Podcast Episode 8: Matt Kemp!
The agenda: The Padres acquire Matt Kemp! What’s next? Justin Upton? The Padres fail to sign Korean lefty Kim Listener questions Turd Polishing Relevant links: Dave Cameron’s synopsis of the […]
Mythbusters: Acquiring a 1 year rental player like Justin Upton improves the team’s chances at signing them to an extension
After the exciting acquisition of Matt Kemp, the rumormongers have moved onto pushing the Justin Upton to the Padres narrative. This is a great move if the team is pushing […]
Matt Kemp, making the Padres relevant, and how critics misuse W.A.R.
Let’s get straight to the point: while I think it’s important to analyze each and every deal with some level of statistical objectivity, I sit in firm opposition to most […]
Matt Kemp Afterglow: What Next?
So we’re all enjoying the afterglow after that wild night last night. I’m finishing up my cig, toweling off and jumping in the shower. The Padres really did it. Computerless […]
Winter Meetings Ramblings
Padres Jagoff and Change the Padres exchange thoughts on the Winter Meetings. Padres Jagoff: With the start of the Winter Meetings kicking off this week right here in San Diego, […]
The cost of the National University sign
The Padres made headlines – again, not in the best of ways – when the National University advertisement above the Picnic Terrace in left-center field made its debut in the […]
The Padres are breeding expert turd polishers, purposefully
On Wednesday I was linked to perhaps my favorite story of the entire Padres offseason. The tweet, shown below, links to a speaker/lecture list at an upcoming conference: https://twitter.com/LarsFasel/status/540268818753662976 On […]
Ranking the Padres: 1-5
Today, we get to finish this series. In case you didn’t get to see them, here’s prospects 6-10 following where we had previously left off and its predecessor. For convenience, the […]
How to offseason: a coherent plan to rebuild
Man, that got out of hand quickly. With most offensive upgrades – Adam LaRoche, Yasmany Tomas, Hanley Ramirez, Russell Martin, Pablo Sandoval, Nelson Cruz, Billy Butler – already off the […]
Beers that put money in Fowler’s pocket
In case you didn’t know, Ron Fowler made most of his money as a beer distributor. He is currently the CEO of Liquid Investments Incorporated, a beer distributor in California. It’s […]
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