres...
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Constructing a team of players who have been both Padres and Rockies
This is the twelfth post in a series of 30 which, at the rate I'm going, should wrap up right around the same time Jedd Gyorko's contract does. The basic premise is that I look up players who played...
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Fantasy Baseball Review: Targets and Avoids
As part of an ongoing effort to see how his predictions for the season went, Jason Hunt looks at his picks for players to target and avoid from the start of the year.A key step each year for me is to...
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