What I've learned after watching the Padres for one month
I'm not so much good at the analysis and review, but Ducksnorts sums up the month quite nicely. I do know the specific things that I learned after watching this team for one month. Here they are:
- Phil Nevin is clutch sometimes and other times, not so much clutch. This doesn't prove or disprove the existence of clutcheness. It only proves that Nevin is a fence sitter.
- Jon is willing to bleed from the head for a chance at a foul ball. (Photos coming soon)
- America sees the Pad Squad as true Padres fans though I strongly suspect that "America" was largely respresented by a Pad Squad mailing list.
- There's a conspiracy being hatched in the comments sections to stalk John Weisbarth.
- If the three headed monster doesn't start consistently performing like the rest of the bullpen, somebody's going to have to take away their nickname.
- Big League Hair does not constitute consistent production.
- Pad Squad learnings:
- It is a dude in the Friar costume. Verified.
- When you beg and beg the Pad Squad for that foam baseball and they snub you and later you think about how silly you were, being a grown man and all, begging for a foam baseball... That's called a Major League Memory®
- Not even Pad Squadders could tell you for sure why some of them wear gloves.
- Mark Grant has a fan club.
- Since our fifth starter has been cursed by Ismael Valdez, the Padres should seriously consider a 4-man rotation.
I'm sure others learned other things. What did you learn after one month?
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4 Man Rotation
I was going to write a little more about why I thought that would work, but then I remembered that the Padres are a team where the 100 pitch count is gospel and the bullpen is revered and only allowed to pitch in their designated innings against the correct right/lefty matchup.
Imagine the heads that would explode if you even considered working them on one day's less rest.
Imagine the heads that would explode if you even considered working them on one day's less rest.
by Dex on May 2, 2005 11:15 AM PDT 0 recs












