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Khalil leaves San Diego frustrated

That's a good title right?  Is he talking about Khalil being frustrated or San Diego?  Both. Whaaat?  I meant both.  Wow.

Enigmatic shortstop appears to be a victim of his lofty ambitions

“One of the things that people don't really see is how he internalizes so much,” Padres manager Bud Black said Friday. “He doesn't let it out, but he's a player who cares a great deal about his performance, to the point where it gets to him. ...

“I wish he would let go and enjoy how good he is. But for whatever reason, he can't do it.”

It sucks that Khalil can't enjoy the game.  I swear if he just let go a bit and relaxed he'd be a better player.  What do I know, I'm no robotics expert.

Greene's impassive facade earned him the reputation of a baseball robot.

I'm pretty sure Gaslamp Ball was the first place to compare Khalil to a robot and a vulcan, so we got that going for us.

Greene acknowledges feeling frustration at letting the team down

Hopefully Alderson can cheer Khalil up a bit, maybe drop that grievance against him.

“I don't believe the trade will have any bearing on that,” Alderson said.

Khalil also denies that he wanted to leave San Diego because he wouldn't sign a multi-year contract last year.

“It wasn't as if I had in mind: 'I'm not coming back to San Diego; I'm going to play the (next two) years, then go,'” said Greene, who signed a two-year, $11 million pact last winter. “That was never in mind. I felt the money wasn't there financially.”

For a guy who seems to have self confidence issues it's interesting that he thought he deserved more money.

Anyway the long and short of it is that Khalil feels terrible that he let the Padres and the fans down, which he did and he should.

Poor Khalil.  If only you guys were nicer to him.

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enigmatic title appears victim of strange gaslamp ball ambitions

maybe he has/had self confidence issues because (a) the padres wouldn’t spend the money on him, thus implying that he isn’t as good as he thinks he is, and (b) gaslamp ball calls him a robot.

either way, i dont think either party, the padres or khalil, look bad making this move. i’m glad khalil decided to be composed and not rip the organization for their past and present situation. if the padres drop that grievance, everyone’s happy – as long as the front office can find a shortstop (not named Luis or Sean) for 2009.

by zotzotpadre on Dec 6, 2008 3:05 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Good points.

I really think the Cardinals are going to be happy with Khalil. He’ll look real good in red too.

by jbox on Dec 6, 2008 3:29 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Funny you should say that.

I was on his mlb.com page and the little lady chimed in over my shoulder “Red is not his color… and that’s an awful photoshop, too.”

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by TheThirdGonzalez on Dec 7, 2008 9:13 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

There's no there, there

KG knew the pads didn’t have enough money to pay him what he is worth. Unlike Jake, who gave the Pads the SD discount, that could be sold to another club, KG didn’t fall for that load of poop. Now he gets to deal with the STL discount. However, I don’t ever remember the Cards having to perform a salary dump.

"Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana"
Groucho Marx

by planetjeffy on Dec 6, 2008 10:25 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

or maybe ...

Greene isn’t the stereotypical hothead meathead athlete, and gaslampball ripped him for sport and for being different.

by brewer090 on Dec 6, 2008 11:13 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

hotheaded meathead athletes

punch lockers out of frustration right?

But seriously we didn’t rip him we liked him because he was different. You can go back and check the record.

by jbox on Dec 6, 2008 11:34 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

We always loved Khalil

until he strikeout all the time and never improved, finally resulting in lockerpunch, which everyone agrees was pretty lulzy.

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

by Axion on Dec 6, 2008 11:37 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

OK. I see.

Maybe I was thinking about fans in general.

by brewer090 on Dec 7, 2008 10:46 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Really,

It was just a few select members of the media.

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

by Axion on Dec 7, 2008 2:56 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

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