SB Nation User Blog: Winfield's Ghost

FJM Reunites!!!!

Winfield's Ghost — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:52:31 -0000

FJM Reunites!!!!

And our man Eckstein is featured prominently.

(Celebrate, Ron Mexico! They will be there ALL DAY today!!! Celebrate! The Internet is awesome again!!!!)

Are You Happy Now, Ron Mexico? Are you???

Winfield's Ghost — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:37:03 -0000

Are You Happy Now, Ron Mexico? Are you???

Wow. This Is Very Surprising.

Winfield's Ghost — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:37:25 -0000

Wow. This Is Very Surprising.

Looks like the train has left the station and already jumped the tracks...

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.