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Is anybody else getting a 2014-15 off-season vibe from the Padres? Remember that year, when Prellar was new to the job and went crazy bringing in new players? Kemp, Upton, Shields, etc… So much buzz in the media. But so much suck on the field. Prellar won the trade deadline this year, but I...

Thanks for sharing your experience. Like so many things in baseball, the skill of playing balls at the wall is, I think, part natural (instinct or having that kinesthetic awareness) and part practice. I recall hearing the radio guys saying that JBJ would shag a lot of flies on the road --...

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Why is the infield in there? The game is over. Double play depth, just get a fucking out. FFS.

Time to pick a different team to pull for this year. Maybe the Mariners.

Not Ellsbury… he couldn’t make plays at the wall.

JBJ would have had it

Is Stephen Scott becoming a prospect? Currently hitting .260/.403/.470 for Portland in 30 games, 129 PA. His walk:strikeout ratio is a fantastic 24:26 (18.6% BB, 20.2% K). He's got a two-year oddity of hitting better AFTER being advanced a level. Last year he had an .834 OPS over 61 games for...

JBJ would have had that

Has nobody ever told Rafi he doesn’t have to swing from his heels to hit one out?

McGuire looks good behind the plate. Nice frame of that high curveball to get a K. Good run and catch for the pop up. Great recognition and hustle dive to keep that Perez dribbler fair and get the out.

Crddanne Rafael for CF 2023

JBJ catches that… easily

I've said it before, and I'll probably say it forever. I've never seen anybody play the outfield wall the way Jackie did. He always knew where he was, always was figuring out a way to make soft contact while moving at full speed. All those amazing plays, and he never hurt himself slamming into a...

JBJ throws him out