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by jbox on May 22, 2009 9:59 AM PDT Comment 27 comments

Here's some XX Sports Radio Interviews (MP3): Tom Garfinkel, HoF'er Tony Gwynn and Kurt Bevaqua.
Friar Forecast believes we should trade Jake Peavy to get young talent and save money. Myself I don't care about the team's finances, raise the payroll back to $70m and get your talent that way.
I sense that somewhere deep down, in a place where he won't admit it that Geoff doesn't like the Gwynn for Gerut trade. He's very good at hiding it though.
Can we go back to calling Tony Gwynn Jr. by the name Anthony? I like it a lot better than calling him Junior. I love what he brings to this team, both on and off the field. Here's the story of how he became a Padre. He also scored the winning run last night by drawing a walk.
"I know it's been a crazy 24 hours with a lot of speculation of what's going on," Peavy told reporters inside the home dugout at PETCO Park. "Right now, this [San Diego] is the best place for us [him and his family] to be."
I'm seriously worried about Khalil Greene:

Greene admitted to feeling increasingly overwhelmed by his situation and did not dispute accounts that he has several times punished himself physically.

Several team members have expressed concern about the degree of Greene's self-punishment.

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and this, folks, is the part where we stop joking about Khalil

it was a fun ride though

by 'Eaters on May 22, 2009 10:24 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Agreed.

I still don’t like the guy, but don’t want to see something physically bad happen to him.

This is a terrible thing for the Padres. - Jerry Coleman

by Padres_Hobo on May 22, 2009 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

totally

i wish him the best…

"I suggest more bike" ~KSK

www.wellbelowthemendozaline.blogspot.com

by justdave on May 22, 2009 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I wonder if

he’s a cutter

Don't hate the game, hate the nerds!

by thenerdhater on May 22, 2009 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

more of a hacker

by Dalton on May 22, 2009 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

What if it's BDSM?

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 22, 2009 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

yikes

"I suggest more bike" ~KSK

www.wellbelowthemendozaline.blogspot.com

by justdave on May 22, 2009 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Maybe that's why he wears sleeves

at all times.

by jbox on May 22, 2009 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

went to the game last night, and therefore missed an epic OT

but lemme tell you, when Gwynn stepped in to the on deck circle, it was something special.

the applause started bubbling from the ppl in 107, then quickly spread throughout the stadium. i dont think anyone was paying attention to Hundley’s AB.

pretty awesome i tells ya, what a fun game to be at and be a part of.

"I suggest more bike" ~KSK

www.wellbelowthemendozaline.blogspot.com

by justdave on May 22, 2009 10:46 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I watched it a couple of times on TV to re-live it

The crowd noise didn’t come through to well, but you could see people were going nuts.

by Stephen (shaynes41) on May 22, 2009 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

yup!

all 75 of us that were still there :)

"I suggest more bike" ~KSK

www.wellbelowthemendozaline.blogspot.com

by justdave on May 22, 2009 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

We should refer to Tony Jr. as "The Thin Gwynn"

As for Khalil. . .wow. That’s F*’d up.

by Mr. Meadows on May 22, 2009 12:02 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

so messed up

was there talk of this when he was with the padres

by mailboxhead on May 22, 2009 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Khalil

Do Bahá’í practice corporal mortification? I thought that was only in crappy Dan Brown novels.

Homeboy just needs to remember he is playing baseball for a living and enjoy it. I know he is struggling but maybe he wouldn’t get so frustrated if he just, i don’t know… smiled…

by soulSD on May 22, 2009 12:50 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

sounds like the problem may be a little more complicated than that

by 'Eaters on May 22, 2009 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Anxiety from poor performance.

Seems straight forward to me. Not trying to sound insensitive but he is not the first player that this has ever happened to. It doesn’t mean he has to go all emo and break out the razor blades.

by soulSD on May 22, 2009 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

wearing black on the outside

because we feel black on the inside?

"I suggest more bike" ~KSK

www.wellbelowthemendozaline.blogspot.com

by justdave on May 22, 2009 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I thought he had a family member (parent) that was fighting a pretty difficult illness.

So, I think this goes a little deeper than not being able to hit a low and away slider.

by Drama on May 22, 2009 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wasn't his dad a Vietnam vet?

and they joined the Ba’hai faith because he needed to come to terms with what he experienced in the war???

Maybe he saw his dad punch walls as a child and is repeating behaviors learned in his youth.

"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 22, 2009 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Gettin' #6 down from the Petco OF wall ...

Hello GLB’ers … long time no see …

This post by FJ … http://padres.mlblogs.com/archives/2009/05/big_fun_ahead_padres_1984_nl_c.html … announcing festivities tomorrow (Saturday) night at Petco honoring the 1984 NL champs, reminded me that I’d hoped an event like this would be the stage for replacing the #6 on the Petco OF wall with a “1984” … to honor all those who contributed to that magical season …

It’s probably way too late … but I’ve taken one last small step by posting a comment to the FJ blog entry … and at ducksnorts … and at madfriars … and so thought I’d complete the cycle and post here also …

Sure seems like it could be done … most of us know it needs to be done … I’ve just run out of wherewithal to get it done … you got any ideas?

by LynchMob on May 22, 2009 3:07 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

LynchMob sighting!!!

lover of haiku
lover of non-six numbers
padres fan, lynchmob

by Dex on May 22, 2009 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ah, I miss the haiku's!!!

Well done, my friend!

Perhaps Garvey would be happier if we retired “198406”???

by LynchMob on May 22, 2009 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

198406?

The number of illegitimate children he has?

by Drama on May 22, 2009 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

We're on the same page ...

Something just has to get done :-)

Here’s a picture of when I ran my idea by Steve Garvey … http://picasaweb.google.com/LynchMob98/Cooperstown2007TonyGwynnHoFInduction#5218537063708144002 … but, like I said, I don’t think he understood the seriousness of the situation …

I also tried to get Matt Vasgersian to help on this … he’s pretty passionate about the subject … but he really didn’t think he had any inroads … plus I assume he was protecting his image :-)

by LynchMob on May 22, 2009 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs