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Daily Friar 8.9.12

Found August 09, 2012 on Friarhood:
PLAYERS: Chase Headley,  Eddy Rodriguez,  Phil Mickelson,  Carlos Quentin,  Huston Street,  Andrew Cashner,  Jedd Gyorko,  Kyle Gaedele,  Jack Murphy,  Jed Hoyer,  Clayton Richard,  Cory Spangenberg
TEAMS: Chicago Cubs,  San Diego Padres
If only these Padres were playing the same way at the beginning of the season, then we could be looking at a potential playoff run. Unfortunately though, they dug a huge hole that they won't be able to get themselves out of. They did, however, return the favor to the Cubs from back in May. The Cubs swept us in Wrigley, and the Padres did just that in the latest series here at Petco. Interesting though that the Cubs only lost one game against the NL West this year at Wrigley, but on the road are winless against the same clubs. It was nice to get the sweep yesterday, but they are moving on to some better teams now and need to play better baseball in order to compete. Yes we won, but the team looked sloppy yesterday constantly running into outs. Here are your Padres links for today:Submit articles and follow me on twitter Follow @M_RennickRichard's shutout leads Padres to sweep - Padres.com"Baker, his spirits lifted, was happy to see Richard get the opportunity to finish ...
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