I’ve been a baseball fan for over 46 years now, following the historic Los Angeles Dodgers Franchise for 30 years and the last 16 years with the San Diego Padres. The big difference between the two franchises is one expects to win and the other is just happy to compete, even the journalists are the same way when it comes to offering true comments about the franchises. But seriously folks, especially the Padres fans, if the Padres organization truly wants to compete for the NL West and NL Championship, this is the most opportune time to make a big flash. Where I come from, we are always told “Crisis Presents Opportunities” and Yes, the Padres are in a “Crisis” now. Time to shake it up and make a bold statement with a huge trade. Remember fans, these are basically the same players on the roster for the last three years, sure a bit of maturity they have but there isn’t one prime-time player on the roster.

As a Padres season ticket-holder, I am glad to see more exciting baseball from the Padres but this team is far from competing for the NL Championship let alone NL West. Put aside all the propaganda and rhetoric from those who are covering because in truth when you are so deep within the problem you tend to get blinded from the truth. In reality, the best thing that could happen is that Padres’ GM Josh Byrnes makes a bold and unpopular trade that in fact is a damn good baseball trade. A seven game losing streak should not be acceptable, especially if you truly consider yourself a NL West Division Champion Caliber team and not just a competing team.

So hopefully by Sunday morning around San Diego we will have some different news. Until then meet me in the morning, here’s a blues bar rockin’ video featuring a rising blues musician named Dudley Taft and song titled “Meet Me In The Morning”