And so it goes. It's not easy being a Padres fan. Every spring starts with such wide-eyed promise, like the kid on Christmas morning expecting this to be the year he gets the pony. Well, 2006 was not to be the Year of the Pony for Padres fans.
You know what? I thought they had a shot this year. Maybe not to win it all, but maybe, just maybe, to get to the big dance and show a little something. '84 and '98 were not pretty. It's not enough to just "be there" when you look like the Toledo Mudhens doing it.
We've suffered through thirty-eight seasons. OK, so I'm sure there are a few Cubs fans out there telling me to 'shut the fuck up' but it doesn't make it any easier to know that there is another team out there that sucks worse than us. And the Cubs never had uniforms that made them look like a taco.
So we look forward to March, when hope springs eternal once again. And I'll be there. Along with the other dedicated Friars fans that continue to hold out hope that "this will be the year."
Please Kevin Towers...take a look at Albert Pujols and get us one of those. I don't know about you, but I want that fuckin' pony.
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