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06/13 Padres Preview: Game 67 @ Mets
On paper, the Padres and Mets look to be having a similar season. They're both currently sitting in 4th place in their relative divisions. Their win-loss records differ by just one game. They're both...
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2-6 Loss Extends Padres Losing Streak
The losses pile up as the pattern of offensive stalemates continue.Much like the rain that seems to follow the Padres around the past few games, losses are plaguing the ballclub in raincloud fashion. A...
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Constructing a team of players who have been both Padres and Mets
This is the eleventh post in a series of 30 in which I bust out the ol' Baseball-Reference multi-franchise tool, peruse the list of guys who played for both the Padres and whatever team they're...
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06/14 Padres Preview: Game 68 @ Mets
Jesse Hahn gets another chance to impress as he takes the mound for his second major league appearance this afternoon. His ML debut didn't go too smoothly (3 2/3 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 5 K), but he will...
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Hahn gets first major league hit; Cashner taunts him from the dugout
Jesse Hahn made his second major league appearance this afternoon. And it was about as brilliant as you could ask for from the young righty out of Double-A San Antonio. A season-high (minors included)...
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Mets vs Padres Recap: Zack Wheeler labors and Mets offense disappears in 5-0...
The Mets offense was blanked and Zack Wheeler struggled on a particularly forgettable day. Today was a day filled with ire for Mets fans. This morning, at a Q&A session with season ticket holders,...
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Fun With Hahn, Padres Win 5-0
Not even the Mets can stop the Padres from surprising their fans with a win. We did it, folks. We won. See you in the playoffs! Everything's fixed. Almost everybody hit today, we capitalized on RISP,...
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Mariners duel with human decency, Rangers. Lose to both.
The Mariners fall back to .500 and are on the cusp of getting swept for the second series in a row. A couple of weeks ago we were all sitting right here on this very website, looking at the 2014...
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06/15 Padres Preview: Game 69 @ Mets
A great outing from rookie Jesse Hahn yesterday evened up the series at Citi Field. This morning Ian Kennedy will try to follow up with a great outing of his own to help the Padres to a series win. His...
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35-34: Mariners sneak one past sleeping Rangers bullpen
Hey...guys...can we send some of those eight inning runs back to last week please?Kyle Seager: Kyle Seager (.424 WPA)Logan Morrison: Logan Morrison (-.139 WPA)Well, for a while, it wasn't looking...
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Fun's Over; Padres Drop Series to Mets
A 1-3 morning loss halts the Padres from starting that winning streak that was supposed to happen.Well, it was fun while it lasted.Unlike the lovely shutout yesterday thanks to Jesse Hahn and Co.; the...
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Hall Of Famer Tony Gwynn Dies At 54
One of the greatest hitters of his generation has passed away, far too young.It's sad when any well-known professional athlete dies, much less a Hall of Fame talent like Tony Gwynn. It's scary for me,...
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Prospect Retrospective: Tony Gwynn
16.San Diego Padres great and Hall of Fame outfielder Tony Gwynn passed away this morning. Let's honor him by taking a look at what he was like as a prospect and how his career developed.Tony Gwynn was...
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Remembering Tony Gwynn and the impact he made on Yankees fans in 1998
It would have been easy to be intimidated by the '98 Yankees, but "Mr. Padre" was definitely not affected.Few players in major league history have ever been so pure a hitter as San Diego Padres great...
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Remember Tony Gwynn's Hall of Fame career with YouTube's help
Let's watch Tony Gwynn hit baseballs and give speeches.Tony Gwynn meant a lot to me growing up, as he likely did to just about anyone who got the chance to appreciate his greatness. With his passing,...
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Tony Gwynn, baseball scientist, has died
Tony Gwynn passed away Monday at 54. There was only one of him.I don't remember Tony Gwynn ever striking out, because it almost never happened. For comparison's sake, let's consider that Adam Dunn, the...
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There was only one Tony Gwynn
Initially not considered in the same class as Williams, Boggs, and Mattingly, he proved himself a unique player with a personality to match. Hall of Fame outfielder Tony Gwynn died on Monday. There is...
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Memories Of Tony Gwynn
Let's have a look back at the baseball life of the Padres star, who died Monday at 54.By now, you know of the untimely passing of Tony Gwynn, the best hitter of his generation. And I say that for a...
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06/16 Padres Preview: Game 70 @ Mariners
Padres continue their road trip in Seattle.An entire fanbase is mourning today, but baseball still goes on. Our Padres begin a two-game set in Seattle tonight and hope to bring the Friar Faithful a win...
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BFTB After Dark: June 16, 2014
"After Dark" is BFTB's nightly open thread for the community to talk about anything and everything. But tonight it's to talk about the great Tony Gwynn.Tony Gwynn passes away at age 54 -...
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