There have been plenty of great baseball teams historically that have hated each other.
Take the 1977-78 New York Yankees.
Reggie Jackson ran that clubhouse and literally got into a fight with his manager Billy Martin in the dugout.
There was a book written (The Bronx Zoo) about how chaotic this team was.
They also won back-to-back World Series.
This Padres situation is very different.
That Yankees team didn’t like each other but they could agree on trying to win.
This Padres team just doesn’t seem to give a shit.
That article by Kevin Acee details how not one starter came out for infield workout.
Even the stats bare it out.
They are 0-11 in extra inning games and 6-22 in one run games.
It’s one thing to be a bad baseball team.
It’s another not to care.
I don’t think it’s entirely fair to pin this all on Manny Machado.
He also has been very productive for the Padres in his five seasons there.
His OPS+ is higher with the Padres (131) than it was with the Orioles (121).
Melvin has been in San Diego for two seasons now and has a .513 winning percentage.
They also underachieved a bit in the regular season last year before turning it on in the playoffs.
I don’t know if it’s Melvin’s fault entirely but you might’t fire the whole team.
This team needs to make a change for next season and Melvin needs to go.
Gotta give credit where it’s due.
Carl was absolutely right.
I’ve now spent hours trying to figure out why this Padres team stinks.
That’s me and the Padres.
I can’t get this team out of my brain.
How can they be this bad in one run games?
They have an elite closer in Josh Hader.
They haven’t been hit THAT hard by injuries.
They have the fucking Cy Young Award winner in Blake Snell!
What are we doing here?
Regardless, this team does need a culture shock.
He was on the players' asses all year.
That Red Sox team made it all the way to the 7th game of the World Series.
That manager was Dick Williams who would later win two rings with the Oakland A’s.
The first manager to bring the Padres to the World Series?
But, that’s a old story you could’t repeat in 2024.
Players have so much more power than they did back then and managers are no longer drill sergeants.
You have a good owner willing to commit $250 million dollars to this team in this miserable season.
How long will Peter Seidler be that patient and generous?
I just didn’t expect to be welcoming Padres fans to the bonfire.
