YOU JUST GOT STAUFFED!

The Rockies got rocked tonight by Stauffer's GEM and I don't mean in just the pitching sense! Not only did he bust out career bests in strikeouts and innings pitched at 8 a piece but he helped himself to a 2 hit night with a critical rbi. Tonight he was going for a dirty, messy kill and there was nothing that was going to stop him. I swear when he hit that rbi he had transformed into the ROCK and was swinging a fence post at every Rockie player trying to knock them the freak out! AWESOME GAME!

TONIGHT WAS TRUELY PADRES BASEBALL!

Great pitching, good defense, and timely hitting. All the things that helped the Giants win the world series last year. My hat really goes off to stauff though, he has been our most consistent pitcher (besides bell, adams and gregerson haha) since returning to padres from AAA. I mean whats not to like about this guy? Great stuff, decent fastball, great location, and great composure. To me he draws comparisons to Greg Maddux, not dominating overpowering stuff, but always consistent and gets the job done. Plus how can you not root for this guy??? He signs as a first round draft pick for way less than he should have because he told the truth about a shoulder injury. Makes it to the big leagues and fails tremendously only to drop off the face of the padres organizational earth. Then all of a sudden emerge again, make the team, and become one of our most consistent starters. I really think this guy is just getting better and better.

I finally got to my first game on Sunday against the stros and boy was it amazing! Perfect 70 degree sunny weather, a late afternoon 3:35 start, $25 dollar 9 rows back from 3rd base seats, and 3 great friends, 4 family members, marines, and mat latos to share it with. Can it get much better??? I had seriously forgotten how awesome petco park and downtown san diego are and how great it is to watch a game there. IF you havent gone out there yet DO IT. NO SERIOUSLY GO TO STUBHUB NOW AND GET TICKETS! And yes im talking to you Matty "this week in hate" rogers, fly over so we can hit up  a game! The only complaint was the 10$ beers but at least it was a large, stone pale ale.

I'm not gonna lie, the recent woes of the padres had really gotten me disappointed in baseball and I was not following it or the pads as much as I should. Sorry for my absence guys, but my sunday petco experience has shocked me back into baseball euphoria! After a first month filled with stephen hawking like boring attitude and demeanorm the padres have finally showed up to the 2011 season. I swear there was a different aura as rick james would say it. Right off the bat on sunday the blue collar sweat and blood denorfia ropes a single, followed by a triple to the 410 sign by bartlett. AND THIS WAS THE FIRST INNING, YES I SAID THE FIRST INNING!

I really think things are starting to go the padres way. The middle of the order is getting shit done lead by Ludwick, Hawpe, and Bartletts resurgence. Ludwick has a new life surrounding him and is crushing the ball and playing solid D. Hawpe has been hitting .300 with 16 rbi since mid May. Barlett has raised his avg. into the mid .260's and is playing better D as of late. The starting pitching is also starting to heat up with a dominating performance by stauff tonight, great stuff by Richard last night and 3 solid starts in a row for Latos. With the bullpen, lead by the big kid himself still smacking bitches around, we are looking pretty damn solid! Not only that, but we still have Maybin, Hudson, Hundley and Thatcher coming back in the near future!

With Hawpe being moved back to the outfield I can already hear a new nightly chant................ RIIZZZZZZZZZZZOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! 16 hr's and 63 rbi already, are those Pujol's stats??? I can't wait to crack skulls on those Colorado Rookies tomorrow! Your padres faithful, Patty Ice, over and out!