Game Thread: 9.29 Snakes @ Lumber

[msgkings322]

What a gutless baseball team in San Diego. Embarrassing.

OK well, magic number is 3 with 4 to play! 3 vs this trainwreck of a team.

 

[msgkings322]

Shittiest team money couldn't buy

 

[calsnowskier]

I listened to a little bit of local sports radio today (I rarely do that), and they were talking about how this Padre team really needs to be blown up. The personalities are not winners.

Not sure who they meant, specifically, but they were super frustrated that this season was just business as usual for the Padres

 

[calsnowskier]

The game is tied, but everyone in the baseball world knows this game is over.

 

[LHG]

I listened to a little bit of local sports radio today (I rarely do that), and they were talking about how this Padre team really needs to be blown up. The personalities are not winners.

Not sure who they meant, specifically, but they were super frustrated that this season was just business as usual for the Padres

I feel for the true Padres' fans (what few exist). They finally had an exciting team and looked like the playoffs were a real possibility in the first half. I've got a friend who is a life long Padre fan and he's got to be so frustrated with this team right now.
It would be hard to blow up this team. Too many bloated contracts. Of course, some of them were head scratchers before the ink was dried on the paper.

 

[LHG]

Wow, 4th home run of the inning off a Padre reliever and it is now 11-9 Dodgers. Those Padres better be this bad when we play them.

 

[filosofy29]

Lmao pAAAdres.

 

[calsnowskier]

I feel for the true Padres' fans (what few exist). They finally had an exciting team and looked like the playoffs were a real possibility in the first half. I've got a friend who is a life long Padre fan and he's got to be so frustrated with this team right now.
It would be hard to blow up this team. Too many bloated contracts. Of course, some of them were head scratchers before the ink was dried on the paper.

The Hosmer deal NEVER made sense to me. And Myers is kinda the face of the franchise, but that is more because the franchise sucks. He shown brightly because it was so dark around him.

 

[calsnowskier]

They have been to TWO World Series’ in their entire existence. That is painful. And even then, making it look as good as possible, they have still only been to two since ‘84. 2 in 37 years.

The Giants have been to 4 since “02. 5 since ‘89.

It really is a pitiful franchise.

 

[filosofy29]

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GFY

 

[calsnowskier]

What a gawd awful, pitiful team.

 

[LHG]

That was an epic collapse. At least the Giants won. Still, 3 games up with 4 to go would have been really nice.

 

[LHG]

And in Padre news that makes me feel really old - the Phillies hired Preston Mattingly, Don's son, away from the Padres to be their new director of player development. Its one thing to think about Don retired and managing. Its another to think of his son retired and in a front office.

 

[tzill]

Wood gave you 6 and might be coming back for the 7th.

Very pleased with the outing. Makes you kinda wonder if he'd not gone on the COVID IL.....

 

[tzill]

Just realized tzill put the 8th month instead of the 9th month in the thread title. @Stokes1931 or @calsnowskier , can one of you fix that?

oops...

 

[tzill]

I really like seeing Henry Ramos in the big leagues. Makes me wish Heliot was called up for this series, just to have the brothers compete against each other at this level.

Fun fact: last night Henry's wife was at the game with a Ramos 21 Diamondback jersey (to honor Clemente). I asked her about it and she said she was there with Heliot. She invited me to come over and meet him but I was with homies.

 

[tzill]

I'm all in on that kid. He's the real deal I'm calling it now. Only way to hit him is if he makes a mistake or you guess.

FYWW!

This was the most FYWWish of FYWW games.

 

[tzill]

 

[calsnowskier]

And in Padre news that makes me feel really old - the Phillies hired Preston Mattingly, Don's son, away from the Padres to be their new director of player development. Its one thing to think about Don retired and managing. Its another to think of his son retired and in a front office.

A kid I went to jr high with is an exec with the doggies. And I drank beers with Alex Cora my first night in college. How can people my age be so advanced in their careers? We are still kids…

 

[calsnowskier]

Very pleased with the outing. Makes you kinda wonder if he'd not gone on the COVID IL.....

Please stop already.