I am, additionally, certain that you could indeed hold your own in an argument- if only you could stop clutching your own pu-ssy. For fucksakes, drop the supposition that any of us would hesitate to verbally cut you up in person. I, for one, would relish the opportunity. In the end, you’d dust yourself off and I’d buy the drinks for the remainder of the evening. And then I’d carve your arse up again.

We’re all baseball and Padre fans here. As Padre fans (35+ years of rooting for me) we ought to have particularly thick skins. Welcome aboard, and don’t wear your feelings on your sleeve…

Not sure what you mean, but what I meant was, at best, I put Adrian at about 47 on the list. Rereading, I might change that a bit — maybe 45? But if say, the Orioles offered us Nick Markakis for Adrian, and both were at their current age but controlled for six years, etc., the Padres would be crazy to turn that down.

I can hold my own in an argument, and I wasn’t upset. Just don’t understand why some people feel that they can act certain ways on the internet they’d never do to someone’s face. That’s all.

I would trade Adrian for about 22 of those guys, as well, but I have a feeling that’s not what you meant to write.

Don’t let Pat’s remarks bother you, Alan. Sooner or later, it’ll be ME laying into you. If Pat pisses you off, I’ll make you weep openly.

As for the 26-50, thanks for being so nice when you pointed that out. Simply saw Part II and not Part I.

Still, I would trade Adrian for about 22 of the 25 part II guys straight up as well.

On a more personal note, does it really hurt to be civil? Or are you just a jerk all the time?

Looking at straight position comps, Berkman is great, but he’s 6 years older than Adrian, and Texiera is very good, too, but he is two years older and does not particularly stand out as being superior to Adrian from ages 24 to 26. Furthermore, I’d take Adrian over either of them defensively.