Padres Clinch!

If you've been following the daily drama on our Countdown to Triple-Digit Incompetence -- and who hasn't? -- you know that the Padres have been on pace for a 100-loss season.

Well, not anymore.

With Saturday's 3-2 win over Pittsburgh, the Padres made their fans proud as they clinched a non-100-loss season.

They cut it close, taking it down to the next-to-last game of the season, but none of that matters now. All that's important is that they've clinched.

So instead of 100 losses, the Padres will finish with either 98 or 99 defeats (pending Sunday's season finale). And for that, everyone in the organization can hold their heads high -- from the top, club CEO Sandy Alderson and general manager Kevin Towers -- who answers to the colorful nickname "KT" -- all the way down to the bat boys, it was a job well done.

And for clinching in dramatic fashion on the final weekend of the season, we'd like to extend an official Minor-League Town congratulations to everyone in the Padres organization.

Great job, guys!