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Padres Game Recap – Apr. 18, 2015

The Padres almost forged their greatest comeback victory since 2007, but fell short to the Cubs 7-6.  These first two games at Wrigley have been anything but dull.  Yesterday the Pads triumphed, but today their improbable


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Padres Game Recap – Apr. 17, 2015

Ups and downs, misplays and magnificent plays, momentum shifts, lead changes, ejections, a visible “invisible” ball, Idol worship…you name it, this game had it in the midst of the Padres 5-4 victory over the Cubs. It


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You don’t tug on Superman’s cape. You don’t spit in the wind. You don’t pull the mask of that old Lone Ranger, and…you don’t throw pitches up in the zone to Justin Upton with the game


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Padres Game Recap – Apr. 14, 2015

Behind an excellent starting effort by Odrisamer Despaigne the Pads took down the D’backs tonight 5-1.  The Cuban right hander making his first start of the season pitched every bit as effectively as his recent relief


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Padres Game Recap – Apr. 13, 2015

Tough one tonight for the Padres as the boys dropped this one to the Diamondbacks 8-4.  The word “dropped” is there for a reason as this one was more given away than lost with four unearned


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Padres Game Recap – Apr. 12, 2015

Isn’t it awesome how in baseball it doesn’t matter how many “superstars” there may be on the field the hero could end up being someone completely unexpected?  Such was the case for the Padres today as the


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Padres Game Recap – Apr. 11, 2015

You wanna slug? We’ll slug!!!  So said the Padres tonight as they clubbed 20 hits en route to a 10-2 shellacking of the Giants tonight in front of a full house at Petco on Baseball Night


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Padres Spring Training Report – Apr. 2, 2015

In their final game of the 2015 Cactus League season the Padres emerged victorious over the Brewers 6-5.  In what basically amounted to a minor league game by the fourth inning there were still some nice


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Padres Spring Training Report – Apr. 1, 2015

It was a match up of opening day starters between the Padres and the White Sox, and Shields and the Friars won the day handily 8-2.  The Pads posted 5 runs in the first inning off


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Padres Spring Training Report – March 31, 2015

No Padres W tonight as they fell to the Royals 4-1.  Not a heck of a lot of action to report on tonight either as the Friars were for the most part shut down by the


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