Not Your Padre’s Padres
Monday, May 31, 2004by Geoff Young
Need proof? Two simple questions:
Last season, if the Padres went 7-5 against three teams with .500 or better records on their longest road trip of the year, would you have been happy?
This year, now that the Padres have done just that, are you happy?
Good road trip, no question, but the Padres easily could have won 10 of those games. This isn't sour grapes, it's simply a measure of how far the club has come in a few months. We expect more of this team. And from the looks of it, they're starting to expect more of themselves.
The Pads are doing the types of things that contenders do. David Wells and Jake Peavy hit the DL? No problem: Enter Justin Germano and ...
