Filed under: Giants, Padres, NL West
Hail to the losers.Hail to the field personnel of the San Diego Padres. Great praise to a team that had only one good hitter yet extracted 90 victories from the journey that ended Sunday in defeat.
Huzzahs for the National League's best bullpen, for a 22-year-old hothead who matured into an ace, for the pitching gurus who ran the show and for the overachieving role players who stuffed the roster.
Take a bow one and all, gentlemen. Collect your silver medals on the way to the golf courses and the offseason resorts and hunting lodges. Seven months ago, after the Vegas sharks pegged you for 71 wins and either fourth place or last, you insisted that you would contend for the playoffs.
Most of us laughed. Here at West Coast Bias, I forecast 79 wins and fourth for you, ahead of only the Arizona Garden Snakes. Then you finished second in the National League West. You took the pitching-rich San Francisco Giants to a meaningful 162nd game.
As the Great Recession gripped your city, you returned fair value on the entertainment dollar.
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