Category: Padres Fans

The Crowd Goes Mild

Posted on by Dallas McLaughlin

I sit here writing this because the San Diego Padres, the team I have loved since I was eight years old, has once again done a stupid fucking thing.  I sit here listening to Bon Iver (pronounced “Bon Iver”), because it’s the only music that seems to echo the feelings I have inside about this […]

Another Season, Another Scapegoat

Posted on by Dallas McLaughlin

News broke this morning that, at least for the moment, the Padres have found this season’s scapegoat for their once again lackluster (read: shitty) playoff performance: Mike Shildt. Yes, the manager. Again. Another manager. The fifth in the last six seasons, or as one might call it “The Manny Era”. Sure, they say Shildt retired, […]

Merrill Deserved It, Madness is What We All Got

Posted on by Dallas McLaughlin

I sat down to write something about this completely ridiculous 2024 Padres season so many times, but could never bring myself to do it due to the very real and utterly foolish feeling that I’d jinx the season. This was even more true with Jackson Merrill. I made a minor league trade for Merrill in […]

Papa Pete

Posted on by Dallas McLaughlin

I didn’t know Peter Seidler. I met him once years ago at some Padres event when Ron Fowler was still “running” things. I’m also not gonna pretend I know him. Or pretend to know anything about his charitable work with the homeless, his philanthropy, or anything else outside of Baseball. Many people have and will […]

It’s Not Fair!

Posted on by Dallas McLaughlin

It seems, as always, the only thing actually standing in Baseball’s way of progressing as a sport are the old cranky stalwarts that make up the “royalty” of MLB Media Elite. And, they are really starting to suck. I get it. The game is changing…just a wee bit. But, just enough for you to be […]