If the Dodgers had beat the Padres on Sunday, that would have likely crushed the Padres… maybe even ruined their season…and the win was within reach until Kenley Jansen snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. If you are a Padre fan, it was like Kirk Gibson hitting the home run in the 1988 World Series, but if you are a Dodger fan it was worse than death itself! That was a particularly bitter loss.
Let me remind you that I have recently told you a couple if things:
- That Chris Taylor needed to keep playing to break out of his slump and it would seem that is the case.