Early Morning Friar Dump
By Ernie Padaon
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Channel 4 San Diego “probably” will not continue to carry Padres baseball games following the 2011 season, station manager Dennis Morgigno said Thursday.
The Cox Communications-owned station has been the primary home of Padres telecasts since 1997, and its exclusive home since 2004, but its contract expires after the current season.
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Perhaps only Adrian Gonzalez, being the fellow whose signature is actually on the bottom line, could make a seven-year, $154 million contract extension seem like no big deal. He does allow the tiniest of smiles, however, when you suggest he took the “Boston discount” of $22 million per year to stay with the Red Sox beyond this one season.
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Mat Latos struggled. The Padres’ bats continued their slumber. And the Philadelphia Phillies were in town.
Not a good combination. Latos gave up two home runs and walked five in 4 1/3 innings as the Phillies dealt the Padres a 3-0 loss Thursday night before 27,056 at Petco Park.
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Watching San Diego Padres starting pitching prospect Simon Castro pitch for the (Triple-A) Tucson Padres on Wednesday, I saw the same potential from him that I have in the past, but also the same inconsistencies.
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When the Padres claimed reliever Pat Neshek off waivers from the Twins on March 20, one of the things that was watched early — when San Diego scouted him as well as after he joined the team — was his velocity.