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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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• San Diego Padres play ‘Shildtball’

Mike Shildt | Photo by Harry How/Getty Images Petco Park hitting shines When Mike Shildt took over as manager of the Padres in 2024, he established communication among the veterans on the team, emphasizing a need for consistency and to build a winning culture. During the season we heard terms like “elite adjusters”. “winning on the margins”, “winners find solutions”, and “regardless of cir...2025
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• Fernando Tatis Jr. scores go-ahead run, hits two homers to lead Padres over Cubs

Fernando Tatis Jr. | Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images San Diego comes back from two-run deficit to stay perfect at Petco Park Manny Machado worked an 11-pitch walk with one out in the bottom of the sixth inning. The walk resulted in Chicago Cubs Manager Craig Counsell taking starting pitcher Jameson Taillon out of the game with his team leading, 3-1. By the time the innin...2025
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• Tatis homers twice as Padres move to 11-0 at Petco Park
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• Game 17: Chicago Cubs at San Diego Padres

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Your game thread for April 14, 2025. Chicago Cubs at San Diego Padres, April 14, 2025, 6:40 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...2025
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• Chicago Cubs vs. San Diego Padres preview, Monday 4/14, 8:40 CT

Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images The Cubs continue their West Coast swing at Petco Park. Monday notes: BEST IN BASEBALL: The Cubs were 9-3 during the past two weeks. That ties for the best record in MLB over that span. The Giants, Mets, Padres and Tigers also were 9-3. The Brewers were 8-5 and 11 other teams were at least .500. The Athletics, Cardinals and Pirates were 4-8; the Wh...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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• Good Morning San Diego: Tatis returns with a bang in Padres blowout win

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Everything you need to know about your San Diego Padres on the morning of April 12, 2025. Articles to read Nick Pivetta throws gem, Padres pound Rockies (Matt DeWalt, Gaslamp Ball) Nick Pivetta stellar at Petco Park again, Padres remain perfect at home with rout of Rockies (Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune) Photos: Padres shutout Rockies (Meg McLaug...2025
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• Notes from a wild second week of Padres baseball

Robert Suarez | Photo by Geoff Stellfox/Getty Images Cold weather and a minor league ballpark The San Diego Padres played their second full week of baseball on the road versus the Chicago Cubs and the Athletics. They split the trip with a 3-3 record but that’s not a reflection of the battle that they came up against. The weather in Chicago was inhospitable to say the least, and they dropp...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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• San Diego, stay classy on the Jurickson Profar PED suspension

Atlanta Braves Jurickson Profar suspended 80 games for failed PED test | Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images The Friar Faithful cannot question his contributions last season The first two weekends of the 2025 regular season are in the books, and it has been quite eventful for the San Diego Padres. They went undefeated on the first homestand before the bats went silent in the first two ga...2025
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• Notes on Padres perfect start at Petco Park

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Friar Faithful have a great week The first week of the 2025 MLB season has been record-breaking for the San Diego Padres. Not only have they set a record with seven straight victories to begin their year but they had three shutouts in the first six games; something they had also never done before. Newcomer Nick Pivetta threw seven shutout innings in hi...2025
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• San Diego Padres in a ‘win now’ mode

Nick Pivetta | Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Padres display a sense of urgency Every year when spring training comes to a close the words you hear from virtually every team viewing themselves in contention for the playoffs is that it is important to get off to a fast start. Considering the way the Padres played in the spring—a 12-17 record and leaking runs all over the place—gettin...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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• Jurickson Profar leads off on Opening Day for Braves against his former team

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images We’re going to see how Padres fans feel about him very quickly, huh. Almost immediately after the Atlanta Braves officially locked in their Opening Day roster, they also confirmed what their lineup will look like for the first game of the season against the San Diego Padres. If you wanted storylines then there’s one tailor-made for this game that’ll get t...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."

2022
"In front of a wild crowd at Petco Park, San Diego topped their Southern California rival, advancing to the N."

2021
"A woman and child died after falling from the third level of Petco Park shortly before Saturday's Padres game."

2020
"Padres' Fernando Tatis Jr. home run lands on rooftop of warehouse building at Petco Park"

2019
"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."

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"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."

2014
"played in Petco Park for the first time since then, the San Diego crowd made sure that he felt loved."

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• San Diego Padres play ‘Shildtball’
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• Good Morning San Diego: Tatis returns with a bang in Padres blowout win
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• Notes from a wild second week of Padres baseball
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• San Diego Padres Brandon Lockridge pushing for increased playing time
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• Randy Vasquez deals, Padres beat Athletics

Xander Bogaerts | Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images Xander Bogaerts records three hits to power San Diego offense The San Diego Padres needed a strong pitching performance from Randy Vasquez if they wanted to have a chance to win the final game of a three-game set against the Athletics in Sacramento, Wednesday. Vasquez provided exactly what the Padres needed with five strong innings, allowing ...2025
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• San Diego, stay classy on the Jurickson Profar PED suspension
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• Good Morning San Diego: Jason Heyward returns to a place he’s loved

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Everything you need to know about your San Diego Padres on the morning of April 4, 2025. Articles to read Notes on Padres perfect start at Petco Park (Cheri Bell, Gaslamp Ball) Gavin Sheets fitting in quickly with Padres — and having fun, too (Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune) ‘This is Jason’s city’: Padres will follow new teammate Heyward during ...2025
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• Notes on Padres perfect start at Petco Park
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• Jackson Merrill, Padres agree on extension

Jackson Merrill | Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Centerfielder gets nine-year deal for $135 million It’s been a memorable start to the season for San Diego Padres centerfielder Jackson Merrill. He has been penciled into the lineup as the cleanup hitter since Opening Day, he hit his first home run of the year against the Cleveland Guardians Tuesday night and that followed his b...2025
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• Fernando Tatis Jr. scores go-ahead run, hits two homers to lead Padres over Cubs
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• Randy Vasquez deals, Padres beat Athletics
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• San Diego, stay classy on the Jurickson Profar PED suspension
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• Braves seek first win of season as they face Nick Pivetta and the Padres

Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images It’s been a rough start for the Braves so far. I have a toddler, and toddlers … are messy. They are the smallest living beings in the house, but they make, by far, the most mess. They’re at the perfect intersection of being able to do things for themselves, but they are also not good enough at any of them to be fully trusted. They kn...2025
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• The diabolical combination of Aaron Bummer and the West Coast Braves
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• Padres notch win with Manny Machado sidelined

Randy Vasquez | Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Randy Vasquez deals six scoreless The San Diego Padres and the Atlanta Braves were scoreless in the bottom of the seventh inning when Yuli Gurriel pinch hit for Gavin Sheets. With runners at first and second, Gurriel delivered a ground ball to left field just past the diving shortstop. Jake Cronenworth scored from second base and the Pa...2025
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• Jackson Merrill is the San Diego Padres’ next breakout star

San Diego Padres Jackson Merrill | Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images The Petco Park crowd believes in their young star The Friar Faithful loves to cheer for homegrown talent. From Tony Gwynn to Jake Peavy, the crowd support has been phenomenal. The fans find it rewarding to witness a young prospect advance through the minor league system before becoming a breakout star for their belove...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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• Braves let late lead slip out of their hands in 7-4 Opening Day loss to Padres

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Gavin Sheets hit a home run. This just wasn’t Atlanta’s day. Despite bringing the lumber with a pair of home runs as both Ozzie Albies and Austin Riley went deep, the San Diego Padres were able to get the best of the Atlanta Braves in order to send their fans home happy on Opening Day with a 7-4 win. In typical baseball fashion, what figured to be an i...2025
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• Braves return to San Diego to kick off their season against the Padres

Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images Let’s get rockin’ and rollin’, y’all! After the Atlanta Braves ended their turbulent 2024 season in San Diego, Petco Park will be where their 2025 season begins. The Braves are set to tangle with the San Diego Padres for a four-game series in beautiful San Diego to start off their season. For the Braves, this serves as a way to get a hollow form of revenge...2025
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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
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• Padres’ “Baltimore boys” impress on opening day
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• The San Diego Padres all-quarter-century team

San Diego Padres Jake Peavy | Photo by Nick Doan/Icon SMI/Icon Sport Media via Getty Images A group of past and present stars of the game We are one day away from Opening Day at Petco Park. Before setting our sights on the Atlanta Braves, let us take a moment to appreciate a significant sports moment. The Friar Faithful have witnessed a quarter-century of San Diego Padres baseball since fl...2025
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• The origin of the Vedder Cup

The Vedder Cup is alive and well for the 2025 season | Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images A trophy will be awarded to the winner of the Padres and Mariners season series If you ever attended a Seattle Mariners vs. San Diego Padres game at Petco Park, the chant of Vedder Cup can be heard throughout Gallagher Square moments before first pitch. Remember, there was no physical trophy awarded to...2025
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• John Seidler will be the new boss. What’s next for the Padres?

2024 Opening Day at Petco Park | Photo by Brandon Sloter/Getty Images The Friar Faithful are unsure what the future holds for their beloved franchise. The San Diego Padres offseason was dormant until the Seidler family provided more boardroom drama than an episode of HBO’s Succession. Major League Baseball owners unanimously approved John Seidler as the team’s control person during their...2025
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• A former Padre earns his opportunity to manage in MLB

Will Venable was named the Chicago White Sox manager last October Before we concern ourselves with the exit velocity of a batted ball or a player’s WAR number, the hiring of Will Venable as manager by the Chicago White Sox will bring a smile to the Friar Faithful. No one should have forgotten the former San Diego Padre, the one constant in an otherwise forgettable period in the franchise’s histo...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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• 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
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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
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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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• Fernando Tatis Jr. scores go-ahead run, hits two homers to lead Padres over Cubs
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• Chicago Cubs vs. San Diego Padres preview, Monday 4/14, 8:40 CT
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• Cubs 4, Dodgers 2: Pete Crow-Armstrong shows off in front of the home folks
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• Game 16: Colorado Rockies at San Diego Padres

Photo by Sergio Estrada/Getty Images Your game thread for April 13, 2025. Colorado Rockies at San Diego Padres, April 13, 2025, 1:10 p.m. PST Location: Petco Park, San Diego, CA Watch: Padres TV Listen: 97.3 The Fan Sunday Funday ☀️ pic.twitter.com/wJFJEGdcmt— San Diego Padres (@Padres) April 13, 2025 Brenton Doyle (quad) again out of #Rockies lineup but he was not their roster mov...2025
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• Colorado Rockies game no. 14 thread: Chase Dollander vs. Kyle Hart
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• This Week in Purple: The Veen Machine has arrived

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Colorado Rockies weekend discussion thread for April 12-13, 2025 The weekend is a great time to kick back and reflect. This Week in Purple is the place to catch up on the news from our team at Purple Row. You’ll find links to Rockpiles and other content below as well as a platform for community discussion in the comments. ★ ★ ★ More things happened th...2025
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• Good Morning San Diego: Tatis returns with a bang in Padres blowout win
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• Nick Pivetta throws gem, Padres pound Rockies
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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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