The Padres Slam Rangers once again and it’s glorious

It just might become a daily Padres appreciation moment. It is not our fault. Sometimes what will be will be and you cannot run away from what must be. The Padres decided it would be fun to hit a grand slam against the Rangers for a third straight game, but to turn it from a pint of ice cream into a sundae, this one was a version of Manny Machado.

Maybe it’s just having something about that hell of a baseball mug, or even that hell of a mug all over the world, that looks cool and fun that we cling to. Maybe it is that the Padres really are the only hope of stopping the Dodgers plague for the next decade. Maybe it’s just a last days quirk. Either way, everyone needs something that makes them smile or feel anything these days. Kiss the Padres. They will make you feel something, and you really need them.

It was the day of the happy death in the NHL, as three teams were asked to leave their respective bubbles. The Arizona Coyotes, Columbus Blue Jackets and Carolina Hurricanes can go back to whatever they do the rest of the time.

The Coyotes were caught off guard by the Avs 7-1, and they’ve been punched so hard in the face every series. The only reason they had a game is that goalkeeper Darcy Kuemper shot a ball once, but he couldn’t maintain that level. No one could. The Yotes are a bad team who were granted a hockey wish to make this playoff, and the Av treated them as such. Next season we can all come back to not being aware of their existence, which everyone was happier with.

The Jackets aren’t that, but they’re not much better and wouldn’t have been in a normal playoff system. They actually held the Lightning without shooting for a period and a half and had a two-goal lead. But the Bolts’ firepower finally kicked in, and Anthony Cirelli tied the game at four with a minute and a half to go. Brayden Point won it five minutes in OT.

The series ‘victory exorcises some demons for the Lightning, who were swept away by the Jackets last year as Presidents’ Trophy winners. Now that they’ve taken them out, they should be the favorites to come out of the East as they’ve been the best team since December. Jackets can continue to changing John Tortorella’s diaper after the losses.

The only disappointment was the Canes, who crossed out again against the Bruins even though David Pastrnak missed most of the series and the Bruins had to go to their second goalie after Tuukka Rask retired. While the Canes have been analytical darlings in the league for years, at one point you can’t get over a mediocre goalie and a top-tier lack of finishing on the other end. It also doesn’t help when you meet the Bruins as they get back into shape, and we really need to move on to the Tampa-Boston series which will almost certainly decide the East no matter what round happens.

The Canes have been the “next” team for two seasons, maybe three, but the point is, you have to eventually become the “now” team. Getting soaked by the Bruins two years in a row doesn’t do that to you. Everyone who matters out there is locked in, but they’ll need a goalie for real and maybe one who will make a difference. Are they really going to pay for these this time around? Can they?

While the reds were doing much more important news Last night there was the other nugget that human centipede Trevor Bauer angered the MLB by trying to wear shoes that said “Free Joe Kelly.” Bauer was told that he would in fact be kicked out of the game if he wore them. Kelly, of course, was suspended eight games by the MLB last month for pitching Astros Alex Bregman and Carlos Correa, which brought the two teams into the field for a little head-to-head.

But hey, attention junkies tend to attract each other, so it’s no surprise that Bauer speaks for his comrade who wants to be oppressed. Bauer is still five minutes away from a men’s rights rally, and you’d think as vocal as Bauer was about the Astros, he’d feel the same about the 2018 Red Sox players, who also cheated with Kelly. on the team. , in case you forgot. But Bauer’s head has always been a place where logic will die.