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Took a ride on the metro with my lovely frau to the ballpark today to see our team in action. “Action” is a little strong, not too much enthusiasm. Most of our hitters (Gorman, Noot, Herrera, Siani) seem totally outmatched by Montgomery. Gibson started well, but looking tired in the 5th. Stands are no more than half full maybe closer to a third, and quiet. Ticket prices up too. I paid $14 in service fees on top of the ticket price for an on line purchase all electronic. Now off to get a $10 hot dog. Need some runs!
ZTR – you are correct that walking Contreras should have been the call. Might even walk Adames too and load them up just to get to Ortiz who has only 67 plate appearances in the majors. I wonder what the analytics say about that? Tried to find an explanation from Marmol about why they pitched to Contreras but can’t find one.
Gorman whiffs for the FOURTH time tonight to end the game. Terrible offense all around. And, I’m sorry, but an eight pitch at-bat that ends in a strikeout is not a “good at-bat” despite what the announcers say.
Bling – how true.
I don’t want to root for a team whose only concern is the bottom line, but in modern baseball, I suppose that would mean not rooting for anyone.
O.k., so to paraphrase, we’re not where we want to be. We need to do better. We can do better, but it won’t be soon. We just want to start winning consistently then we’ll work on fielding that playoff class team.
To be honest, his remarks are a little scatter-brained. He changes thoughts mid-sentence quite a lot which indicates he hasn’t thought through how to explain their position. Seems to differ quite a bit from the POBO’s comments too which over the last few months were about shoring up the rotation and the bullpen to field a winning team this year.
He mentions that they brought up players last year that weren’t ready for the show, and gave away good talent to do it. I’d say the organization also brought in a GM a few years back that wasn’t ready for the big leagues.
So, yes, we’re frustrated.
Whatever happened to “just win, baby!”?
Fernandez gets the nod and isn’t looking too shabby. Would like to see him put up a zero to close out the 8th.
I’d put Gibson in for the 7th. Only 79 pitches and pitching well. Pull him if two batters reach base.
Padres don’t look the same without Soto and Hader. Even as Tatis connects for an upper decker. Good for us.
Goldy, Gorman, Arenado down 1-2-3 top of the ninth. Not good. Looks like they kind of gave up at the end.
Need to get through this inning with that one run lead, then bring Helmsley in to atone for last night.