Game Thread: 5/9, Padres vs. Astros
by jbox on May 9, 2009 4:00 PM PDT
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Kevin Corriea making possibly his last start today.
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Time to terminate the Giles experiment
You don’t put your worst hitter in one of the top three spots in the lineup hoping he gets hot and you can trade him.
Giles just struck out against a guy with a 15 ERA.
retire old freaking man.
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on May 9, 2009 4:09 PM PDT reply actions
How do the other players feel
When their club is more intent on getting a slug like Giles at-bats than on winning?
Anyone, even Gerut.
But the fact is they should already be planning for this and getting Blanks OF playing time in AAA. Fuck, give Durango a big promotion from AA
by dontkickthebaby on May 9, 2009 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions
And
your saying that those guys with no experience in the majors would have a better chance of getting hits then Brian? He’s just going through a slump.
No he's not
He’s showing why Manny Ramirez risked getting caught. Giles hit .220 in spring training, .160 in April and .150-something this month. The guy’s done.
by dontkickthebaby on May 9, 2009 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Steroids don't teach to how to hit.
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on May 9, 2009 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Performance-enhancing pharmaceuticals
help 30-something guys get around on pitches. Hitting a baseball flying at you at 90mph is one of the most difficult athletic tasks in pro sports. Once your body slows down just a little, well, just look at Giles.
by dontkickthebaby on May 9, 2009 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions
You're right
This team has a lot of mediocrity, but when everyone on the team realizes the manager’s No. 1 priority is to give a .150 batter more at-bats — and not winning — I think a cancer then spreads through the dugout.
by dontkickthebaby on May 9, 2009 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Minute Maid Park
is an abomination onto the Lord and should be destroyed as soon as possible.
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on May 9, 2009 4:17 PM PDT reply actions
Because
It’s an architectual abortion?
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on May 9, 2009 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't know
I’ve never seen it. I only listen on the radio and follow online.
by Zach (maestro876) on May 9, 2009 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Terry Sciavo has a better swing than Kevin Kouzmanoff.
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on May 9, 2009 4:25 PM PDT reply actions
Moehler
is pounding the strike zone. If we had real hitters, we would get hits.
by Zach (maestro876) on May 9, 2009 4:26 PM PDT reply actions
So
are we going to get 2-hit, 1-hit, or no-hit?
by Zach (maestro876) on May 9, 2009 4:28 PM PDT reply actions
Stupid Tejeda
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by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 4:29 PM PDT reply actions
There goes the no hitter
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on May 9, 2009 4:30 PM PDT reply actions
Huh?
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by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Is Correia
going to be the latest of our starters to pitch 7-8 innings, give up 1-2 runs, and take a loss?
by Zach (maestro876) on May 9, 2009 4:32 PM PDT reply actions
270 more feet, please.
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by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions
revolutionize baseball
Are fielders besides the catcher allowed to wear pads? Because the first and third baseman should always charge the batter regardless of bunt or not. That was seriously freak the batter out.
that's why he needs the pads
and like a mask and stuff
by Dex on May 9, 2009 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions
They're not allowed
I remember an old Frank Thomas “You Make The Call” baseball card with this scenario.
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by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions
If I wasn't a slave to my job
I would be watching Ervin Santana and CSB pitch tonight and John Lackey and Walter Silva tomorrow. Oh well, at least I’ve got the radio.
Great place for a poison pill
At the top of the order.
Nobody thought that would happen.
Stranding runners is delightful.
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by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 4:43 PM PDT reply actions
.155 Giles?
Come on. Even Khalil is hitting .237!
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on May 9, 2009 4:46 PM PDT reply actions
Giles is a notoriously slow starter
Does anyone still believe that lie?
by dontkickthebaby on May 9, 2009 4:47 PM PDT up reply actions
It's like yesterday.
That was our shot. We missed it. No more hits or baserunners for the rest of the game.
by Zach (maestro876) on May 9, 2009 4:46 PM PDT reply actions
That was a good AB for Towelie.
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by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 4:49 PM PDT reply actions
Mud's great
pointing out the short hop on the ball around the horn. Next two pitches go slider, curve for the fly out. That’s good color.
by Dex on May 9, 2009 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I gotta say
that Kevin is pitching really well. He’s really trying to stay in the rotation.
by Zach (maestro876) on May 9, 2009 4:53 PM PDT reply actions
Yeah, he's definitely due for a tear.
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by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I have to think
That he’s just up there swinging away, hoping the pitcher makes a mistake because he doesn’t want to walk every time.
by Zach (maestro876) on May 9, 2009 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions
That's a solid theory.
It does seem like being pitched around would get really frustrating and lead to desperation swings and general rhythm disruption.
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by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 5:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Nope
I don’t think we’ll get more hits. Maybe a BB, if we’re lucky.
by Zach (maestro876) on May 9, 2009 4:58 PM PDT reply actions
Jeez.
Bourne is really in his head.
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by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 5:05 PM PDT reply actions
CS.
We are definitely doing a better job controlling baserunners this year.
by Zach (maestro876) on May 9, 2009 5:07 PM PDT reply actions
Don't call me that!
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by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Now that CS is even more awesome.
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by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Lee running at Del Mar in a few months?
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on May 9, 2009 5:09 PM PDT reply actions
Did I see Pres. Bush I behind home plate?
and his lovely wife Barbara
by Stephen (shaynes41) on May 9, 2009 5:09 PM PDT reply actions
nice
secret service must be off getting some ’dogs.
by Stephen (shaynes41) on May 9, 2009 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions
How do you know?
Did you attend the same grammar school as their son George?
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on May 9, 2009 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Zing!
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by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Ah
I see you went to that school as well.
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on May 9, 2009 5:15 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
You're a step ahead of me.
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by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions
No Child Left Behind.
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on May 9, 2009 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Quit talking about Gary Glitter.
People don’t want to vomit.
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by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Note to Correia:
You don’t need to set up the DP when there are 2 outs.
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by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 5:12 PM PDT reply actions
Thanks, Blummer.
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by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 5:13 PM PDT reply actions
0-0 Games
Make for very boring mid-game recaps.
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on May 9, 2009 5:22 PM PDT reply actions
jack in the box
has a nice deal going on right now. Small fry, drink, cheese burger and taco for $2.69. Enjoyed that yesterday.
No we score this inning.
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on May 9, 2009 5:33 PM PDT reply actions
Now that we have a runner in scoring position
no way we get a hit.
by Zach (maestro876) on May 9, 2009 5:33 PM PDT reply actions
Eck yeah!
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by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 5:37 PM PDT reply actions
Base hit for Scotty!
But Eck can’t get home.
by Zach (maestro876) on May 9, 2009 5:38 PM PDT reply actions
Crap
Should have tried to score. We already maxed out on hits this inning.
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on May 9, 2009 5:39 PM PDT reply actions
Andy
Thinks it was good to hold him.
by Zach (maestro876) on May 9, 2009 5:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Okay, time to break out of it, Aid.
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by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 5:39 PM PDT reply actions
And Bourn
takes off. Then passed ball I think.
by Zach (maestro876) on May 9, 2009 5:46 PM PDT reply actions
I’m not a fan of Michael Bourn.
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by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 5:47 PM PDT reply actions
Double play, please.
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by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 5:49 PM PDT reply actions
There goes the lead.
So that’s what a hit with RiSP looks like.
by Zach (maestro876) on May 9, 2009 5:52 PM PDT reply actions
Yup.
Correia did okay, but he was left in too long, in my opinion.
If this ends up the final score, I blame A-Gone for hitting the GIDP ball. Very un-clutch, dude.
RT @FollowThePadres
Before that RBI double by Eckstein, the Padres were 16-for-102 since April 25 with RISP. That’s a whole lotta awful people.
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on May 9, 2009 5:57 PM PDT reply actions
Almost as bad as Giles is
ALL THE TIME.
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by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 5:59 PM PDT up reply actions
My poor TTG
That’s actually BETTER than Giles.
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on May 9, 2009 6:00 PM PDT up reply actions
That's what I said.
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by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 6:02 PM PDT up reply actions
RT @FollowThePadres
I don’t want to ruin your Saturday night. I really don’t. But do you realize the last time a Padres starter WON a game was April 16?
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on May 9, 2009 5:58 PM PDT reply actions
Score runs now!
Note that that was plural.
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by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 5:58 PM PDT reply actions
Do you think
Correia bought himself another two weeks on the roster? 6 innings, two earned runs, hits for a double and the only Padre to cross the plate.
I’m inclined to say yes.
Well, when Baek is ready to come back, you have to send someone somewhere to make room for him
So you either move Correia to bullpen (and send a reliever down), or send Geer back down. So I think it really comes down to choosing between him and Geer. I don’t know what’s going to happen. You also have Floyd nearing return if all goes well, so then they plan to go back down to 12 pitchers and that means another reliever goes somewhere. My guess is that may be Moreno and or Lopez. It all depends on what they do with Correia. I think he did much better tonight and it’s a tough decision. Geer has done well, too. But it’s clear Baek is going to be in the rotation.
by kdukat on May 9, 2009 6:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, no doubt
that Baek’s getting plugged back into the starting five and probably dropping Correia out of that spot. I just thought, with the decent job he did today and the seeming reluctance to send any pitcher down, that he got out of a trip to Portland for at least a little while.
Of course, that means he’ll probably get shelled in a relief appearance and leave everyone saying “he looked like he was coming around with this last outing”.
Headley with the SB.
Hundley, can you get a hit here?
by Zach (maestro876) on May 9, 2009 6:03 PM PDT reply actions
Savior got wheels
Reggae got soul
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by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 6:03 PM PDT reply actions
Way to work that count, Little Nicky.
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by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 6:04 PM PDT reply actions
Straight up, yo.
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by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 6:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Thanks...
That’s what I’m here for!
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by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 6:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Wasn't it funny when we were scoring all those runs a couple weeks back?
What do you think all that was about?
A power greater than us
being a dick with a shitty sense of humor.
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by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 6:11 PM PDT up reply actions
And how!
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by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 6:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I dunno.
The Indians have the best fans I’ve ever encountered.
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by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Good point.
They’re so high up there they think they win every game. Hell, they liked Bonds. THAT’S the sticky of the icky.
That was before
the rest of the roster realized that the Padres’ No. 1 priority is getting their worst hitter at-bats. That was before Brian Giles started spreading like a cancer throughout the clubhouse.
by dontkickthebaby on May 9, 2009 6:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Greger had him
and Hundley let it get by. They call it a wild pitch, but Ted thinks it should have been a passed ball.
by Zach (maestro876) on May 9, 2009 6:17 PM PDT reply actions
3-1; sigh.
There’s a darkness on the edge of town.
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by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 6:17 PM PDT reply actions
Look at Bud.
I like that look he has when he’s all fidgety in the dugout…standing up….mouth slightly agape…eyebrows kinda drawn down. He kinda reminds me of W when he thought he was pissed.
Did you watch that movie (W)?
That kid from Thrashin’ kicked ass.
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by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 6:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Corey Webster himself.
DAGGERS RULE L.A. !!!
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by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions
You forgot to
consider the source.
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by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 6:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Liek when Giles earlier
just smacked one, but straight at the SS.
by Zach (maestro876) on May 9, 2009 6:22 PM PDT up reply actions
He hit a girl
next to his Camaro?
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by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 6:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Funny...
I didn’t even think of that and I happen to be listening to “I Dream of Jesus” right now.
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by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 6:28 PM PDT up reply actions
"There's the boy whose mother keeps Chase Headley cooped up in that tiny little bottle."
by Drama on May 9, 2009 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
This should be green
but it’ll never happen. Sigh.
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by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 6:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey
Giles moves the runner along again! So much awesomeness in one game from our leadoff hitter!
Eck is it!
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by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 6:24 PM PDT reply actions
Unproductive out by Scott...
I was hoping for at least a Hairy sac.
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by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 6:30 PM PDT reply actions
makes me think of Wesley Willis
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by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 6:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Rock over London, rock on Chicago.
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by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 7:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Wheaties, Breakfast of Champions
"I suggest more bike" ~KSK
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Hey!
Adrian with the hit. Kept it alive, though no one has scored yet.
by Zach (maestro876) on May 9, 2009 6:33 PM PDT reply actions
Professional singler.
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by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 6:34 PM PDT reply actions
Man....he is shuttling the pitchers in and out.
Is it too much for Buddy to look up from his article about Spencer and Heidi’s wedding to notice how to use relievers on a situational basis?
by Drama on May 9, 2009 6:35 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Not bragging
But the offense here totally started when I started watching
"I bleed powder blue." - Antonio Gates
That's what this team needs
More narcisists watching
by dontkickthebaby on May 9, 2009 6:39 PM PDT up reply actions
more rad than my dad
if he were a fabric, he’d be plaid
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by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 6:40 PM PDT up reply actions
sheer madness
When’s the last time the Pads did that?
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by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 6:41 PM PDT up reply actions
WTF? That HAD to be a mistake.
I’m gonna guess that the sign for double steal is the same sign Buddy gives the clubhouse attendant when he needs his champagne coolie refreshed.
The Padres are doing this
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by matthewverygood on May 9, 2009 6:41 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Oh, so that’s who posted that.
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by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 6:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Bourn again!
I really don’t like him on the basepath.
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by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 6:47 PM PDT reply actions
ClaM always looks frizzle-fried.
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by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 6:51 PM PDT reply actions
Smart move
to set up the triple play.
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by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 6:52 PM PDT reply actions
Why do I abuse myself
By hoping The Pads can scratch out a win?
"2009 Padres.....Yeah, we're still here.
Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
"Wow. Sounds like someone didn’t get excepted.." - our beloved Tec
Bud Black
isn’t even trying to win; what a fucking idiot.
by dontkickthebaby on May 9, 2009 6:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Cla seems okay this year to start an inning, but not to clean up someone else's mess
he keeps allowing inherited runners to score
by kdukat on May 9, 2009 6:56 PM PDT reply actions
cause all those runs are charged to Gregerson, he wasn't that sharp tonight
by kdukat on May 9, 2009 6:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, but he put them out there, so ultimately it's still him, just as Mud was intimating
that he might be the 8th inning guy (maybe)- can you say jinx
by kdukat on May 9, 2009 6:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't know why
you would bring in Meredith there instead of Heath.
by Zach (maestro876) on May 9, 2009 6:57 PM PDT reply actions
In the hypothetical situation that you were an idiot you might.
"2009 Padres.....Yeah, we're still here.
by Boilermaker19 on May 9, 2009 6:58 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Evidenced by your decision to bat Giles leadoff
"2009 Padres.....Yeah, we're still here.
by Boilermaker19 on May 9, 2009 6:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Stop defending Buddy, Mud.
Jesus Lopez.
“There’s only so much that man can do.” Save it. There’s only so much that man can f**k up – at least you’d think.
I'm with Mud on this one...
he has a 2nd lowest payroll slapped together bullpen no 3 thru 5 pitcher AAAA team to work with
"Quote me as saying I was mis-quoted."
Groucho Marx
Me too. He only has what he has to work with. As much as you all would like Heath to pitch 2-3
innings every night, he can’t. There is no one else in the bullpen of worth right now that does well consistently. That’s why it wouldn’t be so bad if Correia was in the bullpen if Baek is in rotation.
by kdukat on May 9, 2009 7:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm not saying he should be some kind of miracle worker and have them in contention.
But Giles leading off in the slump he’s in? Bringing Cla in instead of The Heat? I mean, come on.
Does he have a lot to work with? No. But don’t fuck up what little you have.
He has a subpar team
That means he’s gotta take risks, not manage conservatively.
by dontkickthebaby on May 9, 2009 7:08 PM PDT up reply actions
If Heath were to pitch 2 innings every night, he would be useless by July, he's the 9th inning guy
not the every other inning that the starter doesn’t throw guy
by kdukat on May 9, 2009 7:09 PM PDT up reply actions
He doesn't have to pitch two inings every night
But once every month-and-a-half would be fine.
by dontkickthebaby on May 9, 2009 7:10 PM PDT up reply actions
kdukat
“2 – 3 innings every night”???
Heath Bell has pitched exactly THREE innings TOTAL over the last ELEVEN days.
I know, but we can't use him as much as I think you guys would like, there has to be a gap
from the 6th to the 9th, don’t you think?
by kdukat on May 9, 2009 7:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Listen.
I agree that the guys with the responsibilty to bring the game from the starters to Bell have been terrible. I know that. But Bell barely ever pitches. Tonight would have been the perfect night to go two innings. I don’t want to burn him either…but tonight was a mistake.
I was wanting Bud to bring in Heat
even though I knew it was the wrong thing to do. The rest of the pen has to step up. If not – see ya…
"Quote me as saying I was mis-quoted."
Groucho Marx
Here's what I think.
I think the front office decided this was a lost season no matter what. They had no faith in Black, and decided to keep him for the last year of his contract so they wouldn’t have to pay him to not manage. And they didn’t care about his managing skills, because this was a lost season anyway, so who cares if he can get the club to win or not.
by Zach (maestro876) on May 9, 2009 7:02 PM PDT reply actions
right on the money
There was no way in hell these cheap pricks were gonna pay for 2 managers salaries. No way.
by Drama on May 9, 2009 7:04 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Way to limit the damage...
let’s get ’em back.
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by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 7:05 PM PDT reply actions
That centerfield
is a joke. And the Padres keep hitting the ball to dead center. Those are homeruns in PETCO for God’s sake.
by Zach (maestro876) on May 9, 2009 7:07 PM PDT reply actions
Kinda amusing
Aren’t many places where you can say “Those are homeruns in PETCO”
"Wow. Sounds like someone didn’t get excepted.." - our beloved Tec
Burke is our last chance.
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by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 7:08 PM PDT reply actions
Yes, an out now ends it
"2009 Padres.....Yeah, we're still here.
by Boilermaker19 on May 9, 2009 7:10 PM PDT up reply actions
REally, even a single will probably end it
Since Giles will gidp
"2009 Padres.....Yeah, we're still here.
by Boilermaker19 on May 9, 2009 7:11 PM PDT up reply actions
We can always hope
for a base on balls here.
Eck
Gonna need to do it a 3rd time tonight
"Wow. Sounds like someone didn’t get excepted.." - our beloved Tec
Eck's gonna give it to ya!
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"jbox does not drink coffee, as it makes him clean house big time." ~Kev
by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 7:13 PM PDT up reply actions
There's Giles gone.
I can’t believe that he is still batting in the top of the lineup.
by Zach (maestro876) on May 9, 2009 7:13 PM PDT reply actions
I'm guessin it's for his speed
Ya know, him and his base stealing prowess
"Wow. Sounds like someone didn’t get excepted.." - our beloved Tec
Great managing
Give your worst hitter the most at-bats. Put your worst hitter in the one spot where his automatic outs are sure to do the most damage.
Why would anyone want to pay
to go to Petco this year?
Like I said...
Either way, you get burned and end up with a mess in your hand.
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"jbox does not drink coffee, as it makes him clean house big time." ~Kev
by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 7:18 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
The same reason I got married.
I’m a glutton for punishment.
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"jbox does not drink coffee, as it makes him clean house big time." ~Kev
by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 7:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Topless Carrie model?
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"jbox does not drink coffee, as it makes him clean house big time." ~Kev
by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 7:58 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I don't know if it's just me
but it’s ten times cooler than just a rec whenever I can impress Dex or Mr. Box.
After all, I’m just here to entertain them.
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"jbox does not drink coffee, as it makes him clean house big time." ~Kev
by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 9:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Is it footbal season yet?
I want to watch the Chargers.
by Zach (maestro876) on May 9, 2009 8:22 PM PDT reply actions
His "music" is the aural equivilantf of waterboarding
but Justin Timberlake is hilariousf every time he’s on SNL.
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"jbox does not drink coffee, as it makes him clean house big time." ~Kev
by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 9:17 PM PDT reply actions
I can't wait for this
I’m watching the Tweets go by and I’m totally excited.
by Dex on May 9, 2009 9:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Hello offense, goodbye bullpen?
its like one part of this team always sucks for a while, then when they come around the other team has already been lulled to suck and forget to come out and perform.
One of three things will happen:
- Giles will be allowed to continue to suck
- Giles will slump so bad that he will be supplanted by gerut / venable / blanks
- Giles will come out of his slump and have another top 10 OBP year
So, we have a 2/3 chance to do well, not too bad.
If Giles is gonna be in the Top 10 of anythng
he’s gonna have to have a better summer than Michael Effin’ Phelps did last year.
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"jbox does not drink coffee, as it makes him clean house big time." ~Kev
by TheThirdGonzalez on May 9, 2009 11:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Michael Phelps had an AMAZING summer.
But I’m going to guess that his winter and spring were even better. Hey now!
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