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Awesome night card, pt. 178

The Dodgers can't beat anyone right now. I have no answer for why that it is. But you can blame it on whatever you like, injuries, misfortune, lack of depth, declining skills, strategical decisions, not enough scrappy, even the lame "no chemistry" argument. I don't care anymore. I'm done with speculation. I just want to see wins. In more pleasant times, I would be too proud to show a card like this. Normally, I consider the Padres half the organization that the Dodgers are. But sitting in last place, there is nothing derisive that I can say about any team without receiving a comeback that I can't answer. So, here is a minor league issue of a card commemorating the Idaho Falls Padres' Pioneer League championship in 2000. I believe it happened in their first year of existence. It's somewhat fitting that Idaho Falls swept the Great Falls Dodgers in two games to win the championship. All-in-all, it's a miserable card during a miserable time fo...