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He won't have the home crowd on his side until after the All-Star break, but Los Angeles Dodgers star left fielder Manny Ramirez probably doesn't mind, since he is finally done serving his 50-game suspension for violating the league's policy on performance enhancing drugs.

By Richard Zowie Killer B's" were present at the game between the Houston Astros and the San Diego Padres and, believe it or not, it had nothing to do with Jeff Bagwell or Craig Biggio. Houston took 3-of-4 games in this series, startling since Houston long has struggled in San Diego.

Wandy Rodriguez threw seven strong innings to help the Houston Astros take a 7-2 win over the San Diego Padres in an unusual finale of a four-game set.

By Todd Kaufmann Not only did the Padres lose both Young and Peavy to the DL, but they may also lose their first baseman Adrian Gonzalez, who was taken out of the game with what the team called a strained right knee. Adrian hasn't missed a game since August of 2007, a string of 283 straight starts for the star fir...

Adrian Gonzalez injured his right knee in the fourth inning of the San Diego Padres' game against the Houston Astros on Tuesday night.

By Bare Knucks National League Manager of the Year: Joe Torre/ Los Angeles Dodgers NL West 1. Los Angeles Dodgers 2. San Francisco Giants 3. Colorado Rockies 4. San Diego Padres 5. Arizona Diamondbacks NLDS Results- Los Angeles Dodgers over St. Louis Cardinals (4-3)

By M.T. Robinson Adding Tony Gwynn JR has been a pleasant surprise, as TG Senior can now overlook JR's swing and make daily critiques of it. The difference has been amazing, compared to Gwynn JR's time in Milwaukee. Gwynn has flourished since becoming a Padre, and has been welcomed with open arms by the Padre...

Chad Gaudin allowed one hit over eight scoreless innings and Scott Hairston snapped an 0-for-17 slide with a homer for San Diego as the Padres won their first series in a month with a 2-0 victory Sunday night over the stumbling Texas Rangers.

David Murphy and Hank Blalock homered to pace a suddenly resurgent Texas Rangers offense and Kevin Millwood won his fifth straight decision at home in a 12-2 victory over the San Diego Padres on Friday night.

The San Diego Padres on Tuesday placed relief pitcher Luke Gregerson on the 15-day disabled list amid several roster moves.

By R.J. Anderson All told, Giles has been worth 1.5 wins below replacement level, good for a “value” of $-6.9 million; the Padres are paying him $9 million over the course of this season. I’m sure the Padres were a bit miffed with Giles’ decision to block a move last year. I can’t imagine how thrilled they are to se...

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Andre Ethier homered his first two times up, Matt Kemp hit a go-ahead shot, and Orlando Hudson also went deep against Chris Young to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 6-4 victory over the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night.

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 CA More recently, however, Headley has missed time because Scott Hairston is hitting right-handed pitchers like never before and Tony Gwynn is off to a .310 start as a Padre. Gwynn and Hairston also give the Padres their best center-left defensive ...

By Dave Cameron First Base: Albert Pujols (STL), Adrian Gonzalez (SD) Four: Atlanta, Los Angeles Three: New York, Philadelphia Two: San Diego, Washington, Arizona, Florida, Milwaukee, St. Louis One: Chicago, Houston, Cincinnati, Colorado, Pittsburgh, San Francisco

The Philadelphia Phillies have selected the contract of left-handed pitcher Antonio Bastardo from Triple-A Lehigh Valley to make his major league debut Tuesday against the Padres.

By Dave Cameron Age - Tony Jr is just 26 years while Jody is playing this year at 31. Jody certainly isn’t old, but we are committed to getting younger where we can. We’ve had 32 players currently in our organization who have competed for us at the ML level this season, and 25 of them are in their 20’s (Chris Young...

By Todd Kaufmann Well, you can keep telling yourself that, but the San Diego Padres came from six runs behind to defeat the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-7, capped by a big two run home run from left fielder Chase Headley in the top half of the tenth inning off Arizona reliever Tony Pena.

By Dave Cameron However, this post isn’t about Fowler. This post is about Chris Young. The tall pitching one, not the hack-at-everything center field version. See, Young was on the mound for the Padres last night, and while he only lasted three innings, that was long enough for the Rockies to steal eight bas...

By Tom Froemming Pitcher of the Day: Jarrod Washburn, Seattle Mariners Mariners 4, Rays 2 Giants 8 Padres 3 Matt Cain improved to 2-0 after holding the Padres to two runs over six innings while striking out five. Game of the Day: Pittsburgh Pirates 3, Florida Marlins 2

By Dave Cameron PETCO Park skews a lot of the perceptions about the talent on the Padres roster - the pitchers aren’t as good as advertised, and the hitters are a bit better than everyone thinks. But even with the park adjustments, the Padres scored 637 runs last year while getting a career year from Jody Ger...

The Seattle Mariners, San Diego Padres and other awful 2008 teams that weren’t quite awful enough must be wishing Major League Baseball had a draft lottery. The Washington Nationals managed to edge out MLB’s would-be worst with a league-low 59 wins, meaning they’ll get first crack at a 20...

By Marc Hulet Will Venable, 26, is starting to enter a dangerous territory for prospects, having yet to establish himself at the Major League level despite passing his 25th birthday. Venable held his own in a brief MLB trial last season and hit .264/.339/.391 in 110 at-bats. However, the big club is deep in t...

By jbox Friar Forecast has a new post titled Why I am Content with Being Consistently Competitive (Revisited).  While it may have nothing to do with my relief that the new owner wants set a goal of winning a World Series, it still is a good counter argument.

By jbox Moores seeking buyer for Padres That's a good question and I don't have an answer," Moores said. "In reality, what price would you like to have him back? I've told Trevor that he was clearly the best Padres pitcher ever. In a way, he's like Gwynn. He is the Padres.

By Dashiell Bennett It's over. They lived, they loved, they all said things they can never take back, but in the end, it was never to be. Jake Peavy will not be a Cub. Padres, Cubs Set To Quit Each Other [Rumors and Rants] Agent: 'Padres asked for too much' for Peavy [Chicago Tribune]

By jbox XX Sports Radio: Kevin Towers Interview Peavy trade talk has slowed down.  The Pads are focused on the Cubs right now.  The Cubs are going to have to get a couple extra clubs involved.There was momentum with Atlanta but that stopped so the Pads have to start all over again.  The Cubs are missing t...

By jbox Alderson can't control what Hoffman's agent does."These are not easy times or easy issues to address"The club has not discussed giving Hoffman an executive job with the club after his retirement.The announcement of Hoffman's contract withdrawl and the date of Season Ticket Holder rene...

By jbox The Padres have always tried to sign players at less than market value.  Trevor has taken the less than market value his entire career.There aren't a whole lot of teams that will give Trevor the opportunity to be a closer.Pulling the offer confused Tony Gwynn too.  He thinks the Padres might be...

By jbox XX Sports Radio: Sandy Alderson Report The Padres have done preliminary studies on the outfield fences.  Sandy doubts anything will happen this year.  They will continue to weigh their options.  The Padres have ruled out the quick fix, but if they can maintain the intergrity of the ballpar...

By jbox Alderson hasn't gotten much feedback from season ticket holders about the possible Peavy Trade.  He may get some as a result of this interview.  He thinks it has to do with the fact that it isn't inevitable yet.  The Padres are in the earliest stages of the Peavy exploration.  The FO is focused o...

By jbox XX Sports Radio: Barry Axlerod Interview Jake Peavy did not go to the Padres and ask for a trade.  The trade was proposed by the Padres.  He was told by KT that it would be good for the club financially and Jake said there would be some circumstances where he would be willing to leave.

By jbox Towers has talked to Khalil Greene a couple times since the grievance was filed.  Khalil is still rehabbing.  "Khalil is an introvert, not a man of many words." KT doesn't think the relationship has been tarnished by any means.The Padres will have the coaching staff in place by the end of the mo...

By jbox Gwynn thinks the Cubs need to relax and that the road is the best thing for them.  The crowd put too much pressure on them.Gwynn agrees that the Cubs haven't done enough to allow Pinella to manage them to a win.Gwynn thinks the Angels can get back into the series.  He thinks they are the best and mos...

By jbox Minor League talkNobody has given KT the budget number.  He expects to get it in the next few weeks.  It will below this years low 70's.The Padres are in a much better situation than they were after the 2003 98 loss team.The hitting coach and batting coach will come with a knowledge of the Padres s...

By jbox Wally was not a temporary fix as a hitting coach.  Wally is not fully a disciple of the Padres approach.  They gave him an opportunity to evolve.Alderson doesn't think Kouzmanoff has flourished because he has a .309 OBP.The top three run producing teams in baseball have the highest OBP.  The Pad...

By jbox Sandy Alderson Interview (MP3) Rays are 19-1 when 30,000 attend a game in Tampa.  Sandy thinks they play well at home regardless of the attendance, but if they keep playing that way they'll fill the stands.Expanding baseball into Florida hasn't worked out that well with regards to their at...

By Rob(noreply@blogger.com) Manny, Dodgers Bludgeon Padres, Extend NL West Lead: Dodgers 7, Padres 2 Manny homered twice in this one, the first a solo shot in the fifth, and the second a two-run homer in the ninth that just cleared the high fence in front of the sandbox in right-center. But the Dodgers didn't even need th...

San Diego, CA -- (Sports Network) - Jody Gerut had three hits, including the game-winning RBI single in the eighth, as San Diego defeated Arizona, 5-4, to complete a three-game sweep of the NL West-leading Diamondbacks. Nick Hundley hit a two-run homer while Edgar Gonzalez and Chase Head...

By jbox I find that quote to be a little condescending, like the fans and ticket holders are running around like Chicken Little.  Does he really think Padres fans are plagued by hysteria? It's not hard to tell how much respect he has for Padres fans, maybe it's because he only hears from people threa...

Fangraphs Live Scoreboard The Mets return to Shea tonight looking to rebound from a dreadful road trip. The series opener against the Padres features a pair of tall right-handed pitchers who achieve their success on the mound in very different ways. By now, we all know what Mike Pelfrey...

By Dex Elliott and I went to the Padres game last night with his mom, uncle jbox, uncle Jonny Dub and auntie sbeck. Here we are in front of the Tony Gwynn statue: It was my first time seeing that Tony Gwynn Statue in person. I was impressed. I made a rubbing of the entire thing to commemorate the event.

By Brandon Heikoop The first move I will discuss, is the San Diego Padres' trade of Randy Wolf to the Houston Astros for minor-league, right-hander Chad Reineke. The Padres continue to clean house and rid themselves of any player that doesn't have much of a future with the club.

By sdsuaztec4 As for catcher, we have a catcher in the system named Mitch Canham who looks AWESOME and hopefully should be starting for us in a couple years. I honestly think that Hundley will be a decent major league catcher for us and he has a pretty damn good arm. Centerfield, I really like Jody Gerut out t...

By royhobbs So a week ago, I embarked on a West coast trip out to California to continue on my quest to visit all the Major League Baseball parks.  Southern California gave me the opportunity to knock out three parks, but only if planned correctly.  So two days prior to my San Diego visit, I saw the Dodgers d...

By Dex I've got a stack of books this high that I need to review and I've decided to start with one primarily about the Texas Rangers 1975 season. If you're the type of person needs to know exactly what any of this has to do with the Padres, the short answer is "nothing" and the long answer is "really not...

By Sammy G Season got you down?  Have you realized that the team you have invested so much time following through the past years, reading updates from the owner’s meeting, debating at length is free agent X will put the Padres in the World Series, spring training trips, etc. are all culminating in a po...

By Dex If anything, we need to pick a guy up who can be super consistent in a pinch hitting situation like a Mark Sweeney or John Vander Wal type. Guys like that are super valuable when you lean on pitching like the Padres do and I don't think Cheo or Blum are gonna live up to it. Actually... Strike that... Blum p...

By Patrick Sullivan The San Diego Padres announced yesterday that they had signed starting pitcher and former two-sport Princeton star Chris Young to a 4-year, $14.5 million contract that could go up to five years and $23 million should the Pads decide to exercise a club option.

By Leitch It's the St. Louis Cardinals at the San Diego Padres. Your starters are Weaver for the Cards and David Wells for the Padres. It's a Yankees fan's dream matchup. —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- Adrian Gonzalez = stud. Bard K. Padres gone. We miss the skinny high school David Wells.