A closer look at the carnage

by jbox on May 22, 2008 8:53 AM PDT

Padres hurt some more as Pujols' liner breaks pitcher Young's nose

"When I hit it, I thought it was going over his head," Pujols said. "But it hit him right in the face. "There was blood all over the place and I began to pray about it and make sure it was all right."

Adrian Gonzalez put his arm around Pujols and they bowed their heads in prayer for a few minutes with their backs turned to the bloody scene.

"It was a pretty tough night," Pujols said. "After that, I couldn't concentrate on my other at-bats. I kind of had flashbacks thinking about that at-bat."

Wow that really sucks for Pujols. It's a tough night in the big leagues when something is distracting you when you are trying to take at bats. Oh yeah, I guess it sucked for Chris Young and Josh Bard too.

Pujols obviously didn't do all this damage on purpose, but he's like a bull in a China shop (yes in China they just call it a shop). He's so clumsy and ruins everything.

It would have been nice if Pujols showed the same concern for Bard as he did for Chris Young, instead of hurrying to high five his teammates.

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CY is the toughest SOB who ever played the game

Come on! He took a Pujols smash dead in the face and never blinked an eye. He didn’t go down, he didn’t roll around on the ground writhing, he didn’t zonk out cold. He just sat there looking pissed, with a bloody nose. I’d bet a dollar he wanted to keep pitching.

That is old-time tough. That is amazing.

by XSD on May 22, 2008 9:11 AM PDT reply actions

This is like

Blackhawk Down.

by sacpadre on May 22, 2008 9:22 AM PDT reply actions

I'm beginning to think that we got lucky

that we didn’t bring up Headley. What if Headley had been called up and Pujols destroyed him somehow on his first day in the majors? I think that would be the final nail in the coffin, as if it needed another nail.

by jbox on May 22, 2008 9:40 AM PDT reply actions

Is this better or worse than a season that ends 1 strike away from the playoffs?

Because last year was pretty heartbreaking. But you got to root for the Padres all the way through the end of September.

This year is a cursed farcical display of slumps, bad bets, and bad luck and it’s over by May.

I can’t decide.

by goose1 on May 22, 2008 9:44 AM PDT reply actions

Far worse

At least last year we can say we looked like we wanted to be there and and breaks going for us every once in a while.

That being said, no amount of bad luck, untimely DL stints, poor personnel choices, or Albert Pujols will kill my love for the Padres.

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 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions

I don’t think we got very many breaks last year either. Those all went to the Dbacks and Rockies.

by osbug on May 22, 2008 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions

Yeah

but relatively few breaks is still better than no breaks at all (or a broken nose) (or a broken shoulder) (or a broken ankle)

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 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions

True

But I think they were all counteracted by injuries to Giles, Hoffman, Bradley and Cameron.

Even so, absolutely nothing is going right so far this season.

by osbug on May 22, 2008 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions

Pujols

apologizes to everyone in San Diego and promises to take anyone that’s interested to Chuck E Cheese next time he’s in town for some free pizza and skee ball.

by thenerdhater on May 22, 2008 11:53 AM PDT reply actions

he'd prolly set it up

to have the rat hit us with tokens or something

"I get tired of hearing ballplayers belly-ache all the time. They should sit in the press box sometime and watch themselves play."

by iLOVEkouz5 on May 22, 2008 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions

Unreal

One day this site’s front page looks like a tabloid what with the Vince Vaughn/whores and Speidi pics, and on another day it’s like reading about casualties at war. It’s got to make you laugh in that numb sort of way.

That karoke vid that Dex put up made me cringe (that’s got to be the worst song I’ve ever had the nonpleasure of listening/watching) and laugh at the same time because it’s only one of the worst things that I’ve had the nonpleasure of listening/watching this year in regards to this team.

I bet Kevin Towers doesn’t think moral is high in the clubhouse now.

"Excuses are like poems- they're for sissies and no one wants to hear 'em."--Ron Stilanovich

by lab_mouse on May 22, 2008 12:19 PM PDT reply actions

Pujols is pretty beyond reproach here

I was happy with Pujols’ response last night. He seemed genuinely concerned and was obviously moved so much he jumped right into prayer. I’ve got to say, I’ve never seen a ball player do that (though I’m sure it happens).

As for the commentary about being distracted for the rest of his at bats – what do we expect him to say? It sounds like he’s just describing how much his mind was still feeling guilty/thinking about the incident.

As for the Bard thing, I bet he was pretty happy just to get off that cursed baseball diamond. I mean, Do players ever not high five their teammates after scoring a run?

It seems like once he got off, high fived his guys and took off his batting helmet, he turned around and noticed that Bard was injured… hell, at least he never got on base the rest of the night!

Obviously, the whole thing sucked, but I don’t know what more you could have asked of him in that situation. Really, if I were CY, I’d go pound fucking Cla Meredith into the ground for absolutely pissing the game away after CY went down ! ;-)

by Bradicus on May 22, 2008 12:25 PM PDT reply actions