What bums me out most about this Padres season is that there were expectations. Maybe, in the end, like some used car salesman, the Padres front office will blame me for the expectations that I had, and point to various quotes and things that show that they never once suggested that this team should make it to the Playoffs this season, or, indeed, that they would even have a winning record this season, but it sure feels like these expectations didn't just magically spring up from nowhere.
I really thought that the last second James Shields acquisition felt a lot like getting Kevin Brown in 1998.