Thoughts on Jake Peavy and Jim Lefebvre

by jbox on Jul 31, 2009 4:58 PM PDT

From what I understand, Jim Lefebvre knows hitting. He loves to talk hitting and he loves to teach hitting. The Padres however weren't hitting and it may not be because he doesn't know how to teach hitting. It's just that he may not know how to teach hitting to the Padres.

Say for instance you take a college professor who knows how to teach, but then you stick him in a classroom with special needs kids. He won't be able to succeed, because, while he knows how to teach. he doesn't know how to teach kids that are special. Padres hitters are special needs kids. He may be trying to teach them hitting theory and they are busy eating glue. The Padres need someone that can dumb it down for them. See the ball, hit the ball type stuff.

As for Jake Peavy, he wasn't doing the Padres any good. One starting pitcher, no matter how well he pitches, is not going to help this terrible team. This is a case where quantity over quality is a good thing. The Padres rotation is a mess and if some or all of these four new Padres can contribute in the near future we have a better chance of turning this club around. As great as Peavy was at times, he could only pitch once every 5 days.

We were lucky enough to see Peavy in his prime, he got his Cy Young here, he contributed to some winning albeit frustrating seasons and now he moves on. The Padres wanted him to leave, he wanted to leave and so everybody is happy, except for some of his fans.

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out with the old, in with the new!

im stoked that EVERYTHIG Peavy has moved on. its all part of the plan.

by dirtballer on Jul 31, 2009 5:30 PM PDT via mobile reply actions

No way Peavy's best years are behind him.

He throws hard now, because he can. It’s his gamesmanship and will to win that will make him one of the greats for years to come. Just because he doesn’t pitch for us anymore doesn’t mean that he’s peaked.

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by The Kipper on Jul 31, 2009 5:32 PM PDT reply actions

Love the professor/students eating glue analogy

by strummer on Jul 31, 2009 5:34 PM PDT reply actions

Jim Lefebvre taught the Chinese how to play baseball

The Padres are worse than a culture that’s never played baseball.

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by Axion on Jul 31, 2009 5:37 PM PDT reply actions

Good Times

Fire Bud Black!

by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Jul 31, 2009 5:42 PM PDT up reply actions

On the other hand

The Nationals have just over two weeks to sign teh Stras’

Fire Bud Black!

by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Jul 31, 2009 5:49 PM PDT reply actions

sad day

Yes, the economics of baseball means we get to ship our best talent to richer clubs. Messed up, and, until this is fixed, it will eventually destroy the sport.

Loved Jake but it was probably the smart move. But a sad day. Not to get all pissed off, but the Yankees brought up Jeter through their system and they can afford to have him stay his whole career. But, we find a gem and get to package him off to some other rich club so their fans get to watch him. This is bogus.

by jayman66 on Jul 31, 2009 7:06 PM PDT reply actions