SAN DIEGO — It was the year Google was founded, president Bill Clinton was impeached, and the Apple iMac was introduced.
The year was 1998.
It was the last time the people of San Diego watched the Padres win a postseason game in person at home.
It was 5,853 days ago, for those counting.
The Padres treated their raucous sellout crowd to a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night at Petco Park. They’re threatening to pull one of the greatest postseason upsets in baseball history.
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The Padres, with a 2 games to 1 lead, are just one victory away from winning the best-of-five National League Division Series, which could set off the greatest celebration in this city since Steve Garvey’s game-winning homer in Game 4 of the 1984 NLCS against the Chicago Cubs.
The Padres also could absolutely ruin the Dodgers’ dream season. L.A. won 111 games during the regular season, but is in danger of collapsing in the first round.
The Padres, who finished 22 games behind the Dodgers in the NL West, could become the first team since the 1906 Chicago White Sox to win a postseason series against an opponent who won at least 22 more games in the regular season.
The Padres, who lost 14 of 19 games to the Dodgers during the season, would also be only the fourth team in history to have a winning percentage of .263 or lower against a single opponent and win a postseason series against them.
The last team to accomplish the feat?
The 1988 Dodgers against…
