Pads Win One After Losing 5 Straight To Dodgers, Including Sweep In NLDS. Good For Them.
San Diego is as close to fourth place as they are to first and have the ninth best record in baseball. Good for them.
Perhaps I’ve given the Padres too much credit. I was certainly told as much after two recent columns complementing them here and here. The precocious little San Diegans salvaged one after losing a weekend series to the better club, the same Dodgers team which swept their asses out of the 2020 National League Divis…