SB Nation User Blog: Winfield's Ghost

Dodgers offer one-year deal to Trevor Hoffman

Winfield's Ghost — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:18:10 -0000

Dodgers offer one-year deal to Trevor Hoffman

The Dodgers’ offer is for one year with a one-year option, and is reportedly for more than $4 million. Details of the Brewers’ offer are unknown.

McAnulty signs with Red Sox

Winfield's Ghost — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:17:47 -0000

McAnulty signs with Red Sox

Can't wait to see him playing left in Fenway...

It Just Feels Right

Winfield's Ghost — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:46:51 -0000

The last couple of weeks have exhausted me. I know, I know. It's stupid to get sucked into all this rumor and innuendo, but I can't change that now. It's too hard to figure out whose side I'm on now. I no longer know. I can't eat. I can't sleep. The Padres are ruining my life and I had to figure out a way to stop it.

So I did what I always do when life is getting me down.

I searched through all the mix CDs that Drama is always sending me and tried to locate the one song that best represents what's been going on in PadreLand. One that really speaks to the situation. One with a beat you can dance to.

And I think I found it. And after I composed a riveting photo narrative to accompany it, I felt much better.

I hope it makes you feel better, too.

Well this sucks

Winfield's Ghost — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:21:26 -0000

Well this sucks

Fire Joe Morgan is no more. I blame Alderson.

Coach Mike Singletary dropped pants to make point to San Francisco 49ers

Winfield's Ghost — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:42:29 -0000

Coach Mike Singletary dropped pants to make point to San Francisco 49ers

Maybe Norv could try this. On second thought...

Jake Peavy Is A Tiara AND A Lamborghini

Winfield's Ghost — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 13:56:01 -0000

Tim Sullivan apparently decided to wait until the off-season to write his best columns. This one on Peavy is excellent. I thought his assessment of how the front office is laying all this out to the public is right on and the fact that he called DePodesta Alderson's consigliore made me giggle.

But I thought this was the part that he really nailed:

Yet the real issue here is not front office flexibility, but fans' faith. Time after time, the Padres have signed key players to long-term contracts only to develop buyer's remorse before the ink dries. When your foundation is forever in flux, your customers may be prone to cynicism.

Several folks around here have wondered why we'd be so upset at the prospect of trading Peavy if it makes the team better and I think Sullivan's observation is right on the money. I'm not against trading Peavy if it makes the team better - but when the team is forever in flux and changing strategies every couple of years, it gets old. And tired. And disheartening.

And when the consigliore spins his awesome little stories about how great it will be when we trade Peavy because we're going to get so much in return but fails to mention the real reasons why it's happening and pretends like this was the plan all along, it feels a bit insulting. I understand why it needs to be done now, but don't dress it up for anything more than it is.

We didn't have a slogan this year because the Padres were too busy planning for a 99 loss season to come up with one. But I think Sullivan just gave them the '09 slogan.

Go Padres! Forever in Flux!

Olney on Trading Peavy

Winfield's Ghost — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 03:01:02 -0000

Olney on Trading Peavy

He throws out some names of some teams and some players.

Sullivan on the potenial sale

Winfield's Ghost — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:45:00 -0000

Sullivan on the potenial sale

I criticize him all the time, but Sullivan put together a really good piece here that's worth the read.

We're Gonna Have Fun, Dammit!!!

Winfield's Ghost — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:18:26 -0000

It seems like forever since we've had any fun around here. We lost 100 games*. We finished in last place. The Dodgers won the NL West. We kept our manager. Our hitting coach turned out to be a quitter/rogue agent. John and Becky can't get along. The organization wants their two dollars from Lane Khalil. And, as a result, there's been nothing to get excited over, nothing to have a little fun with.

Dex and jbox lamented last season that GLB was better when the Padres sucked because then nobody would take anything serious and we'd all have a lot more fun.** Hey, guess what? That didn't happen this season. We all turned into a bunch of sour, moping whiners.

So I know the season is over - as is next season - but, dammit, we're gonna have fun today.

Here's your challenge: create a caption to go with the photo down below. To the winner, I will donate my year's salary that Dex and jbox graciously pay me for doing SLPiH. (I got a raise this yr, so, seriously - this is a good deal.)

Have fun, you sour, moping whiners.

*99 is pretty much the same as 100 and 100 sounds better/worse.

**paraphrasing - too lazy to look up actual post.

Sullivan on Fuson

Winfield's Ghost — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:01:07 -0000

Sullivan on Fuson

I would pay good money to get a look at that player development manual. And it also seems pretty clear that it was Fuson who was at odds with Wally.