Around the Mission: 10/8 Padres Links

by jbox on Oct 8, 2009 8:57 AM PDT Comment 27 comments

PADRES: Club to resume search for a GM
A Padres front office source speculated that hiring Woodfork ---- a Harvard graduate who was hired by Moorad in 2005 and previously worked as the director of baseball operations for the Boston Red Sox ---- wouldn't necessarily constitute raiding the Diamondbacks because it doesn't involve current GM Josh Byrnes.
XX Sports Radio: Jeff Moorad (MP3)
The Padres CEO joins Scott & BR in-studio for a whole hour to talk to the Padre fans.
New GM will have work ahead | padres.com: News
It's impossible to know what the new Padres general manager will want to do about the current roster and how he will attack the offseason and go about shaping the roster for the 2010 season.
Former Padre Marcus Giles arrested for allegedly battering wife
Police took Giles to county jail in downtown San Diego for booking on suspicion of spousal battery. He was released on bond about 8:30 a.m., a jail clerk said.
Unfinished Business: Looking At The Jake Peavy Trade
I won't even try to convey my devastation when I heard the news. It was absolutely terrible. All of you who have lost a beloved player know how it feels. I felt like a close family member had moved far, far away, and I would never be able to see them again. It was simply terrible.

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Is anybody going to listen to that hour long Moorad radio appearance?

I don’t know if I have the patience. If you do, let us know what he said.

by jbox on Oct 8, 2009 10:39 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I heard the end of it on the way to work

Someone called in to complain about Sweet Caroline being played at the ballpark, and Moorad said music has become the hottest topic of discussion around the office, next to ticket prices. They want to get it right.

Then someone from Boston called in and the sound of her accent made me want to just crash into the Sprinter.

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by Axion on Oct 8, 2009 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

They need to fix the music badly

but I’m not sure they have anybody with good musical taste in the organization.

by jbox on Oct 8, 2009 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Seriously need to get rid of that Bob Dylan song

A kid who has a unicorn ranch in his room cannot call other people weird. Yes, we know about "Rancho Unicorno."

by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Oct 8, 2009 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Shut up

You don’t even go to Padres games.

Wisdom can not be cultivated through ignorance of information.

by Wonko on Oct 9, 2009 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

Nice.

Nice and rec’d.

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by TheThirdGonzalez on Oct 9, 2009 11:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Boy, you was in a snippy mood

Got any cold Jager?

by eastbaysd on Oct 10, 2009 12:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I went to like 15 games this season...

A kid who has a unicorn ranch in his room cannot call other people weird. Yes, we know about "Rancho Unicorno."

by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Oct 10, 2009 9:31 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

What song is that?

by strummer on Oct 11, 2009 3:13 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wigwam

by jbox on Oct 11, 2009 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's the thing

It’s like asking the fanbase what they want on their Tombstone.

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by Axion on Oct 8, 2009 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm just asking for a little variety

I realize that trying to get people to agree on songs just isn’t going to happen, but I can’t take Gary Glitter or Zombie Nation anymore. I’ll give need a tombstone if I hear those again.

I’d actually like less music. Not everybody needs at bat music. I want to enjoy the sounds of the ballpark and be able to talk with peeps without shouting the whole game.

by jbox on Oct 8, 2009 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I need to get a mashup of those two songs and I need it now.

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by Axion on Oct 8, 2009 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

a youtube video description:

THE SONG YOU HERE AT SPORTS EVENTS AND IT GOS LIKE THIS OHOHOHOHOHOHOHOH OHO HO HO OHOHOHO HO OH

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by Axion on Oct 8, 2009 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Go ahead, try it out...

youtube doubler

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by Axion on Oct 8, 2009 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

My worst nightmare

by jbox on Oct 8, 2009 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's the song you here at sports events and it gos like this

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by Axion on Oct 8, 2009 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I just listened to it again

but I made this one better.

It’s so glorious. It may be the most amazing, and terrifying, thing I’ve ever created.

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by Axion on Oct 8, 2009 11:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

how about just come classic organ music

and need to ditch the lame, epic clips from 300 for Heath Bell or whenever they are used. all we need is PSA and the rally bell

by Kozak on Oct 8, 2009 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I agree with that

by jbox on Oct 8, 2009 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ditto!

by strummer on Oct 11, 2009 3:14 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

wrong

Wisdom can not be cultivated through ignorance of information.

by Wonko on Oct 9, 2009 7:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The highlights went like this

The payroll isn’t final, but the first number will be four.
Full season tickets prices are staying flat or going down, but some 20 and 40 game plans will go up.
Moving up to 49% ownership in March.
The net worth of the dirty dozen is multiple billions.

by field39 on Oct 8, 2009 4:04 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

thanks

by jbox on Oct 8, 2009 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

My favorite part

was him saying that the payroll would definitely go up next season. Then he starts talking about how towards the end of the season the payroll was in the 20’s and that he sees the payroll being in the 40’s. At the beginning of the season the payroll was in the 40’s…..there is that lawyer/agent/owner spin that he has done time and time again since he’s been here. He chooses whatever time period is more beneficial to him. If we were to bring up opening day payrolls then he might be saying that the payroll will be around the same…..not considerably higher like he’s making it seem.

.400 in '94

by SDPads_1 on Oct 8, 2009 6:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's going to be hard

To moderately increase the payroll and actually improve the team’s outlook. You’re either looking at signing guys to modest that aren’t likely to be better than our current guys or overpaying for guys that would prefer to sign with proven winners in bigger markets (who will probably pull a Giles with a couple of years). So, the new owners may very well end up being cheapskates, but I’m not sure that looking like cheapskates in 2010 may actually be what’s best for the team.

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by Wonko on Oct 9, 2009 7:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs