Top 10 reasons moneyball is not working for the Padres

This was very exiting this week... It was a first... This topic was the first topic I did that was suggested by a listener to the show. His name is Tom, and he is actually very well versed on the topic and has a wicked sense of humor. He is the only person I know that actually read the money ball book. So thank you Tom... Here is the list...


Top 10 reasons Moneyball is not working for the Padres

10) Sandy and Paul mis-remembered what the computer said, it predicted 90 losses not 90 wins….
9) The bash brothers Dan Mcguire and Jose Canseco retired
8) Padres money ball formula: 1000 strikeouts + no team speed = 100 team losses
7) There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and Padres front office moneyball stats
6) In money ball, looking at strike one, strike two, strike 3, means having plate discipline.
5) Looking at strike 1, strike 2, and a swing and a miss for strike 3 means being patiently aggressive
4) http://www.advancedscouts.com/ predicts Padres will lose 100 games this season
3)BALCO and Victor Conte were big sponsors of moneyball in Oakland
2) Padres money ball players have 5 tools. High SO’s, no speed, Power with no one on base, low BA, and most importantly cheap to sign

And the number 1 reason Moneyball is not working for the Padres

1) Becky plays the only real money ball in the organization. She’s got John by the balls and she gets ½ his money

Alternate: Padres should've built training facility in Jamaica not Dominican republic

I ended up using the alternate instead of the Canceco. I was glad, since it was very well received. Like an idiot I forgot to mention Tom's name. I had asked Tom if I could mention his name, he had said ok but only after I did the top 10... Well, when I finished the top 10 Scott through me a curve, by making me repeat the #1 reason and it rattled me enough to forget to mention Tom's name.. I will do it next week.
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Top 10 things we learned from the Beijing Olympics

First, I must apologize for being a week late in updating the blog. This was a last minute topic suggested by my ML broker ( he must've felt bad for me, losing me all this money in the market), just kidding Jay... Anyway, I enjoyed this topic a lot, probably could've done a couple of top 10's on it. I really feel bad about missing on the basketball team from spain poking fun at the Chinese in the infamous add photo. I should've had a line for that... My SIL remind me of that... Anyway here is the top 10...
Top 10 things we learned from the Chinese Olympics

10) In China 13 is the new 16…
9) China opening ceremony organizers used same voice coach as Milli Vanilli
8) Gymnast Shawn Johnson is taller then Bob Costa
7) George bush is a no Bill Clinton. How can he pass patting Misty May’s butt?
6) In my next life I want to be a camera man for beach volleyball
5) They took dog off the menu in the Beijing restaurants but a few showed up in the women’s marathon.
4) Matt Vasgersian needs Mud to be funny
3) French found a new way to spell retreat – Smash
2) Danna Torres in one fine MILF

And the number 1 thing we learned from the Beijing Olympics...

1) Who the heck is Mary Carrillo and why is she preempting Olympic coverage?

Anyway, all went well... They found my pronunciation of Beijing hilarious and took full comedic advantage. Enjoy listening to it here

Top 10 ways to increase attendance at Petco

I haven't updated the blog for a while... But you haven't missed much. In addition to being preempted by Jim Lampley two weeks ago, imagine that zino being preempted by Jim lampley, lol, I took a week of last week... The Padres remain an endless source of material for me, so for this week I decided to do the "Top 10 ways to increase attendance at Petco". Here is the list....

10) Give our catchers a slingshot to throw out runners

9) Hooters restaurant inside Petco

8) Offer a gallon a gas with every hot dog purchase

7) Borrow the Chargers cheerleaders to lead the 7th inning stretch

6) Have Marty streak naked through the stadium

5) Add a $1/ball dunk tank with Sandy Alderson on the hot chair

4) Field an all Gonzales lineup

3) Resign Brocail, Blum, and Cameron

2) Padres players need to stop catching the ball with their faces

And the number one way to increase attendance at Petco is…

1) Let the fans vote who should get the owner’s box, Becky or John


Alternate: Free beer every time we steel a base
Alternate: Let a real baseball team like the Angels play at Petco

I ended up replacing number (2) with the second alternate. The show went very well and there was a lot of banter with Scott & BR. This is still a lot of fun, so I plan on doing it again next week. Again, any blog reader, please jump in with suggestions for top 10 lists... Take a listen to the show.