Adrian Gonzalez takes out a full page ad saying "Thank You" to San Diego
by jbox on Dec 12, 2010 1:04 PM PST
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Like Trevor Hoffman before him.
Adrian Gonzalez took out a full page ad thanking San Diego. For that we say "You're welcome."
My wife Betsy and I have been fortunate to call the San Diego area home - both during childhood and the past five seasons with the Padres. While my baseball career continues on the "other" coast, family, friends, and Padres fans will remain close to our hearts. It was a dream come true to play for the hometown team for five wonderful years. It was a privilege to put on a uniform bearing "San Diego," and to live and work amidst so many wonderful people. This is truly an amazing city.
Betsy and I will miss seeing so many of you on a regular basis. You always raised our spirits and have a profoundly positive impact on our lives. For this and so much more, we are grateful.
For now, I will refrain from saying goodbye; the Adrian & Betsy Gonzalez Foundation will continue to honor its commitment to helping area youth and we have every intention of doing our part to better this already great community.
Many thanks and God bless.
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Casey Kelly is a Raiders fan.
http://twitter.com/caseykelly23/status/14062837563396096
Huge win today if we pull this out against the jags. McFadden is a beast
DEAD TO ME.
I can deal with Antonelli’s Patriot love but this is just too much.
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"jbox does not drink coffee, as it makes him clean house big time." ~Kev
by TheThinGwynn on Dec 12, 2010 1:43 PM PST up reply actions
Newspaper?
They still make those things?
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"jbox does not drink coffee, as it makes him clean house big time." ~Kev
by TheThinGwynn on Dec 12, 2010 1:46 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Oh God.
Please don’t contribute to the death of printed word.
At least they didn't take the picture outside Wells Fargo
"Well, it's just ineffable." "Oh, so I'm not 'F-able'?" "No, no, ineffable means it can't be explained." "So I'm stupid?"
This is great.
I’m really glad we’re getting a stand-up class act like Adrian, who seems to be just as elite off the field as he is on.
I honestly believe (and hope) that Rizzo and Kelly are going to be big-time players. Maybe Fuentes too. We’ll see.
Best of luck in 2011.
Go Sox
I expect Sox fans will be highly disappointed in Gonzo.
He won’t be beating up any members of the staff, refusing to play, or urinating on field. Pretty much all of things that help Red Sox fans identify with their players.
Can't tell...
Shot at Manny, or a shot at Sox fans? Or both? Or neither? My brain don’t work.
Go Sox
Adrian
you will get solid play, solid guy….and nothing interesting will come out of his mouth.
We always joked that he would be the least interesting Padre to hang out with.
"Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!"
You stay classy,
San Diego
"Laser show. So relax."
"For the Patriots [playing the Jets], it was like fighting Piston Honda knowing that every time he raises an eyebrow, he's about to throw a jab."
by nuthinboutnuthin on Dec 12, 2010 7:28 PM PST up reply actions
Here's a quote from
Ben: …you do this thing… it’s so cute I wanna kill myself.
by jbox on Dec 12, 2010 9:44 PM PST up reply actions 4 recs
I still think you guys should follow Deadspin's lead
and make Anchorman quotes an instant banletion. “Stay classy, San Diego” is every trollin’-ass chowderhead, Dodger-lover, pathetic self-loathing Cub fan and Bay Bridge bitch’s go-to line when they have nothing to say but want to talk some mess nonetheless.
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"jbox does not drink coffee, as it makes him clean house big time." ~Kev
by TheThinGwynn on Dec 13, 2010 12:04 AM PST up reply actions 7 recs
Fever Pitch quote... Awesome.
I’m going with Mystic River…
The reality is we’re still 11 year old boys locked in a cellar imagining what our lives would have been if we’d escaped.
"When the going gets tough... TheGrandHatching pops in later." -- WG
by TheGrandHatching on Dec 13, 2010 8:38 AM PST up reply actions
As much as I hate everything related to baseball out on the East Coast and the bias that goes along with it
I was hoping Adrian could have at least gone to a team and a city with more class. I thought he would have looked better in pinstripes.
It was cute when you Bostonian a**holes hadn’t won for about a century. But now that you have won a couple times, you’re just a bunch of annoying pricks who still haven’t learned how to speak English correctly.
And as for your football team….. well, I guess you can call it your football team…. as much as New Yorkers can call team that play in New Jersey “New York Teams”.
It was annoying when one franchise used to try and buy their way into winning a pennant every year…. but you guys…… Ridiculous…… Come back and talk when your pitchers figure out how to make it into an mlb batting lineup.
Classy enough for you?
And hell….. I’ll just say it…. F—- the Anchor Man while we’re at it. Not that funny….. kind of was at first…. but became a lot less funny when every ass clown east of the Rockies decided that the most clever thing they could say about our beautiful city came from a Will Ferrel movie. Nothing against Will Ferrel….. it just seems like its getting old.
"Well, he ought to go home and find somebody else to bang." Jerry Coleman
by cubbuster on Dec 12, 2010 8:01 PM PST reply actions 4 recs
So rec'd.
I just went on a similar mini-rant right above this before I saw this. Needless to say, we’re on the same page.
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"jbox does not drink coffee, as it makes him clean house big time." ~Kev
by TheThinGwynn on Dec 13, 2010 12:07 AM PST up reply actions
Sore, are we?
Typical “Left Coast” attitude – Instead of being happy for a guy who has an opportunity to make some serious dough and further his career, you bash the team he’s going to. “Oh, woe is me!”
Call it what you want, but Adrian is a classy player and well deserving of earning a lot more than he’s making now. You’re just sore that your team can’t afford to make him the offer that he’d certainly get, and got, elsewhere.
And, you can bash Anchor Man all you want (I’m not a fan either) but after a rant like that you’re the one who needs to be reminded to “stay classy”.
by RazmanDJ on Dec 13, 2010 6:38 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Why are you here?
What I don’t get is guys who come here to berate us with their first ever comment in the Sportsnation multiverse. Why are you not even a member of your own teams blog? Are you scared to come out of the OTM closet and show your self to Boston fans? And unless you live here on the “Left Coast”, you really don’t know how classy he is. All you’ve got are the papers and whatever GLB posts. (Which is how you saw this on OTM) Plus, as a Boston fan, you never have to worry about a guy making more anywhere else. They just charge you more for tickets and place your asses in Virtual Waiting Rooms to pay for it. I know they say not to feed the trolls, but everytime I go to the Zoo, I get the urge to throw some chips to the goats.
"Well, it's just ineffable." "Oh, so I'm not 'F-able'?" "No, no, ineffable means it can't be explained." "So I'm stupid?"
by Friar Fever on Dec 13, 2010 8:06 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Whatever dude...
Sure, put me down for standing up for myself! That’s the kind of class I’d expect from a fellow Sox fan!
I’ve been reading OTM for quite some time, but I’ve never commented there; no need to, no one has ever offended me or my beloved team there. With all the negativity and rudeness that some of our fans spew, the fact that I’ve never replied says a lot. But to make you happy, I just joined the OTM blog. I never realized that one had to “join” a blog thank you for pointing that out to me. (Now, if I can figure out how to remove the GLB from “my blogs” here I’d be ecstatic!)
Adrian is a classy guy and I don’t need to read the papers or GLB for that. And you’re correct that I found GLB via OTM so I can’t speak to how classy a guy Adrian is, but I do KNOW he’s classy enough to take out a full page ad in the local paper thanking his fans. He could have left quietly and nobody would have said a word. But he stood up, to me that’s a classy move.
We have players leave here all the time for better deals! We just lost V-Mart and though Beltre hasn’t signed anywhere else yet, It’s highly doubtful he’ll return to Boston. So maybe your issue is not with the Sox, but with Adrian himself!?!? Hmmmmm!
Finally, I just want to say that I actually watch the Sox games for free! Well not quite free, but since I’m already paying for cable TV, I might as well watch the Sox. You’ll find me at the Fens when I score free or next to free tix.
Standing up for yourself?
I didn’t know that your choice to comment here in the first place was in response to a personal attack upon yourself. I’m pretty sure cubbuster was taking out some frustration towards another fan. And if the “class” you’d expect from a fellow Sox fan is to come to this blog and talk about how we are just sore and should be happy that he’s finally going to get paid big money, I don’t think that’s class at all. Maybe your next stop can be over at the Rays blog to talk about how interesting it’ll be to see Carl Crawford playing them 18 times a year in a Red Sox uniform. Just enjoy your surgically repaired prize.
Plus, why would someone offend your team at OTM? They’re all Sox fans. My only beef is when fans think it’s ok to just keep coming here looking to rub it in. I know there are a few here that are actually cordial people. Especially those who talked extensively during the open thread on trade day about what we were gaining. It’s the ones who insist we should stay classy and stop whining about losing our best player. Those are the people I could do without.
Personally, I never had anything against Boston. I was glad to see you win a World Series in 04. Ecstatic to see you guys beat the Rockies in 07. But frankly, the more and more I hear from Boston fans about how we San Diegans should just be happy for him and his upcoming raise, the more a hatred starts to brew. Will I cheer for Adrian to get something done, yes. Will I be happy if he leads you to a title, minimally. The only thing that would keep me from being fully happy for him in that situation is knowing that fans will come here and be glad their team paid him 20 million dollars a year because we couldn’t.
And you’re welcome. Glad I could point you in the right direction on how to join websites. Plus, I know and you know, you’re not going anywhere. You’ll stick around and keep an eye out for those pesky Boston haters.
"Well, it's just ineffable." "Oh, so I'm not 'F-able'?" "No, no, ineffable means it can't be explained." "So I'm stupid?"
by Friar Fever on Dec 13, 2010 10:27 AM PST up reply actions 3 recs
Peace
I didn’t come here to rub it in. Nor will I come here to “keep an eye out for those pesky Boston haters” I simply read something that I took as an attack, so I responded:
I was hoping Adrian could have at least gone to a team and a city with more class. I thought he would have looked better in pinstripes.
It was cute when you Bostonian a**holes hadn’t won for about a century. But now that you have won a couple times, you’re just a bunch of annoying pricks who still haven’t learned how to speak English correctly.
And as for your football team….. well, I guess you can call it your football team…. as much as New Yorkers can call team that play in New Jersey "New York Teams".
It was annoying when one franchise used to try and buy their way into winning a pennant every year…. but you guys…… Ridiculous…… Come back and talk when your pitchers figure out how to make it into an mlb batting lineup.
Classy enough for you?
I’m not from Boston, so my views aren’t always exactly the same as the local Fenway faithful. I have been offended on other Sox blogs, but for some reason not at OTM (which is why OTM is one of only two Sox blogs I read regularly). I saw a post about A-Gon saying thank you so I came here to read it; only to find that mess I just quoted.
The bottom line is this: I’m a Red Sox fan, but just beneath that I am a baseball fan; interested in all things baseball. No hatred toward any player or team (except maybe the Yankmees).
Alright then
You may not have come here looking to rub it in but you didn’t help your cause by doing that in the end. Plus, this isn’t a Boston site, so yeah, some people might hold hostility to those fans who come here to rub it in. That’s what that block quote was in regards to. I am also a baseball fan and know that sometimes things won’t go the Padres way. But when Adrian himself says things like “I don’t play for a team, I play baseball” or “I have to do what will benefit the younger players” in regards to signing for big money, it’s made worse when the fans of the team that could pay the big money show up and tell us to stay classy or that he’s pure class. Recently, GLB posted this interview and if you read the comments, you’ll see that most of the commenters could see that his class was kinda missing during it.
Sorry to drag you into a useless internet argument. Good luck next season. And don’t let Adrian shave off the beard.
"Well, it's just ineffable." "Oh, so I'm not 'F-able'?" "No, no, ineffable means it can't be explained." "So I'm stupid?"
by Friar Fever on Dec 13, 2010 11:13 AM PST up reply actions
Razman... hmmm...
as in ‘SanDiegoSmoothRazman’?
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"jbox does not drink coffee, as it makes him clean house big time." ~Kev
by TheThinGwynn on Dec 13, 2010 2:23 PM PST up reply actions
Cubbuster,
you’re about one scotch away from sounding like This Guy
I thought it was a joke at first,
but there is in fact a teabag Charger fan handing out anti-Obama “newsletters” at Qualcomm.
Depends what you think is funny
Here is a sampling:
The chargers are the greatest team in the NFL, but the liberal east coast obama loving media won’t report it.
Obama was born in Kenya, but the godless east coast media won’t report it.
Eli Manning is a freedom hating socialist, but the…………..
you get the idea.
it reeked of purposeful sattire at first
But who knows. There can’t really be anyone who thinks that way, can there?
"Well, he ought to go home and find somebody else to bang." Jerry Coleman
by cubbuster on Dec 14, 2010 9:16 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Yes there are people like that, but
There is not an origianl thought in the entire blog. In each case he takes an extreme position and pushes to the point of revulsion. The whole thing reminds me of Borat.
The line that sealed it for me was “Say no to socialism, build the stadium.”
As much as i enjoy complaining and razzing other teams fans...
I am about 0 scotches from ever sounding like that guy, Strummer. Being a pissed off San Diego sports fan is a lot different than being a racist….
Joking is cool, and call me out on stuff if you want. But likening me to someone who made some of the disgusting remarks that the guy you linked on your post made, was kind of a messed up thing to do. Just sayin.
"Well, he ought to go home and find somebody else to bang." Jerry Coleman
by cubbuster on Dec 14, 2010 12:53 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Oh lighten up!
I am not calling you a racist, and yes, I am joking around. If you need to discuss it more, we can. Seems like you can dish it out, but suddenly it is not a joke when things get directed back at you.
I do not think you are racist, but your comments reminded me of that blog because you both share an unhealthy belief in provincialism. Every problem gets blamed on media bias and the east coast. The two of you share common ground with that approach.
But the similarities end there. You judge, stereotype, and hate people based on geography. while that guy also includes religion, race, and politics.
Also, I thought my “one scotch away” wording made it clear that I was just messing with you. If not, then I apologize.
not a big deal
I can handle joking. And I more than expected to get it back after dishing it out. I was just pretty disgusted at that guys blog….which kind of surprised me…because most things don’t bother me….. I think it was when he called someone who shares my ethnic background a mongrel that I got a little annoyed.
So like I said…I’m all about messing with peiple and getting messed back with….isn’t that half of what the internet was built for? I just didn’t care much for having any association with that a hole.
"Well, he ought to go home and find somebody else to bang." Jerry Coleman
by cubbuster on Dec 14, 2010 9:12 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
I guess I wasn't finished
I don’t need anyone telling me how lucky my team is to get your junk propsects. If we were so lucky, you’d be saying that you were sad to see them go. We don’t need your sympathy.
And… sorry for coming across like such a jerk. I should appreciate you guys more. The insane amount you guys pay to buy tickets and encourage your owners to hose you and the rest of baseball is what allows us to keep seeing price drops at Petco. Thanks for contributing to our revenue sharing team welfare checks.
"Well, he ought to go home and find somebody else to bang." Jerry Coleman
by cubbuster on Dec 12, 2010 8:09 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Yet another Boston hater who doesn't take the time to actually talk to anyone from the city.
You guys are worse than the pinkhats.
I'm a 7 WAR player in bed.
Official Baker of Red Sox Nation
by TheLoneDavid on Dec 12, 2010 8:42 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Just saw your sig... so, what sort of stuff do you like to bake?
We’ve got a good collection of bakers here at GLB. jodes0405 makes the most awesome cupcakes you’ll ever see, Jordan_Ming is all about the muffins, I’m the homemade bread guy and SoulSD likes to bake himself.
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by TheThinGwynn on Dec 13, 2010 12:11 AM PST up reply actions
I bake cakes and cookies mostly
My family has coffee cake and pumpkin pie for both Thanksgiving and Christmas, and since I usually have nothing else to do during that time I took up making those. I recently found a site that showed me how to do them in muffin-tins, so I do that. I also make spritz, which are shortbread cookies with candied cherries on top.
Outside the holidays I don’t do much baking, but I cook a lot of pasta and barbecue in the summer.
I'm a 7 WAR player in bed.
Official Baker of Red Sox Nation
by TheLoneDavid on Dec 13, 2010 3:39 PM PST up reply actions
You should make truffles for Christmas!
I made them last year, and all I’ve heard since Thanksgiving is, “So, Jordan, when are you going to make truffles?”
I’m going to be evil and make them wait until the 21st.
"You're like the nicest internet person I know." - theodore donald kerabatsos
I'll look at that
but I make special-k holiday bars, which pretty much fills my chocolate quota, and my dad works for Lindt, so we have enough truffles to last a lifetime.
I'm a 7 WAR player in bed.
Official Baker of Red Sox Nation
by TheLoneDavid on Dec 14, 2010 1:21 AM PST up reply actions
Special K, the cereal, or Special K, the drug?
There’s a slight difference.
"Well, it's just ineffable." "Oh, so I'm not 'F-able'?" "No, no, ineffable means it can't be explained." "So I'm stupid?"
Wait....
So you are complaining that us Padre fans are similar to “pinkhats” (hot trendy chicks that actually cheer for your crap Boston team) in that we are not willing to talk to you or most other people from your city? Is that really what you just said? That is hilarious.
I’m done being an ass about this but geez…..are you really going to throw me a lob – a la Chan ho Park to Cal Ripken Jr. In his last All Star game, and not expect to get slammed? Come on now….you bought your team, enjoy it. And stop rltelling me how lucky I am to get your minor league crap gambles.
"Well, he ought to go home and find somebody else to bang." Jerry Coleman
by cubbuster on Dec 13, 2010 12:53 AM PST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
wow a lot of hate on this thread
considering that the thread exists cause of Adrian being a cool guy and taking out a full page ad thanking us for supporting him and his blazing speed for the past few years…
kinda surprised.
"I suggest more bike" ~KSK
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YOU'RE the equivalent of throwing rose pedals.
"When the going gets tough... TheGrandHatching pops in later." -- WG
by TheGrandHatching on Dec 13, 2010 10:39 AM PST up reply actions
I wish we could all get along like we used to in middle school...
I wish I could bake a cake filled with rainbows and smiles and everyone would eat and be happy…
"You're like the nicest internet person I know." - theodore donald kerabatsos
by Jordan_Ming on Dec 13, 2010 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
Where did you go to middle school, hippie?
But that cake sounds delicious.
Where is here?
Are you here or are you there? Am I here? If not, where am I? What year is it?
"Well, it's just ineffable." "Oh, so I'm not 'F-able'?" "No, no, ineffable means it can't be explained." "So I'm stupid?"
...I just have a lot of feelings...
"You're like the nicest internet person I know." - theodore donald kerabatsos
You're welcome.
"Get your hopes up. That's what hopes are for by the way, to get up. You don't get your hopes down, you get your hopes up." -Jeffrey Tambor
I love how some Red Sox fans act like Gonzalez is their BFF now.
I’m not saying he’s not a “classy” (define that, please) guy but Red Sox fans who know nothing about the guy have no business enlightening the people who have watched him for the past five years on who he is, what he’s about and how we should conduct ourselves.
Not saying that this is what Adrian did but, gee, nobody has ever taken out an ad as a PR move.
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"jbox does not drink coffee, as it makes him clean house big time." ~Kev
by TheThinGwynn on Dec 13, 2010 2:20 PM PST reply actions 8 recs
No one is at a fault
Red Sox did what they can/should do for their fans. Padre fans can’t get mad at them for the economics of the game.
Padres had to trade him if they thought they could get more value now than letting him walk and getting two compensation picks.
Red Sox fans should say we should support our team more, you don’t understand the demographics/ economics/“territory” of San Diego baseball. You also can’t expect a team that has been sold 3 times in 10 years to have fans not snake bitten, and who have witness a few fire sales.
Also you can’t get on us for being mad, bitter, self loathing, etc.
San Diego, you can’t be mad at the situation either, if you don’t like it live in LA/Boston/NYC….yeah I rather live here also.
"Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!"
by Ron Mexico on Dec 13, 2010 2:43 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
it was awesome today....
"Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!"
I would leave 2!
I would have left too!!! I love DAYGO and the city but the chacnce to play on a better team EVERY YEAR and make wayyyyyyyyyyy more money, I would leave too! Why play on a team that doesn’t bulit a winning team every year!
Adrian Gonzalez
Always a class act! Good by Adrian, San Diego has once again lost a gem.
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