Is there really some kind of prize for finishing last in the NL West that nobody's told me about? Is Lebron James going to quit basketball, become a baseball player, and be so good that he'll be the top pick in the 2010 draft and lead whichever team he signs with to multiple championships? I mean, this is just getting ridiculous: Trevor Hoffman, who's been the face of the Padres for like 48 years but is incredibly still pitching well, has apparently been turned away:
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3694923
The Padres have basically lost Peavy and are going to lose Giles unless he kidnaps Kevin Towers' daughter and holds her hostage. They really couldn't afford to offer Hoffman anything more than a one-year deal for $4 million with incentive bonuses? I know the guy is 41 and that his ERA in 2008 was 3.77 (up from 2.98 in 2007), but his WHIP dropped from 1.12 to 1.04 and his BAA dropped from .228 to .224. He walked nine batters in 45-plus innings. Nine! Nolan Ryan could walk that many guys in 45 pitches!
If I'm a San Diego fan, I'm really wishing I had invested in some steel groin plating on about October 28th to save myself from the numerous kicks to the crotch I've received since then. Unless I've got some weird Khalil Greene fascination, it's very likely that my three favorite players are all gone, and since a Travis Denker trade surely can't be far off, that'll soon make it four. Well, at least I have the Chargers to save me from this crap, right?
...Right?
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