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Towers Fired! What The Hell?

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by Chris Ello on October 3, 2009

Maybe trading Woody Williams to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ray Lankford finally caught up with him. Kevin Towers always used to say that was the one trade he would have loved to have back.

Wonder if new Padres owner Jeff Moorad will ever feel the same way about letting Towers go, which he did prior to Friday night’s season-ending series opener against the San Francisco Giants?

Maybe it has crossed your mind over the last couple of seasons, and maybe you even dreamed about it. After all, there are many in San Diego who have pointed the finger at Towers over the years every time the Friars have fallen.

But now that it has actually happened, now that baseball’s longest-tenured General Manager has actually been given the heave-ho, it really does feel like a shocker.

If nothing else, the timing of it seems puzzling. Sure the Padres are in the midst of finishing up a rather mediocre season in 4th-place in the National Continue Reading →

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Padres Keep It Rolling

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by Craig on September 13, 2009

The Padres are giving Craig and Chris plenty to talk about.  Can the Padres carry their momentum into 2010, or is this late run a flash in the pan?  And has this been Kevin Towers’ best year as GM?

 

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Right Trade, Wrong Time?

July 7, 2009

ShareScott Hairston was dealt to the Oakland A’s, eliminating what protection there was for Adrian Gonzalez in the lineup.  In their latest 619 Sports talk segment, Craig and Chris discuss the deal.  Did the Padres get enough for their slugging outfielder, or should they have waited until closer to the deadline to make a move?
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