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The wheels are completely off

Dalton — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:03:38 -0000

The wheels are completely off

While the Arizona Diamondbacks were blowing to a big National League West lead in April, the Padr...

Dalton — Sat, 03 May 2008 19:42:40 -0000

While the Arizona Diamondbacks were blowing to a big National League West lead in April, the Padres' offense was a portrait in stagnation.

ESPN.com's Jerry Crasnick, on the Diamondbacks blowing

I LOVE MARCUS GILES

Dalton — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:36:14 -0000

[Update: Giles will report after all. Thanks for making me go to Jupiter, to get more stupider, Marcus.]

[Edit: WG confirms this story with an LA Times link.]

The Dodgers, apparently so desperate for help at third base (and I'm sure second, as Jeff Kent will either get injured, or get beaten to death by his own teammates), gave our buddy Lil' Giles a call and said, "Hey dude, it's me, The Dodgers. How's it goin'? Say, if you're not busy this season, how would you like to hang out in our pee-smelling stadium?"

And then Marcus turned down the volume on "Rock of Love", and was like, "Whatever."

So he hopped in his Escalade, and was cruising up to the Dodgers minor league team in Vegas, but then was like, "Wait a minute. I'm driving 9 hours to play for the DODGERS MINOR LEAGUE TEAM. So that I can get in game-shape to play for the DODGERS. F that noise!" [tires screech]

So he either turned around and went back home to catch more of Bret Michaels macking on some scary chicks with daddy issues, or had the best solo Vegas party ever.

I like to think he did both.

Read the account here:

http://www.insidesocal.com/dodgers/archives/2008/04/help_is_on_the.html

The best part of this story is that Marcus screwed the Dodgers out of getting other players they wanted.

Peavy calls out Schilling

Dalton — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 13:09:46 -0000

Asked via e-mail to respond to the allegations concerning Clemens' use of performance-enhancing drugs, Peavy responded late Thursday night.

"I was obviously saddened by the news surrounding the Mitchell report," Peavy wrote. "... I'm not sure of any of the details and I'm certainly not going to go Curt Schilling on him (I thought that was absolutely ridiculous), but I am going to support him as a friend. I'm sure in time the truth will come out in everyone's case as it has in the few guys who I have heard speak on the matter."

http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/padres/20071222-9999-lz1s22take2.html

He could have just written "SCHILLING???" and saved everyone a lot of time.

2008 Roster - Yeah, I Said It

Dalton — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 04:27:05 -0000

Just open your heart and your mind:

Seriously, let's kill this winter meeting boredom. Let's be honest-- KT will make all the moves he can, given his resources, and the smart money is on him making some solid low-risk moves in the pitching/relief pitching departments.

But what, of course, regarding the CF/LF/2B/Catcher/Etc. positions? Let's throw out our predicted rosters now just for the hell of it, just for the yell I get, mmm-mmm-mmm-mmmm, just for the smell of it. GLB may want to make this into an official contest at some point for a numbers shirt (hint hint), but for those that are interested, let's just throw names out there for now. These rosters will be WILDLY off target, most likely. But that's the fun. Tom Krasovic is eligible for this contest, only because I ACTUALLY WANT TO KNOW WHO IS PLAYING CF FOR US NEXT YEAR.

Yeah, and I'm not posting my roster until a day or so. Deal with it.

NYCPadre's breakdown of the latest Krasovic

Dalton — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 20:29:56 -0000

http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20071104/news_1s4padres.html

The headline is Padres must get better to get back. You had me at "Padres", Tom. Let's get started.

Center field:

"I think there's a better chance of filling that position through a trade than free agency," Towers said.

Okay, I'm listening. Whatcha got cooking, KT? I've seen some of the following names churned up by the Rumor Mill:

-Coco Crisp
-Andruw Jones
-Mike Cameron
-Felix Pie
-Tony Gwynn Jr.
-David DeJesus

Let's cross off some of these names quickly.

Coco. Overpaid "speedster" that can't hit, probably due to the stupid way he bats. (Seriously, look at this guy's face.) We might as well trade for Juan Pierre. Next!

Andruw has proven that he can handle Petco both offensively and defensively, and also that he can handle multiple 4x4's at In and Out. How many times do I have to read that Boras will allow this cupcake to sign a 1 year deal? Won't happen. Next!

Mike Cameron: 46 years old, definitely declining offensively, but loves to party. Unless his price and years sought both drop, no way. Next!

Felix Pie: who doesn't like delicious pie? He can't be worse than Brady "Please Get Eaten By a Dinosaur" Clark, but then again, the Cubbies are said to want Khalil in any deal. Then we'd have to do something stupid like sign David Eckstein, and I'm not addressing that until the second base section. Next!

Anthony Keith Gwynn Jr.:
Pros- related to his dad.
Cons- ripped out my heart, but failed to shove it up Trevor's butt to make amends. Hasn't gotten many at bats, so who knows if he will suck or not. Next!

David DeJesus: Not a ton of pop, and doesn't steal many bags, but gets on base at a decent clip. Depending on what the Pads would have to give up, I think this could work. Book it.

Some in the Padres organization would love to go after Torii Hunter, but it appears he will cost more than the midrevenue Padres are willing to pay.

Really? Ya think?? Would they like to snag A-Rod and trade for Johan also? Let's move on.

Corner outfield:

The Padres likely will make an offer to free-agent Geoff Jenkins, a left-handed hitter phased out by Milwaukee's youth movement.

I have no strong opinions about this. Platooning him with Hairston doesn't strike me as a bad plan, since I doubt Hairston will continue to hit bombs at 1 per game clip in 2008.

Krasovic mentions Milton Bradley only in passing, saying that he'll be a FA in 08. I'm as big a fan of Milton as anyone, but we clearly can't count on the guy for playing more than 60 games next year without dying, or looking like the Black Knight in the Holy Grail.

Milton Bradley chasing down a flyball in left field.

Sign him as a 4th OF if the price is right, but look for more dependable options.

Fukodome: Let's be serious. Somebody like Houston will give the guy a 2 year, $900 million deal even though he's never hit a major league pitch.

One name I didn't see in this column: Barry Bonds. Throw syringes at me if you want (I'm almost out), but I'm not opposed to a 1 year, $13 mill-ish deal for Barrold.

Starting pitching:

Mark Prior: Sounds like trying to catch lightning in a bottle. High risk, potentially high reward. Depends on if we can acquire some of the other names tossed around.

Curt Schilling: Schilling???? Yes, he's old, he's an assbag, and he plays World of Warcraft. But what are the cons, you ask? Pads would have to overpay for an injury prone old dude. I say do it unless the bidding gets way out of control.

Josh Towers: Doesn't really strike out that many, and surprise surprise, Petco would help his numbers. Not sure if he would be a great improvement over Bomko, but won't be worse either. Make the trade if it's for someone like Hensley.

Matt Clement: Yikes.

Second base:

David Eckstein: No reason to sign this guy to a 3 year deal unless the rebels need more help on the Endor moon. He'd block Antonelli, and we'd only need him for that long if we gave up Khalil....and I haven't seen any good Khalil trade proposals to date.

Geoff Blum, the Padres' regular second baseman over the final two months, is a free agent whose market value may align him with the Dodgers.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! WE CANNOT LET GEOFF AND THE MVP OF TEAM BLUM GO TO A DIVISION RIVAL!!!! Then we'd have to sign someone who's like, better at baseball to play second base!!!!!

Seriously, Kaz Matsui or Tad Iguchi, just make it happen. If Antonelli is ready, trade Kaz/Tad during the season (or hell, Antonelli if something good comes along) Do not, under any circumstances, let Oscar Robles start at 2B.

Catcher

Jason Kendall: eh, whatever. As long as Bard plays 120 games and keeps getting on base, I don't mind a declining vet in the mix.

Wild Rumors

Dalton — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 05:07:45 -0000

http://mvn.com/mlb-yankees/2007/01/03/padres-make-late-push/

For Randy Johnson:

". . . the Padres are now supposedly offering a top minor league prospect, a major league starter (no name given) as well as Scott Linebrink.

. . .

The Diamondbacks are having a hard time getting RJ to agree to an extension (it seems to be over an additional $4 million) and it stands a good chance of falling through. Should that happen the Padres are waiting in the shadows."

KT (or Cashman)'s just screwing with the Dbacks, right?

UT should use NY Post-style headlines

Dalton — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 18:51:15 -0000

...Depending on the outcome of the next 2 games:

Piazza Delivers
Shea it Ain't So
Khalil'in Me Softly
Pedr-Oh No!
The City That Never Sweeps
Shea La Vie [oh wait, this was actually used]
Adrian Gon-na hit a HR!

Okay that last one was a stretch.

Feel free to add your own.

There were some good ones after T-Hoff blew the All Star game. Was "Dustin' Hoffman" NYP or UT?