The Padres got a lot right on Saturday night at PETCO Park.
They got great pitching from rookie Casey Kelly and their stellar bullpen.
They got a clutch- 3-run home run from Jesus Guzman.
And they got to unveil a statue of the legendary Jerry Coleman in the Easy Village entrance.
Overall, not a bad night at the ballpark.
Before the Padres beat the Rockies 4-3, running their record to 70-76 and giving legitimate hope to their quest to finish without a losing record, the franchise showed us its tribute to Jerry Coleman, a man who's spent 70 years in baseball, 40 of them with the Padres.
Coleman is in the Baseball Hall of Fame as a broadcaster. He's also a former Padres manager and a World Series champion as a player with the Yankees. But his biggest contributions may have come from his military service. The Colonel was a Marine Corps pilot in both World War II and the Korean War.
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Coleman is not from San Diego, but he is "of" San Diego. He loves us as much as we love him.
"I couldn't find a better place to spend my final days than here in San Diego," he said, choking back tears.
Congratulations to a true American hero ... and a San Diego treasure.
