It is always a difficult decision once your team is knocked out of the playoffs. Do you root for the team that knocked your team out to go all the way or do you stop watching altogether.
This season was certainly an exception if you were a San Diego Padres fan who decided to continue watching the MLB playoffs as no fan of the Padres would want to see the Los Angeles Dodgers advance to yet another World Series. The moment San Diego was knocked out of the postseason by the Milwaukee Brewers and it was determined the National League Central champions would be taking on the Dodgers the Friar Faithful adopted the Brewers as their team, at least in the NL.
Milwaukee made San Diego and likely many fans around baseball happy when the Brewers took Game 4 from the Dodgers by a final of 6-4, completing a four-game sweep of baseball’s Goliath. For Padres fans, it was bittersweet. You have to love seeing the Dodgers eliminated, but you have to wonder what might have been. If just a few things in the NL Division Series had gone differently, San Diego could have been the team to “slay the dragon,” but that was not to be.
The Padres will have to wait for another opportunity to reach the precipice of the sport and they are hoping that comes in 2027 with new owners Jose E. Feliciano and Kwanza Jones saying they are all-in to bring a championship to the City of San Diego. What that means and what it will look like is unknown, but under a first-year manager and with a constricted operating budget to build a team in the 2025-26 offseason, the Padres built a team that came up just short. There is work to be done, but there is reason to believe San Diego is closer than ever to reaching its ultimate goal.
Padres News:
- Mark Polishuk of MLB Trade Rumors recaps the end of season news conference from Padres manager Craig Stammen and president of baseball operations A.J. Preller.
- Padres prospect Alex McCoy connected on a 118.2 mph home run in the Arizona Fall League.
- Padres pitcher Michael King will have the opportunity to test free agency should he choose to do so and Thomas Conroy of Gaslamp Ball says the Padres should lock him up if he does.
Baseball News:
- Cheri Bell of Gaslamp Ball believes MLB has a CBA problem and explains why.
- Milwaukee’s Jake Bauers was named NLCS MVP.
- The Cleveland Guardians regained the ALCS series lead with a comeback win over the Tampa Bay Rays.
- With their season over, the Dodgers can turn their focus to soon-to-be free agent pitcher Tarik Skubal.
- Miguel Rojas, who helped Los Angeles win the 2025 World Series, is set to retire.
- Here is all the game information for Game 4 of the ALCS.
- For the first time in six years, a Will Smith will not win the World Series.