Good morning from New York,

For all the potential drama in the final two weeks of the season, there probably isn’t much left to decide for the Padres.

At least not in terms of where they are going to begin the postseason.

The Padres will almost certainly open the playoffs against the Cubs at Wrigley Field. And at this rate, it will be the only place they are participating in playoff games.

Sure, they could be playing better by October. Baseball is a cruelly and wonderfully unpredictable game. It is best digested week to week or even series to series.

And there is no greater gulf, perhaps, than the two days between the end of the regular season and the start of the postseason.

History is rife with examples of World Series champions who looked for a time late in the regular season as

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