I gave up and went to bed last night during the 12th inning of the Rockies/Padres game. The Rockies finally got a good start out of Jeff Francis but couldn't back him up with any offense. Jake Peavy had a normal rock solid outing, but the Padres left 24 men on base. The Rockies left 30.
I recall one of the Padres announcers mentioning the longest game in Padres history, an 18 inning game they lost to the Pirates on a bases loaded walk, saying he would eat his hat if last night's game went that far. I regret I wasn't awake to see that happen.
The Dbacks will be facing the Padres for the first time this season, and though they might be tired, they are always dangerous. Arizona will benefit from not facing another ace, but Brandon Webb won't pitch this series either. Greg Maddux (who has a history of struggling against Arizona) and Chris Young have switched slots in the rotation. Maddux will go for his 350th career win against Dan Haren Friday night. Young will pitch Saturday if the soreness in his elbow improves. All signs point to advantage Arizona which usually means a team can get too comfortable and see its own energy level drop if its not careful.
The Padres are running a "smack talk" promo video for the series against the DBacks in San Diego April 25-27. The commercial shows players like Peavy and Chris Young talking about "taking back the West", and saying things like "the only way you can win the West is by beating it" (duh) and "this is our house". Let's hope the Snakes can show them the same kind of courtesy this upcoming weekend.
Friday, April 18, 2008
Rox Beat Padres in 22 Innings.
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They need to get more intelligent people to do those promos. Last year's MASN promos for both the Nats and O's was just awful smack talk--thankfully not by the players. They were essentially unintentional parodies of a drunk Walter Matthew in the Bad News Bears slurring "Bad news for the Yankees!"
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