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KT: "I'm not disappointed; I'm embarrassed."

 

 

Our old friend Nick Canepa has a column about the recent struggles of our Padres.  From the quotes attributed to KT he seems pretty pissed off.

 

“I'm not disappointed; I'm embarrassed. It's not disgusting; it's embarrassing,” Towers was saying. “I know what the external expectations were when we cut payroll. But I can't see how a group of young guys playing with heart and tons of fight at the beginning of the year don't even look like the same group the last three weeks.

“I look at the situation like the economy – from euphoria to paranoia. At first I saw some fight in guys. Even when we lost a ballgame, I saw battle. But, other than Adrian (Gonzalez) and Heath (Bell), there haven't been many positives. I can't believe they even pitch to Adrian.”

 

I can't believe they pitch to Aid either.

 

“I'm embarrassed for myself,” he said. “This is my ballclub. I'm as much to blame as anybody else. I don't want to see everything lost over what we've built over a long time. I've been a part of this organization for 25 years. Just three weeks ago I'm walking by our place at the beach and people are fired up about the Padres. Now they say we're horrible. It hurts.

“I'm not in this game for a paycheck. I take it personally. I feel like I'm a player. What drives me is winning.”

 

Already there are players speaking off the record:

 

So what's a GM to do? Friday, Towers called up relievers Joe Thatcher and Greg Burke from Triple-A Portland, released pitcher Duaner Sanchez, sent reliever Edwin Moreno back to Portland and claimed shortstop Josh Wilson off waivers from Arizona.

“That's like putting a Band-Aid on a bullet wound,” said one Padre, who shall remain anonymous.

 

 

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I'm embarassed too

A Red Sox fan laughed at me today, though later he sympathized with my predicament.

"Get on board early," Black said, alluding to, what he feels, is a crop of up-and-coming players.

"I would tell those fans that we're going to play good baseball. We're going to play hard. We're going to have exciting young players..." -Bud Black

by The Kipper on May 16, 2009 1:54 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

this is Rec'd

because that is exactly what I thought before I even saw your post

by 'Eaters on May 17, 2009 6:51 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

"That's like putting a Band-Aid on a bullet wound"

I say it’s more like jamming your finger into the wound and twisting. Besides, anon, you’re probably one of the gunmen. (unless you’re Heater or Aid.)

Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you? ◔ヮ◔
Uncommon Sportsman :: Absurdity in play

by Axion on May 16, 2009 3:54 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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