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I was about to type the exact same thing only it was going to be snippier and angrier than what you posted. But the point is the same. People can bitch and moan on here about wanting brown back but someone can’t do the exact opposite?

Maybe that’s the real reason you don’t see many bloggers and such posting about wanting to keep blue, they’ll get jumped on by brown lovers for even thinking it…

is there anyone here who hates the color blue?

This is generally speaking so take it in that context, but among people I know in their mid 40’s and older they seem to not like the brown. Those in their late 20’s to early 40’s like the brown in general (I’m an exception). And those that are in their early 20’s and younger seem to favor blue again (unless they’re purposely buying retro gear to be “retro”).

In my experience It seem that those that lived with brown but didn’t grow up with MLB Padres aren’t all that fond of the brown (ie those in the mid 40’s and older). Those that started to watch the Padres in brown (ie: those in their late 20’s to early 40’s) want it back, and those that started watching in the 90’s or late while the Padres wore blue prefer blue.

Who knows, maybe that’s the ultimate answer. Have white and blue home like today, gray aways’s with blue like today, have the military uni like today. But instead of a blue alternate, make the alternate uniform brown and gold. Do it kinda how European soccer teams do with the primaries being the team’s current primary colors, but have a clashing alternate to use at certain times, like Throwback Thursdays or the like. I mean what rules says all 4 uniforms have to follow the same color scheme when they obviously don’t have to (since our military uniform obviously looks nothing like the rest of the set).

I mean… we have no real internal options… unless Everth somehow gains Bartlett-like abilities (which is still on the low end of what you want from a regular SS). And his contract is not that expensive. At most, he is 4-4.5 million more per year, and I don’t know where you spend that money instead…

Our CF, C, 1B, and 3B are all internally filled and I am optimistic that all four positions can produce next season. At 2B we have Hudson (I wouldn’t mind changing this). Venable and Blanks and Deno/Kotsay are presumably our corner outfielders.

So… pitchers. Latos/Stauffer/Luebke/Richard/Mosley/LeBlanc are already on the team, with LeBlanc looking to be the odd man out. But maybe we need some depth. So, you bring in a veteran, I guess.

However, Latos looked really good during the second half. Stauffer looked solid the entire year (except at the end, when he looked tired). I have real questions about Moseley and Richard. Can Moseley pitch well again? Can Richard bounce back from a pretty “meh” year? Luebke is probably going to get a chance to do what Stauffer did last year, pitch most of the year and give us a ~3.5 ERA.
I think our starting pitching will be fine.

So, maybe we bring in a veteran, but I don’t see it as a necessity.
So… relief. You shouldn’t spend too much on relievers, as a general rule of thumb.

So, I have no clue what they are trying to “free up money” for. I guess maybe a corner outfielder, but that also implies SIGNIFICANT doubt about Venable and/or Blanks.

Last year I said I thought we would be pretty good in 2012 and that either 2012 or 2013 would be our year(s)… so, let’s wait and see. Hopefully, we can get another prospect or two up here and producing between now and the start of 2013.