Daily Friar 3.17.12
Interesting day yesterday in the NCAA tournament. A number 2 seed had not lost to a 15 seed in 11 years. Yet yesterday two number 2 seeds went down in 3 hours. It busted everyones brackets, but this is what I love about March. It is a lot of fun to watch the upsets. As for baseball, the first Fox Sports San Diego telecast is set for tonight. Season preview is at 5:30, pregame is at 6:30 with game time at 7:05. It will only be on Cox and DirecTV. For today only Cox will have it on channel 23 and DirecTV will be on 694. For all the latest news on television visit foxsportssandiego.com Here are your Padres links for today:
Submit articles and follow me on twitter Follow @M_Rennick
Stauffer struggles, but Padres roar back to win – Padres.com
“However, San Diego pieced together an eight-run bottom of the seventh inning en route to the victory, despite the struggles by starter Tim Stauffer.”
Clark, Decker making impressions with their bats – Union Tribune
“Both outfielder Jaff Decker (9-for-26 with five doubles and two homers) and first baseman outfielder Matt Clark (7-for-15 with two homers) had hits Thursday in the Padres 6-4 loss to Milwaukee.”
Led by Hundley, Padres now flush with Catchers – NCT
“Catching depth in the organization goes well beyond Hundley and Baker, though. The Padres finally spent some money on the position, and there are prospects lined up from Triple-A down to the Dominican Summer League.”
Padres and Nick Hundley nearing an extension – Chicken Friars
“Via Twitter yesterday, Corey Brock of Padres.com and Follow the Padres, said,