Thursday, June 9th, 2011
One of the most dominant prospects in all of baseball this year has been first baseman Anthony Rizzo, who became the property of the San Diego Padres as part of the Adrian Gonzalez deal. The first baseman's meteoric rise has made him one of the game's top prospects. Now Rizzo ...
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Monday, May 23rd, 2011
The San Diego Padres are 19-28 on the season. That would be the worst record in baseball if not for the Houston Astros and Minnesota Twins. I never thought I'd say this, but thank God for Houston and Minneapolis.
In any case, the Padres and their fans are in full "who ...
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Monday, May 2nd, 2011
The San Diego Padres have long been married to one of the lowest payrolls in baseball despite excellent fan support and a gorgeous downtown ballpark. So what gives? Well, over the past 10 years the Padres have been married to a television deal with Cox Communications that, according to Forbes ...
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Friday, April 8th, 2011
Without question, the biggest surprise in baseball's first week has been the horrific start of the Boston Red Sox, who have dropped their first six games for the first time since 1945 despite being the pick of most people to take the AL East.
After getting swept by the Indians, the ...
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Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
After the huge addition of Adrian Gonzalez at first base, you'd think the Boston Red Sox have it made offensively for next season. Well, the Sox had more in mind than just adding the slugging former Padres first baseman. Boston was looking hard at adding an outfield bat, most likely ...
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Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010
In one of the least shocking moves of the upcoming offseason, the San Diego Padres have exercised their $6.2 million option on All-Star first baseman Adrian Gonzalez. Next season will be the final year of Gonzalez's insanely cheap four-year, $9.5 million contract.
Gonzalez hit .298 with 31 home runs and 101 ...
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Thursday, September 23rd, 2010
It appears the National League West race could go down to the final day of the 2010 season. If last night was any indication, we could be in for a whale of a finish.
The San Diego Padres snatched back first place in the NL West last night with a 3-1 ...
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Monday, August 16th, 2010
The San Diego Padres have been the most consistent team in the National League all season long. After Monday night's 9-5 win over the Chicago Cubs made the Padres the first team to reach 70 wins in the NL. They are currently 23 games over .500 and lead the San ...
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Monday, July 12th, 2010
There are only five words that come to mind when thinking about the first half the 2010 San Diego Padres just finished: What the hell just happened?
I seriously feel like Phil in The Hangover, when he wakes up the morning after with that "I can't remember a thing so that ...
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Monday, May 3rd, 2010
The San Diego Padres, predicted by almost every scouting service to be one of the worst teams in baseball this season, currently sit atop the National League West with a 16-9 record. The Friars are just two games behind Tampa Bay for the best record in baseball, have won 13 ...
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