Smells Like Padres in Here - Wednesday Edition

by Winfield's Ghost on Apr 2, 2008 8:00 AM PDT

Nick Canepa compares Jake and Philip Rivers. The comparison is kind of lame because there's a difference between being emotional and being a jackass. Also irritates me that he can't write a Padres column without mentioning the Chargers.

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Seems like

I missed a nailbiter last nite. Nice to see us bang out 9 hits, but I think we need to score more runs off of our hits.

So far this year, we've scored 5 runs on 23 hits. Anybody know what the average breakdown between runs and hits is? So far, we're averaging a run about every 5.5 hits.

by Phantom on Apr 2, 2008 8:20 AM PDT 0 recs

Same old song and dance routine

Huh?

Not much I can say in response except a world-weary, "uh-huh."

Capri. Baseball will get me through the Bar.

by Demoira on Apr 2, 2008 8:27 AM PDT up 0 recs

Uh...

...it's been TWO games!!!

Can we at least wait until June to start freaking out about this? Because we know we'll score a ton in May.

by Winfield's Ghost on Apr 2, 2008 8:30 AM PDT up 0 recs

I'm not freaking out

That doesn't change the historical facts.

Capri. Baseball will get me through the Bar.

by Demoira on Apr 4, 2008 5:48 AM PDT up 0 recs

No freaking out here

Trust me, I'm ecstatic that we have 23 hits over the first 2 games. That's fantabulous.

This is off-topic, but I'm going to be completely screwed when it comes to judging balls off the bat this year. I had my first game at High Desert last nite and the place is so completely the anti-Petco. Guys will hit a bloop off the bat that goes to the track. Just unbelievable.

And for anyone who cares, I'm basically a member/leader of the PadSquad for the Mavericks. Gotta love me some internship.

by Phantom on Apr 2, 2008 8:41 AM PDT up 0 recs

Wait

So you're like PSA for the Mavericks? Can I get some water?

(BTW - that's way cool.)

by Winfield's Ghost on Apr 2, 2008 8:43 AM PDT up 0 recs

I don't think

we give out water. But we might, what the hell do I know?

I do find it interesting that I had to explain to most of the part-timers (ushers, concessions, promo people) how to read the scoreboard and what exactly a "half-inning" refers to. These are the kind of people I'll be responsible for keeping in line and keeping on task. Most of them are in high school.

Ugh.

by Phantom on Apr 2, 2008 9:51 AM PDT up 0 recs

6 runs

by Billy Almon on Apr 2, 2008 8:53 AM PDT up 0 recs

Jake vs Rivers

Which one's emotional and which one's the jackass again?

by Dex on Apr 2, 2008 8:34 AM PDT 0 recs

Now you're just trying to start a fight

by Winfield's Ghost on Apr 2, 2008 8:40 AM PDT up 0 recs

Neither.

They are cannons. And friends.

by Dalton on Apr 2, 2008 9:01 AM PDT up 0 recs

Don't talk smack

on my boy Rivers

...the man who isn't a pessimist is a damned fool.-Mark Twain

by sdsuaztec4 on Apr 2, 2008 10:31 AM PDT 0 recs

Weather....

If tonight's game gets rained out I will cry like sdsuaztec4 after catching freelunch flirting with matto619.

It will not be pretty.

"And the way I feel tonight...well I could die and I wouldn't mind."

by Drama on Apr 2, 2008 10:51 AM PDT 0 recs

As usual, Nick Canepa almost makes an interesting point...

...but fails:

"When you weigh the two sports on the volatility scale, it isn't close. And yet Rivers takes the heat, which makes little sense. I have no problem with players getting emotional, but football guys probably have more of a right after getting their brains scrambled into omelets."

Canepa's right on that each player's emotions should be viewed within the context of their respective sports, but I think he's missing something important.

As Canepa notes, baseball is a lot less volatile than football, so it's possible that people view Peavy's outbursts as a somewhat refreshing change from the otherwise subdued atmosphere of a baseball game. If Rivers could appear to be calm and focused within the context of his brains about to be scrambled, I think people would take note of it and appreciate it.

I think it would also help if Rivers didn't throw like a nancy boy.

"All the big fellas in baseball are gonna get scrawny and weak like those stat geeks that nobody likes." -- Roger Clemens

by TheGrandHatching on Apr 2, 2008 10:59 AM PDT 1 recs

Couldn't agree more

on all accounts.

by Winfield's Ghost on Apr 2, 2008 11:15 AM PDT up 0 recs

also

it seems with Peavy's outbursts, the team and fans get fired up and the game gets more exciting. With Rivers' outbursts, everyone is filled with a sense of panic and fear because he looks (and plays?) like he's about to lose it.

by lohleelo on Apr 2, 2008 11:31 AM PDT up 0 recs

I don't know football

or Rivers, but it seems to me that it's clear when Jake's fired up on the mound that he's not going to be having any personal physical contact with anyone else. He's on the mound. He throws the ball. The only concern is if he throws the ball at someone -- and as we all know, that can result in drama. But he's not big ole question mark out there about it. He doesn't look like or play like or even sound like a wild card when he's getting wound up. And he's smart enough to keep from getting into a fight with Blue while he's up there.

As I said, I don't know Rivers, so I don't know if it compares, but football is a lot more aggressive, so to stand out, it seems to me you'd have to be pretty extreme. Baseball's so mild, that Jake appears to be crazy compared to some. But he's pretty moderate, all things considered.

Capri. Baseball will get me through the Bar.

by Demoira on Apr 4, 2008 5:55 AM PDT up 0 recs

wandy

i think has a man crush on jose cruz sr. i remember everytime we played them and they showed the astros dugout, he was all over him. like literally. i think i saw him pinch his nips once too.

"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 Apr 2, 2008 11:12 AM PDT 0 recs