Padres Close to First Place in NL West: Late Season Surge
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00:00So you guys tell me, because I'm going to say this, I can't remember the last time the
00:12Padres were this close to the Dodgers this late in the season.
00:19I can't remember the last time the Padres were this close to first place.
00:24Forget the Dodgers.
00:25I can't remember the last time the Padres were this close to first place this late in
00:29the season.
00:32So you want to know?
00:33Oh, you have the answer.
00:34Yeah, I do have the answer.
00:36What a guy you are.
00:37You know, you are.
00:38I don't care what Browner says about you.
00:40You're a good guy to me.
00:41You're a good guy to me about me.
00:44Well, you are just chock full of information.
00:47So yeah.
00:48Tell me.
00:49Well, the Padres.
00:50Yeah, I don't even know if Browner lived in San Diego the last time they were this close.
00:56It's been a very long time.
00:58People are starting to guess in our live YouTube chat already.
01:01Before we show it to you, when was the last time the Padres were this close to first place
01:09in August?
01:11This is August 7th, 2024.
01:14When was the last time the Padres were this close to first place in the NL West?
01:17Let me give let me give everybody a hint and then you see you tell me what you think and
01:24put it in the chat.
01:25You guys guess yourselves.
01:27The Padres.
01:28The last time they were this close on August 7th to first place, they themselves were in
01:33first place.
01:34Oh.
01:35Oh.
01:36Oh.
01:37Oh.
01:38Say that one more time.
01:39This is the last time the Padres were this close on August 7th to being the first place
01:43in the National League West.
01:45This is they were first place themselves.
01:48This is one of those things where you can tell me the number one song in the country.
01:52Who is the governor?
01:53Yeah.
01:54And who is the mayor?
01:55Yeah.
01:56And that would help you do the year.
01:58Just want to make sure I get what you said.
02:00The last time the Padres were this close to first place this late in the season, they
02:05actually were in first place.
02:07Yes.
02:08OK.
02:09I'll take a guess.
02:10I'll take a stab.
02:11OK.
02:12I'll say 2004.
02:13OK.
02:14No.
02:15Because I.
02:16No.
02:17I'm wrong.
02:18No.
02:19No.
02:20Not that.
02:21So your reference point.
02:22I got here in 2000.
02:23OK.
02:24It was before that.
02:25And I don't.
02:26I'll give you another hint.
02:27OK.
02:28Browner was in town.
02:29OK.
02:30I'll say 2007 then.
02:31No.
02:32I'll say.
02:33I'll say.
02:34He already tells me.
02:35No.
02:36This kid.
02:37I'll say 08.
02:38No.
02:39OK.
02:4005.
02:41In 2023.
02:42Last year, they were 11 games back.
02:43In 2022, they were 15 and a half games back.
02:46Mm hmm.
02:47In 2021, they were seven.
02:49We'll skip 2020.
02:50Obviously.
02:512019, they were 23 games back.
02:532018, they were 18 and a half games back.
02:572017, 30 games back.
02:592016, 15.
03:002015, 10 and a half.
03:03And then I just got tired of looking, so I actually looked for the answer.
03:06The last time the Padres were in first place this late in the season, they themselves were
03:10in first place in.
03:112010, before they collapsed and missed the playoff.
03:16Oh.
03:17Right.
03:18Right.
03:19Right.
03:20Yeah.
03:21Because that was that was the year that they lost.
03:23I want to say their last 10 games of the regular season and they didn't make the postseason,
03:31as I recall.
03:32In fact, if I and I have to really go deep into my memory banks, I realize now it's 14
03:36years ago.
03:37I want to say that the Padres were playing the Rockies and Tony Gwynn Jr. had a giant
03:45hit of Trevor Hoffman.
03:47So Tony Gwynn Jr. is playing for Colorado.
03:48Trevor Hoffman was still pitching for the Padres.
03:51And Tony Gwynn Jr. came up with a super clutch hit against Trevor Hoffman to sink the Padres
03:58that day.
03:59And again, any of you guys have a better memory than I do?
04:02Go for it.
04:03You know?
04:04Yeah.
04:05I don't remember.
04:06But you asked the question and that's the answer.
04:07All right.
04:08Give thousand ten.
04:09Put it up on the screen one time, though.
04:10So let's take a look at this, because this is this is actually super interesting.
04:16The last time the Padres were this close to first place in the National League West
04:23was 14 years ago.
04:26And you're saying they were actually in first place at this time.
04:30Otherwise, we're just looking at the last 10 years.
04:33Right now, there are four games back of the Dodgers.
04:35Dodgers lost last night.
04:36The Phillies Padres won yesterday at Pittsburgh.
04:38Look at the last.
04:39Look at all these.
04:40Look at all these.
04:41And that's not that's not how far back they were to the Dodgers.
04:45That's just a first place of the National League West, because I think the Giants were
04:47in first place one or two years in that span.
04:50Yeah.
04:51Yeah.
04:52That is really interesting.
04:53So this is this goes back to the entire debate that Browner and I've been having on the show
04:57for the last couple of weeks.
04:59If it's me, I'm preaching.
05:02We're trying to win the division.
05:05Browner said weeks ago, forget about the division.
05:09You know, forget just the Dodgers are going to run away with it.
05:12Play for second place.
05:14Right now, Mookie Betts isn't back yet.
05:16He'll be back apparently this weekend.
05:19He's going back to shortstop.
05:21Ohtani is going to stay at the top of the Dodger lineup.
05:24Betts will hit second.
05:25Freddie Freeman third.
05:27So they they're not back to what they were.
05:30Kershaw pitched yesterday.
05:32He was pretty good.
05:33Bullpen wasn't.
05:35So I still believe there's a lot of reason to hold out hope that the Padres can win this
05:41division.
05:42Are you starting to come to my side now that there are only four games back?
05:45No.
05:46And you misrepresented what I said, but no, no, I'm holding focus.
05:51Make the playoffs under no under any circumstance.