One more with the Padres

Shawn Chacon vs. Greg Maddux. Now there is a mighty pitcher's matchup. Maddux is exactly the kind of pitcher I expect us to struggle with. He doesn't throw hard and he nibbles the strike zone. We have no plate patience and swing at everything. Get ready for a SportsCenter montage about "the return of the old Greg Maddux" on the 11 PM show tonight. If we do find some way to overcome the immense odds and win this one, we'll have won a series from a good team at home. It would be nice to see, but I'm not really counting on it.