Colorado's comeback win didn't sit well with Padres GM Jed Hoyer
by jbox on Jul 7, 2010 8:00 PM PDT
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- Jed found out early this morning that Heath Bell would make the team. He deserved to be an All Star. Hoyer thinks the players should have voted him in.
- Hoyer understands the benefit of the Padres getting disrespected and playing with a chip on their shoulder.
- He would hate to deny a player like Mat Latos an All Star Game to give him rest, because "it's too important to a player's career and they work hard to get to that point."
- Hoyer wants the MLB to take the All Star player selections away from the Managers. It's enough of an honor to let them manage.
- He does like that home field advantage in the World Series is decided by the All Star Game.
- Jed only voted a handful of times for Heath Bell, because he had more important things to do. They had a bell in the office that rung every hour to remind the employees to vote.
- Padres traded Sean Gallagher to Pittsburgh for cash considerations. They knew there was enough interest in him that he wouldn't make it through waivers. They had to make a decision by 10am this morning. They were able to get more money than they would of with waivers and there would have been a $20,000 fee. "With us in first place right now, it's not the time to let him develop."
- "We don't have anyone that is a prototypical clean up hitter." It's probably a weakness on the club. Protection for Adrian can come from above and behind in the line up. Getting a middle power bat may or may not be realistic. It's on their wish list.
- When Hoyer looks at the teams behind the Padres in the NL West Colorado worries him the most. "Honestly what happened last night in Colorado didn't really sit that well with me."
- "You want to be playing good baseball going into the break."
- "I thought we got pretty thoroughly beaten last night."
- There are home runs in Petco Park for right handed hitters and left handed hitters that can go the opposite way. "It plays a little bit bigger than it is because of the air." There is really no way to anticipate the way a ballpark will play until it is built.
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Maybe it is just me,
but I would prefer that the Padres losing was a bigger concern to Jed than The Rockies winning.
Which comeback win?
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jul 7, 2010 9:11 PM PDT reply actions
can you reapeat this three times fast?
“Hoyer wants to the MLB to take the player selections away from the Managers.”
Huh?
"There are two great tragedies in life: One is not getting what one wants; the other is getting it."
"I like to consider the padres' team as a microcosm, or symbolic representation of my daily endeavor towards inner salvation." — Mysterious Cloaked Padre Fan
how about this:
Phonetics?
"There are two great tragedies in life: One is not getting what one wants; the other is getting it."
"I like to consider the padres' team as a microcosm, or symbolic representation of my daily endeavor towards inner salvation." — Mysterious Cloaked Padre Fan
Why spell something phonetically
when you can spell it correctly?
Sorry my typo confused you so.
by jbox on Jul 8, 2010 8:32 AM PDT up reply actions 6 recs
JMFC
Will somebody please green this already?
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by TheThinGwynn on Jul 8, 2010 11:46 PM PDT up reply actions
By the way:
IMHO, baseball is baseball; and, also, Homeruns are homeruns+ the fact of this))) Dunn is a great Homerun hitter))) and, after saying that, all can muster is this: SH*********************************T.
"There are two great tragedies in life: One is not getting what one wants; the other is getting it."
"I like to consider the padres' team as a microcosm, or symbolic representation of my daily endeavor towards inner salvation." — Mysterious Cloaked Padre Fan
What postion would this "right-handed-middle-of-lineup-power-bat" play?
And who would this person be?
I would like it to be someone like Josh Willingham but a) we just got the stuffing beat out of us by the Nats (because of our poor pitching though) and they may want to keep him for a run next year and b) we’re far too cheap to actually pay anything other than scraps, and Willingham definitely will not accept just scraps.
Again the “San Diego Discount™” is ruining our playoff chances. Grr.
Captain Obvious
Hey Jed..move away from there California is the place you oughtta be…
Now you have to learn the culture of a San Diegan to appreciate that Petco was a
complete abomination of John Moores and the weather sucks at Petslo. It is a boring
and sterile baseball environment (take it from 95% of Padre die hards) and the problem is geographical location, one item Moores and his(non native also) sidekick Lucchino failed to address. The ball at Qualcomm Stadium (ah the warmth and memories) traveled 15% further and the paying fans enjoyed 10 plus degrees of temp. Move the fences in, have more day games, and watch fans fun and attendance increase. Until then, you can have Moore’s mistake!
by QualcommstadiumisbetterthanPetco! on Jul 8, 2010 7:59 PM PDT reply actions
I was a Padre season ticket holder
for 10 year at Jack Murphy / Qualcomm. When I wasn’t in my season seats I saw games from every seat and angle in that ballpark, none of which hold a candle to their comparative seats at Petco and I believe that I can say this with authority: There is nothing wrong with Petco that cannot be cured with one trip to The World Series.
I was also a season ticket holder and it is NOT about seat location....!
by QualcommstadiumisbetterthanPetco! on Jul 8, 2010 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Why move the fences in?
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by Zach (maestro876) on Jul 8, 2010 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Why move the fences in?
"This is no ordinary honey!"
Bolts From The Blue - Heavy with the facts, slightly less heavy with the opinions.
by Zach (maestro876) on Jul 8, 2010 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Wimbledon.
No, I don't think you're an idiot. Please don't go trying to prove me wrong about that.
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No
Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you? ◔ヮ◔
Uncommon Sportsman :: Absurdity in play
A name this person made up
To complain about the lack of homeruns and there being too much good baseball actually being played in the park. It’s kind of a cute nickname, though.
I feel like it's like Linwup, and I'm going to want to use it ALL THE TIME
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I'd like to see the proof that the ball traveled 15% farther
Because I remember going back and looking at the HR differences between Petco and the Q/Murph and they are very slight. The Q/Murph was also very pitcher friendly.
No, I don't think you're an idiot. Please don't go trying to prove me wrong about that.
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I believe that your username is the first time that sentence was ever typed.
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by Boilermaker19 on Jul 9, 2010 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey Jed see San Diego Stadium circa 1969
No one can tel how a park wil play? You can if you have an older park that was under the same circumstances 40 years earlier. San Diego Stadium was one of the toughest parks to hit it out of in the Padres first few years. Imagine the stadium with the temporary fence in the year the Pads hit 172 homeruns. You klnow, the year Colbert was in the runing with Bench for the Homerun lead, the Year Gaston was pinging doubles high off the 17 ft wall in right center. You could fix Petco, which would raise the pitching staff ERA sonewhat but get the young guys likew LeBlanc, Correia and Richards to spend more time trying to get the bal down and create more groundballs. Then maybe they wouldn’t get racked so bad in Washington, Atlanta, Chicago ad Colorado. A great ERA giving up fly balls in Petco can cause many problems elsewhere and it has. Aditionally, why would a solid lefthanded power hitter want to play in a park that would kill his power numbers? That is what we plays for, the pay that is. There ain’t no more Willie Mays, guys willing to play in a park that hurts his power potential in order to play for the same team, probably because the team will screw him in negotriations because of the reduced stats. So make PETCO competitive ad paythe players what they’re worth.
by lawrencenall@yahoo.com on Jul 12, 2010 9:25 PM PDT reply actions
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