Don’t let all of this distract you from the fact that Shohei Ohtani illegally wired millions of dollars to an offshore bookie and made his best friend take the fall for him.
I still don’t feel like the San Diego Padres going from TRENT GRISHAM to JACKSON MERRILL in Center Field everyday is talked about enough.
2023 Grisham - .198 BA/13 HR/50 RBI/.666 OPS in 153 games & 555 AB’s.
2024 Merrill - .289 BA/21 HR/79 RBI/.813 OPS in 134 games & 478 AB’s.
This is such an embarrassing tweet. I can only imagine what you and the Dodgers fan base would be doing if it were Fernando Tatis Jr or Manny Machado in this situation. The amount of cope is crazy.
The amount of people rooting for Ohtani's downfall is so crazy to me because this would be so detrimental to the sport overall. Sure you can get your jokes off about the Dodgers and Ohtani but it would take a long time for MLB to recover from this.
Full transparency. I don’t lie on here. I was 100% certain that game was over once Robert Suarez gave up those 3 consecutive hits, & then knowing Ohtani/Betts/Freeman were coming up. A triple play in that situation is like 1 in a Million. I am in absolute shock. Just incredible.
Just want to remind everybody that Shohei Ohtani was on deck. If the Padres didn’t turn this triple play, Ohtani was 100% hitting a game winning homer off of a Robert Suarez fastball. I cannot explain how unbelievable this is.
If the Padres did this $680 Million deferred contract with Shohei Ohtani, there would be a federal investigation, 79 lawsuits, and Pimp Lord 619 would be thrown in jail, but when the Dodgers do it, it’s “good for the game” and nothing will happen.
You guys are so mad at this and are making TikToks about this tweet because you know I’m right. I have no problem with promoting a player. Baseball obviously needs that. But absolutely glazing and spamming the same player for over 30 posts in 1 day is legit insanity.
What do you even do with Xander Bogaerts? He’s owed $280 Million and we have him until he’s 41 years. Imagine what he will look like at the plate at age 35/36/37/38/39/40/41 if he’s doing this at 31. I’m actually at a loss for words.
Petco Park becoming an absolute house of horrors for the Dodgers and their fan base after years of them claiming Petco as their own is one of my favorite things ever.
It’s been over 3 hours now but I’m still pretty heated about this. I honestly don’t care what the rule says, it’s not about that for me. I truly believe if this was a team like the Yankees or Dodgers, or this was a World Series or playoff game, it would’ve been called a home run.
The entire San Francisco Giants fan base is in my mentions right now crying that the Padres dugout “didn’t help Wilmer Flores” when he fell into the dugout.
Every single time the Padres are on the road these days, most of these opposing stadiums are empty aside from some Padres fans, and the crowds are so quiet. It’s just crazy to see after witnessing 45,000 people every single day at Petco. Weeknight or Weekend. We are very lucky.
It is just so hard for me to take these people seriously. Fans of a 53-35 team that spent 1.2 Billion in the offseason are talking about “getting real talent.” I honestly don’t know what to say. Nobody has it harder than Dodgers fans I guess.
Dodgers getting boo’d off the field. Love it. This circus the front office is running out there is unacceptable. Cut Cavan Biggio, trade Lux, replace Heyward, & send that Ramirez scrub on a flight back to OKC. Get some real talent.
Something about
@sdutKevinAcee
picking a fight with Mike Shildt in the middle of a Padres franchise record 18-3 W/L streak is hilarious to me. Nobody worse in local media.
I made a video montage of every single Manny Machado home run against the Dodgers since he signed in San Diego. Look at some of the swing adjustments too. Enjoy.
This has easily been the most enjoyable stretch of Padres Baseball I’ve witnessed since that Wild Card series against the Mets and NLDS against the Dodgers in 2022. I don’t even remember feeling positive about this team last year. Even after wins.
The fact that current and former Dodgers players are still talking about this 4 years later, tells me all I need to know. I think that they know it’s not very legitimate. At least deep down they know. I would guess it’s 100% not as rewarding as playing 162 and road playoff games.
I’m sick of people acting like Matt Waldron is a complete gas can. Everyone seems to expect him to give up 5-6 runs a game still and that’s just not who he is. He’s adapted to Major League hitters and he’s become a very solid starter now.
Juan Soto wasn’t going to re-sign in San Diego. That was never on the table. Trading him was the only option here and AJ Preller finally did something correct. I get it’s Juan Soto, but would you rather get nothing back for him next Winter or 5 Yankees for him this Winter?
Normal people : Associate April 8th, 2024 with the Solar Eclipse.
Padres Fans : Associate April 8th, 2024 with this Fernando Tatis Jr homer and a 9 run comeback win.
@tatis_jr
The Nationals definitely did this to themselves, but going 6-0 against them with the last game being a no hitter in their own ballpark is absolutely diabolical. This is a level of owning somebody that you don’t see very often. They poked the bear in San Diego and paid for it.
What Jackson Merrill has done over the past 2 weeks, let alone since opening day, has been 100 times more impactful than anything Paul Skenes has done since his debut and will do the rest of the season. End of discussion.
Close games, bad opponents, getting lucky, etc. Shut up. The Padres are winning games in any way possible and this has been probably the most remarkable hot streak I’ve seen in my 21 years of watching them. Enjoy it.
I’ve watched literally almost every single Padres game since Petco opened in 2004, & I’ve never seen a team like this 2024 team. You could tell early on that they were never out of a game, but now they could be down 10 runs & still win. Fight and resiliency usually beats talent.
In honor of
@Padres
Spring Training games starting tomorrow, here’s 2 minutes and 16 seconds of Manny Machado being Manny Machado. I could’ve made this 20 minutes long. Pay the man.