Tim Kurkjian on Padres and Wild Card race, Giants and Rockies no easy task

Are the San Diego Padres the team that went 5-1 versus the New York Yankees and Washington Nationals or the team that went 1-5 versus the Rays and Reds?

Darren Smith and Marty Caswell welcome in the great Tim Kurkjian of Is This a Great Game or What and ESPN to discuss the Padres chase for the wild card. Tim tries to make sense of an up and down offense and this version of Fernando Tatis after he went the first 55 games of the season without hitting a home run.

Tim, Marty and Darren discuss the wild card race between the Padres and Diamondbacks, the likelihood of it coming down to the final weekend, and why strength of schedule doesn't really matter in the long run.

How impactful has Manny Machado been for the Padres since he signed in 2019? Tim, a longtime Baltimore resident and reporter, discusses the hype that Machado came up with on the Orioles, and the pride he takes in "posting" every single day despite any injuries he's dealing with. I

s this the year the Dodgers are finally vulnerable? Tim discusses the impact Shohei Ohtani to the injured list will have on the Dodgers playoff chances.

Marty and Darren then look at the Padres pitching matchups versus the Giants, why no one wants to play the Rockies in Colorado and which version of the Padres is going to show up on this road trip. The two then conclude by remembering the tragedy of September 11th, and how sports, particularly the Yankees and Mets, played a part in healing some of the unimaginable grief.

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