Those who know me, or who have spent any time reading this journal, know that I love baseball for a host of reasons too numerous to detail here. Those same folks know that I’ve wasted a good part of my adult life hoping that the millionaires who play baseball for the San Diego Padres would get to the big game in this decade.
Hope burns eternal, but alas, hope burns dim.
In July, I wrote of the Padres getting the “fragile” Milton Bradley in an effort to get to the play-offs. I’ve never used the word, “fragile” before to describe anyone who plays a sport professionally. But Bradley is. And he’s also on the 60 day disabled list. Again.
The Padres can’t stop anyone’s running game. They can’t move runners into scoring position and they leave more runners on base than anyone in MLB. This team always finds ways to lose. Period.
Well, there’s always next year…’cause it ain’t happening this year.