The golden era of Padres baseball minted another moment on Monday night, as the team clinched its fourth postseason berth since 2020. That this season would culminate in a playoff run had become inevitable, but a sluggish September had delayed the champagne. Before this run of four postseason berths in six years, there had been five Padres playoff teams in 51 years. Over the nine seasons leading up to 2020, the Padres had the second-lowest winning percentage in the major leagues. The Padres are one of 10 teams with an overall losing record since 1969, the year of their inception.