griddle.baseballtoaster.com - 9/8/2008
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A new day, some coffee, and a check of the RIOT number site has told me that the San Diego Padres were eliminated from postseason contention last night after San Francisco beat Pittsburgh. How so? Buckle up, we're going for a journey into the seamy side of the NL West.
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Gaslamp Ball —
... Now that the Chargers' Super Bowl hopes have been dashed, I guess we can talk about the Padres who were officially eliminated from the Playoffs last night. Unofficially the Padres were eliminated in the middle of May. That's about the time that everyone rolled over and played dead. ...
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