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Where’s The Grit?
Last night Chase Headley charged into Nationals catcher Sandy Leon while scoring on a play at the plate. It was legal. It was hard and it was old school Baseball at it’s best. Of course when these kinds…Read More
Who Not to Trade: A Padres Handbook on Rebuilding
We often talk about players who may make nice trade bait come July. We’ve done it twice in the recent weeks on this very site (Huston Street, Carlos Quentin). Yet, we don’t always talk…Read More
Padres vs Rockies Game Recap: San Diego Dropped by a Rookie
Christian Friedrich last pitched for the Rockies’ Triple-A affiliate in Colorado Spring. In five games for the SkySox, he was 2-1 with an even 3.00 ERA. While his numbers weren’t bad, they…Read More
Padres Extend Working Agreement with Missions
Earlier in the year, ESPN’s senior baseball writer Keith Law ranked the Padres farm system as the best in the business. Recently, the Padres took a major step to solidify the best farm…Read More
Throwdown Thursday-Week 3
Every Thursday, we at Chicken Friars will pick the two best Padres performers over the past week and analyze what they accomplished. Then we will leave it up to you, the fans, to decide who earned the…Read More
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Chase Headley Extension, Jedd Gyorko Position Change on the Horizon?
Chase Headley is the best Padres hitter right now. After Sunday’s game, he is hitting .293/.432/.603.…Read More
Padres vs Phillies: San Diego Wins Two in a Row
For the first time this season, the San Diego Padres have won two straight games. It did not start…Read More
Chase Headley Could Be Padres Best/Only Option to Make All-Star Team in 2012
If I truly wanted to be a “Negative Nancy” today I would harp on the state of the Padres and some…Read More
Throwdown Thursday – Week 2
Every Thursday, we at Chicken Friars will pick the two best Padres performers over the past week and…Read More
Padres at Rockies Game Recap: Clayton Richard Gives Up Eight in Loss
The Padres hit six doubles in game one, and the Rockies answered that in game three. In the second…Read More
The Curious Case of Chase Headley
The Padres have had a long history of doing something I like to call “making mistakes”. I know I’m probably not the person who coined this phrase and I’m completely positive I won’t be the last…Read More
Padres at Rockies Game Recap: Doubles Lead the Way to a Padres Win
The Padres pounded out seven doubles in the game with Chase Headley accounting for three of them. Nick Hundley had three hits and three RBI. And Cory Luebke was impressive. Finally playing a team…Read More
How Early is Too Early To Make Judgements
The baseball season is the longest of all sports seasons. 162 games is grueling. It’s the marathon of all marathons. So to judge a team after nine or ten games seems irresponsible. But that begs…Read More
Padres at Dodgers Recap: Dodgers Walk Off With the Win
A Padres comeback was wasted in the ninth as the Joe Thatcher walked in the winning run for Los Angeles. The Padres really had no business being in the game in the first place, but to their credit, they…Read More
Padres vs Dodgers Game Recap: Chase Headley’s Slam Caps Off Offensive Explosion
Ladies and gentlemen, we have life. These winless Padres are winless no more. With a two run first inning, the Padres grabbed their first lead of the season, and they didn’t let go on the way to…Read More
What the Matt Cain and Joey Votto Deals Mean to the Padres
Matt Cain will now make at least $21.25 million on average over the next six years, possibly more if the one year option kicks in. $21.25 million is almost 40% of the Padres 2012 payroll. Joey…Read More
Padres vs Royals Game Recap 4/3/12
Cactus League play is over, but the Padres returned home to Petco for a couple of tune-up games to ge them ready for playing in their home ballpark. Last night, in game one of the two-game set, Bud Black…Read More
Padres at White Sox Game Recap 3/28/12
A flurry of late-inning runs helped lift the Padres to a big win over the White Sox yesterday. In the 13-2 victory, Edinson Volquez pitched seven innings (he was slated for six), the Padres hammered…Read More
Padres at Diamondbacks Game Recap 3/14/12
Joe Wieland was on such a roll yesterday, his scheduled three innings of work turned into four. As the Padres shut-out the Diamondbacks 8-0, young prospect Joe Wieland went four strong innings, gave…Read More
Chase Headley Sits Out With Tight Lower Back
He is calling it “tight.” Chase Headley missed his second game in a row this spring, and two out of the first three. He was initially scheduled to play, but when he arrived at the park,…Read More
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