Just the facts, man, just the facts!

The most obvious of which is who is in first place and who is not.

Now onto the response. Simian's post wants to make hay about the Dodgers poor performance in post-season play since the 1988 season. That is a valid point, and in case he wasn't paying attention, one that I addressed in my initial comment on the subject (Something to the effect that the Padres have performed better in the last decade in this regard).

As to the comparison of the two franchises, I was trying to be fair; just citing the number of titles/divisions/playoff appearances is unfair and doesn't take the San Diego franchise's relatively young age into account. I figured picking a 35 year time frame was fair; if not, we can go back to the day of the Frier's birth, that's fine with me. Regardless, the numbers don't favor them. And that was the point. Crow all you like about 'owning' the Dodgers but it really don't mean much when you've got so little hardware to point to!