Let s Play Twenty Questions

AC after what you say, which of course is true and most of us know it, the Madres still give him $300M for 10??? Now that’s s a dope fiend move…

I sat in a meeting of AA several years back and had the honor and privilege to hear Newk and Sweet Lou Johnson speak… One of the first questions to Sweet Lou was about baseball and came back quickly “Son you’re in the wrong meeting!! We talk about recovery in here”!!! Catch me on a sports show or whatever… Personally, knew I was in the right place… Newk had a big old grin from ear to ear…

RIP Newk …

more fodder for the Puig “lovers”/”haters”

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here’s the money quote ( . . . thank you, thank you, I’ll be here all week) “The last couple of years, I didn’t work hard because I still have a contract to go,” Puig said. “Now, I think work harder than any year of my life.”

apparently the link put me in moderation

go to cincinnati.com to see interview with Puig

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more fodder for the Puig “lovers”/”haters”

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here’s the money quote ( . . . thank you, thank you, I’ll be here all week) “The last couple of years, I didn’t work hard because I still have a contract to go,” Puig said. “Now, I think work harder than any year of my life.”

Yasiel Puig is a cross between Bo Jackson and Roberto Clemente. Maybe he will realize his potential elsewhere.

SCG

And most people don’t realize how amazing it was for Bo Jackson to be able to play pro baseball after he had his hip replaced.

Mark knows that better then most, although Mark didn’t experience that when he was young like Bo was.

But it sounds like Mark got the most of his real hip for a long time.

But your hip is where your body gets all it’s balance from, and you don’t realize that as much, until you have a serious hip issue.

Bo’s is on his third replacement now.

Anyone heard of Abreu to the Dodgers rumors?

Gonna go on record as saying that in year 4 of Manny Moes contract, (maybe 3), the Padres will be trying to dump his contract, no matter how good he is hitting. (Gee, does the name Zac Greinke ring a bell?) I don’t care how many so called experts are saying how great the Padres farm system is and how they are a year away from contention, blah blah blah… This is the same front office that went “All in” a couple of season ago by getting Matt Kemp, Wil Myers, and I think James Sheilds. Aaannndd, nothing happened. Freidman is still light years ahead of San Diego’s FO, and we all know they just did Mark’s signature “Dope Fiend” move of signing a boat anchor 10 year contract. I am so friggin relieved that Freidman takes all kind of crap from guys like us, but still has yet to mortgage the Dodgers future by making a huge deal just to make one. Say what you will, but 2 or 3 years from now the Pads will be hovering around .500, while we will still be bitching that we shoud have won 104 games instead of 100.

Andrew Friedman- “He’s earned the right to be on our Major League team and help us win games,” said Friedman. “He has a very high floor as a player. He has a very advanced approach at the plate. Tremendous bat-to-ball skills that complements our lineup. Very good defensively. Checks a lot of boxes in what we look for in a player. I expect at the end of the year he’ll have logged a significant number of plate appearances.”

I’m excited, I really believe Verdugo is going to shock alot of fans when he gets the chance to play everyday. Reminds me of a Corey Seager type hitter, and the power will 100% come, he will have 20+ Hrs this year, but it looks like AF is very high on Verdugo