Comments on: One Less Reason http://ducksnorts.com/blog/2008/08/one-less-reason.html Blogging the San Diego Padres baseball club. Established 1997. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:51:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: DirtyBird http://ducksnorts.com/blog/2008/08/one-less-reason.html/comment-page-1#comment-235881 DirtyBird Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:09:49 +0000 http://ducksnorts.com/blog/?p=2711#comment-235881 I forgot to mention that the LA Times reports that the Padres are paying some or all of Greg Maddux's salary for the remainder of the season.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-235881">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> I forgot to mention that the LA Times reports that the Padres are paying some or all of Greg Maddux’s salary for the remainder of the season.

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]]> By: DirtyBird http://ducksnorts.com/blog/2008/08/one-less-reason.html/comment-page-1#comment-235875 DirtyBird Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:07:53 +0000 http://ducksnorts.com/blog/?p=2711#comment-235875 I’m shocked and disappointed by Maddux’s trade to the Dodgers. I was, and am, a proponent of trading Maddux, Hoffman, or Giles for prospects, but not within the division. There is almost no compensation that would be worth it to make the Dodgers stronger and possibly win a world series. The roster moves are bizarre. I don’t see a philosophy, one way or the other. What’s the plan? I’m about to jump ship, although I may have already done so emotionally.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-235875">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> I’m shocked and disappointed by Maddux’s trade to the Dodgers. I was, and am, a proponent of trading Maddux, Hoffman, or Giles for prospects, but not within the division. There is almost no compensation that would be worth it to make the Dodgers stronger and possibly win a world series. The roster moves are bizarre. I don’t see a philosophy, one way or the other. What’s the plan? I’m about to jump ship, although I may have already done so emotionally.

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]]> By: Masticore317 http://ducksnorts.com/blog/2008/08/one-less-reason.html/comment-page-1#comment-235085 Masticore317 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:42:39 +0000 http://ducksnorts.com/blog/?p=2711#comment-235085 #28@<a href="#comment-234494" rel="nofollow">Phantom</a>: Classic! Kirk Angel!<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-235085">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> #28@Phantom: Classic! Kirk Angel!

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]]> By: malcolm http://ducksnorts.com/blog/2008/08/one-less-reason.html/comment-page-1#comment-234577 malcolm Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:11:40 +0000 http://ducksnorts.com/blog/?p=2711#comment-234577 Hey, Cubbuster, it's an exciting time to be a baseball fan in So. Cal. (to turn a phrase). Here in the OC its always a competitiion between 3 teams- who has the smartest FO and most dedicated ownership(in a baseball winning sense vs, $ profit). You can get tickets for less than $5 at LE.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-234577">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Hey, Cubbuster, it’s an exciting time to be a baseball fan in So. Cal. (to turn a phrase). Here in the OC its always a competitiion between 3 teams- who has the smartest FO and most dedicated ownership(in a baseball winning sense vs, $ profit). You can get tickets for less than $5 at LE.

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]]> By: LynchMob http://ducksnorts.com/blog/2008/08/one-less-reason.html/comment-page-1#comment-234537 LynchMob Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:22:36 +0000 http://ducksnorts.com/blog/?p=2711#comment-234537 Jake on the bump tonight ... lineup from FJ blog ... Jody Gerut, CF Tadahito Iguchi, 2B Brian Giles, RF Adrian Gonzalez, 1B Kevin Kouzmanoff, 3B Chase Headley, LF Nick Hundley, C Luis Rodriguez, SS Jake Peavy, P<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-234537">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Jake on the bump tonight … lineup from FJ blog …

Jody Gerut, CF
Tadahito Iguchi, 2B
Brian Giles, RF
Adrian Gonzalez, 1B
Kevin Kouzmanoff, 3B
Chase Headley, LF
Nick Hundley, C
Luis Rodriguez, SS
Jake Peavy, P

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]]> By: LynchMob http://ducksnorts.com/blog/2008/08/one-less-reason.html/comment-page-1#comment-234534 LynchMob Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:21:02 +0000 http://ducksnorts.com/blog/?p=2711#comment-234534 #35@<a href="#comment-234527" rel="nofollow">Tom</a>: There are high expectations for both of them ... Kulbacki was not meeting those expectations early, and then realigned his performance to those high expectations ... I'm a fan of high expectations ... and what I read between the lines from Fuson is that he had and still has high expectations for Antonelli ... me too ... I expect him to contribute to the Padre in the future.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-234534">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> #35@Tom: There are high expectations for both of them … Kulbacki was not meeting those expectations early, and then realigned his performance to those high expectations … I’m a fan of high expectations … and what I read between the lines from Fuson is that he had and still has high expectations for Antonelli … me too … I expect him to contribute to the Padre in the future.

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]]> By: Tom http://ducksnorts.com/blog/2008/08/one-less-reason.html/comment-page-1#comment-234527 Tom Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:13:31 +0000 http://ducksnorts.com/blog/?p=2711#comment-234527 Also I find it difficult to compare Kulbacki who is a 22 yr old in A ball to Antonelli a 23 yr old in AAA.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-234527">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Also I find it difficult to compare Kulbacki who is a 22 yr old in A ball to Antonelli a 23 yr old in AAA.

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]]> By: LynchMob http://ducksnorts.com/blog/2008/08/one-less-reason.html/comment-page-1#comment-234521 LynchMob Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:07:13 +0000 http://ducksnorts.com/blog/?p=2711#comment-234521 #29@<a href="#comment-234497" rel="nofollow">Tom</a>: Here's from a Q&A at MadFriars today ... MF: Matt Antonelli has struggled for most of the year – the first time in his career that things have not gone his way and he has struggled a little bit. Do you see this as a learning year for him? Grady Fuson: He has struggled a lot, let’s be honest. There have certainly been numerous flashes from the end of May. There were flashes of him turning the corner but nothing held. I kept thinking – when you think about the rebound that Kellen Kulbacki has made from .170 to .350 in a two-month period of time, why couldn’t Antonelli go from .180 to .270? It just hasn’t happened. When this season is over, it will be a hard one for him to swallow and all of us to swallow. It is something he has gone through and knowing the makeup of that player, hopefully he will be better for it. It is surprising that he hasn’t come out in a major way and rebounded to a larger degree. ... doesn't sound like anything surprising/controversial to me ... just an honest assessment ... and I'm OK with the "hopefully he will be better for it" bottom line. It also should be noted that Matt went 3-for-4 yesterday ... is 11-for-31 (.355) over his last 10 games (with a double and HR) ... and has a .936 BB/K ratio for the season ... http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=Matt%20Antonelli&pos=2B&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=453327<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-234521">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> #29@Tom: Here’s from a Q&A at MadFriars today …

MF: Matt Antonelli has struggled for most of the year – the first time in his career that things have not gone his way and he has struggled a little bit. Do you see this as a learning year for him?

Grady Fuson: He has struggled a lot, let’s be honest.

There have certainly been numerous flashes from the end of May. There were flashes of him turning the corner but nothing held. I kept thinking – when you think about the rebound that Kellen Kulbacki has made from .170 to .350 in a two-month period of time, why couldn’t Antonelli go from .180 to .270? It just hasn’t happened.

When this season is over, it will be a hard one for him to swallow and all of us to swallow. It is something he has gone through and knowing the makeup of that player, hopefully he will be better for it. It is surprising that he hasn’t come out in a major way and rebounded to a larger degree.

… doesn’t sound like anything surprising/controversial to me … just an honest assessment … and I’m OK with the “hopefully he will be better for it” bottom line.

It also should be noted that Matt went 3-for-4 yesterday … is 11-for-31 (.355) over his last 10 games (with a double and HR) … and has a .936 BB/K ratio for the season …

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.....pid=453327

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]]> By: Tom http://ducksnorts.com/blog/2008/08/one-less-reason.html/comment-page-1#comment-234517 Tom Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:05:51 +0000 http://ducksnorts.com/blog/?p=2711#comment-234517 When this season is over, it will be a hard one for him to swallow and all of us to swallow. It is something he has gone through and knowing the makeup of that player, hopefully he will be better for it. It is surprising that he hasn’t come out in a major way and rebounded to a larger degree.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-234517">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> When this season is over, it will be a hard one for him to swallow and all of us to swallow. It is something he has gone through and knowing the makeup of that player, hopefully he will be better for it. It is surprising that he hasn’t come out in a major way and rebounded to a larger degree.

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]]> By: Tom http://ducksnorts.com/blog/2008/08/one-less-reason.html/comment-page-1#comment-234514 Tom Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:03:15 +0000 http://ducksnorts.com/blog/?p=2711#comment-234514 He has struggled a lot, let’s be honest. There have certainly been numerous flashes from the end of May. There were flashes of him turning the corner but nothing held. I kept thinking – when you think about the rebound that Kellen Kulbacki has made from .170 to .350 in a two-month period of time, why couldn’t Antonelli go from .180 to .270? It just h<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-234514">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> He has struggled a lot, let’s be honest.

There have certainly been numerous flashes from the end of May. There were flashes of him turning the corner but nothing held. I kept thinking – when you think about the rebound that Kellen Kulbacki has made from .170 to .350 in a two-month period of time, why couldn’t Antonelli go from .180 to .270? It just h

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