Daily Friar 5.26.12

I knew this was going to happen, the Padres couldn't score last night. After putting 11 runs on the board Thursday night, they were only able to put up one measley run last night. The guy we faced last night, Dillon Gee, has a 4.92 ERA. This means that in 9 innings we should be getting close to 5 runs off of him. Instead we got 1. So what does this tell me? It's not Petco. This Padres team just can't hit anywhere, save for a few players. Everybody on the team is streaky, but they are never streaky together. Maybe one day it will all click, but it certainly isn't right now. Here are your Padres links for today:
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Bass reeled in, as is Padres' offense in loss - Padres.com
"Turns out, the Padres' blissful night in the rain was more akin to a one-hit wonder with their luck reversing in better weather Friday, when Dillon Gee struck out nine in seven innings as the Mets defeated the Padres, 6-1, in front of a crowd of 24,498 fans at Citi Field."

Three OK'd to pursue Padres purchase - Barry Bloom at MLB.com
"According to Moores, the three groups that have received MLB approval are headed by Hollywood motion-picture mogul Thomas Tull, former Dodgers owner Peter O'Malley and New York hedge fund multi-billionaire Steve Cohen, a recent minority partner of the Mets who was in the running until the end to purchase the Dodgers from Frank McCourt."

Tim Sullivan has a piece on potential owner Thomas Tull - Union Tribune
"When Tull couldn’t cut it as a player, he called Stewart back to inquire if he might scout."

Red hot Alonso finding home in number three spot - NCT
"With his single in the first inning Friday against the New York Mets, Alonso has hit safely in 24 of his last 27 games with an at-bat, raising his batting average from .196 on April 24 to .308"

Long time Padres scout Van Smith passed away Thursday - BND.com
"Van Smith, a former baseball coach at McKendree University and Southwestern Illinois College who also served as a scout for the San Diego Padres for the last 21 years, died on Thursday. He was 67."

Leadership stability in the Padres - IVN.us
"Garfinkel is not Lucchino, but he has the chance to be as good as Lucchino, if the Padres new owners are smart enough to keep him as CEO."

Tom Krasovic asked who the Padres all star should be
"Seventeen of the 31 respondents chose first baseman Yonder Alonso. Six selected third baseman Chase Headley. Eight others made choices that you'll want to read below."

Chicken Friars takes a look at what is in the Padres future
"The future is bright for San Diego, you just have to make it through the darkness to see it.  With the up and coming prospects down on the farm, and the star potential playing on the Major league roster, San Diego has a real shot at competing in the very near-future."

Gaslamp Ball has a gameday thread running
"The boys will try again this morning as they face the Mets in the third game of a four-game series."

Jeremy Nash wrote a piece about Thursday's run fest - The Friarhood
"Wow, wasn’t that exciting? That third inning last night was fantastical and stupendipidous. It was a marriage of the awesome and fabulous. Like a rainbow of good feelings dipped in happy with big smile sprinkles."