The Padres are unbelievably boring

by Dex on Dec 2, 2008 10:38 AM PST Comment 34 comments

BOOOOOORRRRINNG.

I'm so amazingly bored with the Padres. It's shifted from boredom on the field to annoyance with the front office and now back to boredom again. It's terrifyingly bad.

DO SOMETHING.

"Oh we gotta get rid of Peavy... Oh Trevor's gonna go someplace else... Oh there's a divorce... Oh give us credit for the winning seasons before the 99 losses... Oh why don't fans like us... Oh wahwahwah..."

I wish something would just happen already. Trade Peavy. Get him out of here. Lemme see what we're gonna work with next season. Get Trevor out of here or don't. Just make sure I'm entertained.

WHY AM I NOT ENTERTAINED!?!?!?!

Yes. It's about me. Greater good? I'll go volunteer time and donate money to a charity. Sports? It's about ME. ME. ME. ME.

C'mon Padres. Do something entertaining. PLEASE.

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Winter Meetings are soon.

2009 San Diego Padres. Not as bad as Aztec Football!

by sdsuaztec4 on Dec 2, 2008 11:43 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

I'll be there!

by Phantom on Dec 2, 2008 12:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Try and convice the Nationals and Mariners

That Steven Strasburg Sucks!!!!!

2009 San Diego Padres. Not as bad as Aztec Football!

by sdsuaztec4 on Dec 2, 2008 1:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Maybe they'll oversleep on the day of the draft.

Set the WABAC machine to 2006, Sherman.

by Boilermaker19 on Dec 2, 2008 1:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Former Padre arrested

Derek Bell

via DeadSpin
http://deadspin.com/5100971/operation-shutdown-still-proceeding-as-planned

Don't hate the game, hate the nerds!

by thenerdhater on Dec 2, 2008 12:25 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

He's still alive?

2009 San Diego Padres. Not as bad as Aztec Football!

by sdsuaztec4 on Dec 2, 2008 1:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

what an amazing picture.

www.wellbelowthemendozaline.blogspot.com

by justdave on Dec 2, 2008 2:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I met him in the tunnel once at the Murph

he was nice to me, maybe one of the only players who made eye contact and waved. Oh, and Tony, of course.

Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you?

by Axion on Dec 2, 2008 3:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Strange

I specifically ask players to not make eye contact with me.

"When the going gets tough... TheGrandHatching pops in later." -- WG

by TheGrandHatching on Dec 3, 2008 6:40 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

XM MLB Radio

I been listening the last few days to all the hotstove stuff and the only thing I heard mentioned about the my team “Man the Padres sure fell off the face of the earth”….pretty much sums it up.

"I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day. " ~Frank Sinatra

by Sammy G on Dec 2, 2008 12:59 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Adrian Gonzalez - potential most ABs with no SBs, ever

Over 2,200 at-bats, and zero stolen bases.

Cue debate over stolen bases.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/joe_posnanski/11/25/stolen.bases/index.html

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on Dec 2, 2008 1:34 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

How much does A. Gonzalez make?

Why aren’t they trading him away for a bunch of young prospects too?

"Football is a physical sport, sometimes you have a disagreement on what's going on, and you have a discussion about it." Kris Dielman

by Brian (DaBolts) on Dec 2, 2008 1:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I'm guessing

Because in his four full years as a pro, he’s made a hair over $2 million, and is still team controlled, and maybe, just maybe break a million this year. Keeping him costs the Padres very little, and not factoring in Peavy, he’s the team’s biggest star, and he hits home runs, which people go yay over.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on Dec 2, 2008 1:41 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Makes sense

He has eked a few yay’s out of me and I only made a few games.

"Football is a physical sport, sometimes you have a disagreement on what's going on, and you have a discussion about it." Kris Dielman

by Brian (DaBolts) on Dec 2, 2008 1:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Hey TTG!

This guy’s got yay.

"When the going gets tough... TheGrandHatching pops in later." -- WG

by TheGrandHatching on Dec 3, 2008 6:37 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Adrian is one slow mofo

by jbox on Dec 2, 2008 1:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

It must suck

To read that guys like Frank Thomas, David Ortiz and Bengie Molina have more SBs than he does.

$10 says Adrian will attempt a real steal in 2009.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on Dec 2, 2008 1:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

i could run backwards on one hand

faster than Molina. That’s frightening.

www.wellbelowthemendozaline.blogspot.com

by justdave on Dec 2, 2008 2:26 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I'm perfectly fine with that.

Career:
Frank Thomas: 32 stolen bases to 23 caught stealing
Bengie Molina: 3 stolen to 10 caught
Papi: 10 stolen to 3 caught

Ortiz is the only one with an acceptable rate (77%). Other than that, I’ll take not stealing bases to trying and sucking.

I wish we’d just trade Peavy already so we could start a post on our 2009 roster/lineup/rotation projections. Until we know what we get in return for Jake (besides lower ticket sales) it’s impossible to even guess what parts of this team will look like next April.

by kidlondon on Dec 2, 2008 3:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

That's why we gave him the nickname

“Beer Truck”

Chicks Dig the Bullpen.

by eastbaysd on Dec 3, 2008 12:32 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

A few weeks ago I heard Adrian Gonzalez say that he’s never stolen a base because he doesn’t want to, that pitcher’s don’t even look to the base to try a pickoff attempt.

He proceeded to say that he could steal 5 bases a season if he wanted to just because pitchers don’t focus on him and said that he once stole 3 bases off Yadier Molina in the minor leagues. And whilst I don’t know where (or if it’s possible) to find that exact information, BR says that he had a 58 SB% in the minor leagues.

"He had decided to live forever or die in the attempt"

by penguinpatrol on Dec 2, 2008 4:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

If Maddog steals a base

then Adrian can, too.

Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you?

by Axion on Dec 2, 2008 4:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

that was unbelievable

southern california bloggin

by zotzotpadre on Dec 2, 2008 10:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Adrian Gonzalez could be Ricky Henderson

for all we know… but it wouldn’t matter because the Padres brass doesn’t value, promote, seek, attempt or stop stolen bases.

i think stolen bases equates to some sort of athleticism… probably why we have 2 starting third basemen, a first baseman without a single steal, and a farm system full of guys like paul mcanulty and jack cust.

southern california bloggin

by zotzotpadre on Dec 2, 2008 10:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Braves just traded a small ransom for Javier Vasquez

Is Frank Wren that nuts or is KT/Sandy that damn incompetent?

by TheAxManCometh on Dec 2, 2008 8:13 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

the latter

southern california bloggin

by zotzotpadre on Dec 2, 2008 10:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Neither

The Braves gave up a blocked AAA shortstop who can’t hit, one of our headcase AAAA pitchers, and one promising power-hitting catcher who hasn’t played above A-level for a mediocre pitcher, and a LOOGY. I can’t find any real confirmation on the exact names yet, but the bottom line is that the Braves losing either Jo-Jo Reyes or Charlie Morton and getting Javier Vasquez, is sadly a slight upgrade.

Bad thing is, Flowers was a shiny chip in the Peavy trade rumors, so either there’s going to be another fustercluck of player speculation, or the Braves and Padres are pretty much done.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on Dec 3, 2008 5:55 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I think the Braves and Pads are pretty much done.

There has been talk that Peavy will not approve the trade to the braves because they will not give him a full NTC.

by Steve (Grey Suit) on Dec 3, 2008 7:19 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

is anyone watching ch. 4 right now?

why are they showing a game from ‘05? i think it’s the game when we clinched.

"i kinda feel like nevin and klesko were some fling we (the padres) had in the past and now realize were a bad idea and are embarrassed about."

by freelunch on Dec 2, 2008 8:20 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

O PEN THE RED!

2009 San Diego Padres. Not as bad as Aztec Football!

by sdsuaztec4 on Dec 2, 2008 8:53 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

haha, it would've been too late anyway

i caught it around the 7th inning.

"i kinda feel like nevin and klesko were some fling we (the padres) had in the past and now realize were a bad idea and are embarrassed about."

by freelunch on Dec 2, 2008 9:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Look at you two

just like old times with your flirty banter and such.

by jbox on Dec 2, 2008 9:35 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

hah

at first your comment didn’t make sense to me… then i saw who responded to my comment. lol. i thought that was you, i didn’t see that it was sdsuaztec4. whoopsay!

"i kinda feel like nevin and klesko were some fling we (the padres) had in the past and now realize were a bad idea and are embarrassed about."

by freelunch on Dec 3, 2008 2:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs