San Diego, the sleepy city in Southern California that’s penned in by Los Angeles to the north, Mexico to the south, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and the desert to the east, has morphed into baseball paradise, writes BNightengale.
It was that kind of Saturday night in San Diego, with fans screaming, horns honking, music blaring, until the coffee shops opened Sunday morning.
"As much as we know there’s a lot of baseball ahead of us, this is something that needs to be celebrated because for a long time those guys up North have beaten us down and knocked us out of playoff contention every year. San Diego, the sleepy city in Southern California that’s penned in by Los Angeles to the north, Mexico to the south, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and the desert to the east, has morphed into baseball paradise.
“There’s no better feeling than this, man,’’ Machado said. “We're here. We beat one of the best teams in baseball. We beat the Mets. That, of course, is that World Series championship. The Padres may be only the 21st-largest market in America, but they have the fifth-biggest payroll, two $300 million players a potential $500 million player , a Cy Young winner a three-time Trevor Hoffman NL Reliever of the Year Award winner , a five-time All-Star and a World Series champion .After sending the Dodgers and their massive payroll home for the winter, and facing another big-market team in the Phillies, no one may look at the Padres the same way ever again.
Bryce Harper is going against Machado, the two coveted free agents of four years ago, with the West Coast outfielder ending up back East, the East Coast third baseman ending up in the West, and the two signing for $630 million.
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