Phil Rivers Kids Situation Is Straight Crazytown

My Boy Phil Rivers having his 8th kid is crazy on so many levels that I have gotten dizzy. You know what is crazier than having 8 kids?

Not much.

Having 8 Kids with 6 of them being girls is someone that simply loves pain. Only explanation.

We can all sit and act like this isn't insanity but having more than 4 kids is fucking bananas. I could easily argue more than 2 makes you somewhat insane but everyone make a mistake. If you make that same mistake another 5 times you need to be fitted for jacket.

Financially:

I get it. He is all set in the facet of having a herd of a family. Probably has a gaggle of nannies that do the majority of the work for the Rivers bunch. He probably has a house that can accommodate that size of a family and then some. But, it is still dumb. Each kid goes to college with inflation he is looking at a cool million if they don't get a scholarship.

Football:

I don't want my QB dealing with this circus in his home. I prefer my QB's to be dorks or cocksman who are trying to go the Namath route.

Decision making is what being a good QB is all about. Having 8 kids is a horrendous decision. NO MATTER WHAT.

I like my QB's eating film for breakfast/lunch/dinner. There is zero chance you would have a second of silence or alone time with a gauntlet of kids. Unless you're just a bad dad of course. Which is the play for numerous dads but I think Phil legit loves his pack. I hope he has a separate home that he lives in by himself from August through December. It literally is the only way one could deal with playing the most important and scrutinized position in all of sports with a shit ton of snot nosed kids to deal with.

Logistically:

Going anywhere literally is impossible even if you had a nanny per kid. Kids minds make no sense and you are bound to lose one from just wondering off trying catch a bubble or something retarded.

Side note: I would hire a cowboy wrangler 24/7 to straight herd and lasso the kids if I were Rivers. Would be entertaining as hell.

Mentally:

Dealing with a woman that has been pregnant for 6 years (72 months) is straight insanity. I legit feared for my life every day for 9 months. Emotions swing faster than a cornerback sitting on a Rivers 15 yr out route balloon throw.



P.S. At this point he needs to go for the crown and upstage Antonio Cromartie's kid count.

P.P.S.  To be Fair forgetting kids names is pretty easy. I call my baby Colby(My Dog) all the time. No shot I would know a billion kids names on the spot either.


This is how I envision Phil reciting his kids names...

Such a Southern White Guy move is rhyming all his offspring to help remember. Sorta like a catchy song to remember all the states capitals.

I have zero clue what Rivers kids names are and did zero research to confirm my rhyming theory.

Pads Do Nothing

- Padres do basically nothing at the trade deadline and it's ok except for Justin Upton. Getting a compensation 1st round pick that has a probability of making the majors at 2:3. That ratio simply implies making a roster eventually and not being an impact player. Compensation picks are great for teams that are good. Good teams will have patience developing talent bc their major league roster is already good. A 1st rd pick time frame of making the bigs is not quick in 98% of cases.

- Huge win for the Padres with not moving Tyson Ross. I can't imagine what deal would have returned a part that I would have liked with moving that asset.

- Really hope season ticket renewals and ASG sales didn't play a MAJOR factor in not making moves at the deadline. Don't worry about short term image in terms of long term success.

- Besides Upton - Every other player is fine with not moving at the deadline. Trade deadline is overrated if they return doesn't garner value. All those guys besides Upton can be moved in the Winter. Trade deadline is just sexier.

- Tigers GM Dave Dombrowski is either better at his job than Preller or just more respected/liked. He got great value from Mets for moving a player thats worse than Upton. Fulmer could be a stud.

- The future of the Padres are in the owners hands. If the team is serious about "reloading" as was stated by their super creepy president the suits upstairs will be forced to spend big. No other way around it. Current payroll as is is going up in 2016 without Upton and the current roster will be worse with the subtraction of their best bat.

- Where can I bet all my money that Kemp and Shields will be irrevocable waivers in 2 weeks?

Unfounded Hot Take Alert!!!

I GUARANTEE AJ Preller pissed off a lot of people today in the GM world. I can just feel it in my plums. I bet he had 10 huge complicated trades in the works and he played a game of chicken with multiple GM's that were looking to win now and now literally hate his soul.

Live Look At AJ Asking to Trea Back

SBnation.com - The San Diego Padres have dangled most of their roster out on the trade market, including their closer Craig Kimbrel. Among the teams interested for Kimbrel are the Washington Nationals and Toronto Blue Jays.

The Padres and general manager A.J. Preller are setting their sights high in terms of a return. They suggested to the Nationals a package including shortstop prospect Trea Turner, according to Jon Heyman of CBS Sports.  Heyman's sources say the chances of Turner being apart of a deal are between "slim and none."

Turner was originally a member of the Padres, drafted 13th overall in the 2014 MLB Draft. He was traded this past winter as part of a three team trade that netted the Padres outfielder Wil Myers.

Bad bad bad look for the Pads that this news got leaked to the public. I for one the love the audacity of asking back for a guy that was literally in your organization last month. I always tried the good ol' givesies backsies move back in the day on the schoolyard trying to swindle a lesser developed kid into getting max return on a 3 way complicated snack trade.

I mean this is just as sad as it gets in the GM world. The story didn't get any play here in local media because the Padres beat writers are borderline retarded in terms of covering Padres trade scenarios. They simply regurgitate "info" from obviously false leaked info from inside the front office.

Also if you're shocked by an action like this from this business then you probably have alzheimer's. Nothing shocks me at this point. 

P.S.  How come the central infielders depth overall in pro ball kinda sucks? 

P.P.S.  Central infielders need to be allowed to get back on the juice. 

Above pic is an absolute dog fight for king creepy. AJ's not creepy just weird. Other 3 creepiness scares me TBH.

Padre Podcast: Trade Deadline

Finally put together a Podcast focused on the Padres. Very thankful to have Taylor Wyman from Mighty 1090AM San Diego Sports Radio and MLB Pitch F/X

Follow Taylor on twitter @taylormetrics and his other podcasts on 1090AM  HERE

I'm Sick of Russell Wilson

Espn.com - Russell Wilson will shut down contract negotiations with the Seahawks if he does not have a new deal by the time Seattle begins training camp on Friday, sources told ESPN's John Clayton and Jim Trotter.

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  Clayton: Russell Wilson faces pressure to sign

  Russell Wilson is taking a risk if he decides not to sign a long-term deal with the Seahawks. John Clayton writes that the QB simply doesn't have the leverage.

Although a long-term deal for Wilson remains Seattle's top priority, the star quarterback does not want contract talks to extend into training camp, according to sources.

Wilson currently is scheduled to make $1.54 million this season -- the fourth and final year of his rookie contract -- and would face the possibility of being designated with the Seahawks' franchise tag next February if he does not reach a long-term deal.

The 26-year-old Wilson publicly has hinted that he is seeking a contract that would pay him approximately $25 million per year, a deal that would make him the NFL's highest-paid player.

The Seahawks, according to sources, would be willing to give Wilson a contract worth slightly less annually than the deal signed earlier this year by Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, the league's second-highest paid player who is scheduled to make $21.85 million per year.

Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is the NFL's highest-paid player, with a deal worth an average of $22 million annually.

I am soooo sick of this kid. Everywhere I look he is preaching something or spewing generic quotes that somehow bother me. Maybe its simply overexposure but I need less Russell Wilson in my couch potato life.

I feel its really hard to play the overly religious team player but also demand max money. I know the majority of the angle is being played by his agent and the portion of guaranteed money is the only thing that matters in these deals. Also, Wilson will probably do a lot of good/charity with the money but the overall message is hard to comprehend. 

The Seahawks Cap is also something that completely doesn't make any sense and how money is spaced out over next 3 seasons doesn't compute in my brain. 

I have Wilson ranked as my 12th best current QB. He is in the perfect position to succeed and the foundation of the Hawks success isn't centralized around Wilson. But, he is the guy that's smart enough to know how to do his role very well and is a perfect fit for system. No one can forecast Wilson in another uniform and what success would ensue. But, Wilson should surely sign the fuck out of this deal based on his current deal, chance of injury, and before the hawks revalue him as an asset.

P.S.  No chance I'm buying the no sex thing w/ Ciara

P.P.S.  He is weirdly allusive in terms of extending plays that it bothers me to admit that. 

REAL HAPPY he didn't check down to a run on that last play of the season last year. Simply horrible pre snap read and location of the pass was equally as dumb.

I Admit It. I Enjoy Scott Kaplan.

I think I have officially come full circle with Scott Kaplan. I mean I flat out couldn't listen to him when I moved to SD a decade ago. I have now realized that it was a combo of factors on why I initially didn't like Kaplan. I came from the complete different sports market in Boston where radio is completely different. Hosts there HAMMER the home town teams for the most part even when its not all that needed. But, I have learned that this sports market kinda relates to what Kaplan is producing on daily show. Sports are more of an entertainment factor hear and Kaplan understands that with his usual light hearted nature.

His best work has been with the coverage of the politics with the Chargers stadium situation. Some of the interviews he has done with local political figureheads have been good enough to continue to listen to the show after you have arrived at your destination. I have sat in my truck listening to some of the interviews until completion instead of going into my house. (Wife just stares at me and shakes her head)

Also- Kaplan hosted a pre game Padres show with one of my favorites in San Diego. Kurt Anthony Bevacqua bantered with Kaplan over a sub .500 team and I couldn't stop listening. That's a good sign that radio is good. Bevacqua is electric because you simply have zero clue where he is going with a comment or subject matter and it feels like he doesn't as well. Those 2 together need to happen more often. I need more Bevacqua in my life and I needed it yesterday. I picture him walking around his backyard with a flowed bottom down opened up while consuming multiple whiskeys talking to the birds about pitching mechanics. Love him.

P.S.  Kaplan has before challenged callers or individuals to come into the studio and go on air. Would Kill to get in the same room with these guys. Would be wild to see how this show operates in first person. Seeing BR grunt though a confusing subject matter would make my day.

New Favorite People I Hate

San Diego Union Tribune - The unveiling of the Padres’ 2016 All-Star Game logo did not bring back the brown. It did, however, add sunshine yellow to the team’s current navy blue and white scheme, perhaps hinting at what the on-field product may look like next season.

Padres 2016 All-Star Game logo

Executive Chairman Ron Fowler went one step further in opening remarks Friday morning at Petco Park, indicating he’d like San Diego fans to create a “sea of blue” at the Padres’ version of the Midsummer Classic.

Moments later, with MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred and Mayor Kevin Faulconer at Fowler’s side, the Padres pulled the wraps off the official logo for the 87th All-Star Game: A navy blue and battleship gray diamond topped by silhouetted palm trees against a graduated blue skyline, all of it underneath a Gaslamp Quarter Archway with an yellow-circled Padres logo. 

The team's uniform could also have a similar color scheme when it takes the field next year.

“We like some of the colors, but there are other issues that we are looking at,” Fowler said. “We need a little more time to make decisions, but it shouldn't be surprising that that's one of the options we're looking at.”

Lots of chatter from local bloggers about how terrible the All Star Game logo is and how much they hate it. I hate the majority of any moves the Padres make in every facet but if you complain about the logo for an All Star Game than you need to swam dive off the middle of the Coronado bridge.

The Padres have enough issues to worry about. The LOGO IS FINE. It's a Logo. WHO CARES?

There are so many other facets of the Padres that are so easy to question and dissect but a logo is an all time low for some of these weak local bloggers. These bloggers have such a weird community and I would kill to be locked in a room with them on Padres social night or a video podcast. 

Also the losers that spend all their time attempting to bring back the brown have probably hurt the cause of including more throw back brown/yellow taco uniforms more than they have improved the chances because they are so annoying. If I owned the team I would also not back down from theese clowns even if I like the brown/yellow taco look. Might more sense to consistently hammer the organization over their use of cash flow and future spending plans. Just a thought.

P.S. For the record - The '98 Uniforms are by far the best past Padres Uniforms. The Pinstripes made Tony look good and that's fucking impressive. The hats were combo of White/orange SD were straight fire as well. The away uni were boring but you can't have it all in life.