If we think we can contend, then we have to believe we can beat pitchers like Schilling and Johnson. We fought hard to get back in this thing, and if we're to stay with it we need to be ready to play our best ball. A helping or two of good luck also would be welcomed, and the Padres, in fact, had some Wednesday night. Adam Eaton's self-inflicted stomach wound cost him yesterday's start but was minor enough that he's penciled in for tomorrow. I'd be tempted to scold young Eaton for being careless with a utensil as dangerous as a knife, but several hours before his accident I was in the emergency room at a local hospital having a fish hook removed from my ring finger.
Dumb mistakes are words with universal currency.