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Learning the hard way ...
Published 7/21/2008 by coreybrock at Rich Folkers is throwing up in the bullpen: Life on the beat
CINCINNATI -- No one ever said that this Major League stuff would be easy, as several rookies on the Padres roster are learning -- sometimes the hard way -- this season. Take Sunday. Rookie catcher Luke Carlin, with the Padres only because Michael Barrett and Josh Bard are on the disabled, threw a ball away in the ninth inning against the Cardinals that led to a 9-5 St. Louis victory. In short, with a runner on first, one out and the pitcher up showing bunt, Carlin should have held onto the ball. He said that much Monday when I talked to him here in Cincinnati. As manager Bud Black said, Carlin will be better off for it in the long run. In the short term, though, the Padres, who entered ...

Smells Like Padres in Here - Tuesday Edition
Published 7/22/2008 by Winfield's Ghost at Gaslamp Ball: Front Page Posts
The Reds must be awful because we beat them.  A ninth inning rally and Trevor barely escapes.  Seems like old times.  If, in olden times, we were11.5 back. It appears CY is pretty close. Padres are learning from rookie mistakes.  They should be genuises by the end of the year then. A NYT piece on the Domincan scandal. Peavy versus Cueto tonight.  At first I thought it was Peavy versus Cujo and I was like "Now THAT would be an awesome matchup."  Anyway, game time is 4:10pm PDT.