These Padres are young and inexperienced, says Gaslamp Ball. The average Padre today has two years less experience in the bigs than the average Padre from a year ago. Heck, most of the MLB experience is under Brian Giles' orange tan and saggy love handles.
The Dodgers are made of Manny, and eight other guys. But really, they've got quite a talented lineup and might lead the league in runs scored by a team not based in Colorado.
Lineups. Go. Finally.
| DODGERS | PADRES |
| Rafael Furcal, SS | Jody Gerut, CF |
| Orlando Hudson, 2B | David Eckstein, 2B |
| Manny Ramirez, LF | Brian Giles, RF |
| Andre Ethier, RF | Adrian Gonzalez, 1B |
| Russell Martin, C | Kevin Kouzmanoff, 3B |
| James Loney, 1B | Chase Headley, LF |
| Matt Kemp, CF | Henry Blanco, C |
| Casey Blake, 3B | Luis Rodriguez, SS |
| Hiroki Kuroda, SP | Jake Peavy, SP |
San Diego is nice and sunny...no rainouts in Southern California, ever. Gaslamp Ball has proof.
The Padres are young and untalented, says GorgeForeman.