This Padre team is bad, a playoff team doesn't struggle for consecutive games like this. If Shields gets a ton of credit for changing the attitude of the players and that contributed to wins what does Ned get for managing these players prior to Shields? Will they "revert" to mental midgets/"our domes are bad" type players when Shields is gone?

Should Big Game James be a player and manager?

Stop giving Ned a free pass.

Gordon is lost.

Hosmer and Gordon never met a pitch they didn't like

JFC, these guys are acting like they've never seen an off speed curve ball.

This is pathetic

Anything offspeed low and away will equal a swing and miss from Gordon

Every batter should force this guy to throw two strikes before even taking the bat off the shoulder.

I feel like Donald Sutherland and Alex Gordon are going to come out of that dugout soon, point and scream at the Padres Invasion Of The Body Snatchers style.

ESKY still whacking the ball

2 feet more to the right and we're up 1-0.

Every pathetic "sly" lefty gives us fits. This is nothing new. We occasionally hit "fireballers" but very rarely hit the cerebral lefty.

Damn, if that doesn't hit the corner, it's a run

And he's safe

Watch Guthrie knock in 2 here.

Guthrie up with the bases juiced