The Padres are good — really good — and every seamhead can see it
Folks in baseball’s national media love — just love — the Padres., no matter how much time they may have spent watching the big-market Dodgers, Yankees and Phillies this year.on the strength of seven innings from pitcher Yu Darvish and six home runs, including two no-doubters from Fernando Tatis Jr.
No other team in the World Series tournament has more pitching, even with Joe Musgrove suffering a season-ending elbow injury Wednesday.Toss in a reliable, sometimes spectacular defense, and there’s no reason to believe San Diego’s MLB-best record over the season’s second half was a fluke. Well-rested, Darvish was Kryptonite to Ohtani, who’d been on a heater for the ages before Darvish retired him in all three at-bats Sunday.The master of spin, Darvish retired the lefty slugger on a slider, a splitter and a curveball.As written in this space, the Padres’ former hitting coach said San Diego was showing more aptitude than the franchise’s 98-victory, World Series team in 1998.
But the Padres are accustomed to being underdogs. This a new mode for them, especially against the Dodgers.
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