On opening day, the Padres will play the Dodgers in LA. Matt Kemp will step to the plate wearing a San Diego uniform and the crowd will -in all likelihood – give him a standing ovation. Then, in the bottom of the first, James Shields will throw his first pitch as a Padre to Derek […]
Month: March 2015
Buddy’s Relief
For all he has done, AJ Preller hasn’t executed the one action that most new GMs do when they take over a team: he hasn’t fired Bud Black and replaced him with his guy. There are different ways to look at this. He might be curious how good Bud Black can be with a real […]
First Sunday Game
The Middle and The Infield
The most glaring problematic area starting the 2015 season for the Padres is the unknown offensive capability of the infield. It’s filled with players who’ve shown promise but are coming off subpar years at the plate. At the end of AJ Preller’s stretch of moves in December, he closed it out before taking a Christmas […]