Smells Like Padres in Here - Monday Edition

by Winfield's Ghost on Jun 2, 2008 7:35 AM PDT

So close to third place, yet so far away. (Hey, it's June 2nd. Headley any minute now?)

Jake threw before the game and felt good.

Whenever I'm feeling down, I look for something that makes fun of the Dodgers. Mission accomplished.

Baek moves into the rotation and takes on Carlos Zambrano tonight as the Cubs arrive for four games. The Cubs are the best team in baseball. We are not. Game time is 7:05pm PDT.

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Chase

In my mind he’s already there. I think the P-Mac experiment is now over.

by Billy Almon on Jun 2, 2008 7:55 AM PDT 0 recs

After what happened with him on Friday night…and the fact that he got his ass chewed by both Mad Dog and Harry…plus the rumors that he “shrugged off” his manager...why in the hell was he rewarded with a start yesterday? Wouldn’t you have let him rot on the bench for the next week?

by Drama on Jun 2, 2008 8:08 AM PDT up 0 recs

Yes, I would have

But I’m not Bud Black. I don’t have a subscription to US Weekly.

by Winfield's Ghost on Jun 2, 2008 8:11 AM PDT up 0 recs

P-Keg

If I never saw him again I would be a happy man.

"Having a conversation with you is like a Martian talking to a Fungo." -Crash Davis

by Peanuts and Beer on Jun 2, 2008 10:08 AM PDT up 0 recs

the shrug

wasnt really anything big
it was more of a i-dont-wanna-talk-about-it kind of shrug cuz he was prolly pissed off at himself too

"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 Jun 2, 2008 10:41 AM PDT up 0 recs

I'm very excited

about seeing Baek start tonite. He looked pretty sharp in his inning on Friday night. Chase will probably be here before the Mets series, I imagine.

by Phantom on Jun 2, 2008 8:03 AM PDT 0 recs

I can't wait for Chase Headley

I hear he’s 7 feet tall. And that he consume pitchers with fireballs from his eyes and bolts of lightning from his butt.

by Dex on Jun 2, 2008 8:11 AM PDT 0 recs

But can he close games?

by Winfield's Ghost on Jun 2, 2008 8:16 AM PDT up 0 recs

He's "The Savior".

He can do anything.

by Drama on Jun 2, 2008 8:30 AM PDT up 0 recs

That's right

We’re holding out for a hero.

by Winfield's Ghost on Jun 2, 2008 9:38 AM PDT up 0 recs

Brilliant idea.

Since they can’t run that Maddux commercial with Jim Edmonds….they could replace it with one featuring Chase as Ren McCormack.

“Hey, I like that hat, man. They sell men’s clothes where you got that?”

by Drama on Jun 2, 2008 10:02 AM PDT up 0 recs

Yeah

I am totally thinking of Chase as Ren. He gets to San Diego and is all like “What’s wrong with you people?” And then he goes and smokes and drinks in a warehouse while doing gymnastics.

That’s exactly how I’m picturing him.

(Bud Black = John Lithgow)

by Winfield's Ghost on Jun 2, 2008 10:05 AM PDT up 0 recs

“If [Arizona and the Dodgers] were continuing to play well, then it would be different. But San Francisco just swept Arizona. It’s such a volatile division, I don’t think you can concede. I think we haven’t seen enough consistency in the division throughout to say we have no shot.”

by Drama on Jun 2, 2008 8:58 AM PDT 0 recs

Last night hurt

Good teams are able to win games like that. Adrian Gonzalez plays well under pressure. Sadly, Trevor has struggled when it matters most. I saw Headley make a real nice catch in Portland on Friday. A catch that McAnulty might not have made. Hensley and Gonzalez pitched nine shutout innings on Friday as well. Save us Portland!

by The Kipper on Jun 2, 2008 9:48 AM PDT 0 recs

saw that game on DirecTV myself

Agree with everything you said. Hensley is at least ready for bullpen duty, he still needs to build up more stamina to start. He had incredible movement on his pitches. And yeah, Headley should be playing in the bigs, but let’s keep playing accounting/arbitration/service time games Towers, because that is much more important than trying to field the best team. It’s funny how the media keeps reporting on “Pryor’s season-ending surgery.” His season started or even existed?

by I_Can_Still_Pitch on Jun 2, 2008 10:11 AM PDT up 0 recs

Unraveling

Here’s Geoff Young’s take on Trevor and yesterday’s game.

On a related note, I heard Trevor’s house got TP’ed recently.

"When the going gets tough... TheGrandHatching pops in later." -- WG

by TheGrandHatching on Jun 2, 2008 10:34 AM PDT 0 recs

The Savior

This is a pretty good read from John Canzano in yesterday’s Oregonian.

Towers said he doesn’t want to promote Headley and have him viewed as some kind of savior. It’s absurd for an operation that wastes millions every year to let its on-field product suffer under the guise that its second-round pick in 2005 couldn’t psychologically handle a promotion to a struggling team.

by Drama on Jun 2, 2008 11:50 AM PDT 0 recs