In the local sports standings, San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer now shows an 0-2 record of wins and defeats.
We football writers, appreciating that politics, too, is a team sport, will cut His Honor some slack.
Sports teams, it should be noted as well — and thankfully so in our case — don’t define most cities.
Who’s to say San Diego will be lesser for the exit of an NFL team and now, five months later, apparently missing out on the next round of Major League Soccer’s expansion?
Yet, there are times when one has to wear the scoreboard defeat simply because one’s title demands it.