Triple-A Padres?

Sorry I haven't update anything on my blog. I've been pretty busy. The not-so-good-new it that I'm going to high school as a freshman next week. Boo.

Anyway, my boys have not been playing so great lately. They are looking more like Triple-A Beavers Padres. The way they are performing on the mound and plate bothers the heck out of me. It's so frustrating that we are heading towards 3/4 of the season and they have done nothing but terrible things. Oh, and they are in a four-game losing streak starting from Sunday. Not good at all boys, not good.

I don't even want to recap the games that the Padres LOST. They stand 23 games back from first in NL West with 37-57 record. I just don't get why this team is looking more like last year AKA 99-loss season. Did they learn anything from last season? I don't think so. Including last offseason and this year, we gave away five vetrans. Names with chronological order? Khalil Greene, Trevor Hoffman, Jody Gerut, Scott Hairston, and now Cla Meredith. All of them were so important to the Padres and fans. The only move I completely understand is trading Jody Gerut for Tony Gwynn. Tony has done phenominal job for us and I'm really proud of him.

Why on Earth we are missing so many vetrans we loved in San Diego? OK. We have four vetrans on this team right now. They are David Eckstein, Cliff Floyd, Henry Blanco and Brian Giles. All four of them are on the DL. Good news is that both Eck and Henry are very close to return. I missed Eck so much on the field. He always brings something that makes the team work together and does every little things that will help the Padres win. Basically, we are screwed without him. Henry Blanco is an well-experienced vetran and definitely teaches young kids with anything. It's unfortunate that Cliff Floyd won't return with Eck and Blanco. Brian Giles has been struggling and I don't mind if he comes back late this season.            

This team is looking more like a group of young kids. Well, Adrian and Kouz are doing a good job. Rookies obviously does not have any experience in the big leagues and taking baby steps to do whatever they can for the team. They need to make a SOS sign so the vetrans can help them. The player Padres need RIGHT NOW is David Eckstein, no doubt. I need him, rookies need him, and the whole team needs him.

Eck will return this weekend against the Nationals instead of the Phillies. After today's game against the Marlins, Padres are on a road trip. They will play at Philadelphia tomorrow as a make-up game since there was a rain delay all the way back in April. I'm hoping that Kevin Correia will do a great job against 2008 World Series MVP Cole Hammels. Kevin is our new ace on the mound and in fact, it's true.

Padres just completed a seven-game homestand with 1-6 record and a total of 12 runs scored. Yikes. My good luck baseball helped the Padres win when I attended a game on Saturday. I need to go to more games so they can win since I'm going to bring more luck. Winning game is not all about luck but still, it's the least the teams can do to get a victory. Losing three games out of four and getting swept at home is just unacceptable.    

By the way, Kevin Correia could be next Padre on the market. I just hope that we can keep him. He's been doing a great job trying to get the team back together. Say that the Padres give him away, we are going to get young pitchers/hitters and not those who knows what to do in the Majors. I need to have words with the Padres front office.

NO. I am not giving up on them forever. It's just frustrating and I'm describing this situation with harsh words. They just can't play like this anymore. We are heading towards the finish line sooner or later and I don't want my team to known as "back-to-back under .500 club." Boys, please do whatever you can and get your heads in the game. If that doesn't work, something bad and serious is going to happen to me.

Padres are playing the Nationals! What a joy! If they can't take the series then something is VERY wrong. Rockies and Marlins crushed us at homestand and it was very embarassing. It's time to get serious and no more excuses for my San Diego Padres.