Padres defeat Cubs 5-1, light switch goes off in America's head that this team is for real
by Dex on Aug 18, 2010 4:25 PM PDT
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PrintAt a certain point, we've gotta be in the heads of the teams that we play, right? I can totally understand some people - fairweather fans, foulweather fans, local media, national media, fans of other teams - who still don't take the Padres seriously because none of our boys have been on late night talk or TMZ or the Today Show. Nobody's been an MVP (except for our old version of Miguel Tejada) or a Cy Young Award winner.
If you're an actual player on an opposing team though, you had to have noticed the Padres well before now, right?
Oh that team that's had the best record in the National League forever is still there. We play them next week. I'm thinking we take that series super easy. From what I can tell they don't score runs, but we score runs all the time. We'll score on them.
Do other teams still think that way? At a point, I'm sure they did, but I can't imagine they do now (except for the Giants). I also imagine that the Giants looking past the Padres to the level that they did woke up some of the cockier members of opposing teams.
Still, for the most part, you can't be a member of a front office in a down economy and not notice what the Padres have done this season. It would be stupid to ignore and fans, media, players can afford to be stupid, but can whole teams be stupid? Heck I dunno.
GO PADRES!!!
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This.
"This team looks dangerous, like a convict with a temper, nothing to lose and a switch blade." -jbox
by MrDanielX on Aug 18, 2010 4:47 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
They make me do a waistband tuck.
I call it the Friar Tuck.
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by TheThinGwynn on Aug 18, 2010 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions 9 recs
so my dad lurks GLB...
…and I got to explain to him what PFOB stands for yesterday… fun times.
I was dating this girl from Canada... after about a month I found out she didn't know what sport the Padres played, she thought "padre" was spelled p-o-d-r-a-y and she thought it was some kind of a fish. Dealbreaker.
by Johnny UT on Aug 18, 2010 5:32 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Shenanigans in Utah. :P
Corrupting the nation, one state at a time.
A motto here at GLB.
"Savvy Chicks Dig the Bullpen"
my dad lives in San Diego
but it was an awkward bit of our Padres-based phone conversation.
I was dating this girl from Canada... after about a month I found out she didn't know what sport the Padres played, she thought "padre" was spelled p-o-d-r-a-y and she thought it was some kind of a fish. Dealbreaker.
Ignorance is bliss
Gaslamp Ball Game OT: "Makes you happy in the pants"
"Even Jedis don't stand a chance against our bullpen."
Miguel Tejada has been a MVP
Ask any baseball player, any real baseball player. It doesn't matter if you win by an inch or a mile; winning's winning.
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Aug 18, 2010 4:44 PM PDT reply actions
Ted and Andy were gushing about how much more confident Everth looks...
on a day that he didn’t really do anything spectacular (1-4, K, 3 LOB). Poor, Evy. It’s like he’s everyone’s nephew.
by theodore donald kerabatsos on Aug 18, 2010 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions
He's getting better
I think all of the time on the DL might have affected his hitting, along with being pushed into reserve duty due to JHJ craving another WS ring.
Ehhhh, I don't deserve a signature...
MVP when it matters most
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by icaughthundleys#4 on Aug 18, 2010 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
"I've never had a new car before."
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by TheThinGwynn on Aug 18, 2010 11:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I miss scrappy mcscapperson.
"You're like the nicest internet person I know." - theodore donald kerabatsos
by Jordan_Ming on Aug 18, 2010 11:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Just replace the red with blue
"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
We are spoiled by all these wins lately
"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
Can we really be considered spoiled if we truly and fully appreciate them?
by theodore donald kerabatsos on Aug 18, 2010 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
I have enjoyed every. single. one.
immensely
"Savvy Chicks Dig the Bullpen"
by eastbaysd on Aug 18, 2010 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
10 more wins in a row
then we’re spoiled
"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
It's much better than being resigned to accept Kevin Jarvis as a major league starter
Or giving ABs to Ben Davis when Curt Schilling is not in the midst of pitching a perfect game
Ehhhh, I don't deserve a signature...
I remember
I’d be happy when our team could win one series. It’s been TOO long since we can actually expect and win games for a whole year
I, for one, am totally spoiled and soaking every moment of it.
by Ilikecheeserolls on Aug 18, 2010 5:58 PM PDT up reply actions
72 wins....
I think that was our potential.
"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 gotta hand it to you guys
This team is definitely the most underrated team in sports. I knew this team wasn’t gonna be a cellar-dweller this year after the great finish last year, and sure enough, the Padres have been atop the West seemingly all season long. This is definitely a team that I wouldn’t mind seeing shock the world winning it all in October. You guys deserve it
twss, twhs, twes
"Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!"
Also, I think Mujica won a CY award, right?
by theodore donald kerabatsos on Aug 18, 2010 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah but that was
the Crushed, Yard award
by abara on Aug 18, 2010 5:22 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I took that to mean
that no single player has been of that caliber this season.
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by TheThinGwynn on Aug 18, 2010 5:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Like Dewey Cox,
“Guilty As Charged”.
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by TheThinGwynn on Aug 18, 2010 7:42 PM PDT up reply actions
On a side-note, Cain attempts pitching to PhilLOLs
And hilarity ensues
Ehhhh, I don't deserve a signature...
It gives Blanton a safety blanket
Because good grief he is awful
Ehhhh, I don't deserve a signature...
Anyone looking for some laughs should check out the game thread at MCC
Those folks have blood coming out of their eyes at this point.
Love it. LOVE. IT.
"The road to the world series in the NL goes through the San Diego Padres" -Harold Reynolds, MLB Network
by polyrhythm07 on Aug 18, 2010 5:57 PM PDT up reply actions 5 recs
No-Names & Work Ethic
One (of many) thing(s) I like about this year’s team is the (apparent) lack of ego. No “big-name” high-salaried superstars. This team is a TEAM and their TEAM work (selflessness & work ethic) is something I admire. Cubs spend $100 million more and have less to show for it.
I wonder if there isn’t some principle at work here — once you spend big bucks and attract the big stars (and the attention) you get attitude. Mets, Dodgers, Yankees … no thanks. I like our TEAM. These are guys you can count on to work hard for the money, not rest on their laurels and endorsements. GO Padres! No matter the outcome of this season, I’ll be very proud to have watched these guys in action this year. They make me even prouder to be a Padres fan.
by Roadlesstrvled on Aug 18, 2010 5:46 PM PDT reply actions 5 recs
good point
but I think it really just comes down to our lucky BABIP.
"Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!"
this
Ask any baseball player, any real baseball player. It doesn't matter if you win by an inch or a mile; winning's winning.
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Aug 18, 2010 5:48 PM PDT up reply actions
the other?
I was dating this girl from Canada... after about a month I found out she didn't know what sport the Padres played, she thought "padre" was spelled p-o-d-r-a-y and she thought it was some kind of a fish. Dealbreaker.
Some ESPN Clown Wrote
That scouts around the league are saying the Padres are the anti-dote to Moneyball, which has ruined baseball for purists with the emphasis on walks and old slow power hitters. Don’t remember which clown, but I agree. I really like watching these guys play.
Over the hill? What hill? I don't remember any hill...
link?
I like reading what ESPN clowns write…
…as long as they write stuff I already agree with.
I was dating this girl from Canada... after about a month I found out she didn't know what sport the Padres played, she thought "padre" was spelled p-o-d-r-a-y and she thought it was some kind of a fish. Dealbreaker.
here is the link
It was Buster the Clown
http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/blog?name=olney_buster&id=5463446
If you aren’t stupid enough to pay for Insider like I am, here is the best bit:
""They’ve become my favorite team to watch," said the scout. “It’s a treat. I think anybody who underestimates them in the playoffs is going to be in trouble, because they have a strong sense of who they are and what roles they should play. They are the most ego-less team I can remember in a pennant race.”"
Over the hill? What hill? I don't remember any hill...
thanks!
I will add @buster_ESPN to the “do not kill” list.
I was dating this girl from Canada... after about a month I found out she didn't know what sport the Padres played, she thought "padre" was spelled p-o-d-r-a-y and she thought it was some kind of a fish. Dealbreaker.
I kinda thought the FO's approach was fairly "moneyball"
They found an undervalued attribute and financially exploit it. The Padres picked speedy defenders and pitchers who put balls in play. Those players are easier to find than hitters who have high AVG/OBP/SLG or pitchers with high K rates.
I’ve never read moneyball, but I gathered that the entire idea was not to name a new category of players but to have front offices seek out undervalued player attributes. :-/
Ehhhh, I don't deserve a signature...
by sdchicken on Aug 18, 2010 6:00 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
Could be
I thought it was the Alderson approach of everybody walk ever at bat and wait for the 3 run homer. But my steaks are ready so I may not be thinking clearly…
Over the hill? What hill? I don't remember any hill...
Forget Alderson.
The fact of the matter is the best way to score runs is to get on base and hit for power. It didn’t work so well for us in the mid-2000s because Petco sapped the power of guys like Klesko and Nevin. Plus they were old and on the downward slope of their careers.
"This is no ordinary honey!"
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by Zach (maestro876) on Aug 18, 2010 6:47 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
The point in Moneyball
Was that a small market team (like the As in that case) couldn’t afford to pay for talent at market rates and therefore had to find other ways to win. They had to find undervalued assets that they could get on the cheap. In their case it was big overweight-looking guys who traditionalists and scouts thought couldn’t play, but in fact were pretty good at baseball.
"This is no ordinary honey!"
Bolts From The Blue - Heavy with the facts, slightly less heavy with the opinions.
by Zach (maestro876) on Aug 18, 2010 6:42 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions 2 recs
Run prevention and defense has been an inefficiency the last few years
Although teams besides the Padres have been exploiting that.
I don’t think pitchers who pitch to contact are a market inefficiency. Our most successful pitcher, Latos, succeeds because he gets a lot of Ks and doesn’t walk many. Richard and Garland are having better success because they’re posting career high strikeout rates, among other things. The entire bullpen is succeeding because they have mammoth strikeout rates. Most of our pitchers were acquired via the old market inefficiency of the draft and trades.
"This is no ordinary honey!"
Bolts From The Blue - Heavy with the facts, slightly less heavy with the opinions.
by Zach (maestro876) on Aug 18, 2010 6:53 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
Post steroids, the game has skewed toward
Speed, defense, pitching and base hits. The Padres recognized this – partially because of Petco – and voila’
"I post like canned meat."
by Hormel on Aug 18, 2010 10:05 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
The only people Moneyball ruined baseball for
Are guys like Joe Morgan who either didn’t read it, didn’t understand it, or guys who have no interest in finding out how baseball actually works.
"This is no ordinary honey!"
Bolts From The Blue - Heavy with the facts, slightly less heavy with the opinions.
by Zach (maestro876) on Aug 18, 2010 6:56 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions 2 recs
Oh, and by the way
Since I am someone’s dad, can you explain to me what PFOB means? I think I get the general drift, but the exact working would be nice. I’ll then extrapolate what PSW means.
Over the hill? What hill? I don't remember any hill...
Pants Full Of Bone
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by TheThinGwynn on Aug 18, 2010 5:54 PM PDT up reply actions
oh really
I thought is was Pint Full of Beer
"Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!"
wiki to the rescue
for future reference:
http://glbwiki.creanium.net/wiki/Main_Page
I was dating this girl from Canada... after about a month I found out she didn't know what sport the Padres played, she thought "padre" was spelled p-o-d-r-a-y and she thought it was some kind of a fish. Dealbreaker.
Gotta say
I love the description for “The Epic Thread”
by Ilikecheeserolls on Aug 18, 2010 6:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Can't see it
"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
The link
"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
odd
http://glbwiki.creanium.net/wiki/Main_Page – twice
I was dating this girl from Canada... after about a month I found out she didn't know what sport the Padres played, she thought "padre" was spelled p-o-d-r-a-y and she thought it was some kind of a fish. Dealbreaker.
Just a blank screen with "fatal error"
oh well
"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
so, book a 6 Game lead?
"Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!"
That's what they get for talking sh!t
Gaslamp Ball Game OT: "Makes you happy in the pants"
"Even Jedis don't stand a chance against our bullpen."
by tonoxtono on Aug 18, 2010 6:44 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Giants lose 8-2, Padres lead in the West 6.
Gaslamp Ball Game OT: "Makes you happy in the pants"
"Even Jedis don't stand a chance against our bullpen."
hope regression starts soon
or I am going to be stuck with a lot of unsold “2010 Padres Cellar Dwellars” T-shirts
I was dating this girl from Canada... after about a month I found out she didn't know what sport the Padres played, she thought "padre" was spelled p-o-d-r-a-y and she thought it was some kind of a fish. Dealbreaker.
The light has been on in America's head for awhile.
I know guys living just outside of Boston and in Cleveland, and they and their friends know about the Padres. They wonder why they’re not seeing them on TV, and why nobody writes about them. Even IN Boston, the sports shows limit their coverage of the Padres to, “Okay they’ve been winning a few games, so we’ll have to wait a little longer before we can get Adrian for two bat boys and a bag of fungo balls”. It’s not the fans, but the national press that needs a switch in their heads turned on.
I’d let Jon Morosi live, for now. He put it in black and white :“I was wrong”, and warned others not to make the same mistake. It couldn’t have been just Padres fans who got to him, he must have gotten some REAL flack over that article from other teams’ fans like the ones I know. The Mainly Stupid Media controls print and national TV, but the fans have online resources, like GLB.
Bochy after watching the Rollin's HR
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Uncommon Sportsman :: Absurdity in play
His hat isn't big enough.
Clearly needs to get bigger.
"This is no ordinary honey!"
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by Zach (maestro876) on Aug 18, 2010 8:23 PM PDT up reply actions
GIGANTISM!
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by matthewverygood on Aug 19, 2010 9:26 AM PDT up reply actions
what wrong with San Diegans?
I moved to SD about 2 years ago… I love baseball.. I grew up in Chicago.. lived in Boston.. now a San Diegan. I bought season tickets my second year living in this city. These Padres are good… why can’t we sell out a game? The team has done their job.. San Diego has to do their’s. If we don’t sell out these games, ESPECIALLY NOW, for certain next year they are going to sell every single one of their good players… and San Diego will be back to where they were a couple of years ago.
COME ON SAN DIEGO.. ROOT FOR THE PADRES! COME TO THE GAMES! DO YOUR PART!!
by Michael Choi on Aug 18, 2010 10:20 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Dude, don't even start.
Gaslamp Ball Game OT: "Makes you happy in the pants"
"Even Jedis don't stand a chance against our bullpen."
People are coming around slowly
but a lot of them are wary because of the Moores divorce and how Peavy and Trevor were dealt. In a way, even the Chargers consistently choking in the playoffs is hurting the Padres because this is a bad sports town and when casual fans (i.e. the ones who are the difference between 50-60% attendance and sellouts) see one team that is expected to win continually fail to do so, it causes apathy. “The Chargers are one of the best teams in the league and they still can’t win — the Padres are letting all their stars go so how could they possibly succeed?”
When the September homestands roll around with opportunities for clinching and so on, the attendance should definitely pick up. But it’s a disappointment how meager the numbers have been, and we all wish it was different.
This message would be better served in the newspaper, not in the comments section of an Internet blog that is comprised of people who watch and discuss Padres games together. And delete that sentence that starts with “If” and ends with “ago.”
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Uncommon Sportsman :: Absurdity in play
Because they are repelled by fans from Chicago and Boston?
Ask any baseball player, any real baseball player. It doesn't matter if you win by an inch or a mile; winning's winning.
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Aug 18, 2010 11:06 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
FOR CERTAIN
"This is no ordinary honey!"
Bolts From The Blue - Heavy with the facts, slightly less heavy with the opinions.
by Zach (maestro876) on Aug 18, 2010 11:22 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
agreed
but it should be remember that attendance is more related to the past year performance than the current year.
Just one of those weird things.
"Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!"
Jeebus
The Doyers suck
"I post like canned meat."
by Hormel on Aug 18, 2010 10:29 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
That was a funny ending.
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Uncommon Sportsman :: Absurdity in play
Fcukin epic
Beautiful
"I post like canned meat."
by Hormel on Aug 18, 2010 10:55 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
now thats exciting baseball...
unlike that boring fundamentally sound padre baseball. /sarcasm LOLgers!
To add to my list of 'WTF?' baseball names....
Welcome, Darwin Barney.
Oh internet, what a wicked web you weave.
TGJ on the DL with a broken hand.
Hello new starting CF Chris Denorfia.
"This is no ordinary honey!"
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by Zach (maestro876) on Aug 19, 2010 8:43 AM PDT reply actions
and Scotty in CF against lefties
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by icaughthundleys#4 on Aug 19, 2010 8:55 AM PDT up reply actions
Any word on how long he will be out?
I am hoping that may be the kind of thing he can recover from in 3-4 weeks…Hopefully, he can be back by mid September. Maybe a Deno/Venasuperfielder platoon for now?
That's not good news.
We are really going to need him in the playoffs when games are played tighter, runs are harder to come by, and defense becomes even more important.
by theodore donald kerabatsos on Aug 19, 2010 9:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Totally won't need him.
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by Zach (maestro876) on Aug 19, 2010 9:06 AM PDT up reply actions
I know I was being sarcastic.
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by Zach (maestro876) on Aug 19, 2010 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions
where is the link?
Hopefully this is a “broken hand” and not a broken hand. And its the same as a deep sprain (which will be treated like a hair-line), and it to give us roster flexibility.
"Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!"
Fracture of the hamate bone, supposedly
Whatever that means…we need some damn medical experts in here.
they can remove that bone
you don’t actually need it, but not sure what they are going to do based on recovery time.
"Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!"
Jack Cronin of 1090
Said that hamate injuries can be tricky. Obviously we don’t know the extent yet, but I am nervous.
yeah did some reading
everything is in play.
Like a few days-1 week of treatment, to 12 weeks of recovery after surgery.
"Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!"
Who comes up
Go Go Durango? Cedric Hunter? I know you have to make a 40 man move to bring Hunter up but he can play CF as good Deno. The tough question is who we would bump off the 40 man?
Ryan Webb has been called up for the time being
When Eck comes back, Webb will go back down
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by matthewverygood on Aug 19, 2010 9:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Webb is a fresh bullpen arm
And our pen has been worked pretty hard lately, so I like the move. But part of me wants Cunningham.
I know what part.
"Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!"
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