Game 298 - Milwaukee Brewers at San Diego Padres

October 1 at Petco Park in San Diego, CA
Fox Sports San Diego

Mark Davis!

Glad to get one, final late afternoon to spend with Mr. Davis.

It wasn't like his September 10 performance, but Davis did spend the entire game thanking seemingly every single person that works on the Fox broadcasts, at Petco Park & in the city of San Diego.

He also provided some great nonsense:

"he gave up about six eight hoppers and three bleeders"
"and that is paint from Ian Kennedy"
"that had some breeze on that one, that was a pretty good pitch"
"every grind"/"tough grind"
"coming out of your zapatos! that's shoes, by the way"
"so you don't go you know what over tea kettle"
(Padres uniform) "best looking uni there...in the whole, wide world!"
"how about a hardy thanks to the Friar faithful?"
"petrol. 97 octane coming at you from Craig Kimbrel"

And while thanking some of the people who handle the technical side of the broadcasts, play-by-play man Dick Enberg said "how would you like to do that?"

Davis: "I can't even plug in a charger for crying out loud!"

Alright, Mark, take it easy.


STATS WE DON'T NEED

Jedd Gyorko

3 game hitting streak
.333 (4-for-12)

Game 257 - Colorado Rockies at San Diego Padres

September 10 at Petco Park in San Diego, CA
Fox Sports San Diego

Two Mark Davis things to get to:

1. Baseball Phrases

We haven't spent an afternoon with the Padres color commentator since early April, but it's like he never left us.

"Baseball activity"
"Live arm"
"Walt Weiss has got his head on a swivel"
"Small sample size"
"Bloop and a blast"
"That's petrol right there"
"Turn up the dial"
"In the cellar"
"Hitters paradise"
"Light up the radar gun"

2. Davis, Part 2

The Rockies hit four solo home runs (including Daniel Delscalso's game-winner in the eighth) to account for all of their runs in a 4-3 victory. Davis:

"It's so ironic. Four runs, all on home runs."


* And let's not forget play-by-play man Dick Enberg:

"The quarterback of the infield"
"Banner year"
"Swing the stick"
"Slicing into souvenir corner" 
"Set the table"
"A Padre over every pillow" (the bases are loaded)

Game 71 - San Diego Padres at Los Angeles Dodgers

April 8 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, CA
Fox Sports San Diego

Here's the good news for San Diego's Andrew Cashner: Adrian Gonzalez doesn't also play for Arizona, the next opponent Cashner is scheduled to pitch against.
 
Gonzalez polished off a torrid opening series on Wednesday, homering in all three at bats against Cashner as LA won 7-4. Watching it on television, each long ball looked identically to the previous one, but think how Cashner feels. Gonzalez went 10-for-13 in the three-game set with five home runs (the most HR ever hit through the first three games of a season), which is quite good. It's not Mark Davis Baseball Phrase good, but it's good.

Mr. Davis, are you there?

"Home run haven"
"The starting pitching is where it starts"
"That is paint with movement"
"That's the one you call the tow truck"
"Two-out thunder for the Padres"
"Got some giddy-up tonight"
"Look at that right there: the proof is in the pudding"
"He's coming right at your hip pocket"
"One for the look-see, one for the putaway"
"The Padres pine snatchers"