Bloomquist and Pena?

Wow DM and Trey are really doing a number on me. I can see the rationale behind having Bloomquist OR Pena on the team but I can't see any reason whatsoever to have both. This makes no sense and tripled with the inexplicable Ponson/HoRam moves makes me wonder what direction (if any) this organization is headed. This takes us back to the pre-DM days when they were just going in circles and making moves that were counter productive to winning.

Yes, my early optimism for the 2009 season has taken a massive hit. (Some thought it was misplaced and misguided to begin with.)

Quotes like this will not bring it back:

“Tony is on,” Hillman said. “I like his offensive approach much better than he had at this time last year. Obviously, we all love what he brings to the table defensively. That’s a premier position, so he has a lot of value.”

Did anybody else flashback to Allard Baird and Neifi Perez? Seriously though, a guy with a .237/.255/.312 major league line didn't just figure it out in the course of one off season. He is a good defensive shortstop but he is not Ozzie Smith and depending on which metric you use he isn't even Mike Aviles. I assumed the Bloomquist signing signaled the end of TPJ era but that was deluded thinking.

I should have known that the regime that brought us Sidney Ponson starting the home opener would have one more surprise for us but still.....

I wasn't prepared for this.