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Advice to Ownership: Pay Chase Headley

The Padres have been playing much better baseball lately. They’ve won eight of their last eleven games and only sit five games off the pace in the NL West race. Outside of Clayton Richard, the starting…Read More

Observations from the Cubs Series

After losing the first game of the four game series at Wrigley Field against the Cubs on Monday night, the Padres managed to take two of the final three games to earn a split. The Padres now head back…Read More

Padres Can’t Get Timely Hit Against Cubs

The Padres were finally getting things going, winners of four straight games and coming off a three-game sweep of the San Francisco Giants. With the Rockies coming back to the pack in the division, the…Read More

4 Things That Might Surprise You About The 2013 Padres

The 2013 season is almost a month old. It’s getting near the point where early season flukes are now becoming real trends for players and teams. While it’s quite obvious that the Padres have…Read More

Padres Can’t Continue Momentum in San Francisco

Last Wednesday night, the Padres were probably feeling pretty good about themselves. They just finished sweeping a three game set against the rival Dodgers, had their main slugger Chase Headley back in…Read More

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When Should Bud Black Sit Cameron Maybin?

Now. Oh you were looking for more than that? Cameron Maybin has been awful to start the season. Again.…Read More

The Weekend That Was and The Week Ahead

That week 1 probably wasn’t how Bud Black drew it up prior to the season. After losing two of…Read More

Padres lose two of three to Mets: Series thoughts

The Padres started off the year losing two of three to the New York Mets at Citi Field. While they looked…Read More

Padres Weekend Roundup: 4 Bold Predictions for 2013

If you haven’t noticed, in which case you probably wouldn’t be reading this article, the…Read More

April will make or break 2013 for the Padres

The MLB season is, of course, a marathon. Six months of a grueling schedule with few days off in between…Read More

Padres Weekend Roundup: Porcello, Garcia, Tommy John Curse

This past weekend, the Padres lost to the Mariners 1-3 on Friday and were out-slugged by the Rockies…Read More

Padres Weekend Roundup: Headley Hurt, Garcia Struggles

On Friday, the Padres split two split-squad games vs. the Dodgers, winning 8-7, and the Royals, losing…Read More

Why the Padres Need Their Pitching to Help Their Offense

Throughout the years that the Padres have been playing at Petco Park, which, by the way, is hard to…Read More

Padres Weekend Roundup: Cashner, Blanks, Gyorko

It was a little bit of a slow weekend around camp in Peoria. It was also a rough weekend for the Padres…Read More

Where’s the love for Hoffman?

On Thursday, news came out that Yankees iconic closer Mariano Rivera will be retiring after the 2013…Read More

Weekend Roundup: Offense, Forsythe, Peavy and Richard

This past weekend, the Padres went 3-0, with a 7-5 win over the Dodgers on Friday, a 11-8 win over the…Read More

Richie Smith’s 2013 National League West Predicitions

The NL West is always competitive and seemingly up for grabs year after year. The difference on any…Read More

Padres, FOX Sports SD, and Time Warner Cable: Who’s to Blame?

For the second straight season, it appears as though Time Warner Cable customers in the San Diego area…Read More

Padres Weekend Roundup: Jedd Gyorko, Starting Rotation

Welcome to the Weekend Roundup! This is a new, weekly segment that will recap some of the highlights…Read More