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 This Week’s MLB Transactions
This Week’s MLB Transactions
7/20/08 The Milwaukee Brewers acquired 2B Ray Durham from San Francisco Giants for OF Darren Ford and LHP Steve Hammond. 7/22/08 The Houston Astros acquired LHP Randy Wolf from the San Diego Padres for RHP Chad Reineke. The Arizona Diamondbacks acquired set up man/closer Jon Rauch from the Washington Nationals for 2B Emilio Bonifacio. …and the week isn’t
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 Somebody Get This Guy Some Run Support
Somebody Get This Guy Some Run Support
Greg Maddux is going through withdrawal.

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 Holy Herrera!
Holy Herrera!
Well, that was unexpected. - I could ramble on about how great Yoslan Herrera was tonight, or about how terrible the Padres are. Even though tonight's 9-1 win was probably a result of the latter statement, I'll still talk about Herrera. - This is a ...
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Pirates 9, Padres 1
You know, I don't mean to take anything away from Yoslan Herrera , who got his first big-league win today, or Jason Bay, Xavier Nady, and Nate McLouth , who all homered, but I have to say, this one was all about the Padres. The Bucs scored nine runs, ...
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 Padres Farm Report: Spotlight on Fort Wayne
Padres Farm Report: Spotlight on Fort Wayne
Let’s take a quick look at what’s going on down at the Padres’ lowest full-season affiliate, shall we? Fort Wayne Wizards in a Box: Record: 52-50 Runs Scored: 472 Runs Allowed: 449 BA/OBP/SLG: .258/.347/.373 (Midwest League: ...
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 Healthy Maddux not getting the wins, but still having fun
Healthy Maddux not getting the wins, but still having fun
But it's 2008. The 40s are not so friendly. Tom Glavine is on the Braves disabled list. Bad elbow. Retirement might beckon. John Smoltz? Ditto. Bad shoulder. We came here Wednesday to check on the third. See if anything was bad with him. Greg Maddux ...
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 Padres vs. Reds - Recap - July 23, 2008
Padres vs. Reds - Recap - July 23, 2008
Dunn hits Reds' first grand slam this season in win vs. Padres CINCINNATI (AP) -- Greg Maddux has never gone so long without a win. The 350-game winner had another teasing day on the mound Wednesday, watching his lead vanish one pitch after he left ...
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 Factoring in expectations, '08 is the worst
Factoring in expectations, '08 is the worst
Our intrepid Padres beat writer, Tom Krasovic, who now knows what it's like to be smeared with honey and tied down over an ant colony in the desert 162 days a year, calls this a 4-A ballclub. He's close. It's 3 1/2-A.
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 The Padres are like a busty redhead - Gaslamp Ball
The Padres are like a busty redhead - Gaslamp Ball
It's kinda like somebody asking if you'd like to see a busty redhead with alabaster skin wearing an unbuttoned Padres jersey draped across her bosom with a bat slung across her shoulders. That sounds pretty nice don't it?
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Padres may not be finished trading
"I personally have never been opposed to trading within the division," Towers said. "You can't have a fear of it or it will come back to bite you. If you have confidence in the input you're getting from your people and the player you're getting in return, you're fine."
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 Wolf To Astros
Wolf To Astros
Today the Padres sent P Randy Wolf to Houston in return for minor league pitcher Chad Reineke. Reineke isn’t a great pitcher, with a 4.41 ERA in 19 starts for Round Rock, Houston’s AAA affiliate. But, with a less than 1/1 GB/FB ratio, it ...
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 Astros add veteran Wolf to rotation | MLB.com: News
Astros add veteran Wolf to rotation | MLB.com: News
HOUSTON -- The Astros acquired left-handed pitcher Randy Wolf from the Padres in exchange for Minor League right-hander Chad Reineke, the organization announced Tuesday. Houston gets Wolf, who went 6-10 with a 4.74 ERA in 21 starts for San Diego, for ...
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 Who Wants to Win the NL West?!
Who Wants to Win the NL West?!
It seems as if no one in the NL West wants first place. It is truly sad when the Rangers would be in 1st place if after the All Star break if they were in the NL and they’re only 4 games over .500. No NL West team is above .500 as of July
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 What They Need - San Diego Padres: To Start the Rebuilding Already
What They Need - San Diego Padres: To Start the Rebuilding Already
The San Deigo Padres currently have the worst record in all of baseball, at 38-62. And yet as of this writing they haven’t made any significant moves toward rebuilding the team, and are still acting as if they are trying to contend.  ...
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 Padres vs. Reds - Recap - July 22, 2008
Padres vs. Reds - Recap - July 22, 2008
Keppinger double lifts Reds past Padres in 11th inning CINCINNATI (AP) -- The first eight times that Jake Peavy pitched against Cincinnati, the San Diego Padres ended the game with a celebration. An against-the-odds grounder and a check-swing single ...
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Rookie Gonzalez sparks award talk
The 30-year-old Gonzalez, at this rate, might merit some consideration for Rookie of the Year votes in the National League. Gonzalez had three more hits in Tuesday's 4-3 loss to the Reds in 11 innings to raise his average to .328.
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 Ed Wade Boggles My Mind
Ed Wade Boggles My Mind
The Houston Astros have some sort of plan they are about to set into action. I'm not sure exactly what it is, but it somehow involves Randy Wolf. Maybe they're planning a hostile takeover of the NL Central.
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 Brian Giles is a Real Housewife of San Diego County
Brian Giles is a Real Housewife of San Diego County
Padres veteran outfielder Brian Giles really enjoys playing in sunny San Diego. The 37-year-old Southern California native loves to tan, and back when he played in Pittsburgh, Giles spent more time in a tanning bed than A-Rod spends in Madonna's ...
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Wolf to Astros
Today we traded Randy Wolf to the Astros for RHP Chad Reineke. As discussed a while back, given his contractual situation - free agent at the end of the year - Randy was a likely candidate to be traded before the deadline. The fact that the Astros had ...
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 Astros acquire Wolf from Padres
Astros acquire Wolf from Padres
the Padres found a willing trade partner for left-handed pitcher Randy Wolf on Tuesday, sending the veteran to the Astros for Minor League right-handed pitcher Chad Reineke
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 Padres send Wolf to Astros | MLB.com: News
Padres send Wolf to Astros | MLB.com: News
CINCINNATI -- The Padres found a willing trade partner for left-handed pitcher Randy Wolf on Tuesday, sending the veteran to the Astros for Minor League right-handed pitcher Chad Reineke. Wolf was 6-10 with a 4.74 ERA in 21 starts for the Padres this ...
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"Padres send Wolf to Astros in exchange for minor league pitcher" by Padres Blog
By Tom Krasovic July 22, 2008 The Padres have dealt left-hander Randy Wolf to the Houston Astros for Chad Reineke, a Triple-A pitcher who has averaged nearly a strikeout per inning. A key part of the deal for the Padres is the potential financial ...
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 Young 'feels good' in rehab start
Young 'feels good' in rehab start
The San Diego Padres' Chris Young took one more step toward returning to the club after completing his second rehab start with the Padres' Class A affiliate in Lake Elsinore, Calif., on Friday. "I'd like to get out and compete on the big league level," Young said. "If it was up to me, that's where I'd be. I felt good tonight. I felt like I could have gone another inning easily."
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 The Chicken's Greatest Bits
The Chicken's Greatest Bits
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 "His beautiful tan was altered. I'm sure that hurt him more than anything."
"His beautiful tan was altered. I'm sure that hurt him more than anything."
"His beautiful tan was altered. I'm sure that hurt him more than anything." Giles' tan suffered due to injury
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 Separated at birth?: Jerry Hairston and The Cosby Show's Elvin
Separated at birth?: Jerry Hairston and The Cosby Show's Elvin
If I ever have a son-in-law, I'd like him to  be like Elvin Tibideaux . You know, a guy who could subserviently play the comedic whipping boy to my easily-bemused Cliff Huxtable self in the sitcom that will undoubtedly be my life as a ...
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 THT Live:More Q&D Marcels: Red Sox, Cubbies, Padres
THT Live:More Q&D Marcels: Red Sox, Cubbies, Padres
More bloggers check in with second-half projections based on the Quick-n-dirty Marcels utility. Sons of Sam Horn blogger Hairps checks in on the Red Sox and MB from Friar Forecast looks at the Padres . Colin Wyers from Goat Riders of the Apocalypse projects the Cubs using both Marcel and Dan Szymborski's ZiPS .
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Who are these guys?
It’s been pretty well documented … this team has vastly underperformed. Heck, it’s pretty tough to play sub-.400 baseball and not under perform. But the Padres were expected to at least contend this year, and certainly not many ...
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 Five ways to make baseball more blog-friendly
Five ways to make baseball more blog-friendly
A simple proposal for making blogs more actively involved with Major League Baseball on a team level.
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7/22/08 News & Notes
Robert Lara’s 5-game hitting streak ended Monday as Robert went 0 for 3 in the Padres loss to the Cubs. Robert did however take advantage of his one time on base by turning his walk into a run.
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Young takes step at Lake Elsinore toward his return to big leagues
LAKE ELSINORE -- In two rehab starts with the Lake Elsinore Storm, Padres right-hander Chris Young already has re-established himself as the flyball pitcher he was before that devastating Albert Pujols single off his face on May 21. Some of the fly ...
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Whatever Happened to Controlling the Strike Zone?
it’s worth noting that the Padres have done an excellent job of controlling the strike zone since moving to Petco Park. This has coincided with the fact that — the first half of 2008 notwithstanding — they’ve done an excellent job of winning baseball games since then:
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 The tan suffered, but Giles' bruise earned him locker-room cred
The tan suffered, but Giles' bruise earned him locker-room cred
"I promise you, most guys would have been on the disabled list," pitcher Jake Peavy said. "Brian Giles is a flat-out gamer. The way he competes every day, it's a great thing for the young guys on this team."
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 Padres learning from rookie mistakes
Padres learning from rookie mistakes
A day after his ninth-inning throwing error contributed to the Padres' 9-5 loss to St. Louis, rookie catcher Luke Carlin wasn't still petulant about the one that got away as much as he was resolute about taking something from the experience.
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 Astros in discussions to acquire Padres LHP Wolf
Astros in discussions to acquire Padres LHP Wolf
The Astros are engaged in serious discussions to acquire veteran left-hander Randy Wolf of the Padres.
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 Astros in serious talks about Padres lefty Wolf - MLB
Astros in serious talks about Padres lefty Wolf - MLB
The Houston Astros are engaged in serious discussions to acquire veteran left-hander Randy Wolf of the San Diego Padres . Wolf, 31, is 6-10 with a 4.74 ERA this season. He began his career with the Philadelphia Phillies -- the former employer of Ed ...
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