means a new tag-line for GLB.

Everyone says it was at 2:30 but XX says it’s at 3:30. There aren’t any pictures or articles about it so was it moved?

Will Jed fondly refer to all of us as the “Gaslampball-busters”, as did KT?

Was I the only one hoping for some 11th hour crazy news? Maybe yes. Maybe no.

No – I was actually hoping for Ng, but I’m optimistic either way.

Nothing on the UT, MLB.com, ESPN, Yahoo sports… did this really happen today? Does anyone care besides like 25 people on GLB?

Hoyer has been in town for 2 days and he already has a vision. Building a team from the ground up that is fit to play in Petco. Success

"I wanted to go in there and show the Padres what kind of preparedness they could expect from me," said Hoyer, who didn’t know the number of hours he spent compiling his analysis of the Padres.

"I was still working for the Red Sox and putting the book together on the side," he said. "I didn’t sleep much."

Hard to do when the BoSox had already been eliminated in 3 straight by the Mighty Anaheim Angels of LA.? I’d be looking for a way to parlay my current gig into a GM job too!

Gimme a break. Mr. New Hampshire Wonder Boy is going to get measured, sadly enough, by KT’s 4 division titles (and don’t forget the one WS appearance) in 14 years, only he will never have that much time to deliver at least an NL pennant. In fact, he probably has less than 3 years to get the Padres deep in to the playoffs, and if there is any regression after year 2, he’s a goner by the way of DePo…wait…bad reference.

Actually, I am impressed Jed’s first order of business was to get rid of Grady Fuson; why that guy had become permanent furniture, along with “Chief” Gayton, is beyond me, considering the long-sagging drafting and player development parts of the organization.

Further to that point…my question to Jed is, are you willing, able, and have the guts/financial means to jump on a plane to some weird place like Brasil, South Africa or Italy (yeah, that’s right, I said Brasil, South Africa or Italy) and harvest the next batch of MLB players who nobody’s every heard of? Point being, drill for oil where nobody’s really drilling yet, and that’s partly what makes you the man from the player development standpoint.

Now, how he handles his camel swapping chops, ala the Sludge Merchant or Trader Jack, that will be interesting too, but nonetheless equally if not more important.

Myself being a USDHS brother of Billy Eppler, Hoyer’s suspect to me…so you got some proving to do, Chowda Boy.

600 million people in Latin America spell it Brasil, so you lose again.

I can’t wait for his first post.

…and Mexico