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• Swarm of bees turns Petco Park into Pestco Park
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• Game 52: Miami Marlins at San Diego Padres

Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images Your game thread for May 26, 2025. Miami Marlins at San Diego Padres, May 26, 2025, 5:40 p.m. PST Location: Petco Park, San Diego, CA Watch: Padres TV Listen: 97.3 The Fan Please remember our Game Day thread guidelines. Don’t troll in your comments; create conversation rather than destroying it Remember Gaslamp Ball is basically a non-profanity site Ou...2025
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• San Diego Padres cannot rush Yu Darvish back on the mound

San Diego Padres Yu Darvish | Photo by Rob Leiter/MLB Photos via Getty Images The veteran righthander too valuable for postseason run. Let us all take a deep breath. Injuries dampened the mood of the San Diego Padres after snapping their six-game losing streak. However, the team received good news on one of their mending starting pitchers. Yu Darvish has begun a rehab assignment with Trip...2025
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• Will Braves get payback against Padres?

Photo by Mark Blinch/Getty Images The Padres are one of the reasons why the Braves ended up in an early season hole. The Padres are in a hole of their own as well heading into this series. Will the Braves exacerbate their pain? Remember the optimism of Opening Day? Indeed, there were plenty of lofty expectations surrounding the Atlanta Braves before they took the field at Petco Park to tak...2025
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• San Diego held scoreless in Toronto

Dylan Cease | Nick Turchiaro-Imagn Images Padres extend losing streak to four games with 3-0 loss to Blue Jays The San Diego Padres went on the road to face the Toronto Blue Jays after being swept by the Seattle Mariners at Petco Park over the weekend. The hope from Padres fans was the offensive struggles at home would cease and San Diego would get back to scoring and winning. The Padres d...2025
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• Padres drop third game to Mariners

Mike Shildt takes the ball from Michael King. | Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images San Diego fails to record a hit with runners in scoring position during three-game sweep by Seattle San Diego Padres starting pitcher Michael King cruised through his first three innings against the Seattle Mariners. He ran into trouble with two outs in the top of the fourth inning when Randy Arozarena br...2025
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• San Diego Padres cannot rush Yu Darvish back on the mound
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• MLB Week 7 Hot or Not: A week of epic walk-offs and go-ahead games!

Taylor Ward hits a go-ahead grand slam against the Padres at Petco park on May 12, 2025. | Vincent Mizzoni/MLB Photos via Getty Images Last week was a whirlwind filled with exciting finishes from old and new faces. This week’s Hot or Not summary reviews the best and worst in MLB from May 11-17. AL West Hot: Angels stun the Padres in epic fashionHeading into the ninth, the Angels had a 1.9...2025
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• San Diego Padres Xander Bogaerts breaking out at the right time

San Diego Padres Xander Bogaerts | Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images After a slow start, his bat has come alive. The San Diego Padres may have found themselves a consistent run-producer in the middle of their batting order. No, we are not talking about Jackson Merrill or Manny Machado. Enter Xander Bogaerts, who has been described as a “big money free agent bust” by the Friar Faithful. ...2025
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• Padres seeing the old Xander Bogaerts resurface

Xander Bogaerts | Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images There is hope the former Bogaerts is back Padres shortstop Xander Bogaerts is the third highest paid player on the team after Fernando Tatis Jr. and Manny Machado. His 11-year, $280 million contract that he signed prior to the 2023 season says he needs to perform at a similar level in order to justify his status. Bogaerts knows that he ha...2025
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• Xander Bogaerts homers, drives in three to lead Padres past Giants

Xander Bogaerts | Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Luis Arraez, Jason Heyward return to lineup for San Diego Xander Bogaerts has taken his fair share of criticism in recent weeks, but on Tuesday night at Petco Park, he helped the San Diego Padres secure a 7-4 win over the San Francisco Giants and end a four-game losing streak. Bogaerts came up to the plate in the bottom o...2025
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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres shut down for 25 consecutive innings

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Everything you need to know about your San Diego Padres on the morning of April 26, 2025. Articles to read Padres held scoreless for second consecutive game (Matt DeWalt, Gaslamp Ball) Padres minor league update week #4 (Cheri Bell, Gaslamp Ball) Fan Survey Results: Which hurt Padre are fans most concerned about? (me) Injury-depleted Padres blanked a s...2025
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• Padres held scoreless for second consecutive game

Xander Bogaerts | Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Xander Bogaerts strikes out twice with runners in scoring position For the second time in three days the San Diego Padres were kept off the scoreboard by an opposing starting pitcher. Shane Baz completed seven innings against the Padres and helped the Tampa Bay Rays earn a 1-0 win at Petco Park, Friday. Baz used a combination of fastb...2025
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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres drop double-digit runs on the Cubs

Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images Everything you need to know about your San Diego Padres on the morning of April 15, 2025. Articles to read Fernando Tatis Jr. scores go-ahead run, hits two homers to lead Padres over Cubs (Matt DeWalt, Gaslamp Ball) San Diego Padres play ‘Shildtball’ (Cheri Bell, Gaslamp Ball) San Diego Padres leaning on Jose Iglesias to keep season on course (Thomas Co...2025
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• Cub Tracks’ trial by friar

David Frerker-Imagn Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. The Cubs faced the Padres in the first of three at Petco Park. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, steeped in writers’ tears, and ...2025
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• Cubs 4, Dodgers 2: Pete Crow-Armstrong shows off in front of the home folks

Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images PCA hit two homers and a triple with his parents in attendance at Dodger Stadium. I told you the Cubs could win this series! The Cubs went into Dodger Stadium and with solid pitching and hitting took two of three from the defending World Series champions, winning Sunday. They got a strong outing from an unexpected source (Colin Rea) and a great offen...2025
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• WWE Survivor Series comes to San Diego’s Petco Park Thanksgiving weekend

@WWE San Diego trades its Padres for powerbombs this November as WWE brings a signature PLE to town. America’s Finest City is set to host one of WWE’s biggest events of the year. On Monday, WWE announced that the 2025 Survivor Series will take place at Petco Park on Saturday, Nov. 29. Home to MLB’s San Diego Padres, Petco Park sits in the heart of the historic Gaslamp Quarter and offers a ...2025
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• Thursday Rockpile: The Rowland Rockies Stadium Tour

Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, September 19, 2024 I was eight years old when it was announced that Colorado would be awarded a baseball franchise. Born and raised in the state of Colorado, up until that point, I was naturally a fan of the Bash Brother-led Oakland Athletics, with a father who grew up in New Mexico, Arizona, and Colorado as a fan of the Big Red Machine in the 70s. My...2024
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• Who is John Sherman?

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Like the guy next door, except richer In the past, I’ve written stories critical of how the Royals organization has handled their downtown stadium negotiations. And while I don’t back away from the ham-handed way that process has been going, I did start to wonder if perhaps I have gotten the wrong idea about Royals owner John Sherman. After all, I’ve never m...2024
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"They’ll open a three-game series against the Padres Monday evening at Petco Park."

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"I remember watching Petco Park rise from an industrial wasteland."

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"Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports An early Austin Riley homer was the difference in Petco Park on Monday."

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"In front of a wild crowd at Petco Park, San Diego topped their Southern California rival, advancing to the N."

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"A woman and child died after falling from the third level of Petco Park shortly before Saturday's Padres game."

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"Padres' Fernando Tatis Jr. home run lands on rooftop of warehouse building at Petco Park"

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"The Padres slugger confirmed as much on Saturday during his media session from the team's FanFest at Petco Park."

2018
"The late Kevin Towers was memorialized at a “Celebration Of Life” ceremony today at Petco Park, with scores of Towers’ friends and colleagues from around baseball in attendance."

2017
"Puerto Rico punched its ticket to the World Baseball Classic semifinals in Los Angeles with a 6-5 win over the United States on Friday at Petco Park, remaining unbeaten in this year's tournament."

2016
"Clayton Kershaw staked his claim as one of baseball's greatest Opening Day performers, as the Dodgers gave the Padres a historic season-opening drubbing in a 15-0 victory at Petco Park on Monday afternoon."

2015
"Adrian Gonzalez belted a three-run shot -- one of four Dodgers homers -- in an 11-8 victory over the Padres on Saturday at Petco Park to clinch a series win."

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"played in Petco Park for the first time since then, the San Diego crowd made sure that he felt loved."

• Will Braves get payback against Padres?
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• Padres drop third game to Mariners
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• Mariners slug their way to win over Padres

Jake Croneworth | Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Stephen Kolek allows three home runs, San Diego held scoreless until the ninth Stephen Kolek entered his third start of the season facing the Seattle Mariners at Petco Park looking to keep his scoreless innings streak intact. He was also trying improve to 3-0 on the season and he was trying to lead the San Diego Padres to a win. Howev...2025
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• Randy Vasquez deals Padres past Angels

Randy Vasquez | Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images San Diego wins series to open homestand Randy Vasquez completed six strong innings to lead the San Diego Padres to a 5-1 win over the Los Angeles Angels at Petco Park, Wednesday. The result also gave the Padres a series win to open their homestand. Vasquez allowed just one run, and that came on a solo home run by Taylor Ward in the top ...2025
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• Fernando Tatis Jr., Padres walk-off Angels

Fernando Tatis Jr. | Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images San Diego scores two in the eighth to tie the game, wins it with two in the ninth San Diego Padres catcher Elias Diaz pinch hit for Martin Maldonado to start the bottom of the ninth inning. He was able to come back from an 0-2 count to draw a leadoff walk against Los Angeles Angels closer Kenley Jansen. Fernando Tatis Jr. cam...2025
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• Padres stunned by Angels, lose after leading in ninth

Robert Suarez hands the ball to Mike Shildt. | Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images Robert Suarez walks four, blows first save of season San Diego Padres closer Robert Suarez attempted to get his 16th save of the season against the Los Angeles Angels with his team leading 5-3. However he ran into trouble in the top of the ninth and by the time the inning ended, Suarez was out of the game a...2025
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• Padres stymied by Rockies in third game of series

Padres players meet with pitching coach Ruben Niebla. | Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images San Diego manages just five hits in loss A day after the San Diego Padres recorded 24 hits, they managed just five hits and dropped the final game of their series against the Colorado Rockies 9-3 at Coors Field, Sunday. Colorado pitcher German Marquez surrendered a run in the first inning, but was able to keep ...2025
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• San Diego Padres Xander Bogaerts breaking out at the right time
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• WWE Backlash 2025 predictions

Here’s how our staff of learned pro wrestling blowhards see the card playing out. WWE Backlash is all set to take place tonight (Sat., May 10, 2025) from the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri. It begins at 5:00 pm ET with the Kickoff show leading right on into the main course at 7 pm ET on Peacock in the U.S., WWE Network everywhere else, or your local cable pay-per-view provider. Luckily f...2025
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• Padres seeing the old Xander Bogaerts resurface
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• Randy Vasquez deals Padres past Angels
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• Fernando Tatis Jr., Padres walk-off Angels
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• Padres stunned by Angels, lose after leading in ninth
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• Padres stymied by Rockies in third game of series
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• San Diego Padres Xander Bogaerts breaking out at the right time
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• The San Diego Padres have road issues

Dylan Cease | Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images Some starting pitchers need to improve The San Diego Padres are terrific at home. Their 12-1 home record is the best in baseball. While it is not unusual to have less success on the road, the Padres have glaring issues with some of their starting pitchers in games away from Petco Park. The starting five of Michael King, Dylan Cease, Randy ...2025
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• Padres 4, Cubs 2: It’s déjà vu for the bullpen

Denis Poroy-Imagn Images Sadly, you have heard this all before. The Cubs had a bullpen meltdown in Monday’s game against the Padres at Petco Park, and so two bullpen moves were made before Tuesday’s game. Unfortunately, it was those two relievers, Daniel Palencia and Luke Little, who had bad performances on Wednesday. The two runs (one each) that Palencia and Little allowed were the differ...2025
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• Cubs hand Padres first loss at home

Yuki Matsui | Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images San Diego comes up short in extra innings, falls 2-1 The San Diego Padres and the Chicago Cubs battled through nine innings, but needed extras to decide the game at Petco Park, Tuesday night. The Cubs took the lead with the first batter in the top of the 10th inning. Nico Hoerner faced Yuki Matsui with Dansby Swanson starting the inning o...2025
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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres drop double-digit runs on the Cubs
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• Padres drop third game to Mariners
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• WWE Backlash 2025 predictions
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• Xander Bogaerts homers, drives in three to lead Padres past Giants
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• WWE Survivor Series comes to San Diego’s Petco Park Thanksgiving weekend
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• Cubs 4, Dodgers 2: Pete Crow-Armstrong shows off in front of the home folks
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• Colorado Rockies game no. 14 thread: Chase Dollander vs. Kyle Hart

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images Can the Rockies bounce back after last night’s clobbering? After a 17-2 drubbing at the hands of the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday, the Colorado Rockies bounced back and beat the Brew Crew 7-2 during Thursday’s day game. Unfortunately, that momentum did not carry over into San Diego, where the Rockies got roughed up once again 8-0 by the Padres — their...2025
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• Nick Pivetta throws gem, Padres pound Rockies

Nick Pivetta | Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Fernando Tatis Jr. homers in return to lineup The San Diego Padres came to life at the plate in the bottom of the fifth inning against the Colorado Rockies. The Padres batted around in the six-run inning that knocked Rockies starting pitcher German Marquez out of the game. San Diego rode the momentum of the big inning to an 8-0 win at Pe...2025
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• San Diego Padres Brandon Lockridge pushing for increased playing time

San Diego Padres Brandon Lockridge | Photo by Griffin Quinn/MLB Photos via Getty Images The former Yankee farm hand is making a name for himself in the brown & gold. San Diego Padres Brandon Lockridge is on a mission to become more than a fourth outfielder on the roster. With Jackson Merrill on the injured list with a hamstring strain, Lockridge can strengthen his hold as the permanent ri...2025
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• The diabolical combination of Aaron Bummer and the West Coast Braves

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Saturday night’s 1-0 loss was another example of just how strange and unusual things tend to get when the Braves are in California and also when Aaron Bummer is on the mound. Last night, the Atlanta Braves fell to 0-3 to start the season after dropping another close and incredibly frustrating game in Petco Park against the San Diego Padres. By this po...2025
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• Padres’ “Baltimore boys” impress on opening day

Jackson Merrill robs a home run | Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Gavin Sheets and Jackson Merrill celebrate the new season The San Diego Padres beat the Atlanta Braves 7-4 on Opening Day at Petco Park. With Michael King struggling with his command, the bullpen and offense came through. They rallied from behind, something Padres fans got used to last season. A continuati...2025
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• A-Gone, Ethier power Dodgers past Padres
Adrian Gonzalez belted a three-run shot -- one of four Dodgers homers -- in an 11-8 victory over the Padres on Saturday at Petco Park to clinch a series win. Justin Upton went deep twice for San Diego....2015
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• Joc's catch paves way for A-Gon's game-winner
Adrian Gonzalez tied the game, then won the game, but first Joc Pederson had to save the game. Gonzalez hit a two-out, two-run single in the 12th inning to lead the Dodgers past the Padres, 4-2, on Sunday at Petco Park....2015
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• Kershaw in top form, LA rolls to historic rout
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• Kershaw in top form, LA rolls to historic rout
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• Dodgers edge Padres, maintain division lead
Alex Wood picked a good time to make his best start as a Dodger. Los Angeles needed all seven of his scoreless innings -- and two more from the bullpen -- for a 2-0 victory over the Padres Saturday night at Petco Park....2015
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• Giants take series after offense erupts late
The Giants concluded their three-game series at Petco Park with a 7-1 win on Wednesday afternoon against the Padres....2015
• Giants take series after offense erupts late
The Giants concluded their three-game series at Petco Park with a 7-1 win on Wednesday afternoon against the Padres....2015
• Giants' big homers back Heston vs. Padres
Chris Heston took a no-hitter into the sixth inning Tuesday and the Giants hit three home runs on their way to a 9-3 victory over the Padres at Petco Park....2015
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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep-February 15, 2025
Welcome Back! Around the League Alex Bregman-Red Sox-3B Alex Bregman signed a three-year, $120 million deal with the Boston Red Sox, including opt-outs after the 2025 and 2026 seasons. He reportedly chose this higher average annual value contract over longer-term offers from the Tigers and Cubs. Bregman is expected to transition to second base, a position he last played in 2018. This is going t...2025
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Should the Colorado Rockies sign Joc Pederson?

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, November 19, 2024 Clearly, we’re at a slow time in the MLB offseason, a fact true for most teams, but especially the Colorado Rockies, who have done very little, save sign a couple of MiLB contracts and make a low-profile trade. Indeed, Kris Bryant’s Lamborghini has gotten more attention than the offseason C...2024
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• Will Padres' Upton-Kemp-Myers Push to Win Now Pay off Big or Backfire?
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• Fantasy Baseball: Winter meetings rundown
Major League Baseball’s winter meetings that took place last week in San Diego were eventful to say the least. Many teams – namely the Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers, Miami Marlins, and Chicago White Sox – were active in acquiring players in hopes of putting their teams into contender status. Instead of writing long pieces about just a couple players, I figured I would try to cover a lot of the...2014
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• San Diego Padres cannot rush Yu Darvish back on the mound
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• San Diego held scoreless in Toronto
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• Padres drop third game to Mariners
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• MLB Week 7 Hot or Not: A week of epic walk-offs and go-ahead games!
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• Randy Vasquez deals Padres past Angels
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• Padres stunned by Angels, lose after leading in ninth
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• Padres stymied by Rockies in third game of series
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• San Diego Padres Xander Bogaerts breaking out at the right time
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• San Diego begins its pursuit of first World Series title

Michael King | Photo by Jeff Dean/Getty Images A new season means anything is possible The days of ticket takers and turnstiles have given way to digital scanners and metal detectors, but the excitement and pageantry of Major League Baseball’s Opening Day remains the same. The fanbase of each team begins the year full of hope and optimism even though, in some cases, it may be misplaced. B...2025
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• San Diego Padres FanFest 2025: What we learned

Don Orsillo, Manny Machado, Jackson Merrill and Mark Grant at Fanfest 2025 | Photo by Cheri Bell The sky is not falling The San Diego Padres held their 2025 FanFest celebration February 2nd with an improvement over the 2023 version. With the signing of Xander Bogaerts and the trade for Juan Soto, excitement was high in 2023 and Petco Park had ten of thousands of people clogging the concour...2025
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Should the Colorado Rockies sign Joc Pederson?
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• Something new, something blue

Andy Abeyta/The Desert Sun / USA TODAY NETWORK The Royals are hot Under the category of “you learn something new every day,” this summer I spent a few days in Milwaukee. Having never stayed in Milwaukee before, I spent some time walking around the downtown area, sampling the local cuisine and beverages and came across this sign. Wow, how many of you knew that the American Le...2024
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• 2024 MLB Season Preview: San Diego Padres

Sergio Estrada-USA TODAY Sports After a supremely disappointing 2023 and an offseason full of cutting salary, the Padres will look to compete in 2024 with a pared-back roster The San Diego Padres entered the 2023 season with championship aspirations and a star-studded roster, but pulled off an epic faceplant and missed the postseason entirely. The offseason has been a sea change both on an...2024
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• Matt Kemp Says Hello to San Diego as Padres Rock-Star GM Continues Dealing
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