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The San Diego Padres lost yesterday.
Like all the teams (except the Yankees vs. the Red Sox) that lost their first game of their Wild Card series, the Padres failed to qualify for the division series.
AND THEN THERE WERE EIGHT!
RT if your team is still alive in the #Postseason pic.twitter.com/WoDHc8mTOx
– FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) October 3, 2025
Once again, the club struggled in the playoffs.
But the Padres gave the Cubs a run for their money in the ninth inning yesterday. There was traffic on the paths, but the club wasn't able to capitalize.
One of the reasons? The umpire behind home plate.
I don't like to blame the umpires for a setback. That said, there's no doubt that if Xander Bogaerts had had the opportunity to finish his appearance at bat, the story might have been different. After all, it was a horrible call for a third strike.
Are we seriously doing this in the playoffs?pic.twitter.com/qAorDLxHcc
– Foul Territory (@FoulTerritoryTV) October 3, 2025
Clearly, at the moment, everyone is talking about the ABS system. Because this system, which will be in place in 2026, would have been a game-changer for Bogaerts, who would have asked for a review and had the decision overturned.
A pat on the head would have changed everything.
But failing that, it was on the umpires' heads that the Padres players felt like tapping yesterday. After the game, the umpires passed close to the Padres players, and the latter were not calm.
With emotions running high, we understand where this is coming from.
The Padres were ready to kill the umps after this
pic.twitter.com/tYeoQyvkRy https://t.co/dV4JgtcuKr
– Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) October 3, 2025
Of course, the Padres will have to look in the mirror and ask themselves why they got into this position in the first place. But I would have liked to see Bogaerts not get robbed.
However, it wouldn't have mattered so much if the San Diego Padres' stars had played up to their talent. Yesterday, Fernando Tatis Jr. was particularly bad at bat.
Fernando Tatis Jr. and Manny Machado combined this series:
2-22 | 3 BB | 1 HR | 2 RBI | 7 K's pic.twitter.com/Y1UWVTzqyC
– Just Baseball (@JustBB_Media) October 2, 2025
- Weekend schedule.
The times and broadcasts are set for the first two games of every Division Series pic.twitter.com/O4wKQ0rhqB
– Talkin' Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) October 3, 2025
- The guys know it's tough, losing. They didn't want to talk about their exit option.
Everything Trevor Story and Alex Bregman said about their futures in Boston after the 2025 season came to an end Thursday:https://t.co/H9Pl6z1xzM
– Chris Cotillo (@ChrisCotillo) October 3, 2025
- The Yankees pitcher was incredible.
“We needed to be perfect tonight, because he was perfect”
Alex Cora calls Cam Schlittler's Game 3 start “electric” pic.twitter.com/ZOMLXIUyRx
– Yankees Videos (@snyyankees) October 3, 2025
- The scout who signed Derek Jeter has passed away.
Dick Groch, the scout who signed Derek Jeter to Yankees, dead at 84 https://t.co/LN1Uv8WvUO pic.twitter.com/rYgGbvrpy6
– New York Post Sports (@nypostsports) October 3, 2025
- Max Scherzer pitched five innings yesterday in a simulated game. That's… a lot.
Max Scherzer has completed five innings of two-run ball in the Blue Jays' intra-squad game, throwing 70 pitches so far.
Bowden Francis now on the mound facing the Blue Jays.
– Ben Nicholson-Smith (@bnicholsonsmith) October 2, 2025
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