Cardboard Corner: Jack Of All Trades
Today's baseball card is not an actual baseball card. After crusting about a dozen pairs of boxers watching sexy 'lexi prance and pirouette around the diamond, I decided I couldn't wait any longer to...
View ArticlePadres Reinstate Huston Street From DL
The San Diego Padres have reinstated Huston Street from the disabled list, reports Jeff Sanders of the North County Times: #Padres closer Huston Street reinstated from the DL. — Jeff Sanders...
View ArticleBuster Posey Wins Giants' Willie Mac Award
One of the better traditions around all of sports are the various awards handed out by the teams themselves. Of course, if a team overdoes it and throws out tons of awards so everybody ends up with...
View ArticleAround the Wild Card Race: September 22 Edition
News and notes from around the Wild Card race: St. Louis is hoping to give some of their regulars rest as they go down the stretch. David Freese got a day off on Friday as he plays through his first...
View ArticleChase Headley: Is the Power Real?
Chase Headley is one home run away from 30 home runs this season, after hitting his 29th home run of the season in San Francisco last night. I did not see this power surge from Headley this season,...
View ArticleMLB Teams Get Hacked, Start Saying Darnedest Things On Social Media
With enough talent and time, a dedicated and unscrupulous hacker can foil pretty much any security system. Apparently, one did that today to a host of MLB teams, just to be a dope. Deadspin has the...
View ArticlePadres Vs. Pirates: Neil Walker Praises Clint Barmes
Neil Walker, one of the key players in the Pirates' 11-5 comeback victory over the San Diego Padres Sunday, has some praise for the other key player, shortstop Clint Barmes, whose grand slam in the...
View ArticleBraves' Dan Uggla Homers In 2nd Consecutive Game
Atlanta Braves second baseman Dan Uggla hit his second home run in as many days on Wednesday to lead his team to a 6-1 win over the San Diego Padres. After the game, Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez...
View ArticleDiamondbacks Digging Themselves Holes Too Often In Critical Part Of Season
With their 5-0 loss to the San Diego Padres Friday night, the Arizona Diamondbacks have 36 games to make up seven games in the National League West or six games in the wild cards standings. Adversity...
View ArticleThe Arizona Diamondbacks Will Utilize A 6-Man Rotation, But Probably Not For...
With a combination of lefties and righties, young players and veterans, the Arizona Diamondbacks have a pitching rotation both now and for the future that many other MLB teams should covet. They have...
View ArticleColorado Product Chase Headley Named NL Player of the Month for August
Fountain, Colo., native and San Diego Padres third baseman Chase Headley was named the National League Player of the Month on Tuesday for his performance in August. Headley posted a .306 batting...
View ArticleRoyals trade rumors: Scouting Padres for corner OF, middle IF?
The Kansas City Royals were scouting at Petco during Saturday's game between the Padres and the Dodgers, according to Bill Center of U-T San Diego. Center suggests they were scouting corner outfielders...
View ArticleDodgers 3, Padres 1: Adrian Gonzalez and Hanley Ramirez come up clutch
Vin Scully said "times are changing" in reference to the possibility of women navy seals, and maybe time are changing regarding the Dodgers record. Adrian Gonzalez and Hanley Ramirez hit back-to-back...
View ArticlePadres trade Sheffield to Marlins, acquire Hoffman and others on this date 20...
The San Diego fire sale of 1993 was already well under way this day twenty years ago, when new GM Randy Smith sent young superstar Gary Sheffield and reliever Rich Rodriguez to the Marlins for minor...
View ArticleMountaineer Morning Links: Monday (6/24/13) Edition
Welcome, By-Godders, to the Shotgun/Throwdown, WVU's nationally recognized best place for sports links, information, sophomoric humor and daily distractions. We're being brought to you today by NNew...
View ArticleMiami Marlins trade rumors: Ricky Nolasco trade discussed with Rockies
The Miami Marlins are likely to be somewhat active during the 2013 MLB trade deadline, and one of the names that will floated around constantly is that of Ricky Nolasco's. Last week, we discussed the...
View ArticleOff night MLB scoreboard watch open thread
There are only four games tonight and none of them include the Yankees. If you want to watch baseball, feel free to talk about it here. You have:Cleveland Indians @ Baltimore Orioles at 7:05 pmUbaldo...
View ArticleThe Padres best and worst records over 162 consecutive games
I was listening to Marty Caswell's interview with Padres GM Josh Byrnes earlier and he was referencing the fact that the Padres were doing quite well over the last 12 months. If you remember the 2012...
View ArticleRemembering Kyle Blanks's First Walk-Off Hit
As you probably know by now, Kyle Blankshad an amazing game last night. He drove in three of the Padres' four runs and scored the other one on a wild pitch, but the most exciting part was his walk-off...
View ArticleAstros Trade Deadline: Five destinations for Carlos Pena
Once again, we'll look at the upcoming trade market to see how other teams might see Houston's roster and which players are likely to get dealt. Tim kicked things off this year with a great article on...
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