San Diego Padres Fan Confidence Poll: 7/26/2010
by jbox on Jul 26, 2010 1:28 PM PDT
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PrintThe Padres went 4-2 this week, taking one from the Braves and sweeping the Pirates. Not going to lie I was disappointed that we didn't really match up well against the Braves, though the ability to pull of a miraculous late inning comeback extra inning win against their closer was no small feat. It was the following day when we got blown out that shook my confidence a tad.
As for the Pirate series anything less than a sweep would adversely affected my confidence. Fortunately the Padres are beating the teams that they are supposed to beat. It's a trait that playoff caliber teams need to possess and the killer instinct is strong with the Padres.
Except for Mat Latos, I've lost confidence in our starting pitching as a whole over the last couple of weeks. That confidence deficit has been filled by our position players who have continually impressed me by stepping into new roles and finding ways to win. Oscar Salazar playing third base and Will Venable playing first to rest Chase Headley and Adrian Gonzalez respectively. With the number of injuries, it's pretty amazing that the rest of the team hasn't missed a step.
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The rules are simple. On a scale of 0 to 10, 0 being no confidence at all, 10 being absolute confidence, How confident are you in the San Diego Padres organization?
"Confidence" is just about anything you want to interpret it as. The front office, the future prospects, the play on the field, the park, etc etc etc
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Still an 8.5
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by matthewverygood on Jul 26, 2010 1:30 PM PDT reply actions
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Gaslamp Ball Game OT: "Makes you happy in the pants"
MLB Network: "Keep believing!"
Heat: "Uhh, no. We know."
Staying a 9.
The Braves series wasn’t good, but after being owned on Thursday, we came around nicely to sweep the Bucs.
This week could also be huge in swaying me to a 10 or down to an 8.
I still feel more confident in Burroughs pitching than Mujica
by LetBurroughsPitch on Jul 26, 2010 1:44 PM PDT reply actions
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Still at 8
hoping a good series against the Dodgers can keep me there. Can’t see going higher in the regular season.
This is a terrible thing for the Padres. - Jerry Coleman
7
Didn’t like the Braves series, but they are tough. It was understandable. The sweep of the Pirates was needed, and it made me more confident that they can get the job done on most occasions. Just need to aim at more consistency for my confidence to go up more.
Oh, and Denorf can mash. End of.
Denorf lover.
I still feel more confident in Burroughs pitching than Mujica
by LetBurroughsPitch on Jul 26, 2010 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions
if loving denorfia is wrong
I don’t want to be right
by kevintheoman on Jul 26, 2010 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Truer words have never been spoken
"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
8
No significant change.
Regarding the Braves, I think we could take them if we had Latos pitching.
To go from 8—>9… we probably need to make a move (positive) and then be ~5 games up on the giants/dodgers/rockies.
In other words, “8” is pretty good.
even a .500 record for the rest of the year..
gives the Pads a 90 win season, how did that happen?
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by wishfulthinking on Jul 26, 2010 2:21 PM PDT reply actions
I'm like two good weeks away from being a full blown 10
9, but not for long!
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10!
This is a postseason team and has just as good a chance at a world series title as ANY of the current division leaders.
by Dex on Jul 26, 2010 2:35 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
Dex if you were just talking about the NL I'd agree
But we’ve still got an uphill road if we want to beat the Yankees/Rangers, or possibly even the Rays as the Wild Card. I need to see more offense against tough teams, and I’m not seeing enough compared to how much the lineup of these teams can produce.
Being the NL Champs is actually a somewhat realistic outcome, though. Which is why I’m a “7” and suuuuch a downer, lol.
I was confused when I read that Veneable played 1st base that game
isn’t that the reason we have Stairs on the bench? Or is simply foreshadowing his impending doom?
TBD
Stairs is a outfielder, duh!
Gaslamp Ball Game OT: "Makes you happy in the pants"
MLB Network: "Keep believing!"
Heat: "Uhh, no. We know."
*Venable
not Veneable. That’s right, I simply assumed all “DH” players on our team immediately slot in to 1B (i.e. Tony Clark, Cliff Floyd).
TBD
by IputtheYinTony on Jul 26, 2010 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Upgraded to "9"
after this last road trip. Considering we scored as many runs as we did with almost no help from Agon, I’m not as worried about our offense as I was at the beginning of the season. Actually, it’s our pitching that seems to be on the shaky side right now. With the exception of Latos, my confidence in our starters is waning a bit. Definitely think that if we make only one move this week, it should be for a solid starting pitcher to fortify our rotation.
If we can at least win 4 of the upcoming 7 Dodgers games (at both Petco and in LA), I may upgrade to a full “10”!
up to an 8
the Padres continue to struggle with beating good teams (Atl series) but they have time to figure that one out. if they don’t beat the bad teams, they won’t have to worry about beating the good teams…so it’s good thing we just kill the bad ones.
also, Buster Posey isn’t going to hit .450 for the rest of the year and the Giants will cool off.
I'm at an 8
What Jed Hoyer does at the deadline will either increase or decrease my current rating. That, and kicking the ass of the Dodgers.
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by Jonathan Holmes on Jul 26, 2010 3:58 PM PDT reply actions
9
Gonna win the division, just not sure where we’ll go from there.
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by Winfield's Ghost on Jul 26, 2010 4:10 PM PDT reply actions
WG wills it
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by justdave on Jul 26, 2010 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
10
This is a season to remember
"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
If 6.5 was an option, I'd go there
but it’s not, so I went with 7. The Atlanta series troubled me greatly, but the good sign is getting to Billy Wagner. Put that seed in his head for when we meet the Braves in the NLCS.
Count the tentacles
Up from last week. The fact that when the pitching faltered a bit the bats decided to wake up. Remember that we almost came back to win that first braves game.
11?
"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
hmmm
I saw someone say padres cant beat good teams..ok…they took 2 from TB in TB…they owned frisco..they owned cardinals..they owned angels..they owned cincinati..they split with the mets and phillies…so only teams they have problems with have been atlanta …colorado and dodgers.
So atlanta is only good team they havent been able to really beat ..tho they pounded them 17-2 opening day…and dodgers and colorado are teams with worse record than we have ..its the team rivalry thing and they for some reason have the edge on us atm…seems to many negative people want to bring down a team that has done real well and has 5 less wins than a team with 5 times the salary cap. cough yankees)
Please do your homework before you say that padres cant beat the good teams cause they have…yah they need to improve ..but so can every team …dunno why no one can just enjoy they fun of being in first even if its not permanent =)
by mechanix on Jul 26, 2010 10:30 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
oh and.....
forgot to add…atlanta was 34-12 at home before padres came..thats solid
Still at an 8
Or back up to an 8, although I never really went down to a 7; I’ve basically been between a 7.5 and an 8.5 since last month.
If we went 6 and 2 in the next 8 games, losing only once in L.A. and once to Florida, having taken the series at Petco against the Dodgers with a win Thursday afternoon, I’d go up to a 9.
Go Padres! — Excellent Win against L.A. tonight….
Don’t need Hoyer to make a move at the deadline; in fact, I’d still rather he didn’t — unless he gives up almost nothing.
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