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Catcher Michael Barrett will miss a minimum of six weeks after suffering multiple facial fracture...

jbox — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:33:26 -0000

Catcher Michael Barrett will miss a minimum of six weeks after suffering multiple facial fractures, including the orbital bone above his right eye, on Wednesday when he fouled a ball off his face in Colorado.

Open Thread: Fourth of July, Friars vs. Snakes

jbox — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:18:08 -0000

Happy Independence day!

It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever more. - Jon Adams, 1776

The Padres are taking care of the sports part of it today, but we've got to take care of the rest.

We have some guy named Baek (1-4) who is supposedly a Padre, but I've never heard of him, pitching for us today. Haren (8-4) is getting the start for the opposing team. Nick Hundley is up and I'm down with that.

Go Padres!!

Lineup

San Diego Padres @ Arizona Diamondbacks

07/04/08 6:40 PM PDT

San Diego Padres	Arizona Diamondbacks
Jody Gerut - CF	Stephen Drew - SS
Edgar Gonzalez - 2B	Justin Upton - RF
Brian Giles - RF	Orlando Hudson - 2B
Adrian Gonzalez - 1B	Conor Jackson - LF
Kevin Kouzmanoff - 3B	Chad Tracy - 1B
Chase Headley - LF	Mark Reynolds - 3B
Khalil Greene - SS	Chris Young - CF
Nick Hundley - C	Miguel Montero - C
Cha Seung Baek - P	Dan Haren - P

via WithLeather via the Fightin's

jbox — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:40:53 -0000

Ouch.Uploaded by TheFightins

Open Thread: First Time Commentors ONLY!

jbox — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:38:16 -0000

Let's see if we can meet some new friends today. No game, so let's have an open thread just for first time commentors. This will be our third time trying this and each time it starts slow but new folks and lurkers drop by which is cool. You can just say hi or give an opinion on the Padres... whatever you like.

Hello new Gaslamp Ballers. Who's going to be brave and start us off?

[Note by jbox, 07/03/08 1:46 PM PDT ] Wow some of you long time commentors are terrible at following instructions. First time commentors only! Welcome EllieK.

[Note by jbox, 07/03/08 2:41 PM PDT ] Okay, apparently some of you aren't sure if you are first time commentors. If click on your user profile (upper left hand corner), it tells you how many comments you've made on Gaslamp Ball. You're looking for it to say 0. So if it says over 100, that's not really going to cut it. There will be plenty of open threads for the rest of you, that are open to everyone. We're just trying to give the new people a forum to say something.

[Note by jbox, 07/03/08 6:10 PM PDT ] This thread is now open to all!

Gaslamp Ball goes to the New Busch Stadium

jbox — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:23:55 -0000

Photos compliments of Gaslamp Baller theNerdhater:

Trying not to hold hands
Dex and Jon do not appreciate the subliminal message in this pic
Let's walk all the way up to the top, so I can get a poorly lit photo
"If you see that guy try to put his Padre hat on Ozzie again, you take the Islander...I'll get white bread"
AKA "the one that got away"
Dex's heat isn't that hot
Jon is a whirling dervish
Hoosier uniform -Jersey Tshirt (Check), Rolled sleeves (Check), Scruffy appearance (Check), cuffed Jorts (Check)...chugging a beer till the last minute (check)
No match for Andre

TheRevRun from GaslampBall.com has it right? (via gaslampball)

jbox — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:19:04 -0000

Open Thread: 7/2, Padres vs. Rockies

jbox — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:23:27 -0000

Dex and Jon are at Coors Field. They said that there are two statues out front. One is of a generic baseball player and one is a little kid looking up towards the ballpark offices that is entitled "High Hopes". I guess the Rockies haven't really been around long enough to merit a player getting his own statue so you just have to have a generic player. Look how long it took the Padres to get a statue.

The guys are sitting in pretty good seats down the third baseline. Dex has a connection with the Twins club that hooked them up with VIP tickets at will call. He went up there and the guy was like "This is VIP will call only" and Dex was like "yeah I know". Then he's like "We don't have Padres tickets here." Then he said "Who gave you these?" Dex just asked "Could you just check to see if there are tickets under my name please?" The guy was "Oh here they are, imagine that".

I suggested that they each have a Coors beer and eat some Rocky Mountain Oysters. They sounded excited by the menu options.

So far they think the ballpark is nicer than New Busch and very pleasant by all accounts.

Jon's wearing his Chris Gwynn Jersey and his Gaslamp Ball Shirt. Both guys are wearing Padres hats, so if you are out there say hello.

Go Padres!

Lineup

San Diego Padres @ Colorado Rockies

07/02/08 6:05 PM PDT

San Diego Padres	Colorado Rockies
Jody Gerut - CF	Ryan Spilborghs - CF
Edgar Gonzalez - 2B	Todd Helton - 1B
Brian Giles - RF	Matt Holliday - LF
Adrian Gonzalez - 1B	Garrett Atkins - 3B
Kevin Kouzmanoff - 3B	Jeff Baker - 2B
Chase Headley - LF	Brad Hawpe - RF
Khalil Greene - SS	Yorvit Torrealba - C
Michael Barrett - C	Troy Tulowitzki - SS
Randy Wolf - P	Ubaldo Jimenez - P

Cook needed only an hour and 58 minutes to record his 11th victory of the season. That is, by sev...

jbox — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:59:20 -0000

Cook needed only an hour and 58 minutes to record his 11th victory of the season. That is, by seven minutes, the fastest nine-inning game in the 14-year history of Coors Field.

Open Thread: 7/1, Padres vs. Rockies

jbox — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:31:57 -0000

There is no possible way the Padres can match their offensive output of yesterday, so get prepared to be let down.

Josh Banks and his 18 different pitches prepare to meet the Colorado Rockies.

Dex and Jon are at the St. Louis Cardinals game right now. Tomorrow they will be at the final Rockies game.

Go Padres!

Lineup

San Diego Padres @ Colorado Rockies

07/01/08 6:05 PM PDT

San Diego Padres	Colorado Rockies
Jody Gerut - CF	Willy Taveras - CF
Edgar Gonzalez - 2B	Todd Helton - 1B
Brian Giles - RF	Matt Holliday - LF
Adrian Gonzalez - 1B	Brad Hawpe - RF
Kevin Kouzmanoff - 3B	Garrett Atkins - 3B
Chase Headley - LF	Chris Iannetta - C
Khalil Greene - SS	Jeff Baker - 2B
Michael Barrett - C	Troy Tulowitzki - SS
Josh Banks - P	Aaron Cook - P

Babe Ruth probably p#%%ed there

jbox — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:07:26 -0000

Babe Ruth probably p#%%ed there