Friends, I wish the D-backs could play the Padres more often. The winless-August streak was broken on Saturday 8/12 vs the Padres and the D-backs went on to win that series 2 games to 1. Then the D-backs proceeded to demoralize and mistreat the Dads in SD this past weekend winning the 4 game series, and all but taking SD out of the wild card fight. The Padres really are the Mets of the West Coast. High payroll, good manager, lots of big names and talent on the team, but really nothing much to brag about this particular season.