This Team Makes Me Drink

Guys....... MANNY MACHADO IS A SAN DIEGO PADRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you're looking for thoughtful analysis, you won't find it here. I've already written that article . This is a celebration of today: one of the best, if not THE best, days in Padres history. This fanbase, and San Diego sports in general, has been through SO much this decade. We NEEDED this and we DESERVE this. It almost feels surreal, but it's not. It's crazier than that . Surreal implies that the present reality might seem implausible and bizarre, but is still reality nonetheless; in this situation, Manny Machado being a SAN DIEGO PADRE still doesn't feel real. This moment has an ethereal (see below) feeling to it, which is really the only way to describe it: Tha...

Unless you've been living under a rock since the start of the calendar year, the historically penny-pinching San Diego Padres- yes, OUR San Diego Padres- have been connected to two free agents, who also just happen the two of the best players in the game: Bryce Harper and Manny Machado. The team has been linked to Machado for several weeks now , and met with Harper in his hometown of Las Vegas on January 31st. Surprised? Well, so were the Padres too, apparently- per The Athletic's Dennis Lin, the  Padres pursuit  to land one of the two superstars began upon realizing that the market for the duo was surprisingly thin - traditional big spenders like the Red Sox, Dodgers, Cubs and Yankees were not opening up their pocketbooks, leaving Harper and Machado- who are looking for 300-million dollar plus contracts- in limbo with the start of Spring Training just days away. If you're a fan of this team, you're almost certainly checking Twitter and MLB Trade Rumors at l...