SAN DIEGO _ It's tough to be a Padres fan, especially as the team wraps up its ninth losing season in 10 years.
Kids today may not know it, but the Pads can be vexing also when they're good.
The Pads have a dramatic knack for causing heartache, on the rare occasions they challenge for October glory.
Sorry to play the role of grumpy elder. It's just that a wacky 10-year anniversary is upon us.
Milwaukee, 2007.
See the baseball bounding into the right-field corner.
See Tony Gwynn Jr., son of Mr. Padre, sticking it to the Pads.
If the Pads are ever relevant again, if the games finally begin to matter, all will not be doom and gloom.
There will be giddy moments, though probably not as wacky as this one from late in the '07 season.
