I know you wrote this before the DS, but last night was indicative of this. We dont need to rehash the incident with Profar and the fans throwing balls at him and trash at Tatis. But as someone who was in LF in Dodger Stadium, I thought that was going to be a turning point of the game and not in a good way. It was a 10 minute delay that took Darvish out of his groove and he immediately walked Hernandez. The crowd was back into it and the towels were waving. It felt like this is where the usual Padre team would let the foot slip off the gas and let the Dodgers back into the game. Instead, Darvish hits his spots and gets out of the inning with Hernandez stranded in scoring position. The next inning, we get a bloop and a blast from Manny and Merrill that felt like the absolute dagger. I've been going to Dodger Stadium for 15 years (I live here) and never have a felt such a cathartic expiation of failing to capitalize in that environment. Scott comes in and shuts down the top of the order in the 8th and it was game over. Certainly makes up for not making it to Petco!
I know you wrote this before the DS, but last night was indicative of this. We dont need to rehash the incident with Profar and the fans throwing balls at him and trash at Tatis. But as someone who was in LF in Dodger Stadium, I thought that was going to be a turning point of the game and not in a good way. It was a 10 minute delay that took Darvish out of his groove and he immediately walked Hernandez. The crowd was back into it and the towels were waving. It felt like this is where the usual Padre team would let the foot slip off the gas and let the Dodgers back into the game. Instead, Darvish hits his spots and gets out of the inning with Hernandez stranded in scoring position. The next inning, we get a bloop and a blast from Manny and Merrill that felt like the absolute dagger. I've been going to Dodger Stadium for 15 years (I live here) and never have a felt such a cathartic expiation of failing to capitalize in that environment. Scott comes in and shuts down the top of the order in the 8th and it was game over. Certainly makes up for not making it to Petco!