Any chance the Padres makes the playoff this season?

[SDfan]

they're 9 games behind the leader, I don't see why not.

[Bolt Cola]

They are nine games behind the leader, but they are also behind the Dodgers, Giants and Rockies....its not an impossibility, but it is highly unlikely

[chargersfan31]

iam deffinitly on board with what your saying there all losers except the dogers so i think that we have a ligitamint chance go padres!!!!!!!

[SDfansince'86]

Nothing is impossible, especially in sports, but I'd say they better start winning a helluva lotta games from here on out...lol

[56lightsout56]

the Pad's are 37-56, in last place and 9 games out.

to even get to .500 (81-81) they need to go 44-25 for the remainder of the season. thats playing at a .637 clip. the cubs at 56-37 are playing at a .602 clip.

there's a better chance of seeing Bigfoot in balboa park than that happening.

pack it in for this season.

[Lucid]

I see sasquatch gathering at Balboa Park every year, they just disguise their meeting as "Earth Day".

Pads are going to the world series!!!

[RandomTask]

the Pad's are 37-56, in last place and 9 games out.

to even get to .500 (81-81) they need to go 44-25 for the remainder of the season. thats playing at a .637 clip. the cubs at 56-37 are playing at a .602 clip.

there's a better chance of seeing Bigfoot in balboa park than that happening.

pack it in for this season.

That's assuming that the winner of the NL West is going to be above .500 ;)

Having said that I don't think they will go to the playoffs.

[SD4Life]

If pigs started to fly, then maybe I'd believe it

[Bolt Cola]

http://3quarksdaily.blogs.com/3quarksdaily/images/flying_pigs.jpg

KEEP THE FAITH!!!

[mccharger]

http://3quarksdaily.blogs.com/3quarksdaily/images/flying_pigs.jpg

KEEP THE FAITH!!!Classic!!!!!!!!!

[er111a]

Fly away pigs because where going to the world series lol

[56lightsout56]

That's assuming that the winner of the NL West is going to be above .500 ;)

Having said that I don't think they will go to the playoffs.

they may, but for arguments sake even if the winner went 80-82 the pads would still need to play .600 ball.


the reality is this pig wont be flying.

[RandomTask]

A far more crappy 1999 Padres team won 14 games in a row so stranger things have happened. I don't think they'll replicate that or go to the playoffs but the Dodgers losing Saito for 6 weeks is a blow, Brandon Webb pitching in the All Star game after pitching Sunday could throw him off a bit. The division is that bad why not them?

[56lightsout56]

blog from Paul Depodesta re Brian Giles (expect him back in 2009)

http://itmightbedangerous.blogspot.com/2008/07/brian-giles.html


Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Brian Giles (http://itmightbedangerous.blogspot.com/2008/07/brian-giles.html)


There have been a number of comments concerning Brian Giles, so I thought he should be the topic of a post.

In my previous posting regarding our potential free agents and the trading deadline, I did not include Brian. I did not include him principally because he's not a free agent at the end of this season should the Club decide to exercise the option, so he automatically falls into the category of "less likely to be traded". Furthermore, at this stage we're just not terribly interested in trading him.

Before anyone gets upset at that statement, I will say that we would entertain trading anybody if we felt it would make us better - I don't believe in the concept of "untouchable". Every player has a threshold that would force our hand. Certain players may very well have a threshold that is completely unrealistic, so for all intents and purposes, they're untouchable, but nobody is truly untouchable. Anything can happen.

Many of the arguments in favor of trading Brian suggested that the chances are slim for the Padres in 2009. Given the current state of the NL West, our history the past four seasons, the continued maturity of our young players, and payroll flexibility this winter, nobody at the Padres is ready to acquiesce to such an outlook. Don't misunderstand me, we will always attempt to be prudent as we assess the balance of short-term and long-term, but I don't believe any team in baseball should be ready to give up on a season nine months before it even begins, especially with the parity in today's game.

The second reason, and the more important one, is very simply that Brian is the type of player we want our young position players to emulate. It's one thing for us or our coaches to try to explain our philosophy, but it's quite another, and much more powerful, to have a working example. I don't think I can emphasize this enough, especially considering the number of young position players currently on the team and expected to be on the team going forward.

In the current season Brian is hitting .301 with a .394 obp and a .433 slg. His .394 obp stands 6th in the NL, and it's the best on the Padres by a wide margin. Furthermore, Brian has walked more than he has struck out so far this year, which would mark the 10th consecutive season of that accomplishment. Though the slugging percentage is below his .512 career mark, it is the highest in his past three seasons and his ISO has been very steady over the past three years. In short, throughout his career Brian has personified the patience with power philosophy - posting quality at-bats in seemingly every plate appearance. He has been precisely what we want our young hitters to become.

In addition to his performance on the field (and in the outfield, for that matter), Brian also brings a number of intangibles to our team. First and foremost, Brian plays hard and plays through pain. Before banging his knee into the wall last season he had played in at least 158 games for three consecutive seasons. He wants to be on the field, and he wants to win. As many of you know, Brian is also a bit, how shall I say, irreverant in the clubhouse, which is incredibly helpful over the course of a long season. He loves playing the game, and it shows.

Brian may be the elder statesman among our position players at this point, but that leadership role could positively impact the Padres in 2008, 2009, and well beyond.

[mccharger]

blog from Paul Depodesta re Brian Giles (expect him back in 2009)

http://itmightbedangerous.blogspot.com/2008/07/brian-giles.htmlI have no problem with that. I was mad at giles in the past for losing all his power in San diego, but he has grown on me and is definitely one of my favorites. hes a good player as well. aside from his very weak arm he is a solid rightfielder as well. and i think he is great for the clubhouse.

[56lightsout56]

I have no problem with that. I was mad at giles in the past for losing all his power in San diego, but he has grown on me and is definitely one of my favorites. hes a good player as well. aside from his very weak arm he is a solid rightfielder as well. and i think he is great for the clubhouse.


I like Giles too he's a baseball player with a football player's mentality.

(he's actually a big fan of PR's).

from an article in weds UT

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/news/2008/jul/16/break-over/?padres


As the Padres trudged toward a merciful All-Star break last weekend, their only All-Star performer was asked if he thought the team still could muster a run for the playoffs.

"Yeah," Adrian Gonzalez replied, just half an hour after another defeat put the club 20 games under .500. "If we win 30 straight games."

Asked if that was realistic, the well-mannered first baseman never responded, appearing dumbfounded by the inanity of the question as he looked into the TV cameraman's lights.

You could have found the same look on the face of many Padres fans who watched this bewildering team, which tonight will take a 37-58 record into its post-break debut, against the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium

their in enuff pain Krasovic, leave them alone, lol