Friars fans know what the other side is like. What's the other side? Being a lifelong fan of a team who refuses to make deals much less engage in talks at the deadline. AJ Preller traded away fourteen prospects yesterday. Some will become stars, some won't. Fans will remember yesterday as the day so and so got traded away. And yet, if the Padres are the last ones standing at the end of this season, it won't matter.
The other component Padres fans don't have to worry about is front office politics. Preller has a green light, and trust me, you want it this way.