Spiraling Toward the Century Mark

With Wednesday's 8-6 loss to the Diamondbacks (by the way, nice job, Jake!), the Padres reached a special milestone by dropping to 30 games under .500.

At 48-78, it's still a very real possibility that these pathetic Padres will lose 100 games this season.

But Padres fans can always look to the future, right? Uh, sure. With the questions surrounding ownership and the uncertainty brought on by John Moores' divorce, there is no reason to be optimistic about the future of this organization.

And let's not forget the highly questionable moves of general manager Kevin Towers, the man responsible for putting together this joke of a team. Towers, who answers to the colorful nickname "KT," continues to get flak for not bringing back outfielders Mike Cameron and Milton Bradley, both of whom went on to have successful 2008 seasons.

So, rather than look ahead, we prefer to look back -- back to those glorious days of March and April. You know, back when the Padres were actually regarded as a respectable team.

It seems unfathomable now, but believe it or not, there was no shortage of people predicting good things for this team in 2008:

■ It says here, 90 wins and a National League West title for the Padres.

■ The prediction here was 86 wins.

■ And of course, back in March, we had the geniusness to call this a "good team."

Does spring training turn us all into blubbering idiots?