Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
Readers of this site will know that I'm (more or less) taking the year off from rooting for my beloved San Diego Padres because of a recent team decision to cut ties with a Hall-of-Fame player for no good reason and generally try to suck as much as possible. It's ...
Posted in College Basketball, MLB, San Diego Padres | 3 Comments »
Thursday, May 21st, 2009
The Chicago White Sox have thrown their hat into the Jake Peavy Sweepstakes. And I continue to use mixed metaphors. Tough day all around.
Look, Phillips has said again and again and again and again that Peavy ain't going anywhere, but that's not really the point anymore. There are always going ...
Posted in Adrian Gonzalez, General, Jake Peavy, MLB | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
After roughly a decade and a half of Trevor Hoffman ruling their 'pen, the San Diego Padres have a new closer. Everyone's favorite Wii Fit user, Heath Bell, took the ball in the ninth inning last night with a 4-2 lead and shut the door on the Los Angeles Dodgers. ...
Posted in Heath Bell, Los Angeles Dodgers, MLB, San Diego Padres, Trevor Hoffman | 3 Comments »
Friday, January 9th, 2009
As I'm sure you've heard, yesterday baseball's all-time saves leader agreed to a deal with the Milwaukee Brewers, officially ending his 16-year tenure with the San Diego Padres. As a lifelong Padres fan, I'm not happy. In fact, I'm the opposite of happy.
Typically I try to take the high road ...
Posted in Kevin Towers, Milwaukee Brewers, MLB, San Diego Padres, Sandy Alderson, Trevor Hoffman | 14 Comments »
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
It doesn't take a genius to see the San Diego Padres aren't a rich team. But they aren't a poor team either. Yet suddenly they're dumping good players left and right. Well, they're dumping both good players because of "salary concerns" even though everyone knows the team is dumping salary ...
Posted in Adrian Gonzalez, Chase Headley, General, Jake Peavy, MLB, San Diego Padres | 8 Comments »
