If the Padres were as defensive as Sandy Alderson then opponents would score -3 runs a game

by jbox on Jun 25, 2008 3:26 PM PDT

XX Sports Radio Interview Sandy Alderson Part 1

I don't know what the reason is that we haven't played well in interleague play

He's [Bud Black] not on the hot seat.

XX Sports Radio Interview Sandy Alderson Part 2

This second segment is boring.

XX Sports Radio Interview Sandy Alderson Part 3

Our biggest problem offensively is not putting the ball in play. We are leading the universe in strike outs.

Great question asking for a straight up answer about Chase Headley's arbitration rights.

I can assure you that, [administrative issues with Chase Headley being called up] wasn't the controlling rationale for bringing him up or bringing him up when we did.

The number one thing we're missing is on base percentage.

If I strip out the attitude then that was a good question...

What does it take that we've given up one hundred stolen bases when the closest competitor has given up 60.

We are so bad at defending the stolen base that it has nothing to do with an advanced scout.

I hear Phil Nevin saying that they don't have a former player who's scouting so they got completely out foxed... that is so much B.S. that is absolute malarchy.

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I can't wait to listen.

Is it ugly? Has the angry mob showed up?

can you cure us of this fate
mock the litany in its face

by Axion on Jun 25, 2008 3:35 PM PDT 0 recs

It's a blood bath

by jbox on Jun 25, 2008 3:37 PM PDT up 0 recs

Thanks for posting this

I know I could have gone to the 1090 site, but I am extremely hungover and that seemed like a lot of work.

by strummer on Jun 25, 2008 3:42 PM PDT up 0 recs

Right now that site is a mess

They’re promoting that team 1090 thing and it’s intro page after intro page. Bad design.

can you cure us of this fate
mock the litany in its face

by Axion on Jun 25, 2008 3:44 PM PDT up 0 recs

True

I am amazed at how many “professional” media companies have such crappy websites.

by pasadenapadre on Jun 25, 2008 3:47 PM PDT up 0 recs

Ya know

Now that I think of it, I don’t think I’ve been to one radio station website that wasn’t some kind of messy headache.

I was trying to find some Pittsburgh sports talk format stations yesterday… abysmal.

can you cure us of this fate
mock the litany in its face

by Axion on Jun 25, 2008 3:52 PM PDT up 0 recs

More research on bat composition

was discussed in a conference call. No decision was made.

Sounds boring.

by jbox on Jun 25, 2008 3:41 PM PDT 0 recs

I would love to get paid to sit in that meeting

I would probably slack off and post on GLB, though.

can you cure us of this fate
mock the litany in its face

by Axion on Jun 25, 2008 3:45 PM PDT up 0 recs

Darren Smith

Is so fired…

It was fun listening him challenge the CEO though.

by pasadenapadre on Jun 25, 2008 3:45 PM PDT 0 recs

*to

listening to him

by pasadenapadre on Jun 25, 2008 3:45 PM PDT 0 recs

Man the first guy with a question

in the second part takes up half the entire segment. Somebody shut this guy up.

by jbox on Jun 25, 2008 3:52 PM PDT 0 recs

These callers

want to tell you their life story. Nobody cares that you played high school ball with billy beane. Get to the question.

by jbox on Jun 25, 2008 3:54 PM PDT 0 recs

Ok I think the only good part of this interview

is the second half of the second part where Darren Smith and Alderson get into it about advanced scouts.

by jbox on Jun 25, 2008 3:55 PM PDT 0 recs

part 2 was a waste of time

part 3 is what I was talking about.

by jbox on Jun 25, 2008 3:58 PM PDT up 0 recs

i can't wait to hear this when i get home...

http://www.wellbelowthemendozaline.blogspot.com

by justdave on Jun 25, 2008 4:35 PM PDT 0 recs

Part three

was great. That season ticket holder nailed him. And the Nevin comments about saving $100K by not having an advanced scout.
What a cheap organization.
We deserve to lose

by strummer on Jun 25, 2008 4:54 PM PDT 0 recs

part three is all you really need to listen to

Parts one and two are snoozeville.

by jbox on Jun 25, 2008 5:44 PM PDT up 0 recs

Awesome

I don’t think Darren and Sandy are friends.

can you cure us of this fate
mock the litany in its face

by Axion on Jun 25, 2008 6:22 PM PDT up 0 recs

After a while

He most likely has grown tired of the legalese type answers that
SA has been dishing out all year. There comes a point when you realize you are being BS’d

by strummer on Jun 25, 2008 6:33 PM PDT up 0 recs

"If I strip out the attitude..."

I’d like to strip the attitude out of Alderson. Him accusing someone else of bringing “attitude” is hilarious.

by Winfield's Ghost on Jun 25, 2008 9:22 PM PDT 0 recs

I was thinking the same thing

sometimes he’s so calm, cool and rational then he gets an attitude himself. I’m not sure if I should like the ‘tude for keepin’ it real or get annoyed with it.

I’d get annoyed with Season Ticket holders always threatening to not renew too, but he definitely gets sports the ‘tude during his interviews when he’s getting questions he doesn’t like.

by jbox on Jun 25, 2008 10:39 PM PDT up 0 recs

The common theme seems to be that whoever tries to rip him is trying to harp on something he sees as insignificant, and he’s not secretive about the things he thinks the team should be doing.
It sounds like Season Ticket Holder (and not just in this segment) just grabs some soundbyte from him and runs with it out of context to come to conclusions like, “sure, we’d love to have speed, but not at all costs” gets turned into, “we don’t need team speed.”

can you cure us of this fate
mock the litany in its face

by Axion on Jun 25, 2008 10:53 PM PDT up 0 recs

Oh

so questions he doesn’t like?

by jbox on Jun 26, 2008 8:26 AM PDT up 0 recs

People not listening to him

and him repeating himself over and over. Wouldn’t that drive you nuts, too?

can you cure us of this fate
mock the litany in its face

by Axion on Jun 26, 2008 8:27 AM PDT up 0 recs

If I were Alderson

what would drive me nuts is that my team stinks, not the perceived value of call-in questions on a radio show.

by Winfield's Ghost on Jun 26, 2008 9:56 AM PDT up 0 recs

Great headline, jbox

Really, really funny.

by Winfield's Ghost on Jun 25, 2008 9:26 PM PDT 0 recs

That was a combined effort with Dex

we were chatting on the phone and were bouncing titles off each other. We like the long titles.

by jbox on Jun 25, 2008 10:36 PM PDT up 0 recs

twss?

http://www.wellbelowthemendozaline.blogspot.com

by justdave on Jun 25, 2008 11:27 PM PDT up 0 recs

stolen bases

seems like Sandy is stressing this WAYYYY too much. and maybe because it’s the easiest fix. all you need is a strong armed catcher.

this is amazing, by the way. i keep waiting for sandy to throw off his headset and storm out of the studio. he’s never doing an interview like this again unless we’re above .500.

by obviousman on Jun 26, 2008 4:54 AM PDT 0 recs

Darren Smith

As Padre fans, we should really appreciate the job Darren Smith does week in and week out in his dealings with Sandy. Sandy is often misleading, combative, defensive and arrogant. Even though Darren has his paychecks signed by a station that is the braodcast partner for the franchise…Darren doesn’t back down and isn’t afraid to ask the really tough questions. And the best part is that when he doesn’t agree or thinks Sandy is full of shit, he’ll call him on it instead of caving like quite a few hosts are so prone to do.

"We are observers - - of our own team."

by Drama on Jun 26, 2008 7:07 AM PDT 0 recs

The Front Office

is developing a serious credibility problem
Good for Smith

by strummer on Jun 26, 2008 7:28 AM PDT up 0 recs

I love me some Darren

but I think he’s in the wrong here. It’s irresponsible to conclude that it’s a money-saving maneuver by the organization not to have an advanced scout.

can you cure us of this fate
mock the litany in its face

by Axion on Jun 26, 2008 8:28 AM PDT up 0 recs

Advance scouts...

I agree with you…sorta. While Darren did raise the issue of it possibly being a money-saver…I think what he was ultimately getting at was the question of “If it has nothing to do with money…what is the reasoning for not doing it?” I mean, it’s not going to hurt us to have advance scouts…if we can gain any knowledge or advantage from it, we should be doing it.

"We are observers - - of our own team."

by Drama on Jun 26, 2008 8:56 AM PDT up 0 recs

Yeah

He clarified that this morning. Now I’m confused why Sandy brought up Todd Greene. What type of scouting is he doing?

I’m not totally sold that advanced scouting picked the pitch, either. The runner was on second staring in at the catcher. I don’t think it’s much more than we just got beat, embarrassingly.

can you cure us of this fate
mock the litany in its face

by Axion on Jun 26, 2008 9:37 AM PDT up 0 recs

Why?

It’s not like Harry will read the report.

by Winfield's Ghost on Jun 26, 2008 9:57 AM PDT up 0 recs

That's what Maddux is for.

"We are observers - - of our own team."

by Drama on Jun 26, 2008 10:24 AM PDT up 0 recs

Great idea here.

If we put a picture of Hedi Montag on the cover of the report, Bud will at least read part of it in hopes of finding out if she’s really having problems with Spencer or not.

"We are observers - - of our own team."

by Drama on Jun 26, 2008 10:26 AM PDT up 0 recs

The scout should use a false name on the report

“Advance Scouting Report – Seattle Mariners. By Heidi Spencer.”

by Winfield's Ghost on Jun 26, 2008 10:33 AM PDT up 0 recs

Lynchmob mentality by the Ignoramuses

This reminds me of the guy up in the nose-bleed section yelling about how he saw the play better than the umpire.

Do any of you - including Darren Smith - really think you understand the front-office game, and the Padres in particular, better than Alderson!? I’ll give you a hint - if you have never worked in the front-office of a major league team - you should probably save your advice for something you might know more about—rocket science perhaps? I am sure you have probably seen a rocket go in the air, right? While you are at, maybe you have some pitching tips for Trevor or hitting tips for Khalil. Just preface by “I played little league baseball and have watched a lot of Padres game. I might not be an expert, but this is my recommendation…” Who knows, you might get picked up by another team’s front office!

It’s a freaking joke that Alderson has to go on and defend himself. This lynchmob mentality by the ignoramuses is too much—give it a rest.

by RickMac on Jun 26, 2008 12:16 PM PDT 0 recs

RickMac

“It’s a freaking joke that Alderson has to go on and defend himself.” Speaking of not having any god-damned idea of what you’re talking about…Sandy didn’t have “to go on and defend himself.” XX Sports Radio is the home of the Padres…with that comes things like Sandy going on with Darren and Billy once a week. KT on with Scott and BR once a week. He does it to promote the team.

And, yes. He does have to explain himself. This is a team that battled for the division up until the day after the last day of the season last year…and now we’re in dead last, 15 games under .500. YES…HE DOES HAVE TO ANSWER A FEW QUESTIONS.

It’s BASEBALL. Fans are entitled to their opinions. We don’t have to have held a job as a scout, manager or a GM to have them.

"We are observers - - of our own team."

by Drama on Jun 26, 2008 12:40 PM PDT up 0 recs

jeez

Somebody really likes Sandy Alderson.

Are you calling everybody in this thread out? Why shouldn’t Sandy Alderson be held accountable? Any Padres fan in this thread has been a Padres fan a lot longer than Sandy Alderson has been or ever will be.

by Dex on Jun 26, 2008 12:41 PM PDT up 0 recs