- The Pittsburgh Pirates. I think there's been enough said about them that I can love the fact that I don't root for these fools. Although word on the street is that they're getting better. But still. I mean, Matt Morris. Yeah. They gave something up for that guy.
- The Houston Astros. Carlos Lee (fine, but over $100 million? really?) Miguel Tejada (aging overnight and getting caught with steroids)...They only have one pennant in over forty years--which is worse than my Padres.
- The San Francisco Giants. They had a Barry Bonds on roids--who was arguably better than Babe Ruth at the time and still did not win a World Series. Ristupidlous. Brian Sabean anyone? Edgar Renteria, BARRY FUCKING ZITO (Which everyone in the world was like, why sign him at all?) Matt Morris (again) Aaron Rowand, Randy Winn? WTF? I mean, at least he drafted Lincecum and Cain. I'll give him that.
- The Los Angeles Dodgers. God they're dumb. Ned Colletti is so fucking stupid that he drove my grandmother away from the Dodgers and into the Padres welcoming arms. She lived in Los Angeles for like forty years. Juan Pierre. All I gots to say.
- The Chicago White Sox. Boy did they get lucky that one year with all their pitching having like career years. Boy are they really dumb. Boy are is Kenny Williams and Ozzie Guillen really obnoxiously arrogant. Boy do they have job security after that World Series win. They'll continue to make stupid moves for years before they get fired
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Cool! List
Okay, so here's the idea. I'm going to make a list of baseball franchises that make me feel good about rooting for the Padres because they're so so stupid. Right? Simple enough? This should be fun.
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I think I have to disagree with San Francisco. Not sure about that one. Although they have blown for several years. Zito was a horrible signing. I don't think there's anything that could have been done about Bonds. He's legendary, steriods or not, therefore putting them in a no-win situation. A few positives: Lincecum, Cain, Sandoval, to a lesser extent Sanchez. They're fairly decent in the minors too. Oh, and Rowand was a bad signing too, at least for the level of production he's giving them.
ReplyDeleteI don't get what you're saying about Bonds...was he not the greatest hitter EVER? Regardless of how he got there. Ever. Ever. Ever. In 2004, I know everyone ever has seen this crap, but in 2004:
ReplyDeleteBA/OBP/SLG .362(!)/.609(!!!!!!!!!!)/.812(!@!@!$!??????)
I mean, those are numbers that someone like Ryan Howard puts up for a week or two. This was done over 147 games. Whatever.
Barry Bonds never posted an OPS lower than .999 for San Francisco. From 1993 to 2007. That's like 14 years. The Giants made the playoffs 4 (FOUR!!! FOUR!!!!) times. That, my friend, is inexcusable. I know Sabean showed up in 1997 and all four of those playoff appearances were under his watch. Four out of 10? In a five division team? And Colorado, Arizona, San Diego routinely suck? Inexcusable. Inexcusable. The greatest player ever got to play on four playoff teams in 14 years. And to top it off, it doesn't even look that rosy right now.