In the interest of trying to preserve our collective sanity while the Padres continue to play sloppy baseball and slip in the standings, and because one of my favorite bloggers is sponsoring a cool contest, I present the following list. To my regulars, I hope this helps. To those of you visiting from Darren’s blog, thanks for stopping by and make yourselves at home; rest assured we’re not always this silly — sometimes we’re much worse. 
To the list:
- Despite a profound lack of evidence, you insist that SR-125 was named to honor the number of walks Gene Tenace drew in 1977.
- When someone tells you they’re going to see a show, you say, “Oh, you mean a ‘Show‘?”
- You have bad memories of Tino Martinez, but even worse ones of Richie Garcia.
- Your kid’s middle name is Eichelberger.
- Her first name is Enzo.
- You never boo opposing players; you just call them Ruben.
- You know which name follows in this sequence: Kory DeHaan, Donaldo Mendez, Shane Victorino, _______________.
- In times of crisis you ask yourself, “What would Brian Buchanan do?”
- When you hear “Hell’s Bells,” you think, “Man, that Trevor Hoffman is good — I wonder if he does any other songs?”
There it is. I don’t know about you, but I feel better.
On another note, if you’re planning to join us for the game at Petco Park this coming Sunday and you haven’t already let me know, please be sure to do so by 5 p.m. PT today. I’ll be buying tickets tonight.
This might sound insane but since Soriano is on waivers, KT should claim him. He played 3B … 10 games for the Yanks in 2000.
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Excellent list. From the list, I have determined that indeed, I do think about the Pads too much. As a side note, my wife surprised me and took me to SD for my 30th birthday in 2000. She got tix on the 1B side, so I could be near T Gwynn.
As luck would have it, Tony went on the DL about a week before we got to SD. The two guys I saw play RF – DeHann and Eric Owens. It was great to be at the games, but . . . what a letdown!
ryguy — not insane.
KT almost had a deal worked out for him when he was with the Yanks.
Is he really any worse defensively than T Walker?
Of course, I’m feeling desparate, b/c the Pads are slumping.
Another note:
I will never forget Rich Garcia. That pitch was a strike. I’m still pretty bitter about that.
Nick you are tearing at old wounds…you are bringing back the pain I don’t want to drudge up. I can feel my heart breaking all over again.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060816/news_1s16padnotes.html
Boch a Cub?
::Repost::
All,
I created a FFBL through NFL.com (I like there set up a little more than Yahoo) it’s completley free anyone is welcome to join.
http://www.nfl.com/fantasy and click on the “NFL Fantasy 2006″ link
Leauge Name = Ducksnort Nerds
Password = Padres
I have the Draft set up for, August 23, 2006, 3:15 PM PST but that can be changed easily.
If you have any problems please email me at Stephen_cook11@hotmail.com
We only have two people signed up we can do better than that
Maybe that is the reason Sandy and KT are making the team lose, so we drop in the standings and thus obtain a better position on the waiver wire. Heh.
The pitch to Tino was a strike no matter what Garcia says. I watched my tape of that game not too long ago and was still livid over that. The whole series went down the tubes on one pitch.
Come on guys lets not drag up the past we are going to start to sound like Cub and Red sox fans.
I agree with you Masticore, I thought the pads were going to win that game. if they did, they would have had a pretty good chance in the Series.
Coulda, shoulda, woulda . . . .
I had that game recorded, but I taped over it — couldn’t watch it. I don’t keep losses on tape.
Right now, the only Pads game I have is the 96 division clincher against the Dodgers. What a wonderful game that was.
I’d like to get a recording of the 98 NLCS game 6 against the braves, but haven’t been able to find it anywhere.
So I’m thinking we need to start talking to Tampa Bay. They have B.J. Upton playing 3rd base (ex-Shortstop)and they have supposedly 2 stud shortstops (Ben Zobrist and another name I can’t remember) then they have Even Longoria 3b out of this years draft absoulutely KILLING the minors. He’s already made it from being drafted like what not even 3 months ago to Double A and his numbers are retarded. Call me crazy but that seems like way too many people to fill 2 positions. For a team assembling tons of young talent we should look to them to make a deal. I’m not for giving up Kottaras but if we could get one of those guys I would probably make it happen especially for Longoria and probably Upton.
Just a thought for the future because at this point that’s all I think we’ve got. I’m done with this season!
I think that people need to be more realistic about the thirdbase situation. Tampa Bay isn’t going to trade Upton or Longoria. The only players out there for this year are stiffs like Aaron Boone and Joe Randa and the defensive improvement that you would get over Walker would be given back by their putrid offense. Walker is, unfortunately, the best option. Any other player that they try out there will be so bad offensively that to play them for defensive reasons wouldn’t make any sense.
A major problem with the Padres the last two games has been hitting with runners in scoring position and 2 outs. Personally I think it’s just bad luck right now and in a few games they are going to get hits when they need them.
People need to relax. The Dodgers aren’t going to keep playing like they are right now, and if they do, David Wright wouldn’t help the Padres win the division. I think that they can easily win the wild card as the Reds have much the same problems as the Padres but their pitching is a total mess. I don’t see how you can be a playoff team starting Rich Aurillia and Scott Hatteberg at the corners.
Nick – I used to have the 96 clincher on tape too. If I remember right, it was extra innings, and Chris Gwynn had the winning hit? Earlier in the game I remember laughing because Doug Dascenzo tried a cannonball maneuver into Piazza at the plate, and Piazza just shrugged him away like a gnat for the out.
I’m sure I have the 98 NLCS G6, but finding the tape AND getting a copy made may be in issue unless you’re somewhat patient. I no longer have two VCRs…
I do have a friend that has a device that burns VHS tapes to DVD…