I'm glad Mirabelli is gone. After his bitching about Petco Park the other day, I felt an intense hatred for him that only the likes of Nevin and Klesko have known. I bet KT saw that quote in the UT and was like "Oh no you don't, you SOB!" Let's be honest he didn't want to be here anyway. He wanted to catch full time OR be a Boston Red Sock. Go home Mirabelli, jbox hates you. We have a catcher here that can hit into double plays with the best of them. Maybe this way Bochy can just stick with a line up with out having to protect Mirabelli's delicate feelings by letting him play every few days.
We are supposed to get Josh Bard, who I hear has been real solid in the minors. I don't know much about Clay Meredith (Baseball reference doesn't have a "Y" at the end of his name?). What I do know is that girls love pitchers named "Clay" though.
Update [2006-5-1 12:32:26 by jbox]:
Uh oh, see what Mirabelli did! Now he's got Khalil complaining about Petco:
Update [2006-5-1 12:39:43 by jbox]: Josh Bard has 10 passed balls this season. With 4 yesterday. Where did I hear he was solid?
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10 passed ball
b/c he was catching the knuckler; meredith is triple A reliever who flew thru farm system, went to big league team a year ago, struggled mightily and hasnt been the same sincegwynntown - May 1, 2006
Shouldn't the sox have checked
to see if anybody else could catch a knuckler before they traded Mirabelli?jbox - May 1, 2006
Bitching about Petco
Drives me nuts too! Opposing batters do NOT seem to cry about it. They just hit the ball. Why do these guys let it get into their heads?Too funny about Mirabelli - I agree he had to go. Is it irony that he was the LAST Padre who I snapped on photo day with my son?
Christina - May 1, 2006
Yeah they know they won't be here for long
but opposing teams have hit plenty of home runs and generated offense just like any other field. Look at the Rockies and their 33 runs in their series.jbox - May 1, 2006
Petco's got it's problems
but if the players are going to be bitching about it all the time, then they really should just bring in the fences, cuz I can't take the bitching anymore.jbox - May 1, 2006
Push them further back!
Jonny Dub - May 1, 2006
Is Bard
going to be on the roster? Or down in triple A?gwynntown - May 1, 2006
The public whining is what I dont like
Stop whining in the papers! Just like at any job, go to your supervisor directly with issues, don't stand up at a general meeting and complain in front of everyone. It's not that I don't think they have a point. It's that they are making excuses. If anyone should have adjusted to the dimensions and the way the ball carries it should be the Home Team!!After two full years, management must have agreed with players complaints at least somewhat since they did adjust the fence in front of the beach. If that was not enough (apparently), then keep pushing the issue with Alderson et al.
Christina - May 1, 2006
Meredith
His name is "Cla". His real first name is Olise, which is apparently Danish.Dex - May 1, 2006
I love it.
"If that game is in 80 percent of the stadiums, we get three or four home runs. I always look at that. Those are no-doubt home runs, and they change the whole feel of the game."So we get 3 or 4 home runs and the Dodgers would have had 20. Maybe he should feel better losing by 5 and not 15. By the way, you don't have to hit home runs to win. Petco is too big??? which leads me to what my dad told me in Little League: "Hit em where they ain't."
1 9th inning rally doesn't make up for the last 2 weeks of suck we have had to endure.
fairweather - May 1, 2006
right back at ya
jbox - May 2, 2006
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