Padres beat the Giants! Must Win Game record: 1.000

I get all sweaty when my head’s steamy… and I like the extra padding when I sit down after a good pants-pooping.

The wrong game recap… we won…. 5-2.

padres win two games to open the three game series with Giants, I just happen to be there for both games… coincidence? Perhaps.

awesome game. The padres seemed to be in control of this one from start to finish. The body language of the Padres players is that of a team that expects to win. Pretty awesome.

go PODS!!

Gonna be a barn-burner this weekend. That series is every bit as crucial as the one we’re playing right now.

Go Padres!!

We’ve seen how good (and how bad) each of these playerz can be.
Can they step up one at a time and pull it together in Octomber
to really kick ass? How the hell do I know?

With the way we’ve been playing. Solid pitching rotation (without our Ace), a lights-out bullpen, timely hitting, and stellar defense = making the “critics” eat their own words.

As long as this team holds together and continues to win, we’ll be a force to be reconed with in the N.L.

Go Padres!!!

but I’m sure we must lead baseball in wins in which we’ve been outhit.

Efficiency is bitchin’ …like a Firebird or something like that.

is it just me or does it look like Ax photoshopped the ball out of Clay Dick’s hand??

Bad offensive team is bad offensively. A few random hot streaks in April and May aren’t going to change that. Remember the one guy we acquired who kind of, if you squinted, seemed like he could help the offense in the short-term? His wrist is filled with tapioca pudding, and those little nubby tapioca parts are all rubbing against the bone. Aubrey Huff seems like he could be a little better than Travis Ishikawa. That’s worth, like, seventeen wins. Bang up job, front office.

The Padres are the speed and defense team that the Giants want to be, but they actually have players who can run from first to third without a break for buffalo wings at second.

available here. I know it’s May, but I’m going to enjoy this while I can dammit.

Anyway, the link there takes you to playoff odds based only on actual performance. As you can see, the Padres are doing quite nicely—41.5% chance to win the division, and 60% chance overall to make the playoffs. The odds have been similar to that for a while.

They also have another version of their odds which take into account their PECOTA pre-season projections, available here. Despite our actual performance, PECOTA still had us projected as a last-place team for quite some time. However, because they’ve continued to play so well for so long, even the PECOTA-based odds have us now as the second-most likely team in the division to make the playoffs.

That’s progress.