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San Diego: Pitchers' Haven

By Tim Dierkes [March 7, 2008 at 2:30pm CST]

Tom Krasovic pens an interesting article today on the pitchers' haven that is San Diego. Free agent pitchers love signing with the Padres. Why?

Petco is tough on offense. According to the Bill James Handbook, the park has reduced runs by 19% over the last couple of seasons.
The weather is fantastic - no 35 degree Chicago Opening Days.
Manager Bud Black was a pitcher, as was GM Kevin Towers.
Krasovic cites Mark Prior and Randy Wolf as two pitchers who spurned bigger offers to pitch in San Diego.

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I might be colder then 35 Degrees on opening at Wrigley Field this year...I will be there though...I would never miss an opening day for anything...

Posted by: uww1 | March 07, 2008 at 03:10 PM

Wow, Petco and Citizens Bank Park in Philly are almost replicas. If you're going to copy a stadium, i'm glad philly chose San Deigo, i love CBP and i've heard all good things about Petco.

Posted by: phightins | March 07, 2008 at 03:17 PM

I'd much rather pitch in Wrigley.

I wouldn't want Californians as fans.

Posted by: fitz | March 07, 2008 at 03:49 PM

San Diego is a pretty nice area. The rest of CA, meh.

Still, I project Prior to give up a load of runs before going down with an arm injury.

Posted by: Dan Stabbingworth | March 07, 2008 at 03:58 PM

I think that Prior will be put into the closers role. Trevor time has to be the greatest entrance-into-a-game in sports history. Very intimidating to opposing players.

Posted by: hitttman | March 07, 2008 at 04:12 PM

Heath Bell: you deserve to be the highest paid middle reliever in MLB.

Posted by: hitttman | March 07, 2008 at 04:13 PM

So Petco is a pitchers park and SD has good weather. Slow news day?

Posted by: mind_vs_body | March 07, 2008 at 05:08 PM

Is it such a fantasy to want the Padres' news on this site to be about getting a position player, like say an outfielder, who gets on base and drives in runs?

Posted by: istravin | March 07, 2008 at 08:58 PM

fitz, your an idiot. Dissing san diego fans? We are the most laid back fans around, which is another reason why pitchers can turn their careers around here. My father went to U of C for undergrad and med school and came out here for residency. Getting away from the slums where he would get robbed and wind so cold it would break your face to beautiful 75 degree san diego. Good luck having a payroll above $100 mil this year and $125 mil in the near future just to miss the playoffs.

Posted by: UCSDPadsFan | March 07, 2008 at 09:59 PM

"Heath Bell: you deserve to be the highest paid middle reliever in MLB."

Posted by: Aduncaroo | March 08, 2008 at 08:46 PM

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