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I feel like a heroin addict who swore off junk and just found a little balloon of it in the alley and it’s the sweetest stuff ever.

Parker Meadows hits a grand slam (6) to left field. Justyn-Henry Malloy scores. Jace Jung scores. Colt Keith scores. In the name of it of all that is good and decent please don’t blow this.

I can’t honestly get too excited about making it to the playoffs, even though I guess I should. I can’t see this team making enough of an unlikely run for it to matter. It might mean a lot to the players though so for their sake it would be great, but I have a hard time personally investing much emotional energy in this scenario. I am vastly more invested in the future than in the present. I am not interested in bragging rights or caring about what other fan bases think. I’m an emotional fan and the entertainment value of the team has always been paramount to me, and I have been vastly entertained this season enough to be satisfied with things as they are right now. Anything more than that would be fine. The Tigers have been my near constant companion to one degree or another for 64 years and however she decides to love me or spurn me my loyalty remains undiminished regardless of the outcome.

I wish other teams believed in the day game getaway philosophy.

I went to bed when it was tied. Awoke thinking a loss likely and I was right. and it’s pretty disappointing, especially considering how the game began. What’s going on now is all about next year. The fact that we’ve had so much to celebrate as of late is something we should be grateful for. I know, it seems like being grateful for walking uphill both to and from school, but this recent run has been wonderful. I haven’t enjoyed this team so much in a long time. We can’t just wait and wait and wait for these guys to be magically “ready.” They already know how to swim in a pool so throwing them into the ocean is the next step. There’s a high mortality rate for animals in a state of nature - I watch a lot of nature documentaries - and it’s no different for these baseball creatures of ours. This is where we all need to link hands and sing “Tomorrow” from Annie.

It’s a ballgame again.

Padres Weaver one.

Trey Sweeney homers (2) on a fly ball to right field. Jace Jung scores.

That is an ethical failure I regret.

So far we’ve scored a run each inning

Tigers get out of the jam.

2-0 Tigers!

Dillon Dingler grounds out, shortstop Mason McCoy to first baseman Jake Cronenworth. Spencer Torkelson scores.

Jung gotta hit!

Tork walks.

More runs please.

I like carpenters orange shoes

Kerry Carpenter doubles

Matt HR

It’s 82°, which is a heat wave in SD and there is no rain in the forecast. Although this game begins indecently late this is about as good as you can get. 61% humidity. Does humidity help the ball travel or does it slow it down?

My company used to have late summer meetings in San Diego and it was so strange to leave Boise Idaho, where it was 100° in August and come to San Diego where it was foggy in the morning and 72° when it heated up. I never remembered to bring a jacket even though I needed one. Simply because I was used to hot weather and it felt so cold.

When I started to playfully type, “we are unleashing Montero on the Padres tonight,” my iPhone autocorrected it to “monsters.“ This is one of those times where I hope the soulless object I hold in my hand is correct. I hope they play in a way that makes up for that first loss in the series.

So do they have a six hour batting practice tomorrow on the off day or do they go down to Tijuana?