tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69057050987007740232024-03-18T21:22:17.858-07:00God's Vagina... a Padres blog with a woman's wisdomAshleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07927337242842663762noreply@blogger.comBlogger216125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905705098700774023.post-68956202068838085512015-08-15T13:09:00.001-07:002015-08-15T13:10:09.319-07:00The Cycle: A Mystical Unicorn Becomes Reality I still can't believe it actually happened. Matt Kemp hit for the cycle last night. Excuse me while I pinch myself. Yep, that happened, the Padres FINALLY hit for the cycle. The cycle was just one of the mystical unicorns the Padres have chased their entire existence AND IT FINALLY APPEARED!! It wasn't just a mystical unicorn for the Padres, it was also one for Kemp himself. I saw a quote on <a href="https://twitter.com/dennistlin/status/632409164812169216">twitter</a> of Glenn Hoffman talking to Kemp, as he stood there on third, about it being the first cycle. Kemp thought Hoffman meant his first cycle. How adorable. I do kind of really love that his entire career as a Dodger he never hit for a cycle and his first season here, he checks it off his list like it was nothing. Of course some Padres fans choose to look at the "negative" side of this historical moment. Yes, Kemp had been a Dodger his entire career prior to joining the Padres but guess what, that blue that he's wearing now, not Dodgers blue. And the deep hatred we used to have towards him vanished when Preller traded for him. I don't care that he was a a Dodger in his past, he's a Padre now and that number of his NEEDS to be retired. When you're the first to do something in a teams history, you deserve to be immortalized on top of the batters eye.<br />
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As a Padres fan, I was doubtful that we'd get the cycle last night. We have been so close so many times. We even had multiple players earlier this season in one game who were both one hit away. As I'm sure you have heard, the triple is often the most difficult hit to get. So many things had to go right for Kemp to get the triple to solidify his place in Padres history. And as one who likes to play into superstitions, I was beyond annoyed at how many times I heard or read that he was one hit away during the game. I transformed into the hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil monkeys and pretended like no one was talking about it. I like to believe that me pretending like people weren't talking about it is why it happened. Don't shit on my parade if you don't believe in superstitions or that my pretending it wasn't being talked about is why it happened. Just keep your mouths shut and enjoy the history that was made.<br />
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In freaky coincidence news, I got these fun facts off the Twitter last night, if you add up 7444 (the number of games it took to get a cycle) and break up the numbers in the date (8-14-15) individually, they both equal 19. How freaky and awesome is that?! Tony might not be alive anymore but he sure as hell is still with us. For all we know, maybe he went all Angels in the Outfield on us last night and that's why Kemp got the cycle.<br />
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Long story short, retire Kemp's number, build him a statue, rename the stadium after him. I don't care what you do, just immortalize that moment somehow. Also, pretty sure Preller deserves something too for pulling off the trade that allowed this happen. Best GM EVER.Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07927337242842663762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905705098700774023.post-70104593541625886772015-04-08T00:57:00.000-07:002015-04-08T00:58:51.296-07:00This is the Dawning of the Age of Aquarius... I Mean A.J. PrellerI said it on twitter the other day and I'll say it again here, if Preller got to have a walk-up song I'd want it to be the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_mPrhwpZ-8">Pinky and the Brain</a> theme song. That man is doing his best to take over the baseball world and he's doing it all with us. Thanks to him, I have never been more in love with this team than I am right now and we've only completed game two less than an hour from the time I began writing this.<br />
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There is so much excitement with these games that I feel like I have ADHD. I can't sit still. I find myself sitting at the edge of my seat bouncing up and down with every hit we get and everyone we take away. It feels beyond amazing to have legitimate talent on this team and I don't mean only one or two good pitchers either. I mean All-Star caliber talent at multiple positions. Award winning talent. Talent the Padres haven't seen in years. The last time I remember even being close to this level of excitement, I was 10 and was surprised with a championship shirt on my way to gymnastics. Even at that it was a different kind of excitement. The Padres were already World Series bound at that point and I was a dumb 10 year old who didn't know half as much about baseball as I do now. Now, I'm so excited for every at bat. Well, almost every at bat. The 2014 part of the lineup kind of lowers my excitement levels. It feels like a sugar high and then the resulting crash. But holy hell, this team now, excuse me while I turn into a basic bitch, I can't even. This time around the excitement is a childlike excitement mixed with adult level knowledge. At one point, right before Kimbrel came in, I was channeling the little girl from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SI6rhotAkE">Despicable Me</a>.<br />
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Tonight's game just proved to me that I will be the most irresponsible parent because I will be letting my future kids stay up to watch games and if they have already gone to bed and the game gets good I will pull an <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvLO8iFeScc">Alan Matthews</a>. If you didn't get the reference go to the 4:30 mark to see what I'm talking about. Homeschooling will need to be done. I have never once thought of homeschooling but if the Padres become one of those teams who compete on a regular basis, I'll do it. My future kids will just have to make friends at little league or Padres games. I mean seriously, who wants to have friends who don't like baseball anyway?!</div>
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Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07927337242842663762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905705098700774023.post-6538979716124003872014-06-27T00:07:00.002-07:002014-06-27T00:07:38.122-07:00A Final Farewell to Tony GwynnI'm going to keep this short. I had been looking forward to this night since it was first announced. I couldn't wait to get down to the stadium and see the statue and celebrate the legend that is Tony Gwynn. In all of the chaos of trying to get a seat I forgot all about wanting to go to the statue. As my mom and I found seats I was desperately trying to hear the music that was being played over the PA. I questioned a few song choices as I sat there trying not to start crying. I mean, I was there two hours before the memorial even started and already fighting back tears. I found it odd that the Padres chose to use John Legend's All of Me which is very clearly a love song to his wife. Obviously they used it for the "All of me loves all of you" line but I still found it odd. The Padres ended the pre-ceremony with what is possibly the best song that I could think of to play at that moment, Jamie Foxx's Wish You Were Here. Every time I hear that song I choke up. Tonight, I lost it. Not just because of the song but because Tony's family was walking to their seats during it. You can't do this to me, Padres!<br />
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As Ted Leitner took the stage to begin the memorial he looked as if he was seconds away from bursting into tears which then caused me to be seconds away from bursting into tears. I can't believe how a man I've never met and never thought had much of an impact on me actually did. It was so nice to hear fun little stories of Tony and have video clips of his laugh and smile. There's only one thing I would have changed about the night. I would have loved to have more of his teammates there telling some behind the scenes stories and some from the family as well. Thanks to the lack of teammate and family stories I was able to hold it together through most of the ceremony until Trevor and Tony's daughter spoke. It was amazing to see how many fans were there showing their love for Tony and his family. The "Tony" chant was incredible to hear. Unfortunately for me, I couldn't participate because every time it started up, so did my tears. I couldn't speak and when I tried, nothing more than a whisper came out. It was one of the weirdest feelings being at Petco for something other than a baseball game. There was an odd sort of calm to it, letting us know everything is okay. Even though there was that calm it still didn't feel like Tony was gone. In fact I kept expecting him to take the stage. I don't know when or if it will ever hit me that we lost him but I was hoping it would have been tonight. I don't know if my body can continue to produce anymore tears.<br />
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Tony, you are missed and greatly loved by this entire city and there is no doubt every Padres fan will continue to share your legacy. Now you are truly a baseball god.<br />
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As far as I'm concerned we lost the most loved and respected player by every fan base. Cancer clearly didn't get my memo that Mr. Padre was not allowed to die. I can not think of one player who was genuinely loved and respected nearly as much as Tony was. If you got to witness him play and he wasn't one of your favorite players, I seriously question your baseball fandom. It goes without saying that he was and always will be a Padres fans favorite if not all time favorite. Even though I was little for the chunk of his career that I was alive to see I never fully understood the greatness that was him until now. Yes, I cheered for him and everything but what I failed to understand was the impact he would have on so many people. I liked him as a Padre and wanted to be his friend. He seemed like such a down to earth guy and someone who would be so fun to be around yet I never thought or really cared to go to his number retirement ceremony. I just didn't feel like it was something for me since I was getting myself fully back into baseball around that time. I felt like that ceremony was for people who truly appreciated him more than I ever could. I feel the same way now as I debate whether or not I should drive down to Petco and pay my respects. Part of me wants to go down since I've been crying so much throughout the day that you would think I knew him personally but the other part of me wants to let those same people who appreciated him more than I ever could, have their time there.<br />
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I found out the news the moment I woke up. I had a tweet from a Giants fan I know sending his condolences for Tony's passing. My heart sank. I didn't and still don't want to believe it's true. Even though I'm having a difficult time accepting this I wasn't shocked. We all knew he hadn't been doing well lately and everyone had been sending thoughts and prayers for his recovery. Every time his name got brought up in a broadcast Mark Grant would never fail to let him know they were thinking of him. Twitter didn't let him down today. As I said, I've cried a lot today and social media is to blame. Seeing all the status updates and tweets about him from everybody across the country made me fully understand his impact on everyone. Some were saying their favorite baseball moments and others were sharing about the time they met him. I never had the opportunity to meet him and it kills me to know there are people who have met him and couldn't care less that they did. So to everyone who met him, I hope you truly appreciated what an amazing baseball player and man he was because there are people, like me, who would do anything to have that chance that you took for granted.<br />
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I remember wanting to go to Aztecs games in hopes of getting to meet him. In 2011 I finally went to a game but to my disappointment he wasn't there. If I remember correctly he was recovering from surgery and I was extremely bummed to miss out on seeing him live and in person without being forever away in the stands at The Q. I also remember how excited I would be when I'd be at a game and I'd look over into the broadcast booth and see him in there. The funny thing is, I'd also get really sad that I'm not at home getting to hear him. Even though the Padres have been struggling these past years, to put it nicely, having Tony randomly in the booth made watching games so much better. I could listen to him talk forever. There was just something about him that was so mesmerizing and that smile. I am so thankful and incredibly creeped out that Tony Gwynn Jr. sounds and looks just like him. That should make things a little easier for Padres fans.<br />
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While waiting for the tribute I couldn't help but wonder how the Padres or MLB in general plan to honor Tony now. I mean that man already had everything you could think of to honor him. In the Hall of Fame, check. Street named after him, check. Retired number, check. Stadium named after him, check. A statue, check. What else is left for them to do?? Considering the magnitude of each honor he has received, a patch or that black bar they had tonight doesn't seem like enough. Nothing seems like enough.<br />
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I know I said I didn't have a fun story or memories of Tony but I do remember my dad telling me how Coach Smelko, Monte Vista's baseball coach in the 90's, knew Tony from their SDSU days and how Tony would sign a bunch of stuff to sell in order to help the team raise money. Now, I don't know how much truth there is to that story but that just seems so awesomely odd to me. Not the fact that Tony did that but the fact that it was for my brothers and eventually my high school.<br />
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To say that Tony will be missed has to be the understatement of the millennium. I think when he died a tiny piece of all of us died with him. San Diego and the Padres will never be the same. I can't even begin to imagine how his family feels if we as fans are feeling this bad. I hope in whatever way the Padres and MLB do to honor him they do it in a way that will set a precedent for honoring future legends. Actually, no, I hope they do it in a way that will never be topped. With that said, I hope you rest in peace, Tony. We miss you already. Just know that you will forever be loved and cherished and your memory will be passed on for generations to come.Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07927337242842663762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905705098700774023.post-70715508040603276732014-03-29T22:16:00.001-07:002014-03-29T22:18:46.398-07:00Real VS Fake; What Makes You a Real Fan??Recently, I was told to "stop pretending to be a fan". You can call this part of the post a subtweet or sub-blog, whatever. Joking or not, it pissed me off. Baseball is one of the few things I am truly passionate about. I get offended and take it personally when someone doesn't like baseball. So to basically tell me I'm not a real fan because I criticized a player's performance at a moment in time where he was doing poorly, really pissed me off. I am not an idiot. I know my baseball. I've been going to games since I was in diapers, literally. I know which players are the best on the team and which are the worst on the team. If a player is having a bad game I'm not going to sit there and pretend that everything is alright and praise him because he's usually on point. So unless you really want to piss me off, do not call me a pretend fan. Between that, seeing other "arguments" on twitter about this, and the start of a new season less than 24 hours away, I thought his would be a good time to go over what does or doesn't make you a real fan. So let's get into it!!<br />
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<li>Does going to every game make you a real fan?? <br /><br />You'd think the obvious answer would be yes. However, if you're on your phone the majority of the game, I'm going to go with no. I don't care that you are in attendance if you're not focused on the game. Seriously, what's the point of being there if you're not going to pay attention?! I hope you get hit with a foul ball.</li>
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<li>Does criticizing a player make you a fake fan??<br /><br />No. In my opinion, as this entire blog is, I don't believe criticizing a player's performance makes you a fake fan. If anything, I believe it makes you a real fan because you refuse to settle for a shitty performance. Obviously players are going to have their bad days but a bad day could just as easily turn into a couple bad days, then a bad week, and then a full blown slump. Are we supposed to smile and act like everything is okay when this happens?? Hell no. We will be frustrated that we aren't getting the production we want from the player but that doesn't mean we're fake fans. The players for damn sure aren't sitting there thinking "Oh well. I had a bad day, I'm one of the best players though so everything is fine.". You know the players are going over film to see why they had the game they had so they can try and prevent another day like that. So why should we act like everything is fine?!</li>
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<li>Does taking the day off work to watch every Opening Day game make you a real fan??<br /><br />I'm going to give this a hell yeah!! And I'm not just saying that because that's exactly what my brother is doing. That is some serious dedication. I have most definitely spent entire days watching any and every baseball game whether it was Opening Day or not. When the season starts, I don't care who I'm watching, I'm just glad there is 4860 games for me to try and watch... not counting the College World Series games.</li>
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Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07927337242842663762noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905705098700774023.post-1082393388388831782014-02-04T18:53:00.002-08:002014-02-04T18:57:32.889-08:00Dear Padres, Your Social Media Suc.... OH, DEAR GOD, NO!!!Dear Padres,<br />
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I'd like to inform you that you kind of really suck at social media and informing fans in general. I know you're trying by having social media nights and integrating twitter into the broadcasts but it's all very lackluster to me. Now I follow a few other baseball accounts on both Twitter and Instagram and well they are so much better at this than you are. I can go days without catching a tweet from you but can go only a few hours without catching a tweet from say the Indians or Reds or someone working for those teams. I don't know if you're just a bunch of old guys who don't understand the concept of social media but are trying to be cool or if you're playing up the whole San Diegan laid back vibe or what the deal is but I could totally do this for you. I'll even watch my potty mouth and save it for my personal account.<br />
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Now, that I've made you aware of your social media activity or lack thereof, fanfest. Fanfest is this Saturday and as of last night we still have no idea what players will be there to sign autographs, do the forums or clinics or anything like that. How are we as fans supposed to decide if we want to go if we don't even know if our favorite players will be there?! Also, it's kind of a clusterfuck. I haven't gone the last two years for various reasons. One of those reasons being the whole clusterfucky thing. I feel like it could definitely be organized better. You want to take a picture with your friends in the dugout?? Good luck finding the space to do it. You're wearing sandals on the field, like a normal San Diegan, and want to make your way to the grass so people will stop kicking dirt up on your feet?? HA, not happening. Obviously, people are going to be in your way no matter if you're at fanfest or anywhere with a crowd. The only difference is, fanfest is an independent variable. Also, the "tour" thing is hardly a tour. I'm 99% sure the definition of a tourist is someone who stops and takes pictures like they've never encountered something before. Yeah, you totally can't do that during the "tour". The first and only time I took the tour, I was excited to see/imagine what goes on underneath our seats at every given moment while at Petco. Instead, we had a quick walk-through and if you did try to take a picture, there was a good chance it was going to come out blurry and you weren't going to have time to retake it.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Breaking News!! </span></b><br />
As was reported on <a href="https://twitter.com/FollowThePadres/status/430877463837540353">twitter</a>, my poor Luebke is heading to a second Tommy John surgery. We all know how I feel about the training staff and how I feel about Luebke. So clearly, I should have been the one rehabbing him and this wouldn't have happened. Luckily for Cory, he signed an extension before his elbow died but that only keeps him here until 2015 with options for 2016 and 2017. I hope to God that this second surgery will take and he will come back like Henry Rowengartner. Except ya know, the elbow instead of the shoulder.<br />
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Between knowing how athletes are and knowing a little something myself about rehabbing from surgery, not TJ but a surgery nonetheless, I personally feel like Cory's rehab was started before his elbow was ready. And I believe that was made apparent by his first setback and numerous ones after. I've probably tweeted it before especially after his first setback so I won't get into it here. Obviously, now with a second surgery looming, I really believe that. We know athletes are stubborn and hate being away from their sport and to be out for so long with an injury is devastating. No doubt Cory and the Padres wanted him to rehab as soon as possible but sometimes, after you think you're ready to begin your rehab assignment, you have to wait a little longer. In my experience, it took me, I want to say, 7?? years before I was ready to get back into gymnastics after surgery. Clearly, it's going to depend on the individual person, how fast their body heals and whether or not they are mentally prepared for the pain to come. Granted my surgery was a much bigger surgery than Tommy John and dealt with a significantly larger portion of the body than an elbow.<br />
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I'm not going to be completely unreasonable and think it's solely the training staffs fault. There is the chance that Cory had the unfortunate luck to be in the 10-ish% who's surgery isn't successful. Given all the injuries the Padres have had the last few seasons I do lean more towards the training staff but again, I'm not completely unreasonable and do understand that Cory could have just been unlucky. It's all just speculation.<br />
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Now to get back to my letter to the Padres...<br />
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There are obviously opportunities where you can go and have a real tour of the entire stadium but to announce a quick walk-through as a tour is just rude. As far as the autographs portion of fanfest goes, unless you are fortunate enough to have season tickets to get in super early or sign up to get in early, you're most likely not going to get autographs from the players you want. At least that's how it was when I went. The whole set times thing is both good and bad. Not every person that goes to fanfest is going to want to spend the entire day downtown waiting for their allotted time to get a players autograph, especially if it's not the player they were hoping to see. Plus there's that whole having a life outside of baseball thing. Then there are some who collect autographs and want everyone's but you were only allowed to get one voucher, or so I remember. Personally autographs are weird and I'd rather have a picture with the player but still. You have to hope you get there in time to get your favorite. The set times are a great attempt at organization but seem to have more flaws for fans. I have yet to decide whether or not I want to go to fanfest. I will probably decide not to go and then see everyone's tweets and regret that decision until I finally remember how clusterfucky my last experience was.<br />
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I'm not offering myself to help with fanfest like I did with the social media aspect because that is just too much. With all this said, I miss you so very much and don't want to wait any longer for the season to start. I love you with all of my little baseball heart and wish the best for you so please try to be better at these things so I can love you with all of my little baseball soul too.<br />
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I fully do not expect the Padres to actually see this. I was bored and this is the idea that popped into my head for a new blog post. If by some freak chance someone within the Padres does see this, yes I am serious about all of this. Maybe not so much the taking over their social media accounts part though. Then again it might be fun.<br />
<br />Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07927337242842663762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905705098700774023.post-2233914242405545832014-02-04T17:20:00.005-08:002014-02-04T17:20:54.486-08:00Ramblings of an Inconsistent BloggerYou all know that when I write, it's usually within a day or two of whatever's happening but I wrote this in the middle of the night a couple weeks ago and hadn't felt like reading it while being fully awake until now. Well, fully awake might be an understatement right now but I'm definitely more awake than I was when I wrote this. So here we go...<br />
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The Padres have been making some notable, for them, moves this off-season but none notable enough for me to really care about. I honestly couldn't tell you any of the moves we have made with the exception of the Logan Forsythe trade and even at that, I could only say it was a 5 for 2 kind of deal. The Padres of course being on the generous side and sending the 5 players to Tampa for 2. Now, I haven't looked up the stats on the guys we received because I don't even know their names but I do know both are pitchers (hooray!!) and one is a minor leaguer. Along with Logan, we sent Boxberger. Who as you remember was acquired in the Latos trade (that I still hate), leaving us with a broken catcher and an average 1B. Alonso is slowly growing on me but sometimes I swear I can play a better 1B than he can. Anyway, I don't remember who the other 3 players we sent are so, oops. I'm not saying this is a bad trade but it continues to make me questions the Padres trading abilities. Obviously they sign/trade for players under an assumption that they will remain healthy and or that their minor league numbers will translate into big league production and it will all work out but the Padres have some of the worst luck with this. I like that we are attempting to make moves, I just wish luck was on our side and that for once we wouldn't get the shitty end of the stick. I'm tired of being a sad Padres fan. Oh yeah, there was also the whole keeping Chase for another season thing. That was not my favorite move.<br />
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In other baseball news, my all time favorite baseball player not named Ken Caminiti is no longer dead. I'm pleased and saddened to announce that Grady Sizemore signed with the Boston Red Sox but you guys already knew that. If you recall, my second post ever on here was about why I thought the Padres should sign him. If you don't recall you can find it <a href="http://diosvagina.blogspot.com/2011/11/grady-sizemore-and-why-i-think-padres.html">here</a>. There were talks that Grady was going to sign with the Reds and that pleased my little baseball heart. If he wasn't going to return to the Indians or sign with the Padres, at least he was going to be with a team that comes to Petco every season and at the very least is in the same vicinity as the Padres spring training facility. And then my little baseball heart was crushed when I saw the news that he signed a deal with the Red Sox. The Red Sox are one of my least favorite teams and I have no explanation for this but they are. To find out one of my all time favorite players signed with them almost made me want to cry. I even questioned whether or not crying was acceptable and then I remembered "there's no crying in baseball" and went on with my day.<br />
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As I mentioned in the attached post, Grady when healthy is beyond amazing. His accomplishments speak for him. However, as was mentioned, he is injury plagued. That mans love and passion for the game is stronger than his body. I had a brief conversation about Grady on twitter and said that I would trade Cam for Grady any day. Don't get me wrong, I like Cam but both are useless when playing through an injury but Grady when healthy, there are no words. Grady can get it. Now if Cam can stay healthy I'd be thrilled, still would prefer Grady but I'd be happy to settle for Cam. In a perfect world, the final sentence in my response to a comment would happen... "put a healthy Grady with Cam and we might not even need a third outfielder." Obviously, we'd need a third outfielder but with how much ground each man can cover when healthy, the third outfielder would more or less be backup in case the ball for some unknown reason gets by Cam and or Grady. At least that's how my mind is choosing to play out this scenario. Best of luck to Grady and fingers crossed he stays healthy.Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07927337242842663762noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905705098700774023.post-82438324713805989582013-10-03T16:22:00.000-07:002013-10-03T16:22:04.241-07:00Confessions of a No Filtered Padres BloggerSome of you have tweeted me to ask why I stopped writing mid-season, which was just weird because I didn't think anyone actually read this or gave a shit about it. Either way, the answer is simple, I was no longer having fun with this, Twitter, the Padres and everything in between. You kind of lose any motivation you had when your team plays like shit and people you considered friends go out of their way to be an asshole to you while your world feels like it's falling apart. With that said, I kept trying to convince myself that I would start writing again before the regular season ended and well, it's now the postseason. Oops.<br />
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As I said, I was no longer having fun doing this. Part of that was because of all the shit that I'm failing miserably at dealing with in my personal life (no thanks to the aforementioned friends) and the other part was because I was tired of the redundancy. Every post was the Padres suck this or the Padres suck that. Those are the most annoying things to write after the first gazillion times, especially when the Padres went from being so close to first to being in last and eventually tying for third. Another thing that caused me to essentially give up on this was the constant bickering between fans that flooded my Twitter timeline. Arguments from grown ass men about a players nickname, whether or not a player was hurt worse than what the Padres training staff initially said (which they were by the way and yours truly announced it but you know, I was wrong because I'm just a girl that doesn't know shit about injuries because it's not like I studied that stuff and have a weird fascination with it or anything) and how not going to every game doesn't make you a real fan. It was so ridiculous that I couldn't believe it was actually happening. Yes, there were definite troll moments in there but I repeat, GROWN ASS MEN. Mix a difficult year with shitty playing and arguing over trivial things and you get a nonexistent blog... or an extremely negative blog and I had enough with the negativity so I opted out.<br />
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I wish I was able to put aside my moods, the idiocy of grown men arguing and everything else in order to focus on the Padres but I couldn't. To put it this way, between all of that I started to really hate my fellow Padres fans. I've joked before that we are bitter assholes because San Diego doesn't win anything ever but it has proved truer than true this year. I couldn't handle the constant bashing of Puig for the sole reason that he got national attention for having a legit season as a Dodger. That was so ridiculous that I wanted to punch people in the throat. Things like that pushed me away from being a Padres fan and to just being a fan of the game. Screw what team a person plays for, if they are talented I'm going to cheer for them. Well, maybe not necessarily cheer for them but I won't hate them and if you hate them solely based off the uniform they're wearing then I will like them that much more... I'm kind of a bitch like that. You know damn well all the praise Puig received was deserved and you would not act that way if he had Padres written across his chest instead. Now that doesn't mean I'll be cheering for the Dodgers in the postseason because well, I'd rather die than ever do that. Another thing that made me hate fellow Padres fans was the constant comments about Sandoval being fat. Yes, we know he's fat but let's see you make the plays he does. If you follow my twitter you know that I have this weird thing with people being overweight. I hate it and think it's disgusting that people let that happen to themselves but stop trying to talk shit about an athlete that can out perform you or your team just because he's fat. It's a little thing called respecting the talent, you should probably try it. I for one am not really a Sandoval fan but I recognize the talent, respect it and wouldn't mind it one bit if he were on our team.<br />
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Now that I've sufficiently annoyed myself by doing exactly what made me stop writing to begin with, complaining, I'll try to get back on a Padres track. This season had ups and downs and injuries all around. Chase turned out to be playing with a torn meniscus which just pisses me off to an extreme. Why risk further injury when your team is nowhere near being in the playoffs?! I'd rather you get the surgery and give us a chance at a better draft pick than you fucking up your knee or what have you just because you're a stubborn athlete that wants to play. Same goes with Marquis. I find it extremely hard to believe that he just magically needed Tommy John surgery. Stop playing through the pain when games are meaningless. Not that I condone playing through the pain when they aren't meaningless but at least you don't look like a giant idiot when you do so and the games mean a chance at the World Series... though at that point, I'd rather you be healthy for the WS than fuck yourself up worse and not be of use for the playoffs/WS but who am I kidding, it's the Padres, it will take some time before we get there.<br />
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Cory has had more setbacks than we would like and that is heartbreaking. I pray that he is ready for spring training and will be able to be a solid part of the starting rotation next season because like I've said countless times before, you can't win games without pitching. We desperately need a solid pitching staff. Oh yeah, thank you baby Jesus that we let Volquez go. Though between Grandal's suspension and season ending injury, Alonso's injuries and letting Volquez go, it's really proving me right about that stupid trade. Especially since we saw what Medica was able to do when he got called up and Blanks when he was healthy. I still don't think the trade was worth it but what am I going to do?? I'll still go to games and cheer on the players because they are Padres and I'm obligated to. Anyway, Kotsay retired at seasons end which is very disappointing for my sister who just discovered him and couldn't figure out why no one told her how hot he was. True story, I got texts about that. Oh yeah and Quentin had his gazillionth knee surgery too and Maybin had wrist surgery. This damn team is made out of glass.<br />
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All in all, I'm glad this season is over with but I'm not quite sure I'm ready for next season to start. I need a significant improvement in my mood and a thorough cleansing of my Twitter feed before I can even think about next season. As for now, I'll try to enjoy the postseason. If we're lucky, I might pay attention to off season news and write about that or just grace you with the presence of a random post about how I'm going through baseball withdrawals. Baseball withdrawals are a real and serious matter, folks. Seek medical attention, or your nearest baseball fan, immediately if you're experiencing baseball withdrawals. Side effects may include; complaining that your football team only plays once a week or has a bye, watching hockey or basketball to get your daily sports fix, staring out the window waiting for spring to come and making deals with the baseball gods just so you can have the smell of freshly cut grass fill the air again.<br />
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I called the injury the moment I saw it yesterday. I said he fucked up either his MCL or LCL and hope that he didn't tear anything but I knew it was more serious than a sprain. Original reports mentioned it was his ACL and MCL. I have also seen reports saying ACL and PCL but I'm having a very hard time believing, with the direction his leg went, that he screwed up both his ACL and PCL. In order to cause damage to those ligaments, you'd need to get hit from the front or the back to blow them out. Yasmani, very clearly got hit from the side, the medial side at that.<br />
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I'm really getting tired of calling the injuries the Padres are having and being right about them. Though it's not official that he has torn anything and won't be until tomorrow, I have the worst feeling ever that he did and had that feeling yesterday as well. Let us go back to when Alonso got hurt and the Padres tried to tell us for a few days to like a week that Alonso only had a bruised hand. I said from the moment he got hit that he broke something. Fast forward to Alonso being placed on the DL with a broken hand. I win this game. I've also called hamstring strains among other injuries in the last couple seasons. I'm pretty sure the Padres need to put me on their staff. Though I don't have the necessary degree... yet, I clearly know what I'm talking about. I mean, it's not like I wasn't going to school for this or anything.<br />
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Record: Not even close to where we want it to beAshleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07927337242842663762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905705098700774023.post-24558438807546132472013-06-14T21:39:00.000-07:002013-06-14T21:39:30.400-07:00Hello, Nostalgia There's just something about watching videos of the '98 season and seeing the players be driven onto the field that made me need to write a post... and want to cry. Definitely, wanted to cry. It's a good thing I wasn't at the game or I definitely would have. It was so amazing to see some of the old team like Vaughn, Gwynn (obviously), Finley, Davis, Ashby, etc. but it is always heartbreaking not seeing Cami. It's no secret that Caminiti is my all time favorite player so seeing the videos with him and even hearing other players talk about him definitely made me tear up. Cami has to simultaneously be the best and worst athlete to look up to. AMAZING player, steroids and drug addict. If that doesn't scream best and worst, I don't know what does. Along with members of that fantabulous team, we even have Proctor broadcasting the game tonight. I might not remember listening to him when I was 10 but I'm loving every second of this. Can he do this for us forever?!<br />
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What I do remember is getting picked up from school and being so excited to see that my parents had bought me a NL championship shirt, wait 2 shirts. Neither of which fit me then or now but man, you would think I had died and gone to heaven with how excited I was. It just hit me that I'm basically 10 again tonight. It's a friday night, my mom is working late and me and dad had McDonalds for dinner. The only thing missing, gymnastics practice. Hello, nostalgia.<br />
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Three innings into the game and the Padres haven't shown up yet... six innings into the game and the Padres haven't shown up yet. I'm going to say that we are extremely nervous to be playing in front of such a fantastic team. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. I'm also convinced that the broadcast is intentionally trying to make me cry. No more Cami stories!! I can't take it but I love them but I can't, I just can't.<br />
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Six innings and FINALLY we show up. Logan with a two run single to give the Padres the 2-1 lead. THANK YOU. That would be all we need as the Padres go on to win 2-1 with a Stults complete game. Despite the low score and the basically nothing happening for most the game, this has to be one of my favorite games of the season.<br />
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Happy 15th anniversary, '98 NL Championship team!!<br />
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Record: 4 out of firstAshleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07927337242842663762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905705098700774023.post-77339236531765875712013-05-25T22:22:00.000-07:002013-05-25T22:22:45.171-07:00Cycle Watch 2013: The Struggle Is RealIt's been a long time yet again but I'm not sorry anymore. I can barely concentrate to watch games much less blog about them. However, Cabrera single handedly made me want to write this post tonight.<br />
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The Padres were down by 2 early in the game and with a Padre at third and two outs, Cabrera absolutely killed a ball to tie the game. One of my friends tweeted that Cabrera told that ball 'good day, kind sir' to which I responded with something along the lines of "I'm thinking more like Fez, 'I said GOOD DAY!!'" and we all could see him saying that like Fez too easily. So from this point on, Cabrera will forever be called Fez.<br />
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Cashner promptly erased Fez's HR to make it 4-2 D-Backs. Q scored on someone's base hit. I can't remember, I was eating but Fez is on his game today and doubled to make it a 7-4 game in the fourth. Oh and not to mention, he stole his 100th base earlier in the game and is a triple away from the cycle. We all know how possible this is for him to do but he is a Padre so that works against him BUT it is only the fourth inning and he's already been up three times. Oh and it's an away game so it's only logical the Padres do something epic while the majority of their fans aren't there. So will this be the day the Padres say good day to the cycle?! I kinda hope so.<br />
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Oh yeah, Q changed his stance after the ugliest "slide" into home ever a few games ago. It's super awkward looking now but supposedly it's taking stress off his knee or some shit like that, I kinda ignore the in game commentary. Despite the ugliness of his new stance, it seems to be working because it seems that every time I look up, he's on base. With that said, I'm not convinced that he is healthy enough to be doing so much running. Not convinced at all. With the bases loaded, Hundley gets a bloop single to score two more, making a 9-4 game in 5.<br />
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Fez leads off the 6th and does a whole bunch of nothing with it. Boo!! And of course since it's cycle watch, Grant brings up the fact that Tony Gwynn was a single away from the cycle and taken out of the game. We know, Grant, we know. You say this EVERY TIME a cycle is even thought about. We get it.<br />
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Fez gets one more chance to do what no Padre has ever done. Please don't let this stay a mythical beast any longer. I'm talking to you baseball gods. While we wait for the 9th, they continue to remind us that they are looking for a new FSSD girl. I've debated doing it because why the hell not?! I can be fake just as easily as they could. However, I'd probably go crazy trying to hold in all my sarcastic and bitchy comments, not to mention my favorite potty words, oh yeah and I still don't get the purpose of them. Though it does seem like it would be interesting to do.<br />
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No cycle for Fez. Motherfucker!! The struggle is real and the cycle is an elusive bitch. I'm beginning to believe that it's all just a figment of our imaginations. That is the only logical explanation. The Padres scored one more run but I didn't see it because I'm too depressed about losing the cycle. Well we in 10-4 like bosses but damn, not getting the cycle hurts.<br />
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Record: Still better than the DodgersAshleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07927337242842663762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905705098700774023.post-21393215191430020502013-05-17T22:33:00.002-07:002013-05-17T22:34:11.834-07:00Holy Disappointment, BatmanIt's 80's night and the uniforms aren't the ugliest they could find but they are close.When asked what Chase thinks about the unis he said, "It's bright. I think it's fine. I'm definitely not a fan of bringing it back for good". I'm glad to know someone on the team has a brain. This Bring Back the Brown shit is just that, shit. Leave the Brown for retro night. Frankly, this team isn't deserving of the Brown or the Pinstripes.<br />
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Padres score two to start the game on what I assume is a single and a two base error. I could really care less right now. I still haven't found my muchness that allows me to really care. LaRoche doesn't like to see the Padres win or anything because he just hit a three run home run to give the Nationals a 3-2 lead in the fourth. How fucking rude.<br />
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Oh hey, yeah the Nats hit another homerun which totally wouldn't have been out last season. Super glad we moved in those fences because ya know, they have been super beneficial for us. For a team that doesn't have a very good offense, you'd think the majority of the home runs we have hit would have been aided by the new dimensions but they haven't so what the fuck was the point of moving them in anyway ! Also, fuck you LaRoche for hitting yet another home run tonight and now it's 5-2 Nats.<br />
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Gyorko hits himself a home run to make it 5-3 in the bottom of the 6th and I still don't care and want to turn the game off as well as the internet. Nothing exciting has happened since the 6th... until now, Chase singles in Deno to make it 5-4 Nats. Alonso singles to move Chase to third followed by a Blanks single to drive Chase in and tie up the game. Into extras we go!!<br />
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Street comes in to pitch the 10th and gives up a home run that again, wouldn't have been out last year. Super. At the most, that ball could have been robbed last season. Meanwhile, the Nats put Storen in to pitch the bottom of the 10th and I can't focus on anything but his junk. Put that away, no one wants to see that right now. Somehow the Padres put runners at the corners with one out but I can't tell you how because holy Storen junk. However, we lost 6-5. With tonight's loss, the Padres have fallen down to Dodgers status. Holy disappointment, Batman.<br />
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Record: Dodgers statusAshleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07927337242842663762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905705098700774023.post-79537080666041317042013-05-16T21:45:00.001-07:002013-05-16T21:45:03.152-07:00Big Whoop No post yesterday because my ass was asleep. 9:30 am games are rude as all hell but yes, we swept the O's.<br />
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To end the first inning Bryce Harper, hit into the dumbest double play ever. It was so illogical that I can't even understand why he did what he did. It should have been an easy double play but Cabrera threw it in the dirt and it got past Alonso so Harper took off for second. Sounds like no big deal, right?? Wrong, the ball didn't go far enough away for him to advance yet he did anyway. We all know he is a great player for his age which leads me to believe he hit that wall a lot harder than we thought.<br />
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LaRoche gets the scoring starting with a two run home run in the top of the fourth consequently giving the Nationals the 2-0 lead. Boo. Shit, something happened and now it's 3-0 Nationals in the 5th... I was preoccupied with something else so I missed it. Yikes, a two out, two run single puts the Nats up 5-0. You can go ahead and pull Volquez any minute now. As if I didn't hate Volquez enough as it is, he's at 84 pitches to end the 5th and Latos, went into the 9th with 80 some pitches. Yeah, the trade is looking super good.<br />
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The Padres have the bases loaded and one out to hopefully kick off our scoring because we fucking need this. So we scored one, I'm not happy with that. You have the bases loaded with one out and you only score one run?! You deserve to lose the game. Chase scores in the 6th on a Deno sac fly to make it 5-2 Nats. Big whoop. Well fuck a duck, Harper just murdered that ball to the deepest part of the park. He might looks like the biggest douche ever but you can not deny his talent. He didn't seem pleased at all with that home run so ya know, he's probably going to beat up the batters eye after the game...<br />
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We lose 6-2 or whatever the hell it was and I'm not too mad because Grey's Anatomy is on tonight!!<br />
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Record: I hope it's still better than the DodgersAshleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07927337242842663762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905705098700774023.post-83501186785266197252013-05-14T18:56:00.001-07:002013-05-14T18:56:13.840-07:00Y'all Ready For ThisIt's been a short lifetime since the Padres have had a game and a slightly longer lifetime since I've written about a game. Well, today, I'm writing... kinda. The only reason I decided to write today is because I get to watch JJ Hardy during this series.<br />
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As you know, after we swept the Marlins, we flew to Florida and got swept by Tampa Bay. I guess Tampa didn't enjoy us beating up their little big brother. I say little big brother because the Marlins are the older team but they have the feel of the younger annoying sibling that is always screwing up things.<br />
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Q gets the game started with a solo shot to start the Padres half of the second to answer why he was chosen for pick the stick. The Padres load the bases with two outs in our half of the second only to strike out and end the inning. Can we stop it with the strikeouts?!<br />
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Welp, while the broad was interviewing Gyorko's family, the O's tied the game at 1 with a solo shot of their own. I think this means she's not allowed to talk anymore. There's been a whole bunch of nothing since the 2nd inning, it's the 8th now. Well, some defensive plays that I missed. Go figure. Finally something happens. Unfortunately it was the O's that scored in the bottom of the 8th. This might be one of the fastest AL rules games I have seen and I still hate it. Every last second of it.<br />
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The Padres looked to have something going in the 9th so Black opted to pinch run for Kotsay. Because ya know, putting Blanks in to run for Kotsay makes perfect sense when Alonso is the lead runner... speed behind slow is always helpful. *Sigh* It didn't matter anyway since the Padres hit into a double play and eliminated the speed. Deno tied the game at two with a two out single and it looks like it's gonna to be awhile longer before I get to make my double chocolate muffins tonight. Cabrera drove in another run to make it 3-2 and Hundley got in a rundown to end the inning instead of chilling at second and possibly continuing the inning.<br />
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Street comes in to pitch the 9th and the O's start playing one of my old gymnastics songs, asking, "Y'all Ready For This" to which I found myself answering with a giant "No". I'm NEVER ready for Huston to come in and pitch, never ever especially after the Tampa Bay incident. Speaking of which, Street walking what should have been the last out is eerily familiar and I don't like it. STOP IT!! Thank God, it didn't end the way it did last time. Padres win 3-2 and I'm still against the damn DH and being forced to watch boring baseball.<br />
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Record: Still better than the DodgersAshleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07927337242842663762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905705098700774023.post-65292263506564706792013-05-07T21:52:00.001-07:002013-05-07T22:08:36.982-07:00The Marlins are MIA in Petco... I'm CleverI've been slacking on this big time, sorry. I've partially been slacking because I just wasn't caring about the game anymore, because I missed the Saturday and part of Sunday's game and then yesterday, well I just hate Cashner.<br />
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The Padres are winning 4-0 in the third and the only run being scored that I remember seeing was Venables home run that no one knew was a home run. Seriously, that was hilarious. The Marlins right fielder threw his hands up all "I CAN'T FIND IT!!" while Venable pulls up at first and the ball goes out of the park. If that doesn't make SportsCenters Not Top Ten, I will be disappointed.<br />
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Oh at some point during the game the reporter broad that I don't like was trying to tell us that the Marlins starting pitcher grew up in Chula Vista and promptly called it Chula Veesta. Umm, go away. You know who else can go away?? All the people on twitter that tweet their complaints about shit like the wave and the "wooo". Complaining to all of us does absolutely nothing to make it stop. Take a page from my book and yell at the people doing it. It might not work but you'll feel better AND won't annoy everyone on twitter. Because ya know, complaining about it on here is totally different than complaining about it on twitter.<br />
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Somehow the Marlins scored to make it 4-1 but I don't care cause I'm making zoo plans for the off day. Be jealous.<br />
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Alonso kind of killed the Marlins second baseman and now he's out of the game. Just what the Marlins need, more injuries. The Padres win 5-1 and ensure our fourth place spot is safe for another day.<br />
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Record: Better than the DodgersAshleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07927337242842663762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905705098700774023.post-48611906428363423582013-05-01T19:41:00.001-07:002013-05-01T19:41:23.208-07:00Bring In the Hype Man, It's Rizzo vs. CashnerSeriously, there is way too much hype on my twitter feed about this game. For the record, I'd rather Rizzo if for nothing more than Rizzo Splits and well, because I hate Cashner. So far, the Cubs are winning 1-0 in the second. Good job, Cashner, good job. Make that 2-0 Cubs in the second. Can we please stop proving that we don't know how to make trades that are beneficial for us?! I don't even care that Rizzo has had nothing to do with the Cubs score right now, this is bullshit. We keep getting screwed with these trades.<br />
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Rizzo tried to kill Cashner in the third and settled for a base hit up the middle instead of a base hit off Cashner. So not only does Rizzo single, he steals second and takes third on what I'm not sure what to call it, a single?? A fielders choice?? Cabrera should have gone to first for the out but decided he wanted to try to get Rizzo. It was weird and ugly. Welp, 4-0 Cubs in the third. I quit.<br />
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I'm unquitting for a second only to say that Gyorko hit his first ML home run and seeing that they are playing the Cubs, he didn't even have to give the fan, who got it, anything to get it back. Congrats, kid. We're still losing though, 6-1 and I'm quitting again unless we have some miraculous comeback. Padres lose 6-2 cause Chase hit a home run.<br />
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Record: 10- a lot + someAshleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07927337242842663762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905705098700774023.post-47316864786884042882013-04-28T16:22:00.003-07:002013-04-28T16:22:54.376-07:00Bring Out the Brooms, It's Time To Cleanup After the CircusThe Giants go down in order to start the game which is simply amazing given Panda swings at EVERYTHING which is both awesome and terrifying at the same time. Pretty sure if I were a pitcher, he would be the one batter that I'd hate to face. Chase gets the game started right with a two out home run to give us the early 1-0 lead. I like when I get to write that we have the early lead. This shit needs to happen more often.<br />
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Boo the Giants tie it at 1 in the second. Nick wasn't thrilled that the Giants tied it up so he took matters into his own hands and absolutely murdered a two run shot, making it 3-1 Padres in two. Marquis was trying to give us all heart attacks by insisting on not throwing strikes. Fortunately Pence hit into a double play to end the top of the third and we can all breathe a sigh of relief. <br />
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So Vogelsong walks the previous two batters and Blanks gets up there and swings at the first pitch to end the inning. Why?! You just saw the last two batters get walked and you're going to swing away. No. AND it was low. Double no. I hate it when batters forget they have at least three chances to get a hit. Stop swinging on the first fucking pitch.<br />
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Holy shit, the Padres are in a home run mood today!! Alexi just crushed a two run shot of his own to make it a 5-1 game. Oh and it's only the fourth. Where did these guys come from?! Also, Alexi's home run would have been out with the old dimensions too. Apparently half the people on twitter think it didn't go over the deck and the other half do. All that matters is it was a home run.<br />
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The Giants add one on in the top of the fifth but it's ok because we're still winning and that's what really matters. It's not Alexi's fault he's short and JUST missed it. Whatever, Team Fun Size. Sweet, a passed ball scored another Padres run and now we have our 4 run lead back. Woooooooo.<br />
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Marquis manages to stay in the game for 6.2 innings... at least we know Erlin knows how to warm up. Poor kid. Posey adds on two in the top of the eighth and Deno JUST missed robbing it. I might have freaked the fuck out if he did take that away. It was SO close, SO CLOSE!! Brach gets pulled for Luke after not recording an out in this inning. Deno just saved the lead and Enberg was the most excited I have ever heard him be. It was fabulous. Streets in to go for the save and I'm holding my breath. He scares me almost as much as Heath and Trevor would. It all comes down to Panda. Please Street, strike him out. Or give up a base hit and give Posey a chance to tie it, whatever works for you. *Sigh* I'll allow a ground ball to end it. Padres win 6-4 and sweep the circus. I love when that happens.<br />
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Record: 9 - a lotAshleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07927337242842663762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905705098700774023.post-21454990831200690012013-04-27T22:00:00.003-07:002013-04-27T22:00:23.025-07:00The Circus Is Back In Town and We Win Walkoff StyleIn case you're wondering about last night, I finally was annoyed enough through the day to not even bother writing a post. However, I did watch the game in the dark and yes, I plan on doing that again today. Gotta do whatever it takes to keep us winning, right?! Though, I imagine it will be harder to do today given the earlier start time. Hmmm.<br />
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During the bottom half of the first they decided to tell us why Zito likes 75 for his number... it's because it's a shelf for his name. Seriously. Spoken like a true stoner. Enberg and Grant tried to tell us it was because he's artistic. Stop lying to us, we all know he's a stoner.<br />
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In the second inning Stults nearly kills Belt but somehow manages to hit his bat instead of his head, the pitch immediately after, hits Belt. I guess Stults doesn't like baby giraffes. Before I could even finish typing that, the Giants take the early 3-0 lead on a three run home run. Yikes.<br />
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Waah a ground rule double ruined the Padres chances of scoring in the second. This should have been a 3-1 game right now. Stupid ground rule double. *Fart noise* Quentin makes an error and the Giants add on another run. *Double fart noise* as Posey doubles in Panda, 5-0 Giants. While all this stupid scoring is happening, the most awkward interview on the face of the earth is happening in the booth. Two white men, old and older, trying to talk soccer to what I'm assuming is a professional soccer player.<br />
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A pretty comical error, in the fourth, on Torres gives Q a double with one out. Now Blanks singles and we have runners on first and third and I'm praying we don't hit into a double play. I kinda want to see some scoring here. Alonso clears the bases with a double to make it 5-2 contrary to watch Enberg originally announced. Obviously, Zito's high is wearing off. Gyorko makes for out number two followed by a Hundley walk and a Guzman pinch hit to drive in our third run, 5-3 Giants. I'm telling you, his high is wearing off. Deno just tied the game on a double. FUCK YES!! Now we're into the Giants bullpen and no I don't find it a coincidence that we started scoring as soon as this room started getting dark. And the Padres take the lead on a Cabrera single, yeeeeeessssssss!! 6-5 Padres.<br />
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Seriously, what is with Pence and this whole one batting glove bullshit?! I don't understand it AT ALL. Fuck you, Mr. One Glove, for driving in two and taking back the lead. I don't like this nor did I approve of this. 7-6 Giants, oh and stop trying to make Blanks bust his face open on walls, K?? Thanks.<br />
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The Padres have the go ahead run on second with two outs and Hundley up, I can only hope that the magic we had in the fourth continues into this half of the fifth. It didn't, WAAAAAH!! However, we tied the game at 7 in the 7th, so there's that.<br />
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While waiting for something else to happen in the game, I was going through my twitter feed and saw a tweet from the MLB Fan Cave making the whole so and so's home run JUST landed joke. Don't be that person, it's not funny and is quite stupid.<br />
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Chase walks to kick off the bottom of the ninth and I'm going to love it if Q crushes it. There's not much better than a walk off home run. Unfortunately, Q did absolutely nothing in his at bat. Blah. Wow, Chase got called out at first and wasn't even tagged. Apparently a glove kicking up dirt counts as tagging the runner, BULLSHIT. However, I knew this was going to go into extras. Also, Alonso got hops. Mad hops. That was a pretty fantastical play and quite shocking and it needs to be in the top 10 plays on SportsCenter.<br />
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We're onto the 12th and Erlin gets to make his major league debut. Poor kid, people are going to hate him if he blows this game. Apparently the announcers lied because Thatcher is in instead of Erlin. What the fuck?! Stop telling us that Erlin is going to come in if he's not. The Padres are so close to winning this game and I can't take it anymore. Hurry up and win before I puke!! Giants bobble and the Padres win 8-7!! Thank you baseball gods, I was done with this one.<br />
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Record: 8- a lotAshleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07927337242842663762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905705098700774023.post-15294155194052357952013-04-24T21:45:00.002-07:002013-04-24T21:46:28.831-07:00Volquez Gets the Win?! What the?! What?!Once again, I wasn't going to write this but I had a few gems on twitter that need to be shared some more. Volquez is doing surprisingly well today. I use well loosely here, he hasn't given up any runs yet. In the second inning the Padres had the bases loaded with no outs and in true Padres fan fashion I tweeted "Wow, bases loaded and no outs?! We better not fuck this up", two seconds later "We fucked it up". Gyorko apparently forgot that he has at least three chances to hit the ball because he swung on the first pitch he saw and hit it directly to the SS and Alonso got doubled up. I want to say that I can't believe that happened but who the hell am I kidding, it's the Padres of course that happened.<br />
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Quentin gets the scoring started with a solo home run in the fourth. I'm glad he's back!! Oh and by "getting scoring started" I mean, scoring. Nothing more happened that inning. What is shocking, is that Volquez hasn't shit the bed yet. For what it's worth, I still like that none of our home runs have been aided by the new dimensions. Hooray for money well spent...<br />
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Umm Volquez bunted Hundley to second and he realized no one was covering third so he went to take third and there was a throwing error and now we are winning 2-0. What in God's green earth just happened?! If we win this, I'm watching the game in the dark until we lose. Superstitions are real, dammit!!<br />
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Holy shit, hell is freezing over. Volquez is in the 7th inning and only at 84 pitches to start it. Volquez goes 7 innings, gave up 5 hits, struck out 3 and didn't walk anyone. Oh and was under 100 pitches. Excuse me while I go into shock. Don't be fooled, one good start is not enough to make me like Volquez. I mean look at all that Cabrera has been doing and I still hate him.<br />
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Shit on a stick!! The Padres were one catch away from ending the game and the ball dropped between three players. That runner came around to score because apparently, Alexi got the jitters and couldn't make the catch to end the inning. A freak incident gives the Padres the final out. Seriously, it was a weird way to end the game. I can't even explain it but the Padres hang on to win their first home game since the home opener. Yes, the first game since the home opener. Don't act like you're surprised.<br />
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Record: 6- a lotAshleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07927337242842663762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905705098700774023.post-33613987218122127232013-04-23T22:18:00.000-07:002013-04-23T22:18:47.909-07:00*Sigh* Not AgainGuess what guys, Cody Ransom is a troll as is just about every player the Padres have let go. Ransom was 2 for 3 with a home run when I turned the end of the Cubs Reds game on. Other players that suddenly got their shit together after leaving us; Edmunds and Ludwick are all that come to mind right now but I know there are others. This makes me think it's something with the dynamic of the team and not anything about the field itself. Obviously you're going to be more comfortable in certain situations and will get along better with certain teams than other and I'm beginning to think that's the case. I'm also beginning to think I'm not making any sense because I can't see straight right now much less think straight.<br />
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How come whenever I don't want to write this damn thing, I end up writing something anyway?! Seriously, I want absolutely nothing to do with this tonight and here I am, writing away. I hate myself for this. Meanwhile the Padres are already losing and it's only the first inning. I didn't see what happened because I was watching the end of the Cubs Reds game. In Quentin's first AB after coming back from his 8 game suspension singles in the tying run. Alonso singles in a run to make it 2-1 Padres and Quentin hustles to third. I'm kinda wishing he didn't because now there's an easy DP opportunity. Yep, called it. Deno hit into a DP to end the inning but at least we have the lead... for now.<br />
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Aaaaaand there goes the lead. 3-2 Brewers in the second. Make that 4-2 Brewers. I'm already over this game. Scratch that 6-2 Brewers and Clayton just got pulled. Poor guy didn't even last two innings. I remember a time when he didn't completely suck and would win every game I was at. It's almost like it was a dream now.<br />
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We got a run back, (enter sarcastic "yay" here). 6-3 Brewers. Nothing worth mentioning has happened since whenever we got that run back... it's now the 7th and we have the bases loaded but my eyes could care less and are fighting to stay closed. The Padres lose and now I can put myself to bed.<br />
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Record: 5-15Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07927337242842663762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905705098700774023.post-47388356550334858162013-04-22T21:54:00.000-07:002013-04-22T21:54:26.495-07:00Make It Stop!! Make the Losing Stop!!I turned the game on early enough to hear and update on Blanks and what I learned, besides that he's fine, is that the reporter doesn't know the difference between her elbow and her shoulder. No, I am not kidding. While trying to explain that the trainers were trying to help loosen up his shoulder and back from running into the wall, she grabs her shoulder and goes on to say elbow. Sweetie, that's a tad bit lower than where you are grabbing. "A" for effort?? Also, Blanks bruise on his eyelid makes it look like he's wearing makeup and let me tell you this, he would make a pretty drag queen...<br />
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Braun starts the game off with a two run home run to my BP spot that the new dimensions took away. See what happens when you take away something of mine?! The guy who'd rather let everyone know he has herpes than have everyone think he intentionally does steroids, homers. Good job, Padres, good fucking job. I hate you. Before the inning can end, Marquis his two consecutive batters. I bet Matt Kemp is bitching now that the pitch at his head was on purpose... So ummm Brewers up 5-0 already thanks to two fancy HBP and a home run. Awesome.<br />
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Dammit, Cabrera, in an attempt to advance on an out, had too much momentum in his slide and popped off the bag and got called out for the second out of the Padres half of the first. GRAB IT WITH YOUR TOES!! I know all too well how to be a monkey and use your toes to help you with things.<br />
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Get this, Alonso BUNTS for a base hit to start the second inning. Yes, you read that correctly, Alonso. Bunt. Base hit. Unfortunately, Kotsay hit into a double play and took away the shock of the bunt before it got to settle in and nothing has happened in the game since... it's now the 5th inning.<br />
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So since the Padres refuse to show up, I'm gonna tell you a sad Padres fact that I learned last night... they were once no hit by a pitcher on LSD. Yep, thanks to good old BuzzFeed I learned <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/explorer25/3-myths-and-8-true-stories-about-lsd-172z">3 Myths and 8 True Stories About LSD</a>, and that was one of the truths.<br />
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6-0 Brewers as Braun singles in a run in the 5th. Clearly, the Brewers are the only ones to show up tonight. I'd swear the Padres are playing like they aren't being paid. Make it stop. Aaaaand with that said, Marquis loads the bases with two outs in the fifth and now it's Bass time. Wild pitch makes it 7-0 Brewers all of which are charged to Marquis, yikes. You guys didn't make it stop soon enough.<br />
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Oh hey, we scored and I didn't see it. 7-1 Brewers in the bottom of the 5th. No shutout for us, hooray. Apparently the Padres like to break other teams pitchers. First, Greinke, obviously. Second, some other Dodgers pitcher and now Lohse. Padres Smash?? Lohse <a href="https://twitter.com/STUTZ_OC/status/326550513409728512/photo/1">dislocated his pinky</a> running to first somehow. Unfortunately they didn't show us or have an angle to let me see how. <br />
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Apparently Sweet Caroline is going to be played for the rest of the season or so it seems. I am so not happy about that. Nothing against supporting Boston but fuck Neil Diamond. It's been played for what, a week now and I'm already beyond sick of hearing the song. It makes me wonder how Red Sox fans can put up with it and then I realized they are all probably shit faced by then and don't care anymore. In the midst of my complaining, they showed Cory for what felt like an eternity and I loved every second of it and found myself smiling at the tv like a loser. In my defense he was totally flirting through the camera and I do believe I just got eye fucked. Not mad, not mad at all. Now if only he'd do this in person. Meanwhile, the Padres lose 7-1.<br />
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Record: 5-14Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07927337242842663762noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905705098700774023.post-4604353906336076132013-04-21T15:35:00.002-07:002013-04-21T15:35:49.744-07:00Sunday, Funday, Runday!! JK We're the Padres<br />
Apparently my twitter feed has forgotten that "it's eye-fucking time" means that Zito is pitching for the Giants. When he pitches at Petco, the eye-fucking causes him to suck and for us to kick his ass. It often works through the tv too but that's a lot harder to do and I'm not sure I'm awake enough for it to be effective today.<br />
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Hahahaha in the bottom of the first Pagan limps immediately after the pitch to sell that he got hit then walks perfectly fine to argue with the ump that we as hit. You're dumb. I don't even care that he did get hit. It was a two second difference between limping and walking normal.<br />
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Ugh Giants score first with three in the third inning. This game is boring as all hell. Wake up, Padres!! You're putting me back to sleep. Dammit, Gerald!! 5-0 Giants after Posey hits a two run home run in the fifth. In the bottom of the sixth, Blanks attempts to murder the outfield wall and instead it attacks him. His sunglasses busted and I'm calling concussion. No way he slams that hard, head first, into a wall without it happening which is just fantastic because he's finally been healthy and now BAM wall to the face and shoulder. I'm assuming they tested for a concussion as well as did some ROM tests on his shoulder. I'm keeping my fingers crossed it just looked bad and that he's actually fine but I can't convince myself that it's true.<br />
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Once Again the Padres get shut out and this just blows. The sweepers become the swept. Waaaaaah.<br />
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Record: 5-13Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07927337242842663762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905705098700774023.post-86722853670583323762013-04-20T20:27:00.000-07:002013-04-20T20:27:10.694-07:00They've Already Lost Their MuchnessWelp, my hope for not starting a losing streak looks to be crushed into pieces, especially if tonight's home plate ump is using the same strike zone as last nights. Clayton was scheduled to start today but instead he decided to puke his brains out and give Cashner his spot. I'm gonna go ahead and say if we have to have Cashner on the team we should use him more like the Reds do with Chapman. Though, I don't want a pitcher with location problems being my closer so yeah, maybe we should just get rid of him in general or put him in the minors until those location problems are solved. For the record, I still don't get why they picked Cashner over Bass for tonight. <div>
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Oh yeah, Ross is on the DL now. Told you, you shouldn't have left him in the game. So with Ross out and Cashner taking over for Clayton tonight, the Padres bring Weber back. Apparently from what Scanlan posted on Facebook, Weber is back in the pen. Hooray for pitchers already getting broken!! At least last season they waited a little longer before missing starts. If Weber is in the pen for long relief, who's going to start in Ross' spot?? I'm going to assume that Clayton will feel better by then and that he will take that spot... and the Padres confirmed my assumption. Maybe I should be the coach, I make logical decisions. <div>
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Well the Padres went down in order to start the game which is shocking since Lincecum is pitching today. Clearly, they forgot that he has been shit lately. I believe the Giants also went down in order to start the game which is shocking since Cashner is pitching today. It's like the third inning already and the games only been on for 38 minutes and I have yet to pay attention to it. I looked up and the bases were loaded and two outs with Chase up to bat. Nothing came out of that, womp, womp. And by my theory last season, a blown bases loaded opportunity is an automatic loss. </div>
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Pablo was apparently tired of the 0-0 game and took matters into his own hands and crushed it for a 2 run home run off Cashner. Great, now can we get Cashner out of the game. Please. We did. Bass came in and is showing why he should be a starter again. The highlight of this game, me legit freaking out because I ran out of syrup on my chocolate chip pancakes. The Padres lose 2-0 and I'm beginning to think the only reason they swept the Dodgers is because we had something to prove after the fight. If that's not the case, then they lost their muchness on the flight.</div>
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Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07927337242842663762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905705098700774023.post-11330390223079809942013-04-19T22:18:00.002-07:002013-04-19T22:18:36.424-07:00An Offday Screws the Win Streak Yet AgainI'm gonna go ahead and get this out of the way. I'm extremely tired and irritable because I was up until 5 something this morning listening to the Boston Police scanners because of the whole manhunt thing. Let's be honest, that shit was more entertaining to listen to than anything else right now and since the kid just got captured like an hour or so ago, I'm totally regretting staying up so late to listen for nothing. I've had like 6 hours of sleep and don't know how I'm not in zombie mode. By the time the game starts, I will be even more annoyed so I apologize in advance if none of this makes sense or if there is an unusual amount of "fucks" being thrown around. Also, let's see if last years theory on win streaks and off days stays true.<br />
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Padres score first on a Chase sac fly and hopefully we can win with that one run. HA, who am I kidding, Volquez is pitching. That lead will be gone before he records an out. Guess what guys, the Giants have runners on first and second with no outs and Pablo up. Guess what guys, I was wrong. He recorded an out and we are still winning!! Well what do you know, we lost the lead and it only took two outs to do so. Tie game at 1 after 1. Now excuse me while I grab a pillow and take a nap...<br />
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So the Giants take the lead now in the third and I'm fighting to stay awake. You guys, this is hard. Since nothing of importance has happened or is happening besides the strike zone being all over the place, I'm gonna go ahead and comment on something they talked about earlier in the game. Ross possibly missing his next start. We all saw Tyson pop his shoulder out and back in again during his start the other day and wondered if he was going to make his next start. Well, today they said his shoulder is still feeling sore and then panned over to show Cashner sitting next to him in the dugout. As they panned to Cashner they announced that it's likely that he will make Tyson's start should Tyson not be able to. I'm not any kind of okay with that. Like I've said before, what good does it do to throw as hard as Cashner can if he can't fucking locate?! The fact that they are so eager to skip over Bass, who has proven himself a starter in the past, is quite stupid. Okay, I'm gonna go back to pretending I give a shit about this game and trying to stay awake.<br />
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Chase ties the game at two in the sixth inning but I'm still too sleepy to really care. DAMN!! We ALMOST had a triple play. Had Gyorko's throw to first not bounced, we might have very well had that triple play. I'm not sure what's more amazing, that we aren't losing or that Volquez made it through six. The Giants win walkoff style, 3-2. Gross. Though it was completely expected because we had a win streak going on that got interrupted by an offday. Fuck off days and fuck you very much for continuing to prove my theory correct.<br />
Record: 5- 11Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07927337242842663762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905705098700774023.post-47662576574465161962013-04-17T22:57:00.001-07:002013-04-17T23:50:54.827-07:00We Saw, BitchSo I'm in a bad mood today and don't even want to watch the game. I don't know how or why but it's no good. What is good, Chase is back and in the lineup tonight. Another thing that can be looked at as both good and bad, Cam is on the DL for his wrist. I don't remember seeing him hurt himself which leads me to believe that his injury is responsible for the horrific batting average. It's a logical conclusion to make. Whether or not it's the right one, we might never know. Or ya know, he comes back and starts hitting then it will justify my theory. We still won't be positive that the injury is the cause but it definitely doesn't help.<br />
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Let the injuries continue, sigh. Ross appears to have screwed up his shoulder in a near home run in the top of the third but is staying in... for now. Don't be the hero, bro. If you're hurt at all, take yourself out. Well after some ROM tests, Ross stays in the game. I don't know about you but given the Padres injuries records, I'd take him out just to be safe.<br />
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Jesus makes a great catch to get Adrian out. However, he should have let it continue into the stands and we'd still be 0-0 instead of 1-0 Dodgers. I prefer to think that Adrian would have hit into a double play and ended the inning. My timeline, however is full of negative nancy's and felt the need to crush my bubble by telling me Adrian probably would have crushed it. Let me have my moment, dammit!! Luckily, Cabrera tied it up with a solo shot to start off the fourth inning but not before I had to hear the in game chick talk about using the Hello Kitty Dodgers blanket. Sweetie, you work for/with the Padres, it's not ok for you to be using that and if you insist on it, don't let us know about it.<br />
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The Padres continue to get to Kershaw and load the bases in the fourth after Cabrera's home run. Gyorko grounds into a double play but Chase was able to come in and score to make it 2-1 good guys. I'm very disappointed about this. All that patience and work to load the bases with no outs only to have them all but cleared by a double play. Not okay. Blanks just drove in our third run and I'm wishing he would have been in Gyorko's spot instead. A wild pitch advances Blanks to second with Nick up, who had an ugly swing to start that AB. Seriously, it was gross. The Dodgers opt to walk Nick to get to Ross. I hope Ross' shoulder doesn't affect his AB but I think it will. Welp, he bunted which I'm convincing myself was to protect his shoulder because there's no other logical explanation to do so with two on and two outs. 3-1 good guys to end the top half of the fourth.<br />
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Deno starts off the fifth the same way Cabrera did, with a solo shot. 4-1 Padres but not before the Dodgers tricked me into singing Call Me Maybe, which will be stuck in my head the rest of the night... dirty bastards. So Casey Kelly has been tweeting during the games this series and the Padres have been kicking ass. It's only logical that he has to continue tweeting during the games until we lose. Hashtag: superstitions. For some God awful reason the telecast feels the need to keep showing me that little bitch known as Greinke. Get him off my tv!! If I wanted to see him, I'd replay the fight that is still on my DVR.<br />
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Three straight games and umpteen times played and I have clapped along with the PA system played "everybody clap your hands". Yes, I feel like a massive loser but I'm fairly confident had their PA system not been ridiculously loud, I wouldn't be doing that. Anyway, Ross struggled in the fifth and loaded the bases with two outs. Come on!! Why are you trying to give us all a heart attack here. We need to sweep LA. Brach enters the game and immediately throws a ball, not what I want to see when the bases are loaded and we only have a 3 run lead. Thank God, Schumaker hit it back to Brach and we were able to get out of the inning with any damage. We got this!!<br />
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Another solo shot for the Padres, coming by way of Kyle Blanks to make it a 5-1 game. Seriously, these Padres are never going to want to leave LA. Kershaw gets pulled with a runner on and one out for Paco... I can't stop laughing when I say it, Paco. Brach stays in for the Padres and I noticed that he does, sometimes, one of my favorite things, jumps into fielding positions after the pitch. It makes me so sad that more pitchers don't do that and makes me miss Peavy. If I ever find myself with a pitcher, I'm going to get on his case if he doesn't get into fielding position. It can save your face, just ask Chris Young.<br />
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After Cabrera steals third, Kotsay knocks him in making it a 5 run lead in the seventh. I love seeing my Padres play like this and I'm still hoping this isn't just random luck and that they really have finally figured everything out. Clayton, pinch runs for Kotsay, Gyorko singles and the Dodgers hit Blanks to load the bases with two outs. Nick strikes out to end the inning but it's okay because it's a 6-1 game.<br />
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Dodgers load the bases because we put Thatcher in and he sucks and Thayer couldn't get a second out. Now the penis wrinkles put Kemp in to pinch hit. I'm keeping my fingers crossed we can double him up and not blow this game. Thayer is getting squeezed like no other against Kemp. Kemp tossed his bat because he was so sure we just walked in a run and I laughed as the ump called strike and the douche lord goes from a 3-0 count to striking out. Unlike normal batters, Kemp got six strikes before he got called out. Thayer got out of the inning and my little heart can kindly go back to a normal heart rate anytime now.<br />
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Chase knocks in his first RBI of the season and moves Cabrera to second and now it's 7-1 Padres. Also, Cabrera is a triple shy of the cycle. The Padres once again have the bases loaded and once again do nothing with it but it's ok because we are winning!! Blanks gets hit, again, to start the ninth inning and once again, no one rushed the mound because no one said "fuck you" to anyone. I do find it bullshit that there was no warning tossed out after that given both times he was hit came after he homered. Street comes in, in a non save situation and walks Twat Waffle Supreme with one out. Now I'm REALLY hoping Adrian hits into a double play to end the game. Yep, that didn't happen. Street gave up a hit to Adrian and now all of you see why Street scares me. Aaaaaand he walks the bases loaded. STOP IT!! Kemp flies out to Venable but a run scores and it's now 7-2 Padres. SWEEP LA!!<br />
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I seriously want to get EVERY Padres fan on twitter to tweet Kemp after the game "we saw, bitch." There is no way in hell he could ignore that and I'd laugh my ass off. Seriously, @TheRealMattKemp. Now go tweet!!<br />
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Record: 5-10Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07927337242842663762noreply@blogger.com0