By Steven Booth I’m sure everyone knows somebody (out here in L.A. at least) who has a strangely new-looking Adrian Gonzales jersey, who says they’ve been a fan of the Padres since 1971, and they’ve always beleived the Padres were the team to beat, not only in the NL West, but in the National League [...]
After the deadline, heading into September, the west has been won
By: sbooth64 | Friday August 20th, 2010
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 [...]
Opening Day in the NL West- According to Script (Well… …Except for the Dodgers)
By: sbooth64 | Tuesday April 6th, 2010
By Steven Booth You gotta love Opening Day. Baseball on TV, everywhere you look. ESPN was so hyped about it they actually showed a game with the Cincinnati Reds in it. Actually, anytime that ESPN shows anybody except the Yankees and/or Red Sox, you have to be shocked. On the left coast, in that other [...]
National League West Preview
By: sbooth64 | Friday April 2nd, 2010
Dodgers Playing Not to Lose, the Hungry Rockies, Pitching-Rich Giants, Power-Happy DBacks, and a Cautionary Tale About How Divorces Tear Teams Apart By Steven Booth The NL West is one of the weaker divisions in baseball. You have the Dodgers, maybe the Rockies and a slew of middle market teams in various stages of re-building [...]
