1) How bad the Padres are. San Diego has consistently been one of those teams for the last five years that, despite having inferior talent, seems to hang around in playoff contention.
Not this year. They're now 14-25 and looked awful in last night's 12-3 loss to the Cubs.
I wager Bud Black might be unemployed by the end of the year.
2) Shawn Estes is still in the league. Seriously, I follow baseball pretty well, but I was certain Estes had retired like four years ago. After his struggles with the Cubs in 2003, I figured the end was near. And now I find out he's starting tonight against the Cubs. Wow.
(Note: After checking out Baseball Reference, Estes barely pitched in the majors in 2006 and 2007, spending most of that time in the Padres' minor league system. Guess you got to give the guy a little credit for working to come back).
3) The Cubs are considering signing Jim Edmonds. Let me echo what was said here, here and here: Edmonds is washed-up. He proved it in San Diego. Let's not sign another player hoping he'll magically return to his prime in Chicago.
Not going to happen. I'd rather have Felix Pie swinging at high fastballs above his head and Reed Johnson tapping back to the mound every time up than have Jim Edmonds on the ballclub.
4) Ryne Sandberg was suspended for three games, after confronting the opposing manager during a Class A game. And, apparently, it's not the first time Ryno's been in trouble. He bumped an umpire last year and has been ejected three times this year.
It's really, really hard for me to imagine Sandberg getting worked up about... anything. Wish there was some YouTube video.
