It’s All So Sad You Have to Laugh
The first question that must be addressed…Who is Julio?
The tenor of the situation with the San Diego Padres Baseball Club is well summed up in the erratic nature of this article on MLB.com. The first question sets the stage, where for some reason the name of Julio takes the place of Khalil Greene where the former short stop is clearly being discussed. While this has to be chalked up to some strange typo…it provides a wonderful chance to laugh as Manager Bud Black seemingly tearfully expounds…“Julio will be missed.”
In other more tangible instances, the state of baseball in America’s Finest City leaves little room for laughter. But it’s paramount to find some humor in it…lest we go insane…so let me help.
The root of the trouble seems to be the pending divorce of principle owner John Moores from his wife Becky. I find nothing funny in this tragedy of thier personal life…but it clearly is starting to turn the wheels toward selling the team. It is in the absolute destraction of Moores from what really is going on…where laughter abounds.
In a more recent article…Moores clearly shows he is completely disconnected from reality. Before taking in this quote from the above article…remember the moves the Padres have made ammount to 3 large deals and a 4th left undone. That 4th… obviously the attempt to unload the contract of a Cy Young Award Winning #1 starter in Jake Peavy. The other three: 1-Trading Khalil Greene. 2-Taking a deal for the All -Time Saves Leader off the table. 3-Bringing back Brian Giles.
With all that in mind, John Moores makes this statement; “It’s[losing 99 games] not going to happen again in 2009. We’re going to put together a much better team.”
Now I ask you…how can you not have that statement back to back with the moves the Padres have made this season…and not burst out laughing?
