JESUS LOPEZ, COULD THIS BE MORE F**KED?!?!

by Drama on May 1, 2008 11:02 PM PDT

We are now officially in dead last in the NL West. 9 1/2 games out of first. We have the worst record in the National League and we are now tied with the Texas Rangers for the worst record in all of Major League Baseball.

Take a second to let that really wash over you. It's May 2nd and the San Diego Padres are tied with the Rangers for the worst record in baseball. WTF???

Now is as good a time as ever for a drunken, end of the world as we know it, "holy s**t what is happening?" post. Too early? No. At least not according to Jayson Stark. Enjoy this little nugget:

The Blue Jays, Padres and Rockies won't want to hear that only 10 of 152 playoff teams since 1982 finished April more than three games under .500. And just one team since 1935 -- the 1979 Pirates -- was more than three games under after April and won the World Series.

Here's a couple of good quotes regarding the trip to Philadelphia:

"Going to Philadelphia," pitcher Jake Peavy said. "Great place to hit."

"I love going on the road," (Adrian) Gonzalez said.

So how did our trip to Citizens Bank Ballpark workout for us? You know....the place Milton Bradley described so simply by saying "This park is a joke." Well, over three games we scored TEN runs. Eight of those were off of homeruns.

Things have to change and they have to change right now. Is the 2008 season over? Maybe. But instead of giving up...changes need to be made now. Changes have to be made right away for us to have any chance at all.

Cut Jim Edmonds now. He can't hit (.160), can't field, can't run. Is this admitting a mistake? Is this going to cost us some serious cash? Yes, and yes. He has no chance of being in a Padre uniform in '09 and is only hurting us now. Is he going to be pissed about being treated like that? Probably. But too f**king bad, Jim. It's not our fault you didn't retire at the end of 2007 when you should have. This move will send some shockwaves through a clubhouse that badly needs a tsunami of shockwaves.
Bring up Chase. Is he ready? Who the hell knows? He started slow in Portland, but has been improving as of late. His big arbitration date has passed. Enough already. Throw the fans a bone.
Cut Justin Huber. I didn't understand this signing when it happened....and, quite frankly, I'm still baffled by it. The only redeeming fact of it was that he looked like jbox's twin. Well, jbox flatly denied this and Dex would never support it...so, now we're all bored with it. Other than his 3-run jack off of Randy Johnson, he hasn't done a damn thing. That and the fact that there are better defensive outfielders in that beer league sdsuaztec4 plays in should be enough.
Send Colt Morton's ass back to San Antonio. He's 8' tall. Bud obviously hates playing him. He has no business in a big league uniform right now.
Bring up Nick Hundley. Barrett is still at least another month out . Buddy would actually trust Hundley enough to play him occasionally and we could send him back to Portland when Barrett is 100% healthy. Bard can't handle this...he needs a break. After his 0-3 in the series finale against the Phillies, his batting average has now dropped down to .209. That's not our Josh. He's exhausted and needs a decent back-up,
Sign Kenny Lofton. Say what you want about the 40-year old Lofton...but Jake is right . We have no team speed and Lofton woud definitely bring some of that. In 490 at-bats last season he batted .296 and knows how to play defense. With the addition of Lofton, you run a 4-man rotation in the outfield with him, Giles, Chase and Hairy.
Trade or cut P-Keg. The fifth outfielder isn't going to see any significant playing time any way...so I'd much rather we brought up Jody Gerut to take that spot so we have a guy with speed that can pinch run off the bench and knows how to play some defense in all three outfield spots.

Something has to happen to kick-start this thing. This is bulls**t...we're better than this and we all know it. Obviously Buddy can't do it and a players only meeting couldn't cure anything either. We need to make changes...not massive, sweeping changes...but something that says "Get your s**t together....or this will only be the tip of the iceberg."

This FanPost was written by a member of the Gaslamp Ball community and does not necessarily reflect the views of the Gaslamp Ball managers or SB Nation.

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I agree with some of that

Edmonds is done. Bring up Chase Headley.

Huber still doesn’t look like me, you saw me for about 10 minutes like 2 years ago, you must have done some kinda memorizin’ job. I’m constantly looking in the mirror making my hair look perfect, so I think I’d know if he looked like me.

I’m ready to shake up everybody but the core players.

Not sure I can get behind your use of foul language.

by jbox on May 1, 2008 11:33 PM PDT reply actions

I assumed he meant "Forked"

all the kids are saying it.

by Dalton on May 2, 2008 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions

We desperately need speed

Lofton couldn’t be any worse than Edmonds, but I’d like KT to find some young speed.

by jbox on May 1, 2008 11:34 PM PDT reply actions

I'd rather just give up

It takes less energy.

I’d cut Edmonds. I’d bring up Headley, Venable and Gerut and I’d start making sure Crabbe gets in the lineup regularly. Can’t get with signing Lofton. Cutting one aging vet to bring in another doesn’t excite me, regardless of his numbers last yr. There’s a reason he’s not playing and I’m guessing its the same reason we’re talking about cutting Edmonds.

Totally disagree with you on Morton. We have absolutely zero idea if he belongs in a big league uniform right now because Harry won’t play him. Being eight feet tall isn’t a reason for the guy to be sitting. He’s on the roster and for better or for worse, he’s the backup. He should be playing. If we want to replace Morton with Hundley, that’s fine, but that guy better be in the lineup every other game or its a waste of time bringing him up. Black’s handling of the catching situation has been irresponsible at best.

I’d like to see Black act like a manager for a change – sit guys down, chew somebody out, argue a call once in awhile, act like you give a crap that your team stinks right now. His “quiet leadership” isn’t working. If I were him, I’d start getting nervous right about now.

But I don’t think any of those changes are going to make a huge difference. We can cite all the obscure stats we want about why this team should be good, but if you just take a look at this team with your eyes, it simply isn’t very good. No discipline at the plate, poor defensive play in the outfield, mental errors on the basepaths, a bullpen that walks too many guys. Some of that I fault Black for, but in the end, the players have to get it done and I’m not sure the group that we have right now is capable of doing that.

by Winfield's Ghost on May 2, 2008 1:19 AM PDT reply actions

I'd do all that plus

Send Khalil to the Cubs for Felix Pie.

The world's favorite season is the spring.
All things seem possible in May.
- Edwin Way Teale

by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on May 2, 2008 1:25 AM PDT reply actions

I would

Bring up Headley, Venable, Antonelli. Give up on Edmonds. Stick it out with Huber (best player in Australia). I don’t mind sticking it out with Morton if we could actually play him. I don’t know what Kenny Lofton does for anybody if this is a rebuilding year. If the young guys provide a spark, then yeah, top it off with a speedy veteran, but not just because.

And I agree with jbox. There’s a way to post this kind of thing without announcing to everybody that you’ve taken a dump in your pants.

by Dex on May 2, 2008 5:36 AM PDT reply actions