Welcome Back Kooz!After two games and a 1-1 record, I joked that this may be the last time the padres were at .500. Then they surprised us all by winning 9 of their first 12 games. The pitching was better than expected and the bats were living up to and probably above expectations.Then it all fell apart. The Pads just couldn't put it all together in one game. If the pitching was good (which it rarely was) they did...

The San Diego Padres have now won 7 straight, after Jake Peavy's second straight gem, and get back to sole posession of 2nd place in the NL West (behind the Dodgers with the best record in MLB).The day after rejecting a trade to the Chicago White Sox, Jake Peavy through 6 innings, giving up no runs on two hits and striking out 10 Cubs to beat Carlos Zambrano. Petco Park has been great to the Pads over the last week, holding their opponents to an average of 1.85 runs per game...pretty amazing.You have to...

In a trade that probably looks like nothing to most everyone in the country, the Padres sent Jody Gerut (a platooning center fielder) to the Milwaukee Brewers for a AAA prospect. The reason it means anything to the Padres is that he happens to be the son of the most famous athlete in San Diego sports history. The moved loved for sure.Tony Gwynn Jr. (preferably Anthony Gwynn) hopes to continuing following in Dad's footsteps following his career at SDSU into a succesfull major league career in SD. He is a solid prospect, a bit...

Yes, I am predicting Jake Peavy rejects his trade to the White Sox. He is going to make an announcement before the game and he is already dressed up in all his Padres gear and alluded to throwing tomorrow.

It looks like Jake Peavy will go to Chicago after all, just not the Chicago team we all thought it would be. The Padres and White Sox have agreed on a deal that would send Peavy to Chicago for two young pitchers. The main piece looks to be 2007 first round pick Aaron Poredo who is 3-4 with a 2.54 ERA in Double A this year, and a potential front end starter. The other player is Clayton Richard who has thrown in 14 big league games this year, including two starts and 4.33 ERA.What we don't know...

Yesterday, May 7th, I had the pleasure of attending the Padres day game. I personally love day games because nothing beats sitting out in the sun with a beer and watching baseball. It is how the game started and how it was meant to be seen. Pop flys aren't exactly easy outs, and the mood is always lighter out in the sun.Add that to a relatively small crowd and the fact that you aren't at work, and mid week day games are about as good as it gets. In fact, I love them...