Comments on: The Last Fan Standing

By: Anthony

Anthony — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:51:00 +0000

Officially the worst team in baseball. Congrats!

By: danielbalc

danielbalc — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 20:31:52 +0000

With the Angle’s Escobar going out for the season and Greg Maddux saying he would only want to be traded to a west coast team I think the Padres may finally have an opportunity to add a speedy outfielder.

I’ve been on the Reggie Willits bandwagon since the beginning of the year. As a 6th outfielder all he is giving the halos is a couple of late inning defensive assignments. The Angels have made it very clear that Juan Rivera is their guy when Vladdy or Anderson hangs it up.

Maddux for Willits seems like a win/win.

By: out of thin air

out of thin air — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:00:40 +0000

No home run derby for Adrian. Good. It usually messes up a guys swing.

By: danielbalc

danielbalc — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:39:45 +0000

Cleanup man Adrian Gonzalez wants to hit in the All-Star Home Run Derby Monday at Yankee Stadium. He would seem deserving. With 22 home runs entering yesterday, he was tied for fourth in the league despite playing his home games in a pitcher’s park.

But major league officials had yet to select him; according to major league officials, the NL still has one opening. Gonzalez suggested that being from San Diego – not a prominent media market – could hurt his candidacy.

“If you’re from a smaller market, there aren’t as many people who want to see you,” he said. “They want to see the players from the bigger market. I’m OK with that. I’d love to be in it, but it’s no big deal.”

This is ridiculous.

If MLB doesn’t put Adrian on the home run derby they oughta be punished.
Selection for the derby should be relatively simple. You invite the all star leaders in homeruns to participate. Adrian would sit behind just Utley and Uggla and tied with Berkman and Seizmore. Coincidentally all of those guys are participating in the derby.

By: Danielbalc

Danielbalc — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:09:05 +0000

90% was a good guess.

Of the 42 hits he has at Petco this year (29 singles, 6 doubles, 1 triple and 6 homers) he has just 4 singles to right field and no extra base hits.

He does however have 1 HR and his 1 triple to right center (the deepest part of the park).
http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/individual_player_hitting_chart.jsp?playerID=425867&statType=1

By: Bruce S.

Bruce S. — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:34:51 +0000

BTW, I think what the Pads have been doing to Greg Maddux will go down in baseball lore as one of the greatest crimes ever. That guy had a legitimate shot at 400 wins until he became a ‘08 Padre.

By: Bruce S.

Bruce S. — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:04:09 +0000

He is a dead pull hitter with no desire or abilty to hit the ball the other way\go with the pitch.

You’re right about that. I can’t recall ever seeing him go the other way.

What do lefthanded pitchers throw him?

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:55:05 +0000

He is definitely that bad and if he has not figured it out by now he never will.

He is a dead pull hitter with no desire or abilty to hit the ball the other way\go with the pitch.

If you looked at a spray chart of his hits I would wager that at least 95% are to the left part of the field.

By: Bruce S.

Bruce S. — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:23:21 +0000

Is he that bad? I always thought he was a smart guy who should be able to figure the slider away bit. Especially if that is about all he ever sees. (Kinda’ like Phil Nevin, who never saw anything but sliders away).

The Pads have been at the very bottom of the “MLB Power Rankings” for all but about 2 weeks of this entire season. I think the guys who write those rankings prolly know what they’re doing.

By: Matt S

Matt S — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:33:27 +0000

The opposing pitching coach trots out to the mound with a wry smile on his face and says,

“Slider away…… Slider away…….. Slider away…….”

Easy game.

If it was not for his defensive ability he would not sniff a major league roster.