Rob Johnson is a Padre
by Matthew on Dec 21, 2010 12:48 PM PST
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PrintAccording to Shannon Drayer and confirmed by Larry Stone, the Mariners have traded Rob Johnson to --who else?-- the Padres for the handsome return of a Player to be Named Later or cash.
Since there's nothing to discuss as far as the return, feel free to use this as another Rob Johnson's gone celebration thread for the time being.
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Saying goodbye...
Going away… Seems like goodbye’s such a hard thing to say…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNfHU748SYQ
...and now I'm here
Wow, just the other day I was looking at teams depth charts, noticed the Padres only had 1 catcher, and that how wonderful it would be if they took Johnson
It’s like a dream come true… only it involves Rob Johnson, so it’s a terrible dream
What's the deal with corn nuts?
by BaronVonBullshit on Dec 21, 2010 12:51 PM PST reply actions
*thought how wonderful
What's the deal with corn nuts?
by BaronVonBullshit on Dec 21, 2010 12:52 PM PST up reply actions
Because they love our shitty nobodies in a way that I don't think even San Diego has been able to appreciate.
...and now I'm here
What?
I though KC was a good, young quality ballclub with good prospects on the up-and-coming.
Maybe I missed something.
Best farm system in baseball only makes a team good when it looks like management has some idea how to utilize it.
Like Tampa Bay. Kansas City doesn’t get the benefit of any doubt until they somehow field good team, despite how good their prospects may be.
...and now I'm here
by CapSea on Dec 21, 2010 2:00 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Wow.
We have the opportunity to get a living, breathing player in return for Rob Johnson. Z is the man!
Fare thee well, Rob. At least you can ice your balls down with cold Port products after whiffing on Heath Bell sliders.
by abender20 on Dec 21, 2010 1:00 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Send over a bucket of ice with a bottle of champagne. Have the card read,
“Tough luck, get drunk on me, use the bucket to ice down your marbles, yours Z.”
by RunningFool on Dec 21, 2010 4:00 PM PST up reply actions 5 recs
I was hoping he would try a career change to rodeo clown.
At least then the goal is to let the bull get by you.
by Droid Rage on Dec 21, 2010 1:03 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
What, who would ever do that?
Don’t get my damn hopes up.
by wes W on Dec 21, 2010 1:08 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
It wouldn't surprise me as that site is terrible
by Poochie on Dec 21, 2010 1:06 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
Let's not turn this into a "Rip PI thread".
Everyone has their opinion, and that’s fine.
"Simply put, Dave Niehaus was why Marconi invented radio."
by Thingray on Dec 21, 2010 5:02 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Two bottle a day, but at least it's delicious, zero calorie Coke Zero
by seattlebruin on Dec 21, 2010 1:09 PM PST up reply actions 5 recs
Make that three.
2010 Safeco Field Record: 2-1 ; Overall Safeco Field Record: 12-5
by Fin on Dec 22, 2010 12:15 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
This is the kind of thing you say when you have never seen drugs of any kind at any point in your life
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 21, 2010 1:22 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
As per the dictionary on my computer, a drug is
a substance taken for its narcotic or stimulant effects, often illegally
by DrunkAmerican on Dec 21, 2010 8:28 PM PST up reply actions
Our hated rivals just let us make them worse.
Wacky.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
I wonder if I can talk any coworkers into making wacky bets about how many passed balls their new catcher will put up next season
by seattlebruin on Dec 21, 2010 1:13 PM PST up reply actions
This move needed to be done.
He was just blocking Steve Baron anyway.
by Manzanillos Cup on Dec 21, 2010 1:28 PM PST reply actions
Doesn't Halman have to stick with the big league club this year?
He could be a candidate.
by SgtSasquatch on Dec 21, 2010 1:34 PM PST up reply actions
Not sure what you mean, but no.
...and now I'm here
Yeah I thought I read something that he's out of options.
by SgtSasquatch on Dec 21, 2010 1:40 PM PST up reply actions
So he was added to the 40 man before 09,
“If a player is on the 40-man roster and not the active 25 man roster for any part of more than three seasons (in which he spent 20 or more total days of service in the minors), he is out of options and may not be assigned to the minors without first clearing waivers.”
So this would make this year his last ‘option’ year?
(sorry to side track)
by SgtSasquatch on Dec 21, 2010 1:47 PM PST up reply actions
No, that would make this his first option year
I believe Greg Halman was added to the 40-man this year
by seattlebruin on Dec 21, 2010 2:05 PM PST up reply actions
He was added in the '08 offseason.
2011 will be his last option year, I think.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Dec 21, 2010 3:31 PM PST up reply actions
Aw crap
why was Halman added to the 40 man so early? Was it due to him signing really young?
by seattlebruin on Dec 21, 2010 3:35 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah. He was in the AZL in 2005.
He’s been in this system forever.
Yup.
Balentien was added with even less experience at the upper levels, from what I remember.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Dec 21, 2010 8:42 PM PST up reply actions
But I think for the same reason
I think he may have predated the additional year of servitude they added in ’06.
He did.
He was in the VSL for a long time before ever coming up. Halman, on the other hand, never officially did time in the summer leagues.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
Hierarchy of possibility...
1. Olivo
2. Figgins
3. League
4. Josh Wilson
5. Tuiasosopo
6. Olson
7. Bradley
I think there will be Tui hate here, but maybe not the 'average' fan.
For the average fan I’d guess:
1. Bradley (Money)
2. Figgins (Money)
3. League (Blown Saves)
4. J.Wilson (Like people will know the difference between either of them.)
5. Ryan (if he doesn’t bounce back with the stick.
6. Olivo (this low because of dingers. Fans love dingers)
by SgtSasquatch on Dec 21, 2010 1:50 PM PST up reply actions
You could replace money with expectations
People hated Lopez partially because we expected him to be better than he was. When we expect nothing out of a player, they are difficult to hate.
by Edgar for Pres on Dec 21, 2010 2:05 PM PST up reply actions
In my experience...
The “average” fans I encounter absolutely love Josh Wilson, due to him being a scrappy grit machine fueled by determination.
by Please Don't Ban Me on Dec 21, 2010 2:12 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Hope you have a change of pants handy.
by Eyebrows on Dec 21, 2010 3:58 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
If only they'd give Josh Wilson more playing time he'd be great
Keep him in the lineup, coach, get him batting 4th or 5th, he was batting .300 before Jack Wilson returned from injury and took his playing time! Right??!
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Bradley should be below Figgins...
Even though he’s done shitty, people like him because he hasn’t blown up here yet.
Mine’s as follows:
1 Jack Wilson
2 Figgins
3 Tui
4 Olivo
5 whoever eles is shitty or no one likes
Figgins is nowhere on my list
One of the reasons I hated Lopez was he held Figgins back from punching Wakamatsu.
I suspect Olivo’s going to be my least favorite Mariner due to a combination of money / passed balls / crappy AB’s / Just Enough Power to Entice Casual Fans.
League is curable.
He just needs to start throwing his good pitch again. And until he does, I will be disappointed in him.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Dec 21, 2010 3:32 PM PST up reply actions
I hate this line of questioning.
We do not love to hate people. We dislike and sometimes hate players who suck. It isn’t complicated.
There is a santa claus
This is an awesome xmas gift.
I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.
How many catchers have moved between us and the Padres?
Ben Davis
Olivo
Lampkin?
Go Fo Broke!
Yay, we got something for him!
Something >> Nothing.
Well, yeah.
That’s still a good something. I’m talking about, say, an appalling dump heap overflowing with the most disgraceful assortment of deplorable rubbish imaginable. That’s a bad something.
It could be Scott Spe...
Oops, almost said his name.
No more 4-strikeout innings
FIRE JACK Z!
Yes, we have a coupon.
by Crystal for DH on Dec 21, 2010 2:59 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
I'm going to wear a Rob Johnson M's jersey to the games in San Diego and go absolutely apeshit every time he comes to the plate.
by Teej on Dec 21, 2010 3:31 PM PST reply actions 5 recs
If you wait three months you can probably get them for 75% off!
by seattlebruin on Dec 21, 2010 3:35 PM PST up reply actions
What the fuck kind of cheap-ass store sells Rob Johnson jerseys in the first place??
"Retarded isn't a race." -Thingray
by Matt Erickson on Dec 22, 2010 2:15 AM PST up reply actions
And what the fuck kinda of cheap-ass motherfucker would buy a Rob Johnson jersey?
"Retarded isn't a race." -Thingray
by Matt Erickson on Dec 22, 2010 2:16 AM PST up reply actions
It would be really retarded to buy a jersey of a shitty player and wear it to Petco and go apeshit whenever they come to the plate.
Only idiots do that. Complete idiots.
by abender20 on Dec 21, 2010 3:36 PM PST up reply actions 7 recs
I was nearly passed out that entire game
by seattlebruin on Dec 21, 2010 3:49 PM PST up reply actions
Like seriously, I had like eight beers during the USA-England game and you people are a bunch of alcoholics
by seattlebruin on Dec 21, 2010 3:49 PM PST up reply actions
People who lives in houses filled with empty glass shouldn't throw stones.
by abender20 on Dec 21, 2010 4:11 PM PST up reply actions 10 recs
"An Ode to Alcoholism," and other assorted addictions.
Performed by Alice in Chains, feat. The Lookout Landing Symphony.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
by THolt on Dec 21, 2010 8:37 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Too soon
We Die Young was a beautiful harbinger. And heavy as balls. Pour one out
by tsunamijesus on Dec 22, 2010 1:15 AM PST up reply actions
I wonder what Jack Z said when he found out someone would actually take RJ off our hands
Hoyer: “We’re interested in Rob Johnson”
GMZ: “are you serious?”
Hoyer: “as a heart attack, what would you want in return?”
GMZ: “Straight cash homie”
I’m pretty sure that’s how it went down.
by Darth Flamingo on Dec 21, 2010 7:15 PM PST reply actions 8 recs
I hope we get Clayton Richard or Wade LeBlanc, whoever is the one with the funny pitch face.
You got slurved!
I think getting just about anybody in return makes this a great deal.
He “calls a good game”, that’s got to be worth at least a AA/AAA player. If not, cash works for me.
Soccer trades seem to run entirely on cash and loaned players.
Anything in the MLB CBA preventing a loan? Simply out of curiosity. I want RoJo gone as badly as anybody.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
by THolt on Dec 22, 2010 12:41 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
You could trade a player for himself as the player to be named later.
I believe this happened once.
Mute the Sounders. Malamute the Huskies.
by thehemogoblin on Dec 22, 2010 1:05 AM PST up reply actions
It's happened at least seven times
Including Brad Gulden who was traded here and back to the Yankees 30 years ago.
RoboRob! NOOOO!
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
by JAH on Dec 22, 2010 1:39 AM PST reply actions 6 recs
There was a time...
When Johnson was going to save us from the catching doldrums that were Keji Jojima
by New England Fan on Dec 22, 2010 7:25 AM PST reply actions
Quite the backfire that was.
Kenji was really bad at the plaste his last year in Seattle, but Rob Johnson made him look like a champ.
Milton Bradley apologist
by sanford_and_son on Dec 22, 2010 8:57 AM PST up reply actions
2nd to last year, you mean
His last year here, 2009, he wasn’t half bad.
by nathaniel dawson on Dec 22, 2010 3:06 PM PST up reply actions
How terrible is that offense going to be when you combine RobJob, no Adrian Gonzalez, and Petco Park?
Mute the Sounders. Malamute the Huskies.
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