Brian Giles gets the traditional Padres farewell
by Dex on Dec 7, 2009 12:42 AM PST
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PrintUnless something crazy happens, Brian Giles is done as a Padre. I know this got mentioned last week, but it never really seemed to get discussed. That could also be me just not reading the comments every day. Still, Brian Giles was, to me, the last member left of the first era of Petco Park.
By all accounts, he was a successful Padre and he was a member of successful Padres teams, but in the end, I think he'll go down, like most of the guys who introduced us to Petco Park, as a Padre that people will dislike because he was either weird or they'll feel gypped by him.
Is it strange that Padres fans dislike so many of those guys that opened up Petco for us? Ryan Klesko and Phil Nevin left with much of San Diego thinking of them as whiners (though Nevin's got himself a good talk show host thing going). Khalil Greene left as the guy who was fun to watch in the field, but ultimately, the weirdo who never really got around to hitting. Sean Burroughs, with his awkward running style and Golden League power, left even more expectations unfulfilled than any of those other guys. I even remember being excited when we got Ramon Hernandez and then thinking, "Oh. Is that it?"
I look at that '04 team and even though I have fond memories, I also have memories of bad breakups and disappointing exits. Maybe it's my heart's way of protecting me from too many tears already shed.
Maybe, when we say things like, "We should've kept Jason Bay", or "Good riddance, jerk" or "You can go beat women on your own time now", what we're really saying is, "We'll keep you in our hearts", "Travel well, sweet prince" and "I'll miss seeing you hit".
In any case, we have shed our skin of the last bits that remained from when Petco was new and waiting for its history to be written. That part of the history is written now and rather than look back on the weird and whiney with irritation. I will look back with fondness for the eccentricities and passion that those players had.
Good riddance, sweet, princely, jerks.
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Wow Nevin has a talk show??
Who knew it was the year 2008 still. Here all this time I thought he was now managing the Independent League’s Orange County Flyers….hmmmmm….oh well.
I am way OFF TOPIC here
but the UT said yesterday:
“The cash-strapped Padres have yet to set a payroll budget for 2010, although the amount will certainly be less than last season’s $42.6 total. Possibly it will be closer to $30 million
.”
I thought Moorad said the payroll would “begin with a 4”. (be in the $40 million range)
Is there something I missed???
Not sure where the UT is getting that info...
everything I have heard/read from any member of the Padres FO has said that the payroll will start with a 4 this year.
i guess there is the possibility that the payroll
will start with a 4 and end up with a 2 or 3 by July. It could also start with a 4 and end up with a 5/6 too but that will only happen if aliens arrive.
If I pick it, I flick it
by Duke Street Kings on Dec 7, 2009 8:50 AM PST up reply actions
its the UT
they are always the last to know….
"Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!"
I am as critical as anyone about the UT
But in this case, I think they know something that we don’t.
"I'll miss seeing you hit."
Well, I sure won’t miss seeing him NOT hit…
Thank you for waving at me.
by Winfield's Ghost on Dec 7, 2009 7:34 AM PST reply actions
Giles Farewell
He IS a wierd guy. That was tolerable when he could HIT. I’m a transplanted PCL era Padre fan in NE OHIO. Went Padre game at the “Jake” a few years back (rainout) and just found seats in time to see Brian halfheartedly go back on a Sizemore leadoff dinger. They talk ‘bout him out with the other former traded away Wahoos. He’s done now.
With absolutely no commentary on Giles as a person
he was a very good baseball player for the Padres. And I’ll be thankful for that.
"I aim to misbehave." - Mal Reynolds
by Zach (maestro876) on Dec 7, 2009 3:55 PM PST reply actions
he really was
reliable (by padre standards anyway) for quite sometime there.
"If and when Gaslampball ‘proclaims’ from the mountaintop, we follow blindly. That’s just how it works around here."
by ABY on Dec 7, 2009 9:49 PM PST up reply actions
he was paid to be more than that thoough.
i think that is everyone’s beef with the guy.
if the Padres needed a “slap hitter” who acted like a goofball in the locker room, they could have gotten Carrott Top for the league minimum.
552
during his best padre years giles was a great bargain
Big kid tested, mother fucker approved
by CurbEnthusiasm on Dec 8, 2009 5:37 PM PST up reply actions
payroll
Payroll starting with a “3”? San Diego fans should be lining up at the stadium with pitchforks. That’s a disgrace for an MLB club, and the owner owes the fans better if he expects them to spend their hard-earned money on the Padres
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