San Diego Padres Fan Confidence Poll: 8/30/2010

If you’re scared, get a banned dog.

I’m still 10, but right now it’s limp. Ate.

but it is somewhat shocking that the Padres have only been swept twice all year. Over a 162 game season things like this happen. Let’s see if they bounce back tonight.

after a full season of 10’s. Listening to yesterday’s game, it didn’t even sound like the same team was on the field with all of the errors and inability to get on base. i hope these guys can snap out of the #1 power ranking funk they’re in pretty damn quick.

Rough 4 games… I know we should be getting off the wagon, but I am keeping the faith….

for now.

I remain resolute in my rating. Getting swept from time to time is part of the game… sh*t happens.

We struggle at Chase.

We even made unicorn rally posters Saturday. I fear there are dark times ahead.

but I rate this on organizational competence and not how the team played this week.

The only thing that would bring be to a 10 is if there is a resolution to the Adrian Gonzalez situation that satisfies me.

The only way I would come down from a 9 is if a number of our young pitchers had their arms snap.

I’m pretty confident that we have a good enough foundation to continue a run this year and make one next year. That’s pretty much all I can ask for, but for perfection I need to feel about the franchise over the next 5 years. Adrian Gonzalez and the health of our young pitching are pretty much the lynch pins for that, in my opinion.

Only the second sweep all year. Still impressed with this team.

Some thoughts:

• Had the Giants been swept by the D-Backs, this weekend would have been a wash for both teams, save Philly. We would have been 6 games in front, and the Giants would have been two games back of the Phillies in the Wild Card. We just game off of a 7-3 road, and took two of three vs Arizona, and Philadelphia ust dropped 4 straight to the Astros. The Astros, for crying out loud. Philadelphia needed this series more than we did.

• I was still impressed by the pitching from Garland, Latos and Richard: they proved that they could hang tough with the likes of Oswalt and Hamels.

• Ryan Ludwick has been, for all intensive purposes, a dud so far. He’s been swinging at the first pitch every chance he gets instead of taking some pitches and working the count ion his favor.

Now, let’s put things in perspective:

A win today or tomorrow would potentially put San Diego 6 – 7 games ahead of the Giants, to close out the month. At this point, San Fran would have to sweep a couple of games to play catch-up., and Timmy Lincecum has lost five straight games. San Fran can’t afford to drop the upcoming 4 game set they have against us, lest they find themselves all but of the NL West race altogether.

last weeks score was dangerously close to an 8.5. I’m still somewhere between 8 and 9.
#imjustsaying

but I wasn’t logged in. 8 is the real one.

I should be lower considering I went to all three games and felt defeated at each one being surrounded by dirty Philly fans.

At the end of the day though, we are still rolling on all cylinders and should be able to bounce back against the Dbacks. If we somehow lose the series to the Dback, I may be down to a 7, however I just don’t see that happening.

Also, pretty cool, on Saturday I was sitting in left field while CY was throwing his pen session. He didn’t look great but he looked good, fast ball looked good. I think he’s going to throw a simulated game tomorrow so that can only be a positive. I would love to have CY take a couple of Latos’ starts.

It was painful this weekend and emotional. I was at the game friday almost in tears. Headly didn’t hussle in the 9th and we lose… My girlfriend thinks I am a freak because of how I acted at that game.

I am shocked and I feel vulnerable…

I don’t really get a ‘0’ vibe from anyone around here…

28 I believe. I would sure like to get some of those with winning rather than counting on the rest of the NL West to continue sucking,

still.

even the best team in the history of baseball lost 40 games. it happens. life goes on. we still rock the casbah.

Still. So what, the Pads lost 4 games. Sh*t happens.

Just make Clay Dick start taking fielding practice before every game.

Thanks for nerding it up for my pure delight, Marver!

Eight. Ocho. Huit.

and the bats hath cooled.

Still a 6

and I’m staying there. I must admit dark thoughts entered my mind by Sunday — you pretty much knew the game was over when the Phillies scored their first run. That said, I am keeping the faith as we head into this stretch against the NL West — we’re going to find out what the guys are made of, that’s for sure!

These four games have proven that the Padres are human, which makes me even more confident than I already am. Or something. I don’t make sense.

mark me down for a TEN

Maybe science ninjas are what the doctor ordered…

As a Padres fan stuck out here in Philly, I haven’t seen many televised games (ahem, ESPN), so after seeing several games of our sweep against the Cubs on WGN I was riding high at 9. But after suffering through the absolute torture that was this weekend I had to downgrade to a 7. For me the confidence poll can be nothing less than winning the World Series. Right now, they are not playing well enough to win the division. Hopefully they can excrete all this bad playing now before October…