Team exec: Padres ‘miserable failures’ so far

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Pathetic. Embarrassing. Miserable failures.

These are just some of the words San Diego Padres executive chairman Ron Fowler used to discuss his team’s play this season.

Fowler’s exasperation was on display during a radio interview with ESPN’s The Mighty 1090 in San Diego on Wednesday — one day after the team was drubbed 16-4 in Seattle to conclude a 1-7 road trip.

“It’s been embarrassing. I don’t know how else to put it,” Fowler said. “Our performance on the road trip, 1-7, was pathetic.

“I’m a very competitive individual. I think I’ve won a lot more than lost in my life. This baseball experience has been very frustrating, very embarrassing.”

Though Fowler called the team “miserable failures” for getting off to a 20-33 start that has the team planted 12½ games out of first in the NL West, he spared first-year manager Andy Green and his staff of criticism.

“In terms of the manager and coaching staff, we’ve got as good a group or a better group than I’ve seen,” Fowler said. …

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