Seriously, 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.
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.
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.
Record: 10- a lot + some
Showing posts with label Andrew Cashner. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Andrew Cashner. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Saturday, April 20, 2013
They've Already Lost Their Muchness
Welp, 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.
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.
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.
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.
Record: 5-12
Saturday, April 6, 2013
Awkward
Let's cut to the chase, Garland is on my tv and I'm not going to be mad if he kicks our ass. The better he does, the longer I get to stare at him. However, the minute he gets taken out we need to immediately get our asses back on track and win this shit.
Waaah, the Rockies scored first. Way to take away my baseball high. Padres are losing 1-0 and my favorite in game reporting has to go ahead and pop up and annoy me more than this small deficit. No shit, new chick, it's hard to read the ball off the bat. I didn't need you to relay that info from Cam or Roberts to me. Pretty sure it's common sense to anyone who has spent even one drill in the outfield. Can we please just get rid of the in game reporting?? It's going to drive me batshit.
Two back to back hits for the Padres followed by a walk, loads the bases with no outs in the top of the four and we have a chance to test my theory from last season. We did get a run in though it leaves a perfect opening for a double play to end the inning. Yep, called that double play. Now Cam, clearly didn't watch that episode of Sport Science where sliding into a base is actually slower than running it out. I'm not saying he would have been safe had he ran it out because I didn't see just how close it was but he would have made it even closer. As for my theory, I'll pass for now.
Ugh, Cabrera fucks up and that fuck up allows the Rockies to take back the lead. Seriously, someone remind me why we still have Cabrera. Rockies scored again and all my baseball high that I had at the start of the game and the little I regained when we tied it, is beyond gone. Why do we have to do stupid shit all the time?! And again, with the awkward and stupid shit to make it 4-1 Rockies and to think, we had a bases loaded, no outs chance and we only got one run out of that. Le sigh. Isn't this the kind of shit they're supposed to work on during spring training?? If not, they might want to consider it for next year.
Quentin's double in the top of the six allows for him to be driven in to make it a 4-2 game before more stupid shit happens and the inning ends. Quentin does not belong on an NL team. I don't care what you say, his knee is a liability and that slide he did to make a double, scared me. Don't do that!! You're fragile.
Welp, the Padres aren't coming back from this one. Cashner gives up a two run shot to make it 6-2 in the seventh. Good fucking job, Cashner. Thanks for reminding me why I hate you... besides that disgusting beard. Yes, I realize we are playing at Coors Field and anything can happen but it's the Padres, we are done. Yay!! Some of the awkward and stupid shit happened to the Rockies and we scored. Shortly after, a fan ran on the field and we don't get to see it. WAAAAAAAAAH. I want to see it!! I need some entertainment if the Padres are going to lose this 6-3.
Record: 1-4
Waaah, the Rockies scored first. Way to take away my baseball high. Padres are losing 1-0 and my favorite in game reporting has to go ahead and pop up and annoy me more than this small deficit. No shit, new chick, it's hard to read the ball off the bat. I didn't need you to relay that info from Cam or Roberts to me. Pretty sure it's common sense to anyone who has spent even one drill in the outfield. Can we please just get rid of the in game reporting?? It's going to drive me batshit.
Two back to back hits for the Padres followed by a walk, loads the bases with no outs in the top of the four and we have a chance to test my theory from last season. We did get a run in though it leaves a perfect opening for a double play to end the inning. Yep, called that double play. Now Cam, clearly didn't watch that episode of Sport Science where sliding into a base is actually slower than running it out. I'm not saying he would have been safe had he ran it out because I didn't see just how close it was but he would have made it even closer. As for my theory, I'll pass for now.
Ugh, Cabrera fucks up and that fuck up allows the Rockies to take back the lead. Seriously, someone remind me why we still have Cabrera. Rockies scored again and all my baseball high that I had at the start of the game and the little I regained when we tied it, is beyond gone. Why do we have to do stupid shit all the time?! And again, with the awkward and stupid shit to make it 4-1 Rockies and to think, we had a bases loaded, no outs chance and we only got one run out of that. Le sigh. Isn't this the kind of shit they're supposed to work on during spring training?? If not, they might want to consider it for next year.
Quentin's double in the top of the six allows for him to be driven in to make it a 4-2 game before more stupid shit happens and the inning ends. Quentin does not belong on an NL team. I don't care what you say, his knee is a liability and that slide he did to make a double, scared me. Don't do that!! You're fragile.
Welp, the Padres aren't coming back from this one. Cashner gives up a two run shot to make it 6-2 in the seventh. Good fucking job, Cashner. Thanks for reminding me why I hate you... besides that disgusting beard. Yes, I realize we are playing at Coors Field and anything can happen but it's the Padres, we are done. Yay!! Some of the awkward and stupid shit happened to the Rockies and we scored. Shortly after, a fan ran on the field and we don't get to see it. WAAAAAAAAAH. I want to see it!! I need some entertainment if the Padres are going to lose this 6-3.
Record: 1-4
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Padres Pitching Hits Another Bump
As if the Padres weren't suffering enough with pitching, word has it, Casey Kelly may need Tommy John surgery. Oh and apparently Cory Luebke has hit a bump in his recovery. These not so fun facts combined with the not so fun facts of the whole not doing much in the off-season thing makes me one pissy little girl and yes, I'm about to bring up the Latos trade again and yes, I know I'm beginning to sound like a broken record. Deal with it... like I should be doing with that trade but won't anytime soon.
Given the fact that we are possibly down yet another pitcher while another's return might be pushed back and the fact that Grandal is suspended for 50 games really makes me question what the Padres were thinking when they made the trade. We NEED pitching, kinda can't win games without it.
I know that trading Latos had little to nothing to do with pitching and more about filling "holes" but the fact that we seem to be hemorrhaging pitchers, is like pouring salt into the wound. Trade: 0, Ashley: 1.
I've probably said it before how we didn't necessarily need a 1B or another catcher and we wouldn't have needed a starting pitcher had we not traded a starting pitcher and well our bullpen, yeah, I'm going to ignore that. Sure they didn't know that Hundley was going to get hurt last season/suck and we were going to need to rely on Grandal but they lucked out with that... at first. Trade: 1, Ashley: 1.
Then the numerous injuries screwing with out pitching during the season and the freak Cashner incident of the off-season happened. PLUS Grandal's fantastic off-season news came about. I have to believe they didn't know Grandal was using PED's... or maybe they did and overlooked it, who knows but it doesn't help make them look good for making the trade. Trade: 1, Ashley: 2.
I don't follow our minor leagues close enough to know who we have in the system that would be close enough to starting at first or any other positions we claimed the traded filled but we did have Blanks who could have played first, though he was probably hurt too. So I can see the Alonso part of the deal making sense but that's about it since we know I hate Volquez and forgot who the reliever was we got. Trade: 2, Ashley: 2.
Yes, we need guys that are going to do more than just play small ball but what good is that going to do for us if we don't have solid pitching?? To me, the game revolves around pitching. We don't necessarily need the big bats or super fancy defensive skills to win games, though the super fancy Brandon Phillips like plays would be fantastical and the David Wright, WBC type AB's would be just as fantastical. We have seen it before that we can win games with pitching. Ya know, back in the day when we had one of the best, if not the best, pitching staff. A whole, what, three years ago??
Despite my want for pitchers that can carry the team on days where we can't hit to save our lives, I pretty much hate pitchers duels and would rather have high scoring games than 1-0 shutouts or 2-1 team wins with the starting pitching getting a no decision in both incidences. Though sometimes those no decisions mean a lot more than the pitcher recording the win. Sometimes, they mean the pitcher worked his ass off and did everything possible to give us the best chance of winning with the least amount of power hitting. Of course, at other times, they mean the pitcher completely blew it and our bats magically showed up. But in the case of the Padres, as we all know, we rely heavily on the first example. As you can tell, I can't make up my mind about pitching. I very strongly acknowledge the need for dominant pitching and desperately want that but my attention span seems to be more than okay with high scoring games which completely goes against the logical want.
In my nonscientific or probably even really logical opinion, the trade evens out with me, though I should dock points for the suspension and therefore my logic or lack there of wins. Let's just face it, I'm a mess of a blogger and counteract my own points at times but that's what happens when I'm too emotionally involved in the team and can't separate wants from needs.
Given the fact that we are possibly down yet another pitcher while another's return might be pushed back and the fact that Grandal is suspended for 50 games really makes me question what the Padres were thinking when they made the trade. We NEED pitching, kinda can't win games without it.
I know that trading Latos had little to nothing to do with pitching and more about filling "holes" but the fact that we seem to be hemorrhaging pitchers, is like pouring salt into the wound. Trade: 0, Ashley: 1.
I've probably said it before how we didn't necessarily need a 1B or another catcher and we wouldn't have needed a starting pitcher had we not traded a starting pitcher and well our bullpen, yeah, I'm going to ignore that. Sure they didn't know that Hundley was going to get hurt last season/suck and we were going to need to rely on Grandal but they lucked out with that... at first. Trade: 1, Ashley: 1.
Then the numerous injuries screwing with out pitching during the season and the freak Cashner incident of the off-season happened. PLUS Grandal's fantastic off-season news came about. I have to believe they didn't know Grandal was using PED's... or maybe they did and overlooked it, who knows but it doesn't help make them look good for making the trade. Trade: 1, Ashley: 2.
I don't follow our minor leagues close enough to know who we have in the system that would be close enough to starting at first or any other positions we claimed the traded filled but we did have Blanks who could have played first, though he was probably hurt too. So I can see the Alonso part of the deal making sense but that's about it since we know I hate Volquez and forgot who the reliever was we got. Trade: 2, Ashley: 2.
Yes, we need guys that are going to do more than just play small ball but what good is that going to do for us if we don't have solid pitching?? To me, the game revolves around pitching. We don't necessarily need the big bats or super fancy defensive skills to win games, though the super fancy Brandon Phillips like plays would be fantastical and the David Wright, WBC type AB's would be just as fantastical. We have seen it before that we can win games with pitching. Ya know, back in the day when we had one of the best, if not the best, pitching staff. A whole, what, three years ago??
Despite my want for pitchers that can carry the team on days where we can't hit to save our lives, I pretty much hate pitchers duels and would rather have high scoring games than 1-0 shutouts or 2-1 team wins with the starting pitching getting a no decision in both incidences. Though sometimes those no decisions mean a lot more than the pitcher recording the win. Sometimes, they mean the pitcher worked his ass off and did everything possible to give us the best chance of winning with the least amount of power hitting. Of course, at other times, they mean the pitcher completely blew it and our bats magically showed up. But in the case of the Padres, as we all know, we rely heavily on the first example. As you can tell, I can't make up my mind about pitching. I very strongly acknowledge the need for dominant pitching and desperately want that but my attention span seems to be more than okay with high scoring games which completely goes against the logical want.
In my nonscientific or probably even really logical opinion, the trade evens out with me, though I should dock points for the suspension and therefore my logic or lack there of wins. Let's just face it, I'm a mess of a blogger and counteract my own points at times but that's what happens when I'm too emotionally involved in the team and can't separate wants from needs.
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