For the San Diego Padres' entire existence, they have played second fiddle to the Los Angeles Dodgers. That little brother energy came to the forefront after Jose E. Feliciano's latest comments about Dodgers owner Mark Walter and what appeared to be a veiled insult about his team.
"The owner of the Dodgers owns a lot of dinosaurs," Feliciano said during a meeting with the press last week.
"On the field?" an AP reporter questioned. Which prompted the new Padres owners to turn around and laugh.
Feliciano can hide behind the fact that Walter literally owns dinosaur fossils, but the new Padres owner was pretty clearly referencing the Dodgers veterans.
Padres owners' dig at Dodgers reveal they're not immune to little brother syndrome
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was asked about Feliciano's comments last Friday and said, "I like our dinosaurs, and our dinosaurs have, you know, come through in the biggest spots." He went on to say that the dinosaur remark 'could be bulletin board material.'
Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman, Mookie Betts, Max Muncy, Teoscar Hernandez, Edwin Diaz, Tanner Scott, Blake Snell, Tyler Glasnow, Miguel Rojas, Enrique Hernandez, and Evan Phillips are all over the age of 32, and the average age of the Dodgers' roster is 30.4 years old.
If the Dodgers and Padres win their respective series, it would be the first ever NLCS matchup between the two organizations. The reason has nothing to the Dodgers, but in the entire history of the Padres organization, they've played just 65 playoff games. Of those 65, 30 have come during this decade.
The Padres are a team that likes to either boast to the media or complain, and it appears Feliciano is just trying to fit in. Whether it's Fernando Tatis Jr. or Manny Machado, there are always face-palm worthy quotes coming from those players in San Diego.
Feliciano clearly knows the Dodgers are the standard of MLB, and his new team will need to take them down a few pegs in order to continue the organization's turnaround.
