Comments on: Bochy to Giants — Done Deal?

By: Clayton

Clayton — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 15:03:17 +0000

42 - strategy is long term; tactical is short term - those are the definitions I use anyway

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By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 04:20:35 +0000

re: 53 Howe has not managed the Padres. Why would any of those three be considered, especially Baker and Bowa? They have proven to be idiots.

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By: Mark O

Mark O — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 02:29:59 +0000

I don’t know if it really can be considered a bad thing. Maybe it’s what the Padres need is someone new in charge. It’s great that the players love playing for the guy…but he’s not winning anything for us, and it’s time to look for someone new..

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By: Bryan

Bryan — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 02:28:47 +0000

I’ve been thinking about starting up a sports blog of my own for a while, and my friends and I actually did a week or ago. But I think this is about as good as time as any to tell people about it.

http://titanbowl.blogspot.com/

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By: Jay_SF

Jay_SF — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 00:45:33 +0000

This is so weird. He's been a frickin' Padre his whole career. This is going to change things; maybe good, maybe bad but I feel it will change things.

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By: Jay_SF

Jay_SF — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 00:42:34 +0000

Oops, forgot to change my ID.

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By: Jay

Jay — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 00:42:10 +0000

I noticed another “Jay” on this blog. This is the “real” Jay now. I will change my ID to Jay_SF to avoid confusion. Anyway, it feels kind of weird. As others have said, we lose the stability, player goodwill, generally not over using pitchers but hopefully gain a more risk neutral, and, maybe, imaginative, approach to using players rather than “defensible” formulas. I don’t track managers that well, and I asked SA about it at the Pizza Feed and he mentioned Francona in Boston as an example of a stats aware manager.

On a personal note, I really hate the Giants and respect Bochy, so I am conflicted. I really had nothing against Alou, but if he chose to sign with Satan, that we his choice and not going to interfere with my disgust of the franchise (actually don’t have issue with any of the players except Bonds; Durham and Vizquel annoy me too, but I digress). But now I have Bochy in there; kind of messes up the pureness of my vitriol.

If the list of finalists includes Howe, Bowa or Baker, I will swear off the Padres for 1 year. When I assembled that list, I realized that both Bowa and Howe had managed the Padres.

I hope this does not change Balsley’s interest in being here. I would argue he is our most important coach we have.

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By: Ryguy

Ryguy — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 23:30:37 +0000

anyone think Linebrink might be on the Aki Otsuka path? He had a good year and then followed it up with a really unlucky year and, an obviously, worse year.. but trading linebrink in this market also makes sense as long as KT can keep getting servicable cheap relievers.

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By: PF4L

PF4L — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 22:29:41 +0000

Re 50: Oooops! I am still thinking like Boch is leading the club with an unchageable 1-2-3 lineup of relievers. That will likely all change when the new skipper comes in to town.

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By: PF4L

PF4L — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 22:27:08 +0000

Interesting take on the Strickland accquisition from a poster (Swinging Friar) over at ProSportsDaily Forums > Baseball > San Diego Padres He says (paraphrasing) that perhaps Strickland was accquired to replace Linebrink so they can trade Liney to Boston or Houston for Lowell or Ensberg. Sounds intriguging. Looking at Stricklands numbers though, I wonder why he has bounced around the majors. They aren't that bad, not great, but not that bad. Maybe Cla gets Liney's spot and Strickland goes in the 7th.

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