2024 Major League Baseball season (Page 87 of 91)

Play Ball Shreddy. Giants in our opener today.
Rick

Palpable excitement here Shreddy! It’s early, but there’s a vigor to the team that’s been lacking. Intent to win is on display with good pitching and aggressive at bats as well as solid defense.
We got a look at the much heralded rookie Paddack yesterday and he didn’t dissappoint. His live fastball in the mid 90’s is complemented by a nasty changeup he throws for K’s that sinks to the right. He’s a sharp dressed cowboy and several teammates sported stetsons and bolo ties yesterday in support. His 40 family members in the stands to witness his comeback from Tommy John surgery wore pins with Paddack’s Posse in a rope script.
Management will be going easy on our young arms as the season deepens. 5 innings and a low pitch count will be the deal, so a lot will be riding on the bullpen.
The big bats hired will hopefully warm up and win some games with power instead of the little ball being played now. Another to watch is our rookie ss Fernando Tatis who came up from AA to the bigs. Blazing speed and a great attitude, he plays way beyond his age of 20. He got 2 hits on opening day and is the 2nd youngest to do that since Bobby Bonds made his debut. Heady company!
The first series with the Dodgers will set the stage.

Holy moly. This is why Manny gets the big bucks. He hit an opposite field dinger too.
Not your padre’s Padres.
https://www.mlb.com/news/manny-machado- … third-base
Best start in years. Pinch me.
Rick

man our bullpen sucks bigtime ......... Braves that is, oh well we lost the series with the Dbacks and off to Cleveland tonight for our fist interleague play ......... same will be featured for the Sunday night TV game

Remember I mentioned our rookie Paddack? Today we got a glimpse. Facing Mariners’ Felix Hernandez on the opposing mound and the hottest set of bats in baseball at the moment, you’d think he’d have butterflies. Well, he did, A walk, a hit, a hit batter and he was in deep stuff in the 1st inning. He sucked it up and gained command, his mid 90’s fastball painting the corners with high movement mixed with a befuddling curve, walking off the mound in the 7th inning to a standing O from the fans and his teammates with that hit the only one as well as that walk, retiring the next 10 consecutive batters with 7 k’s mixed in.
After the game, Hernandez, a Cy Young winner and perennial all star had one word, “Impressive”. He made one mistake in the 1st himself, and hung one up in the eyes of Kinsler that promptly left the yard. That was it for scoring. Paddack’s glove has Relentless stitched on it. He was all of that. 1-0 Padres, a one-hitter and the kid’s 1st win. There will be plenty more, but this was a gem!
We’re having fun.
Rick

Well,
Nic the Vicious pitched great, but that bunt that turned into a little league triple was not the best play. Losing Tatis to his splits  routine gave us a ss with no clue.
Play ball?
Rick.

Paddack was as advertised, just some great locations he hit and Reyes killed us

well you guys got us back today, more bad relief pitching by the Braves, it is over