Cameroon

Cameroon is an African country where I guess the Padres will be moving their operations if all the reports are correct from last night.It seems that in a brash move, John Moores has gone off the deep end and actually purchased a foreign land . While the geography is beautiful, ranging from plains to mountain streams, the work force is much cheaper, therefore allowing the team the luxury of more clubhouse attendants and secretaries.On the downside, the ballboys will all have to be completely retrained to recognize a baseball instead of a soccer ball. Expect ticket prices to reflect that. Road trips will continue to haunt the Padres as we await the 2006 season.



My mistake....the Padres have instead, traded Xavier Nady to the N.Y. Mets for outfielder Mike CAMERON.



The deal is expected to be officially announced Friday, the earliest that a physical of Cameron can be completed. If you remember, he and teammate Carlos Beltran had that horrendous head to head collision at Petco that shattered most of his facial bones and put him on the DL for the remainder of last season. The physical is to see if there are any lingering effects of the collision on his eyesight.
The Padres are expected to pick up all of Camerons salary, close to $7 mil a year, while cutting loose Nady at $1.5 mil and never really letting him get settled in San Diego to see if he could stick in the bigs as an every day player. Personally,I had hopes that the X Man would make an impact here after seeing glimpses of big power and adequate defense from his sparse starts.
Word is that Cameron will be moved back to his natural position in center, moving Dave Roberts to left and (Please Santa,this is all I want!) keeping Brian Giles in right.

Also in Padres news, unnamed sources also have Sean Burroughs' name on the trading block if, and when the Padres can talk his dad out of retirement.


After an exhaustive search that spanned the world of sports, the Dodgers yesterday named Nick Colletti, 11 year assistant GM to the SF Giants, as GM of the team.
Pee Wee Herman and Tonya Harding will be notified that they are out of the running.

Hernandez....The Great Debate

Shamelessly borrowed from the MetsGeek site, a debate on whether they should get Ramon or not....





"Andrew Hintz: When it comes to Ramon Hernandez the most talked about thing isn't his batting average (.290 overall, .302 at Petco Park — a ballpark even more cavernous than Shea Stadium) or his fielding (ignoring a rough, injury-shortened season last year, he's a Gold Glove candidate every year) or the fact that he's considered one of the best game-callers in MLB. No, it seems that every conversation that revolves around Ramon Hernandez ends up back at the same thing: just how much money will he make this offseason?

Earlier this season Hernandez turned down a four year, $24 million dollar offer by the Padres, and let them know he was looking more towards the Jason Varitek four years, $40 million dollar deal range — even threatening to take on Scott Boras as his representation. But Hernandez isn't likely to hit that monetary range, as he's never been the focal point of a franchise or the on-field leader of a team. The more likely scenario is he winds up with a four year deal near around a little over thirty million. Though still not an insignificant amount, the big question is this: is Hernandez worth it?

Ramon Hernandez brings a lot of tools to the table: with the exception of speed — he's slightly above Jason Phillips level in that regard — he's an above average catcher in all other fields: he hits for average (his average has climbed four years in a row), he hits for power (twelve homeruns last season in 369 at-bats, five in 172 at-bats in a stadium that held Brian Giles to six), and his arm strength (above average) and arm accuracy (Ivan Rodriguez-like) are both pluses. Even the major knock on Ramon Hernandez coming into this season — an inability to block balls in the dirt — has turned around, and his range behind the plate has improved dramatically. This is not even taking into account what every pitching staff Hernandez has led has praised him for: his intangibles. Jake Peavy on Hernandez: "his preparation, his knowledge of hitters, his willingness to set ego aside, his ability not to carry poor at-bats onto the defensive side of things are irreplaceable". Scott Linebrink: "The biggest thing is how easy Ramon is to work with. He is definitely a guy we want to hang onto." And, speaking of pitching staffs, Hernandez and Rick Peterson have not only worked together in the past, but Hernandez is a Peterson fan. With a catcher and pitching coach already on the same page to kick off the season, it can only mean good things for the younger pitchers on the team.

So, what is Hernandez looking for, besides forty million dollars? His agent has declared Hernandez is interested in: "a club during the course of his contract that he thinks is going to be a contending-type ballclub. He's going to look at the makeup of the club currently and what the plans are going forward." Apparently, Hernandez has decided that the Mets fit that bill, as his agent followed that up by saying Hernandez is interested in the team (and, of course, their money). The best part of it all, Hernandez will turn thirty years old on May 20th of next year. This would mean his contract would end at age thirty-four — which most consider to be the point in a catcher's career where their stats go downhill.

Though the money amount may not be ideal, the player and what he brings to the table is: get Ramon Hernandez, and settle the catching position for another four years.

Eric Simon: Ramon Hernandez is a fine player. At 4 years/$24 million I would be riding the Ramon Hernandez float at the Thanksgiving Day parade. At nearly $8 million a year I have to take a hearty pass, and here's why.

Among MLB backstops with at least 350 plate appearances last season Hernandez was 10th in OPS at (out of 27) at .772, right behind Mike Piazza. Much of that Hernandez' offensive value comes from his power, as he was 8th in slugging at .450. Hernandez does not do a very good job of getting on base, as despite his .290 BA his OBP of .322 was only good for 16th among catchers and his 18 walks were bested by all but two qualifying catchers.

Kudos on mentioning park factors, as Petco Park is notoriously tough on hitters. Here's the kicker, though: Shea Stadium affects right-handed homerun hitters almost as much as Petco does (71 park factor compared to 65 for Petco, specifically for HR by RHB). Shea would help out Hernandez' average a bit, one would presume, so he would have that going for him.

As far as his age is concerned, I'm less optimistic about Hernandez' inevitable decline. Prime years for a ballplayer are around age 28-32. A player typically hits his peak around age 30 and gradually declines until he's a worthless husk. Most people would agree that catchers age more aggressively than other position players, what with the wear and tear on their bodies. So let's say that a catcher's peak is actually around 28, at which point he begins to decline. Hernandez will turn 30 in 2006 and would be 33 — five years past his prime — when a four-year contract expires. Case in point: Mike Piazza:

Age 28: 1.070 OPS
Age 30: .936 OPS
Age 33: .903 OPS

In this case, a declining Piazza is still a world-class hitting catcher. Mike kept himself in good shape and he dropped off quite a bit. This doesn't guarantee that Hernandez will, but catchers don't typically start playing better after they turn 30.

With regard to Hernandez' defense, his CS% has declined each of the past three seasons and he nailed just 26% of would-be base-stealers in 2005, just 13th (out of 21) in the Majors. Most of the rest of a catcher's defense is subjective, so I'll suppose he is something like an average catcher in most other areas.

And now we come to one of life's unsolved mysteries: calling a game. How do we evaluate that? Not really sure we can. Pitchers seem to like pitching to him, and that's important I guess. Not as important as having good pitchers, but it's probably worth something, say, 13.5 on some arbitrary scale I just invented that doesn't measure anything in particular. One semi-legitimate way to measure a catcher's rapport with pitchers is to compare how the staff fared when throwing to Hernandez in comparison to other catchers on the team. We'll use CERA, or catcher ERA:

Hernandez: 4.04 CERA
Padres C: 4.13 CERA

That's about a 2% difference. The Padres' team CERA includes over 200 innings by first-basemen Robert Fick and Phil Nevin, and you've got to assume Hernandez is better at calling a game than those two, right? Throw them out and it's basically a wash. If Hernandez' otherworldly game-calling ability had any affect on his pitchers' performance I'm just not seeing it.

To summarize: Hernandez has plus power and terrible plate discipline. Above-average hitting catcher for sure, but not quite Jason Varitek or Victor Martinez. He has an average caught-stealing rate and he's apparently no better at affecting the success of his pitchers than any other catcher on his team. All this for $8 million a season? Two words: Ramon Castro.

Here's how he did compared to Hernandez last season:

AB BA OBP SLG CS%
Hernandez 369 .290 .322 .450 27%
Castro 209 .244 .321 .435 31%Castro made $500k last season and might make $1.5 million this year. He will also turn 30 next year. His batting average is a good deal lower than Hernandez', but he makes up for it with a ton of walks, making on-base percentage a dead heat. His slugging percentage is just a shade lower. These are two very similar players, one of which will be looking to make $6-$7 million more than the other. In the battle of Ramon vs Ramon, I'm definitely taking Ramon.

Castro, that is."

News from the wild ,wild West

Nothing...................................or pretty much so.

The Dodgers made an overture to BG, testing the waters I guess........their GM will be advised as soon as he's hired.
Omar Minaya, the middle eastern samurai and GM for the Mets made an appointment to meet with Ramon Hernandez.

Aki had his option picked up while Eric Young's wasn't, as expected.

Rumor now has Dave Roberts and Sean Burroughs going to Boston for Boomer.
There have been reports that the Rangers and Pads are talking about sending Alfonso Soriano and OF Laynce Nix here in exchange for Adam Eaton and Mark Loretta.
The Pads are rumored to be looking at japanese catcher Kenji Jojima as a replacement for Ramon, and might possibly have an interest in Mike Piazza.

Piazza? What the hay....that would fit right in with the (aged) hiring trend so far.The only competition I see is with Wal-Mart, since we're raiding their door greeter stock.

Don't buy any jerseys with names on them yet, this off season looks like it will definitly change the dynamic of the team............or the whole team period!

GM Vacations...err meetings

Well, all the GM's have convened in Indian Wells for the annual meeting to set the table for trades and acquisitions. KT looks to be busy trying to nail down a lot of help. According to Tom Krasovics article, he'll be looking for catching help, outfielders, role players , and relievers.
Sounds like a whole new team to me.

KT wants speed in the outfield, something that's been lacking with Giles(who is average, but can carry a team with his bat ) and Klesko(who is subpar in both speed and defense, but is the best damned $10 million bench player in the majors!). I don't believe they plan to retain Dave Roberts, which IMO, would be a shame. The man was a spark for us and manufactured runs.
He's been quoted as saying there are only two untouchables, that being Jake Peavey and Khalil Greene, so in other words, this is a rebuilding of sorts.

No word yet on anything regarding Ramon Hernandez, Brian Giles , or Terrell Hoffman(who isn't appreciated). Hey Trevor, loyalty is a two way street , and money shouldn't be the criteria by which it's judged. I didn't see you returning any money in 2003 when you had surgery. Yes, I'm still chappped at the publicity stunt, since you ask.

It will be interesting to see what shakes out in the next few days when the big boys bang heads(and wallets).
Al/NL Cy Youngs, Managers of the Year,yada,yada, will be named during the next week at the meetings.

I Don't Get it

We traded B Law to the Nationals for Vinny Castilla? It's not as if decent pitching just grows on trees, plus we could have resigned Randa and spelled him with Seany at third.
What does this portend? Let's break it down.

1. Randa won't be resigned
2. Seany will be a PTP'er at third.....or traded
3. While Castilla was a great home run hitter in Colorado, he fell back to earth at sea level with the Braves and the Nats, and while he may use the Western Metal Building foul pole as his personal playground, I don't see him replicating his past feats in the rarified air of Coors country.

He did rank second in the NL in defense, but we were adequate there already with Randa.

Were the Pads scared that B Law had lost a lot this year as he showed for a stretch during the stretch?

Or is it the Mexican connection again, gaining more fans from the South by having them identify with Castilla, something they lessened when Ollie went bye bye.

Or is this part of a bigger plan that they haven't released anything on?

Last time I heard B Laws name mentioned , it was in a rumor that had he and Aki possibly going to Boston for Boomer.

I still don't get it.........


HOFFMAN SIGNS CONTRACT WITH PADRES!!!!

Uhhh, Glen Hoffman that is. Trevor's brother is now our third base coach, replacing Rob Picciolo, who was let go after the season.It'd be a shame if they let Trevor get away

Grady Fuson was officially named VP

Vedddy Interestink !

(start vent)
So, this is how it's going to be. Trevor and his agent takes his fight to make even more millions to the media, in front of God and everybody, in hopes that it will sway the paying public to his side......or so it seems.

Don't you think that when they're dealing with the obscene amounts of money they play for and pay for, is being bandied about in dark rooms with a lot of cigar smoke in the air ( undoubtedly lit with $100 bills), that it should remain behind closed doors?
Unlees they're willing to kick down for the MRF ( motes retirement fund),or pay my SDGE bill for a year, I really don't care if they ever settle it.

I mean come on, you want sympathy from some regular Joe who's sweating it out if he'll be able to buy the big bag of Fritos this week at Albersons?

Keep it quiet...fill us in on how it's going once in awhile...make your announcement and move on. That way the common folk will only resent you for a little while for being overpaid prima donnas.
(end vent)

Anyways, since Theo Epstein walked from the Red Sox, the question has arisen taht maybe KT wouldn't mind being reunited with Larry Lucchino. Or that maybe Epstein would like to return to San Diego. Stat Man(Epstein) and Moneyball(Alderson) would make a nice fit don't you think?

Pat Gillick , who interviewed for the Dodger GM position has signed on the be the Phils GM...so LA still needs to find one.

Aki and Eric Young both have options for 2006, $1.75 mil and $850,000 respectively, and buyout clauses for $250,000 and $100,000. Word has it is that the Pads will pick up the option year on Aki, but not EY, instead buying him out for the $100,000. Would be a shame to see EY walk for all the leadership and good play he brings to the club. I'm wondering if the Pads are resigning Aki to package him with B Law to send to Boston to bring Boomer back here?

Looks like things are starting to heat up a little.

More later!

The one that got away

Wow....Theo Epstein and the Boston Red Sox hit a snag in contract talks and it ended up with Epstein resigning his post , one year removed from taking the Sox to the WS.

That throws a monkey wrench into the mix. He's a stat hound and so is Sandy Alderson....need I say more?
Of course, LA is also looking for a new GM and I'm sure will have talks with him. I can see someone of Epsteins record going to the highest bidder in a place he wants to be of course. I'm not advocating firing KT, but you can't ignore Epatein's success. Interesting!

Read in another beantown rag that it's up to KT and Epstein to package a deal that would bring Boomer back into the Padre fold. Talent that's rumored to be given would be Aki and B Law in the deal. The Sox covet Eaton, but the Pads supposedly wouldn't part with him. After saying that, remember about Epstein resigning, so where that put's the prospective trade.....I don't know and wouldn't want to hazard a guess.

The next week or so might get interesting...more later

GM Hunt

It's just like an Easter Egg hunt only different.........and it costs a lot more money.

Been awhile since I posted anything, but by no means has nothing been happening.
Arizona has gone ahead and signed Josh Byrnes from the Bosox. He was an assistant under Theo Epstein who apprenticed in San Diego and has yet to resign with Boston. Aparrently he and Larry Lucchino, the architect for getting Petco Park built, don't exactly see eye to eye.
In an article on the DBack site, it quotes general partners of the club as to what they were looking for in a new GM..."They wanted someone with a background in player evaluation and development, someone with character, intelligence and leadership skills. "...Kevin Towers,you listening?LOL
Brian Cashman, who's name had been mentioned as a possible replacement for KT, should he leave, resigned with the Yankees for 3 more years and $5 mil.
That would leave Theo Epstein,GM of the Red Sox,who's currently negotiating with Boston for a contract extension, and David Forst, assistant GM to the A's as possible replacements.

Breaking news!!! The LA Dodgers have fired Paul DePodesta as their GM after a horrible season. The manager, Jim Tracy was fired a week or two ago and has since signed with Pittsburgh as their manager.Looks like a total revamp for our neighbors to the north, starting at the top and I'm sure wending it's way through personnel and coaches. It will be interesting to see what happens up there as it has a direct correlation to us as they are a division foe.
Names in the hunt for manager are Alan Trammel, Orel Herschiser and,Terry Collins,director of the farm system.


Speaking of KT, it seems that since the position at AZ has been filled, he will be back to head the Padres for at least the year 2006,is signed through 2007, and has an option for 2008.who knows after that.
A lot of fans have been calling for his and Boch's head since the team has yet to win a World Series.
Me? I tend to look at teams like the White Sox who haven't won for 88 years, or the Astros, who aside from the fact that they were an expansion team before us, this was their first appearance in the Series. I don't even want to get into the Cubs!
Anyways, I refuse to be the fan that calls for all out remodels of the whole team after every season because my team didn't win it all.
Unless I see wholesale blunders being made on a consistent basis, I will be there roooting my team on.
Yes, I know that Boch at times makes some unorthodox calls during a game, but there has to be a reason that he's respected so much among his peers.
And I also realize that KT has made some bad trades, but when you're banking on consistency from something as frail as a human....LOL....good luck with that. It's impossible to explain why a guy will tank in one place, yet do great in another. Could it be chemistry?
To quote Toby Harrah, "Stats are like a girl in a bikini, it shows a lot, but it doesn't show everything!"

Anyways, it looks like KT will be here for another year at least, operating under the auspices of Sandy Alderson and Grady Fuson, who I'm sure will be keeping close tabs on "Barney Fife" as he was referred to in the SD Union Tribune.
As much as the management is saying that they're happy with each other, and it's business as usual, it wouldn't surprise me to see KT moving along at any time if things don't go as Alderson plans. The team is under his control now and I'm sure that he wants to put his stamp on it,in fact he already did by bring up Grady Fuson and giving him the director of scouting and player development job....a fancy monniker for being a shadow, wouldn't you think?
We shall see as Spring Training approaches.

Damian Jackson has moved on to the Washington Nationals, signing a one year free agent deal. I suspected that he would be allowed to walk if he chose that route.Personally, I would have preferred that they keep Geoff Blum, you know him...he's that guy that filled in for Khalil when K was hurt and on the DL, and he also hit a huge dinger in the Series! Congrats to you Blummer!
Giles was offered a 3 year $21 mil contract, but will hear other offers that are out there....scary if we lose him!
Trevor and the club are talking,along with Glenn, Trevors brother, to be looked at for the 3rd base coach position. He last coached for the Dodgers, but is looking around while the Dodgers hunt for a new manager, and now, general manager.I'm sure Trevor,if resigned, would appreciate having his brother here, as would Brian Giles, if we could mange to wrest him away from Atlanta...not likely though and we still have M Lo .
Speaking of the Braves, they hired Roger McDowell to be their new pitching coach, replacing Leo (The other Rocker) Mazzone, who left for the Orioles.

Padres who have filed for free agency lately are P Pedro Astacio,U Mark (Show your Pelo) Sweeney, and U Robert Fick who upon hearing about free agency was quoted as saying," give me all you got if they're free"

Interesting that the agent for Ramon Hernandez is saying that Ramon would like to stay in San Diego, but hasn't had any talks with Sandy Alderson or KT for that matter since May, when Alderson took over, yet Alderson is saying that Ramon wants more $$ that the Padres are willing to offer. Is Ramon getting railroaded out of town without a decent chance to negotiate? Time will tell who's making up the media spin.

Tye Waller, who was the director of player management in the minors, was given the job of first base coach,replacing Davey Lopes, who was let go along with 3rd base coach Rob Picchiolo

Now Where Were We?

Yeah...it's been a few days since I posted anything, but that doesn't mean I can't be a sportswriter.
I can drink ,eat ,run up an expense account and tell whoppers just as good as the next guy.

Just give me a chance!

On the baseball free agent front.....not much.
Heard word that Theo Epstein, the Red Sox GM that apprenticed here in Dago before he was awarded the keys to the executive washroom might be a fit here....along with Boomer, who requested a trade out of Beantown for the final year of his contract. I always liked Boomer and he proved he was a good acquisition before he left here.
That would be on the back burner for now, since neither club has signed their respective GM's yet.

Other than that, not a heckuva lot going on in Padre world. That might be because the World Series has everyones attention. And what a World Series it is. Yeah, it may be lacking in the usual suspects(Yankees,Boston,etc), but I for one find it refreshing to see two teams that aren't common words in your baseball language.

For the Astros, it's their first trip to the Big Game in their history, and I'm rooting for them because I remember fondly when they were in our division and I watched the killer B's grow togwether as a team. I hope they do well.
On the other hand, it's nice to see another Chitown team get some press besides the Cubs. And also, I remember when Ozzie Guillen came up with the Padres when he first started out. Man...I'm old,huh?
Anyways, it's nice to see a sparkplug lie him get his chance in the sun. I hope the Sox do well also.

As it stands, in the first game, Houston had a chance to tie it or win it late, but the Sox closer, Jenks was bringin it ay up to 100 mph and was unhittable.Sox win
In tonights game, it was a different story as Jenks gave up a couple of hits and runs that allowed the 'Stros to tie it up in the 9th, only to be deflated by a walk off by Podsednik off of Lidge. Sox up 2-0 with a get away day tomorrow to head to where the stars at night are big and bright. Hopefully, the Stros can get a couple back at home and make this thing exciting.

The Bolts lost to the Eagles today with 1 minute and change left when they went for a field goal that would have put them up a touch with the defense playing well and stopping the Eagles ...but alas, it was blocked and they ran it back for a touchdown to go up 20-17. The Chargers were making a run to score again when Caldwell had the ball stripped from him at the Eagles 20 yard line where they ran out the clock.
So much for brotherly love.

Jimmie Johnson got passed by Tony, er Goat Sneward in the closing laps to finish 3rd in the race at Martinsville. Ironically, Mark Martin had a terrible day(fire,crashes,locusts)
Jeff Gordon won it with the boys heading to Atlanta next week and the fastest track they race on all year,Richmond.

Back to the World Series. So far we've seen two virtually unheard of teams with a host of no names on both, striving to excel in the grandest game that baseball has to offer. It's the first and (maybe) last time for some of the guys playing to make an appearance in a Series.
It never ceases to amaze me to see guys that look like they could be you grocery bagger, rising above mediocrity, if only for a short time in October, to indelibly mark their names to the hallowed scrolls of baseball immortality.
It's nice to see the sportsmanship and all out "get dirty and dive headfirst" attitudes they have while being exhausted(I'm sure)from the grueling day in, day out monotony that is the regular season. Herculean efforts that won't go unnoticed when you think back on the memories of this past season in a few years, and yet, one question remains unanswered......................








...........when will Tim McCarver shut the hell up !!!!!!

What's up Tiger Lily?

What about the title?
I don't think there's a good division between the sides of my brain and stuff is free to wander back and forth without restriction...that's probably the sloshing sound I hear when I walk!


This taken right off of the Twin Cities Pioneer Press

") Look for free-agent Twins outfielder Jacque Jones to end up with San Diego or St. Louis."

So far , that's about all I've heard about any rumors of off season moves.But if that's true, that would be a great acquisition for us, adding coverage in the vast expanses at Petco, and power and average in the lineup !
OK, KT. JM has given me power of attorney and his blessing to inform you to take pretty much any means necessary to sign Jaque !

KT's status is still up in the air....Brian Cashman still hasn't signed with the Yanks, but has talked with the head honchos.

Heard that Jim Thome wasn't going to sign back with the Phils,he would look good at first in Petco, and with him being a left handed power guy with Petco Porch looming out there, he might be a good choice to pursue although he is due to make $12 mil in '06 and $14 mil '07and '08, with a $13 mil option in '09.....ehhhh, maybe they (Phils) will be willing to eat some contract and take Ryno in trade, and we'll throw in KT since they fired their GM and are actively looking to hire someone!


With catcher Ramon Hernandez more than likely moving on to secure the big $$, it's a question of "will the Pads look elsewhere for veteran catching help?"
The answer might lie north of us in Anaheim, where Benjie Molina is due to try his hand at free agency.
He made $1.05 mil in '05, but said he wouldn't take the "hometown discount " to stay in Disneyworld. We could offer him more , but it would probably be the San Dieg discount instead of the Anaheim discount. Still, something to look at as I'm not sure that Miggy could could go the long haul as the first string backstop.

On to baseball....congrats are in order for the Go Go Sox, who set a record with having pitched all those complete games and sending the Angels to a crushing defeat in the ALCS.
Ozzie has his guys playing well and with his unconventional managing moves definitly gives his team a chance to go all the way!

Talk about crushing defeats...The Astros last night were one out away from clinching the NLCS from the Cards, when Albert Pujols did what he does and sent a 3 run dinger into the deeeeeep left field seats to salvage the win in Houston and give hope to the struggling Cards.
I truly thought that the Cardinals would breeze through the next round with Houston after having smoked the Padres like a Christmas Ham, but the gritty 'Stros have shown a ton of heart and talent ,to give the Redbirds all they want to handle. Hats off to them !!

Saturday, #48 Jimmie Johnson overcame flat tires, a failing alternator, mid race battery replacement, and other problems to win his namesake race at Lowe's Motor Speedway. That's FOUR consecutive wins there. To say he's consistent in North Carolina would be an understatement. That puts him back at the top tied with Goat Sneward (Tony Stewart), as my son calls him, for the lead in the Race for the Nextel Cup Crown.

Heh heh heh heh....Goat Sneward!

You need to understand that I taught him Tony Stewarts name when he was 3 years old and he couldn't pronounce it well, and that name stuck,and we don't care for Mr. Sneward anyways. My boy also doesn't like the Dodgers or the Giants, but does love the Padres and Chargers.......like father like son?....damn straight !!!!!!

The Bolts fell into a Black Hole last Sunday and didn't even get dirty. They beat the Raiders in their house handily as LaDanian Tomlinson played Superman again and ran, caught, and threw for touchdowns in the victory. He also set the record for rushing for a touchdown in consecutive games, at 18.
And to think he's only going to get better gives me hope for the future of the Bolts. The "O" line played good, while the defense, particularly the secondary, stepped up and put the wood to the passing "machine" of the Oakland Gang ( pun intended).
Next week we visit the Campbells House of Chunk(y soup), and take on Donovan McNabb, his Mom, and the rest of the Eagles.