Comments on: IGD: Padres vs Twins (25 Jun 08)

By: LynchMob

LynchMob — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:30:51 +0000

#42@Jeremy: You are right on … there’s just NO POINT to anyone wanting to discuss prospect call-ups wrt arb time clock … YES it’s a factor … YES it’s a major factor … NO, it can’t be discussed … and there are plenty of other factors that ARE considered in each and every case such as Chase’s. Move on … nothing to see here.

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By: parlo

parlo — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:51:27 +0000

#42@Jeremy: When credibility is compromised, everything becomes suspect.

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By: JP

JP — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:46:04 +0000

I find this Black comment to be very interesting -

“The type of player that Jody is, he should be a player who can do everything to help you win a game — steal a base, get a bunt down, get a guy over, throw a guy out. I think he’s a complete player”.

This is unfair because that is not who Jody Gerut is. Gerut has never been a guy who will steal you a lot of bases and doesn’t really have that good of an arm (along with having what, 4 sac bunts his last full year in the bigs). The skills Black is laying out is what the Pads actually need in their lineup from some guys yet none of them have it in their pedigree.

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By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:05:05 +0000

#41@Jeremy:
At one point in the “advanced scout tension fest”, SA actually named Phil Nevin as one that he has heard that from. Nevin’s response this afternoon was entertaining but not particularly noteworthy but we can’t get a mp3 replay of that that pregame, that I know of anyway.

Side note:
The interview came complete with the expected “Headley was not called up because of arb. time clock” question and this topic is killing me regardless of accuracy. I am of the understanding that any slight admission to this would bring on the union’s wrath in a millisecond. Am I wrong in this thought? I cringe whenever I hear people try to drag this out of DePo or SA or KT or anyone. It makes sense to the club financially but no club will ever admit anything remotely close and it is foolish of fans to try to drag that info out more.
Can anyone clear this up for me? Am I way off in this thinking?

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By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:54:02 +0000

#40@LynchMob: The last 3rd of it was pretty brutal on SA by callers and he finally got visibly (or audibly) flustered. First time ever for this listener. Darren got into it with him about advanced scouts and there was some tension. Very interesting interview. Worth checking out from xxsportsradio dot com for under the recent interviews.

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By: LynchMob

LynchMob — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:46:17 +0000

FJ blog said this at 2:22pm today ... Padres CEO Sandy Alderson is in studio for this hour with XX Sports Radio (1360 AM in San Diego). He is expanding his weekly segment to include phone calls from listeners. ... anyone listen to any of this?

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By: LynchMob

LynchMob — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:44:55 +0000

#27@Turbine Dude: On Saturday, the Padres are giving away Adrian Gonzalez Replica Jerseys, presented by PETCO. Cool deal there … may make the trip up to Nobel Dr more worthwhile

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By: LynchMob

LynchMob — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:39:41 +0000

Dirk being Dirk …

http://www.portlandbeavers.com.....le_id=1246

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By: LynchMob

LynchMob — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:32:01 +0000

Looks like CY is on track for late July return … but Iguchi is still “weeks away” …

http://www.nctimes.com/article.....12f583.txt

… that article also has interesting news about 2 free agent signings … one of which is described thusly …

“I’ve been doing this for 25 years, and this guy has a chance,” Dixon said. “He could be a diamond in the rough.

“His fastball is 91-92, and he has a 40 curve (on an 80 scale), but it’s tight.

“I’m telling you, teams are giving a lot of money to guys who have a lot less than Boyd and the Padres got him for the price of a bus ticket.”

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By: LynchMob

LynchMob — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:11:55 +0000

#33@LynchMob: Looks like Corey Brock’s wondering the same thing I am (ie. why isn’t Chase drawing walks) …

http://sandiego.padres.mlb.com.....mp;c_id=sd

… and I’m good with the answer.

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