Atlanta Braves pitcher Craig Kimbrell, right, talks to catcher Evan Gattis during the fourth inning of their exhibition baseball game against the team's minor league Future Stars Saturday, March 29, 2014, in Rome, Ga. (AP Photo/David Tulis)
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The Padres can travel at exciting speeds trying to get where they want to go, only to take a shortcut and find themselves on one of those Mayor Faulconer roads -- you know, in disrepair, where cosmetic surgery hasn’t worked and ends in a disappointing cul-de-sac, the baseball team eventually squealing into a rut and turning itself upside down, wheels spinning.