HAPPY OPENING DAY! In mere hours, we'll have Padres baseball again. And there's something interesting about Padres baseball being back this time, too. For the first time since 2004- when Petco Park opened- there's a genuine sense optimism about the direction of this franchise. Even national pundits that have routinely disrespected San Diego sports unanimously agree that a bright future awaits the Padres. On this Padres roster, you'll see young faces like Dinelson Lamet and Manny Margot, who are primed for breakout years after solid rookie seasons. You'll also see veteran leaders in Wil Myers, Chase Headley, and Tyson Ross. Also, I'm not sure if you guys checked, but A.J. Preller signed some guy by the name of Eric Hosmer. I don't know if he's any good or not ( more on that part later), so we'll see. But I digress. And of course, as Scott Boras infamously stated, the Padres farm system is "a volcano of hot-talent lava.... [waiting] t...