December 23, 2008
Fun in the Sun
R.J. Anderson notes that the Padres should be fun to watch in 2009:
Imagine you were just crowned General Manager of a replacement level team that won 50 games last season. There's very little you could do that would be worse, and the team is so cheap that getting rid of the broken parts isn't too worrisome on a cash-strapped owner's checkbook. The Pads aren't quite that bad off, but that doesn't mean they can't take some chances that in previous years were off limits.
In short, the Padres are a sabermetrician's dream laboratory!
If you mean watching them lose 100 games and be out of it by Memorial Day then it doesn't sound so much like fun to me.
I guarantee you they will not lose 100 games.
It's hard to lose that many games.
They lost 99 last year and look considerably suckier this year.
