boycott the padres this year

that the Padres have sucked for most of their history. Outside of two WS appearances and a short run of division titles, we have been a pretty moribund franchise. Any one who has been a Padres fan for any length of time has gone through several of these valleys. I don’t begrudge anyone for not rooting for the Padres, after all they pretty much have always sucked. But don’t claim to be a Padres fan and then “boycott” them just because they suck. That’s like boycotting the beach because the ocean is there. They go together. To be a Padres fan means you get to stick with them through the sucky years, and to be a Padres fan means you’re going to have more sucky years than fans of other franchises.

I’m not saying you can’t criticize the team or the management, that is part of being a fan. But this concept of “boycotting” or of withdrawing your support of the team just because you think they are going to suck is lame.

I think you are being a bit hyperbolic (triple word score!).

There is no way we are going to be THE worst team in baseball this year. There will always be the pirates… and quite likely the Nationals.

Third worst though? Maybe….BUT!

I’VE GOT… HIIIIIIIIIGH HOPES! I’VE GOT HIIIIIIIGH HOPES!!!…… (sing rest of the song to yourself).

Things are looking up for us though. We have a solid rotation (all legitimate 4/5 starters or better, unlike much of the past seasons), we have lots of young players with potential. Sure, there may not be another Adrian Gonzalez, but we definitely have productive everyday players. If Headley and Blanks have solid years, we will have a very nice season. Our relievers are solid (Bell, Adams, Thatcher, Gregerson). We may not have a great team, but I think we can play .500 ball this year.

So, you go ahead and give up on your heroes, but I will stay strong and true.
And honestly, the only Padres game I have been to in years (I’m on the east coast), they won… big time… So, yeah, High hopes!

-Zen Blade

but around here, we use paragraph breaks.

we let kooooz go (although he was hardly a legit 3rd baseman he was the 2nd best player we had)

Is a little too much Brian Cashman.

and goes to several Padres games a year, I have to say that this post nails it from an external point of view. The Padres strategy does seem to be one publicity stunt after another – I love the part about having siblings on the team – that really is just the type of cute move to bring in some happy San Diegans who don’t know much about baseball but think its cute into the stands. If you line up the number of moves made where too much weight was given to “player X being a local boy,” you realize that there is a pretty ugly trend. Other than Adrian Gonzalez, the local angle has been pretty disastrous for the Padres.

The solution to building a devout fan base is to have great players who fans aren’t scared are about to leave as soon as they have the chance. They don’t have to be from San Diego, or have a cousin who plays for the Chargers, or a brother on the other side of the diamond. Hearing that the team is better off with Brian Giles than Jason Bay and Oliver Perez partially because Giles is from San Diego is an insult to people who actually know baseball. That should only be a peripheral factor, nothing more. But it has happened enough with the Padres that I’m pretty sure it carries far more weight than it should.

Vegas seems to agree. I’m just sayin’.

im sure the David Eckstein contract is going to bring you in 20 million while you only pay him 750,000

MONEY
$$$

I like it. Rec’d.

try putting in some paragraphs… I got to about “Greg Vaughn” before I got a headache.

Rickey don’t like people who don’t know how to spell his name.

I wrote it in the form of a post.

I have thrown around the idea of the boycott many times but I agree with a lot of the comments made here, it just won’t have the people think it will. The management won’t take notice if say 300 people don’t support the Padres, business is business and the world keeps turning. I however don’t agree with the idea that people find the idea of complacency as some sort of solace for a badly run team. That will never be OK and you know what, a bigger payroll won’t make us a better team but it certainly can’t make us any worse.

The only way to help this team is growing it’s market, bringing in bigger market shares and expanding it’s fan base. Support the team and let’s just hope new ownership can turn this ship around.