The air in San Diego feels heavier than usual — like the ocean itself is holding its breath. The Padres have just battered the Los Angeles Dodgers in back-to-back games, outscoring them 16–7, and now stand on the edge of something they’ve never fully grasped: control.
Not just of a series. Of a story. Of a rivalry that has lived too long in someone else’s shadow.
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