An Odd Padres/Giants Series Preview: What Baseball Fans Dare Dream

As a baseball fan I have genuine excitement for this weekend. The Padres are in first place as they go on the road to battle a hot San Francisco Giants team. Not too many Padres fans would have dared to dream this big back in early spring.

As a baseball fan I love that the Padres get the first crack at Jonathan Sanchez after his bold proclamation that, not only would the Giants sweep the Padres in this weekend's tilt, but that once in first the Giants would never look back. The Padres now have a chance to quiet the young lefty which will be no easy task...he's dominated the Padres in the box score over the last two seasons. It's what any fan of baseball would want to witness. (click "Read More" to continue)



As a baseball fan I love that our new look team is on the big stage with an opportunity to prove the naysayers wrong. There have been plenty to predict an imminent collapse but here the Padres are coming off a season sweep of the lowly Pittsburgh Pirates ready to engage the Giants on a national stage. Now is your chance boys.

As a baseball fan I love the stories that will be in open view as we turn on the televisions to watch the drama unfold this evening. What wondrous stories will Dick Enberg weave for San Diego's fans in the gloaming at AT&T park? San Francisco's fans wait with anticipation to hear similar tales from their own Jon Miller and as a fan of the game I couldn't be any happier.

To look on and see sons with their fathers in the midst of a pennant race; to see a father sharing a poignant anecdote with his boy; or teaching him the nuances of keeping a box score; these vivid images are what make baseball so special.

As a baseball fan...I cannot adequately express the emotions this series has stirred in me.

But I'm not just a baseball fan...I am also a monster.

As a monster I hope to see Jonathan Sanchez' head burst into flames as he violently whips his neck to watch a Ryan Ludwick HR sail towards AT&T's bleachers.

 

Penance from God for blaspheming his representatives on earth, the San Diego Padres.

I hope to witness a violent quake that shakes the earth only within the bowels of AT&T park leaving it as structurally unsound as the one that shook Candlestick back in 1989. As fans retreat safely to their homes I yearn for a raging earthquake induced fire to ravage the quaint little park on the bay.

This horrendous destruction wrought by nature will inevitably bring the series back down to San Diego for completion.....a place where I will be able to witness firsthand.....the beauty that is baseball during a pennant race.

Play ball!