Smells Like Padres in Here - Thursday Edition

by Winfield's Ghost on May 22, 2008 6:25 AM PDT

After last night's carnage, I'd say we're ready for Dex and jbox's annual Dark Days of GLB post.

Lots of stuff here - Pujols' reaction, why there was no replay and why Headley played third base yesterday. (Re: Headly - Fuson's statement makes no sense to me.)

Maybe Adrian should just be our hitting coach.

Best SI cover in years. Also contains a great story on how the Rays have built their organization.

The Reds are in town. Wolf goes against Aaron Harang tonight. The fun starts at 7:05pm PDT.

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"trying to keep him somewhat sharp"

does that mean that he’s been so bad in LF they’re trying to give him his fielding confidence back?

by obviousman on May 22, 2008 6:55 AM PDT 0 recs

I think

its an options thing…have him able to play both makes him valuable.

"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 May 22, 2008 9:23 AM PDT up 0 recs

Tampa didn't do anything special

everyone knows the formula now. build a young/talented team with lots of high draft picks (and lots of bad years). then when those young players are coming around, add a couple of useful veterans for chemistry and leadership.

tampa is the AL’s version of the dbacks. same formula, except instead of haren they got percival. and instead of orlando hudson they got cliff floyd. i think that makes arizona better, but it’s still the same formula.

by obviousman on May 22, 2008 6:59 AM PDT 0 recs

Not quite

Arizona spent only 3 losing seasons to get their guys, and only one 90+ loss season (actually they lost 111). Tampa Bay has had a losing season every year of its existence losing at least 90+ games in all of them.

I watched all 23 innings and all I got was this lousy signature.

by Wonko on May 22, 2008 10:14 AM PDT up 0 recs

tags...

instead of tagging every lost with “games that suck,” I suggest you differentiate a bit. Perhaps last night would have been more appropriately tagged, “games that really suck” or “games replete with suckiosity.”

by pjbno4 on May 22, 2008 7:16 AM PDT 0 recs

or "games that were an utter f***ing disaster on eight different levels"

We've all experienced those delirious moments where one thing leads to another and you find yourself at the end of the night messing around with sheep. It's something we all have in common. -jbox

by JBRO on May 22, 2008 7:44 AM PDT up 0 recs

Or "games that would make St. Francis of Assissi kick babies"

It would be useless for any player to attempt to explain successful batting.
Tris Speaker

by Boilermaker19 on May 22, 2008 7:47 AM PDT up 0 recs

Gruesome

affair last night. I can’t really blame the guys for not bouncing back after losing the battery in .1 IP. I swear this team must be cursed. Who do you think is responsible?

Me, I’ve got my money on Terrmel Sledge or Geoff Blum’s hair.

by Phantom on May 22, 2008 7:45 AM PDT 0 recs

i'd blame nevin

ever since he stared into the owner’s box after hitting a long out everything has seemed a little off. even when he threw on the catchers gear in a pinch that one time it didn’t erase the fact that he’s a little girl who is angry that he can’t hit the ball 5 feet further.

by obviousman on May 22, 2008 7:53 AM PDT up 0 recs

I blame drama

for suggesting that things could not get any more f_cked. You never say that kind of stuff because karma has a way of proving that things can definitely get more f_cked.

by Dex on May 22, 2008 8:08 AM PDT up 0 recs

Can we say it now?

by Phantom on May 22, 2008 8:45 AM PDT up 0 recs

Yes

Because now, it would not phase us one bit to watch A-Go go down to injury or for the team to somehow lose a game by 20.

by Dex on May 22, 2008 8:47 AM PDT up 0 recs

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

BTW – I meant “forked”. At least Dalton gets me.

by Drama on May 22, 2008 8:54 AM PDT up 0 recs

What can I say?

You and I know what f**kin’ is all about.

by Dalton on May 22, 2008 9:19 AM PDT up 0 recs

F**kin' A....

by Drama on May 22, 2008 9:30 AM PDT up 0 recs

I blame Nevin and Klesko

but in a different way. I blame the fans for whining so much about Nevin and Klesko after they put up two of the best offensive seasons we have seen in Petco park. Since then, our offense has been cursed. Way to go whiny fans.

by osbug on May 22, 2008 9:47 AM PDT up 0 recs

What?!

How dare you blame the hair! What next? Blame Kory and the Triplets?

by osbug on May 22, 2008 9:45 AM PDT up 0 recs

Padres hitting coach Wally Joyner was ejected with the Cardinals ahead 11-3 after arguing a called strike against Jody Gerut.

Ol’ Wally showing his flair for futility. Maybe he’s trying to get the guys fired up ala Lou Piniella.

It would be useless for any player to attempt to explain successful batting.
Tris Speaker

by Boilermaker19 on May 22, 2008 7:50 AM PDT 0 recs

Who was still watching the game at that point?

by Dalton on May 22, 2008 8:32 AM PDT up 0 recs

I was there, and still wasn't completely watching.

I couldn’t tell who got tossed until they took off their hat. Honestly, of all the things to get frustrated about, it shouldn’t have been the strike zone, it should have been the awful swings we took with RISP (yet again).

by California Penal on May 22, 2008 9:03 AM PDT up 0 recs

I was there and watching too.

Kinda Drunk though.

Me fail English? That's unpossible!

by sdsuaztec4 on May 22, 2008 4:21 PM PDT up 0 recs

He needed an excuse to leave the game early.

Probably had a delivery of chocolate waiting for him. Wally hasn’t fired up the boys all season, why start now?

by sqrunt on May 22, 2008 4:45 PM PDT up 0 recs

Headline on ESPN.com

Woeful Pads lose pitcher, catcher, game

So, sad. We are now officially a punchline. Now we wait to make Leno or Letterman’s monologue. I’m guessing less than 2 weeks…probably sooner. Hopefully it’ll be Letterman’s Top Ten List…or Jon Stewart on the Daily Show. That’d be kinda cool.

by Drama on May 22, 2008 9:01 AM PDT 0 recs

Changes...

Looks like CY will be joing Bard on the DL. The airport in Portland is busy today.

Towers, via an exchange of e-mails, said the Padres would be adding three Triple-A pitchers and a Double-A catcher. Towers said he couldn’t immediately divulge the names.

So, just guessing here…but the 3 Portland pitchers would be Clay, Carlos Guevara and K-Cam?

Double A catcher will be Colt?

Thoughts? Ideas?

by Drama on May 22, 2008 9:08 AM PDT 0 recs

I hope its Clay Guevara.

And Colt Cameron.

Because all four of those guys, magically spliced together, could result in 2 pretty decent baseball players. With cool names.

by goose1 on May 22, 2008 9:37 AM PDT up 0 recs

My ears are ringing.

This is a fresh kind of shell-shock.

The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world.

by Axion on May 22, 2008 9:21 AM PDT 0 recs

Gee, thanks for the note

about the Malaysian kid tip from Edmonds, Kras. Feels great.

The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world.

by Axion on May 22, 2008 9:34 AM PDT 0 recs

No kidding.

How horrible was that little nugget? Our one chance to get something out of Edmonds and we blew it.

by Drama on May 22, 2008 9:37 AM PDT up 0 recs

It'd have been better if he told us about it a couple weeks ago.

It’s like, “oh yeah you lost your pitchers, a catcher, Hoffy’s a ‘backy smuggler, oh, and yes… Jim Edmonds is still a thorn in your side.”

The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world.

by Axion on May 22, 2008 9:40 AM PDT up 0 recs

I've had enough...

My pool match got moved and by the time all the confusion was over it was the 6th inning.
The bar we were playing in didn’t even have the game on. Quitters!
I asked very politely, not being a regular “I know we suck an’ all, but could we at least get a score update?”
We were down 6-3 already and Thatcher was in, I started running through all the various and painful scenarios that got us to that point, boy was I ever wrong…

I promised my coach I would not play as bad as the padres, which, in hindsight, was quite a silly thing to say.
If the pads are registering a 10 on the suckta scale right now, then I reached a solid 7!
I didn’t break my promise or win my match :(

Then it was off dancing… but I was still sulking about the game (both of them!) and the fact I found Bootsy Collins on the jukebox (a rare treat), parted with my plastic and never heard a one. Put me in a right p-funk.
I bailed on the club and went across the street for a stiff scotch, where I met a v. cute guy ( very drunk; but very cute) who filled me in on the gory details of the game. Did I mention he was cute…

Not really sure why I decided to share all that?
Anyway, not a fight song, but it’s how I feel this morning: http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=II6RTJ4H7nE

"We've... we've got lumps of it 'round the back."

by ABY on May 22, 2008 12:24 PM PDT 0 recs