By Steven Booth The Padres are doing the inexplicable this year. Creeping into midseason, they find themselves on top of the division. No it isn’t the AL East where four playoff and/or World Series quality teams are in a balls-outr dogfight all year. But it still isn’t easy. The Dodgers are up to their gills [...]
What Good Teans Do or Time to Take the Padres Seriously
By: sbooth64 | Tuesday June 8th, 2010
Reality Bites: The NL West Approaches Midseason
By: sbooth64 | Monday June 7th, 2010
By Steven Booth Here we are at the one-third mark. The bleary-eyed optimism of the early season is over. Some of the winners, however unlikely, are beginning to establish themselves. Some of the contenders and almost-contenders are rubbing their chins, checking their pocketbooks, and eyeballing the trade bait, wondering if they can upgrade themselves to [...]
Jose Lima: Lima Time and the Biggest Win since 1988
By: sbooth64 | Monday May 24th, 2010
By Steven Booth It’s been a long time. For a respected franchise like the Dodgers, it is going on twenty-two years since they won a World Series. They usually do well and are competitive, but hit a wall come playoff time. So we’re happy with even mere playoff wins, and that is where Jose Lima comes [...]
The Red-Hot Padres: The Vultures Need Somewhere Else to Feed
By: sbooth64 | Sunday April 25th, 2010
By Steven Booth You know the vultures are circling when they pick you last in the NL West. You know the fans aren’t overwhelmed with confidence when the team’s owner replied “no” to a reporter’s query about signing your superstar to a contract worthy of his market value. Take a wild guess about who the [...]
Great Pitching and Make Way for Those Padres
By: sbooth64 | Tuesday April 20th, 2010
By Steven Booth Great pitching was the way of the west last week. Tim Lincecum cooled down a hot Dodgers lineup in a serious way on Saturday afternoon, making guys like Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier look utterly powerless. It was a wake-up call for boys in blue, who spent Friday night shooting missles all [...]
