APRIL SHOWERS...

I've made jokes about it in previous posts. But all shits and giggles aside, the Padres have played A TON of extra-innings this year.

The Padres are at 7 extra-inning games out of the 24 played thus far. Last year we played a total of 14 in the entire season. So far they are 2-5 in those 7 games. I don't have the exact amount of innings but I have to generally assume that's about an extra two or three whole games added on (if you also throw in the added time during that debacle of a game that lasted until 1:30 AM) to this short season. We are currently on a pace to play 47 games that go past the mandatory 9 for the year. Compared to just the rest of the division we are by far the leaders in games that-go-well-beyond-my-parents-bed-time. The closest in the division is the Giants with 4 extended games (one of those being a damn win last night), while everyone else comes in at 2 a piece.

I know that these are professional, for the most part, athletes but extra frames add additional wear to the arms. As consequential is that aspect is over the course of a season, when the team is struggling as a whole the constant extra inning caused by leaving 11hundred runners on base makes it rougher all around on the mind as much as the body.

Which brings me to this: May.

I couldn't find any news articles to back me up but am I wrong in saying that  May is our month? Like, we're notorious in that regard right? Well I'm hopping on that party bus right now. Men left on base, obscene amount of extra-inning games, general atrociousness, it's all getting left behind. So go f-yourself April, do you worst, I'm waiting until my month May. In May, 8 out of the 10 series we play are against teams at or below .500 currently. I'm Applebees feeling good in the neighborhood about May.

But we should sweep the Dodgers this weekend for good measure anyway.

GO PADS C'mon Latos let's take this series.
May jocking by matt