How Can you Not Be Romantic About the Padres...

That being said, we still got game two to talk about, and there are gonna be a couple of things happening on both sides that I think are really important.

The first one is that Nick Pivetta is going to be the San Diego starter.

Not that that is catching anybody off guard or changing anything, but Nick Pivetta being confirmed, just like you never know until you, it is officially announced, Nick Pivetta being confirmed as the starter for San Diego, while we will still need to see the actual, um, roster or the lineup be released in a couple of hours, I have to think that this all but confirms that Ethan Salas will start tonight, given that Ethan Salas has caught Nick Pivetta both in the minors and majors all season long.

And that means that tonight, Padres fans, we will be seeing history.

The youngest catcher in the history of, of the Major League's postseason ever.

Also, side note, I will be at that game.

I will be in right field.

If you guys wanna find me, I will take any amount of photos and/or shots with you.

Um, so history's gonna be made.

So enjoy it.

Soak it up.

Win, lose, or draw, we go down into the history books, both as a team and as a singular player who survived a lot of trade rumors.

And so it's great.

It also, to me, feels like that's part of the momentum and the just, the s- the...

Look, tell me that you disagree with this, but do the Padres not feel like they've got momentum on their side, at the very least for this series? I will be curious w- with the roster, with the lineup yet to still come out, if there are going to be any major shifts or changes.

I'm guessing that Austin Hayes is not gonna be in the lineup, and I say that because the Cubs have announced that Kevin Gossman, Gausman, unsure of entirely how to say it, don't really care how you pronounce it, he is going to be the starting pitcher for tonight.

He is a right-handed pitcher, so I am betting that Hayes is out.

Now, what that gonna mean in terms of...

Don't know what accent, I was just trying to say that in there.

I bet that we will see Sheets tonight.

I don't know if we are gonna then see Samad Taylor as well, if Taylor just stays in there for speed purposes and whatnot.

Speaking of speed, holy hell, anybody ever seen anything greater than Tatis stealing fir- or stealing second and then winding up on home? But Gossman, to get back to it, I do, it will mean at least some degree of changes.

But that being said, Ethan Salas, left-handed bat, hits the righties really well.

Uh, but D– I bet that this means Sheets is gonna be our starting DH s- to get the lefties in there, and then as soon as they go to the bullpen, that means we will potentially see Andújar come in if there's a lefty, and maybe Campy used off the bench, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.

So expect Stammen to have some opportunity to flex his capabilities as a manager.