We Don't Believe What We Just Saw

The unthinkable happened Saturday.
And no, Jessica Simpson didn't receive an Oscar nomination.
Somehow, the Padres remembered that it is actually legal to win a game in October.
After nine consecutive postseason losses, dating back to 1998, San Diego defeated St. Louis 3-1 in Game 3 of the NLDS to stay alive for another day.
Chris Young, doing what neither the alleged ace of the staff Jake Peavy nor David Wells could do, earned the victory with a dominating 6 2/3 innings of shutout ball. Young struck out nine and allowed only four hits, and with his unusual facial expressions while delivering pitches, kind of looks like your wacky Uncle Irving.
Woody Williams will pitch Sunday's Game 4, and Padres fans never know which Woody Williams will show up. He could pitch a gem, or it could be a night of BP for the St. Louis hitters. Who knows?
Manager Bruce Bochy is saving Jake the Fake for a possible Game 5 in San Diego. And if the alleged ace of the staff was amped up for Game 1, it would be interesting to see how Jake the Fake would handle pitching for all the NLDS marbles in Game 5.
You've really got to wonder about Peavy's psyche when a mild-mannered guy like Orel Hershiser is throwing around words like "meltdown" to describe your demeanor.
Speaking of interesting, the Padres' win Saturday sets up an interesting day Sunday for San Diego sports fans. And by interesting, we mean problematic.
The Padres-Cardinals game will be going on at the same time as the Chargers-Steelers game at Qualcomm Stadium on "Sunday Night Football."
So, you know that large contingent of Steeler fans that you already knew were going to be at the Q? Well, it just got bigger. Now that there's a Padres playoff game Sunday, a lot more Charger fans just decided to stay home to watch the Padres and unload their tickets to Steeler fans.
But things won't be easy for those who stay home either. The buttons on your remote control will be getting more of a workout than when you're watching an adult video. Not that we'd know what that's like.
We might just decide to focus on the Chargers game. Look at the Padres game this way: Game 4 is just a stepping stone to Game 5.
And like most San Diegans, we really don't have the attention span to focus on two things at once. Just thinking about using the picture-in-picture feature on our TV gives us a headache.