Saturday, January 7, 2012

Victoria's Secret, Making Baseball Girly and Inaccurate

Since this is a Padres blog from a female perspective I felt the need to call out Victoria's Secret in a way. Don't get me wrong I love Victoria's Secret, as any girl does, but when I was browsing their site the other day I saw these Padres underwear and thought 'Am I really that big of a baseball nerd that this pisses me off?!' Answer, yes. I love that VS is trying to make cute baseball apparel for  female fans but can you please be accurate?? Any girl that is a true baseball fan knows that the NL doesn't use a DH unless its interleague. So the idea of a 'designated kisser' just pisses me off and makes me feel like if I owned these, they should only be allowed to be worn during interleague play. If they want to stick to cute baseball clothing continue making shirts like they did a couple years ago saying "I only kiss Padres fans". At least that appeals to the girls who have issues with guys being a fan of rival teams. I feel like these underwear and some others they had only apply to the girls that watch baseball solely for the baseball pants, particularly the "Meet Me In The Dugout" and "Caught Looking" ones. I will give credit that the "Caught Looking" ones are cute because it can be very difficult to not find yourself staring at the baseball pants but at least I actually know what is going on in the game and for the most part can name every player on our team and where they came from. However, to me, the "Meet Me In The Dugout" ones scream cleat chaser. Also the fact that VS no longer puts the year in which the team was established on their clothing pisses me off. I understand that '86 is apparently the year they had the most success but I would rather not look like an idiot wearing Padres stuff with an '86 on it instead of a '69. If you must put an '86 on it can you at least not make it too visible?? Maybe put it on the back with the dog?? With all this being said, I do own a couple things from their MLB collection and I love them because they are cute and simple and for the most part accurate.

Friday, January 6, 2012

Hoyer Gets What Hoyer Wants...

Even after leaving the Padres, Hoyer still has an impact on us and I don't like it. Earlier today the Padres traded lefty first baseman Anthony Rizzo and pitching prospect Zach Cates to the Cubs for right-hander Andrew Cashner and outfield prospect Kyung-Min Na. I haven't read much into the trade as of yet but from what I have seen Cashner was at one point expected to be the Cubs starting ace and spent most of last season on the DL after suffering a shoulder strain... awesome. I don't know about Cashner's abilities and don't really feel like looking them up right now but I do know that Rizzo didn't adjust as well to the major league level as we hoped he would once he was called up. That fact gives me a little hope that we got the better end of the deal. However, I do believe that we rushed Rizzo because he was doing so well in AAA and we were doing umm, lets just say not so well and expected a lot out of him once he was called up.


Apparently having an abundance of first basemen is frowned upon when it reaches five men but having an abundance of outfielders isn't. As it stands now, the Padres have four first basemen and seven outfielders. Did we really think we needed that much help and variety at first and in the outfield that we needed to stock up?? Answer, yes. If you really feel the need to stock up on players, I suggest middle infielders but then again I do have a thing for those guys whether we need them or not. Anyway, I would have enjoyed seeing Rizzo grow as a player even if he wasn't going to be our every day 1B or even if he wasn't called up until the rosters expanded. Either way I would have liked to see him grow in our organization. Plus he did provide us female fans some much needed eye candy especially when he did those splits... I'm going to miss those Rizzo splits.