What a series. Friday and Sunday were great games (though I would have preferred a different outcome on Friday, of course.) Saturday wasn't exactly a "great" game, but the Padres kicked butt, so I'll take it. And holy crap what a game last night!!! I was watching it until about the eighth inning when the Padres were up 7-5. I turned it off and headed to the gym, figuring a) it would be on at the gym and b) two runs, Trevor would come in, Hells Bells, game over. It wasn't on at the gym. Grrr. I had no idea that the Pads had scored 2 more runs after I got to the gym or anything. Finally at about 10:50 one of the local news channels that was on ran the story about the 4 homers & mentioned that the game was tied. I think I lasted about 15 more seconds before I e-stopped the treadmill and went to my car to listen to the game.......Then, I arrived home right when Garciaparra was at bat & by the time I got inside and turned the TV on the Dodgers were celebrating at home plate.

What a freakin' roller coaster ride! I keep telling all my friends that this closeness & back & forth between the Dodgers & the Padres remindes me a lot of the end of the season in 1996, when I first became a Padres fan. It's just too bad that they aren't playing each other for the last series of the season like they did then....

All I can say is...thank the scheduling gods that the Dodgers aren't playing the Padres any more. I'll take the 9 game road trip to end the season over another series with them.

Okay, so let me get this, you are a Pads' fan? Do you ever come to home games? I remember you and CP had come down to SD one night, staying at/near Horton Plaza. But I can't remember why and I think the ballpark wasn't open yet?

Hey MickeyD!!!

I'm pretty sure that GD bleeds Dodger Blue, but I could be mistaken.

Yes, I'm a Dodgers fan. And I'm gald the Dodgers aren't playing the Padres any more because the Pads won 13 of 18 games against them this year. Take away the games against the Padres and the Dodgers have one of the top 5 win-loss records in baseball this season.

For some reason, every year, no matter how well the Dodgers are doing and no matter how poorly the Pads are doing, the Dodgers manage to find a way to lose to the punks.

And on the flip side, take away the games that the Padres have played against the Dodgers, I think they'd be under .500 right now. So um, yeah....if the Padres only played the Dodgers I'd be happy. ;)

Hi MouseWife!!!!!

*chuckle chuckle*

Oh, I see. :D Now I get why you don't want them to play the Pads....

Hi MickeyD!!

{oh, and on the news, a SD show, the anchorman said "The Padres may have lost but what an exciting game!"}