Padres’ Manny Machado sends brash warning to Dodgers after last season’s heartbreak
Manny Machado warns his NL West rival.
When the San Diego Padres were taken down by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the divisional round, Manny Machado felt sour. The Padres’ silver slugger wasn’t too keen about how his team went out. After all, Los Angeles won the World Series against the New York Yankees. As a result, Machado had his eyes set on this NL West rival.
Safe to say that the rival hasn’t changed. It remains the Dodgers. However, he keeps reminiscing on the loss in the divisional round.
“I hate losing, I really do,’’ Machado tells USA TODAY Sports Bob Nightengale. “We had them. We had them. But we came up short. When you lose to the champions, it stings. You see them win it all, it’s like, “Damn, it could have been us right?’
“You soak it in, and after that, you got to flip the switch. You have no choice. But that’s the beauty of baseball. The stuff gets harder every year. That’s why I love this game so much; it keeps you hungry.’’
Machado understands the struggle. He hasn’t won a World Series, although appeared in 2018 with the Dodgers, funny enough. He didn’t win that one but has been yearning to get back. The taste of a World Series leaves Machado wanting more, and that echoes to his teammates.
