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A weekend worth commenting on:

PADRES…What a road trip.  Come from behind wins.  Jackson Merrill elevating his star status.  Never say day Padre lineup.  An overused bullpen.  And yet this team has won 16-of-19 as they come home.  They have an astounding (36-24) road record.  And in the midst of this ‘must win’ 15-game stretch against bottom feeders, they have pulled themselves back into the chase for 1st place, taking a 9-and-a half deficit and cutting it down to 2-and-a half.

DODGERS…Now the Calvary is coming back.  Mookie Betts is returning as a right fielder.  Clayton Kershaw has returned.  Walker Buehler comes back mid week.  Yosh Yamaoto is headed for one rehab start.  We have not seen the Dodgers as a whole team in months, and yet they are in first place still.

CHARGERS…What a letdown, what a poor performance, this opening preseason loss to Seattle at an empty So Fi Stadium.  A putrid offensive performance with a backup QB-Easton Stick, who went (0-4) last year and was awful on Saturday, with 6-3 and out series in a row, an (0-7) ledger on 3rd down, and no first downs over a 25-minute span. There was no run game, and that was with 3-#1 picks in the offensive line.  They never targeted young receivers Quentin Johnston nor Brendan Rice.  The blitz package on defense was active, but they gave up (155Y) rushing to the Seahawks.  Alot of Jim Harbaugh work to get done.

AZTECS..This new Sean Lewis offense will be a process to learn.  Only two field goals in the first half. in a big scrimmage.  Dropped TD passes, penalties wiping out some big gains.  Did hit some big pass plays and an odd run play.  New playbook, a ton of new players, and new quarterbacks, and not alot of time left to fix it all.  It will take time.  Big disappointment to me, only 2,000-fans showed up on a Saturday night. Don’t know where the deposed Chargers fans have gone.  Obviously not to San Diego State games at Snapdragon Stadium.

OLYMPICS…How cool from start to finish, some 17-days in Paris.  It was theatre, artistry, and magnificent athletic performances.  It was joy, smiles, confrontations, dominant wins, wild finishes in events and upsets.  What an opening ceremony, the Parade of Nations,  then equalled by what happened in the stadium on the final night.  It was Simone Biles’ resilience; Katie Ledecky’s dominance; the USA gymnastics and track teams.  It was the two gold medalists from bombed out Ukraine returning home with Gold.  It was the weeping and tears of Scottie Scheffler and Novak Djokovic.  The stunning finishes in the long distance running events.  The strangeness of break-dancing and rock climbing.  It was the brilliance of NBC’s production and broadcast teams amidst the time zone differences.  Yes it was the pollution in the Seine, the beauty of the Eiffel Tower, and the Marathon run around and thru the gardens of the Palace of Versailles.  It was the City of Lights and the best Paris could offer, and they got a Gold Medal for what they did…Merci Paris.

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