Heath Bell blows the save, Padres lose in the ninth

by Dex on Aug 16, 2009 7:26 PM PDT

So, by now you know that it does no good when I guarantee a win. You've exposed my sham to the world and you've rubbed my face in it. Haces la vida.

Watching the Cardinals today, do you ever get the feeling that Tony La Russa and his Cardinals want to win every single game? I know that Cardinals fans watching them play every day probably would say that he does random "day off" lineups all the time and that the Cardinals probably mail it in sometimes, but it sure doesn't look like it to me.

Why didn't they just give up at the rain delay or when Heath Bell came in? Wouldn't it have been easier that way?

In good news, Adrian Gonzalez had another monster game. What if each team only had to have to have five people in the lineup? That would make for some fun baseball.

In other news, I'm so sick of Yadier Molina and Albert Pujols. Just counting down the days for one of them to get tested positive for roids or something.

Bitter much? Only when I watch the Padres.

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great analysis

i can see why yahoo picked this blog to represent the padres, a team always on the cusp of being not terrible

by mpdst11 on Aug 16, 2009 8:42 PM PDT reply actions

yeah?

well who asked you anyway, mr. mpdst11?

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by CurbEnthusiasm on Aug 16, 2009 8:57 PM PDT up reply actions

welcome!

by Dex on Aug 16, 2009 10:06 PM PDT up reply actions

great comment

I can see why yahoo sent you over to represent them, a community always on the cusp of being not terrible.

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by Axion on Aug 17, 2009 8:50 AM PDT up reply actions

my apologies

sorry to sully your wonderful site, i’ll just stick to the AP recap. they are light on ridiculous statements about wishing for yadier molina to test positive for steroids, he of the 34 career home runs.

by mpdst11 on Aug 18, 2009 12:59 AM PDT up reply actions

Meh...

The Friars are streaky this year

So are my undies

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by planetjeffy on Aug 16, 2009 9:39 PM PDT reply actions

If we'd just ignore these,

SBNation wouldn’t request them.

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by TheThirdGonzalez on Aug 17, 2009 12:37 AM PDT reply actions

traffic is good

even if it is from Hoohah.com

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by planetjeffy on Aug 17, 2009 2:41 AM PDT up reply actions

I understand why they want them

I just need to figure out a better recap than, “Adrian hit home run. Padres lose. Come back next year.”

by Dex on Aug 17, 2009 7:05 AM PDT up reply actions

Strangely Enough

Since the Padres are in the middle of a “hypothetical season” (where it’s more fun to talk about the team in hypothetical terms), I posed this question to jbox and Jonny Dub when I met them…

If you could take any one player on the Padres and replace him with any other player at the same position, no contracts or any of that are effected, who would you take? Me and jbox immediately said Pujols for A-Gon. Jonny Dub said “whoever’s in the outfield for Ichiro.” Then he said Pujols would’ve been his second choice.

You should pose hypothetical questions in your recaps, is what I’m getting at.

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by John Gennaro on Aug 17, 2009 7:22 AM PDT up reply actions

I remember having this discussion like a month back

And I’m sticking with my answer…. Joe Mauer for Hundley/Blanco/Alfonzo/Whoever.

While Pujols is definitely an improvement over A-Gon, it’d be a much bigger improvement replacing our catcher with one who hits like a freaking machine and is also pretty darn good behind the plate.

Mauer is hitting .377/.444/.636 right now. If we had him hitting fourth behind Adrian it would improve the team much more than taking Adrian out and inserting Pujols into the middle of this crapfest.

by theodore donald kerabatsos on Aug 17, 2009 8:39 AM PDT up reply actions

I'd agree with this.

Greg Maddux for manager.

by Zach (maestro876) on Aug 17, 2009 8:39 AM PDT up reply actions

I like hypotheticals hypothetically

but in the case you show above, its kind of an exercise in extreme futility. However, if I were going to take any one player on the Padres and replace them with any other single player, it would be a starting pitcher fer SURE. Pretty much any of them for Lincecum but right now, we don’t even HAVE 5 starting pitchers so replace our non-existent 5th starter for Lincecum. If I had to pick a position player, I would pick a catcher. Replace any of ours for McCann, Molina (Yadier, even though I hate the guy), Mauer or Martin.

The last guy I would replace would be AGon. Pujols over AGon is not a huge upgrade by any stretch and thats not even being a homer. You put Pujols in our ballpark 81 games and with our lineup every game and I’m afraid he just ain’t going 2 be all that much better than AGon.

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by renee6542 on Aug 17, 2009 8:39 AM PDT up reply actions

Doesn't work like that

You’d have to replace the #1 pitcher if you wanted Lincecum. I know I said “same position”, but an ace and a mop-up guy are not playing the same position.

I like the catcher idea. I always thought Ramon Hernandez was going to turn into the franchise catcher that the Padres haven’t ever had. I’d go with Mauer or McCann.

A-Rod for Kouz would be pretty high on my list.

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by John Gennaro on Aug 17, 2009 9:08 AM PDT up reply actions

Jon loves his Ichiro

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by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Aug 17, 2009 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions

LaRussa always wants to win

No doubt..he’s angry after every loss, like he can’t understand that his team will lose a lot during the season. His post game press conferences are great sources of entertainment in STL after a loss.

His famous line up tinkering isn’t to give one away..he is always playing matchups, which is frustrating when he keeps putting guys like Ankiel in the lineup just because of a lefty-righty matchup.

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by thenerdhater on Aug 17, 2009 8:50 AM PDT reply actions