5 September 2010, 8:32 pm
If I've learned one thing about a baseball season, it's that every baseball team goes through a rough stretch where nothing goes the way it should, and they stop executing and they wait for something to happen, instead of making it happen. This is no time to be pointing fingers or panicking. True, the San Diego Padres are going through a rough stretch lately, yet they're fortunate to still be in first place in the NL West. But, lately, I've been questioning the Padres' ability to score runs and play good defense, because they're starting to play like a fundamentally dumb last place team that's stopped executing on offense and defense. What's really been wrong with their offense, defense and pitching lately? And, who's really to blame for the Padres' 10-game losing streak as well as their failure to execute on offense and defense, the players or Manager Bud Black? My biggest fear is that if the Padres don't end their losing streak soon and end up going winless in September, they could soon be challenging the '61 Phillies and the 1889 Louisville Colonels for the longest losing streak in MLB history instead of the NL West division title they've been setting their sights on since training camp, and Padres fans will be asking themselves this one "What if? question during the offseason, and they'll be feeling very guilty that they didn't end it sooner when they should have. "What if Jerry Hairston, Jr. hadn't gone done with a knee injury that started this rough stretch in the first place and could possibly cost the Padres the NL West division title should they go winless in September?" Do you think the Padres are guilty of playing fundamentally dumb baseball, simply because they've stopped executing on offense or defense, or are they just simply the victims of bad breaks and poor execution on offense and defense? And, what do they need to stop this losing streak before it doubles or even triples? If they don't end this losing streak soon, or start executing on offense and defense, the NL West division title is going to slip away from the Padres' fingers and leave Padres fans with a whole buttload of What ifs and if onlys. PS: This question could mean the difference between the Padres ending one losing streak on Monday and going on a new winning streak, or the Padres challenging the '61 Phillies and the 1889 Lousville Colonels for the longest losing streak in MLB history and leaving Padres fans with What ifs? and If onlys.., so please be specific about what's wrong with the Padres and what they need to do to end this losing streak before it spirals well out of hand.... Read More »
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