Saturday, May 06, 2006

Maybe the Padres can win after all

I’ve been very dubious about Chan Ho Park, but he pitched nine scoreless innings (though no win) as the Padres beat the Cubs in 11 innings. We’ve now won six in a row, leaving us only one game under .500 and 2.5 games out of first. For the moment, the NL West is tied (with the AL West) as the worst division, in terms of the lowest winning percentage of the first place team (.567).

The other teams in the division don’t have awesome looking line-ups (and Barry Bonds is not hitting well) so maybe the Padres’ mix of the old and the young can really compete.

2 comments:

Anonymous,  10:43 AM  

At home, sure. Chan Ho is great in pithers parks.

I don't have them handy, but his splits in his Dodger years were huge. Something like a 5.00 ERA on the road, but very good at home. Then he went to Texas--great hitter's park. He did not so much get worse as he got out of his element.

The Padres play in an even more pitcher-friendly version of the Ravine.

Greg Weeks 8:46 AM  

This year for Chan Ho:

Home: 2.97 ERA, BAA of .236
Away: 5.25 ERA, BAA of .320

But also:

Day: 6.00 ERA; BAA of .323
Night: 2.37 ERA; BAA of .223

I wanted to see the stats for his last year in LA, but ESPN only gives splits going back to 2002.

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