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Venable Shines, But Pads Swept By Cards

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/23/24908/ Will Venable only did one thing wrong in Wednesday evening's loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. He failed to hit a triple. Since 2010, Venable has now had five shots at being the first ...

Tull Romances Gwynn in Bid for Padres

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/23/24877/ Tony Gwynn has been courted, successfully, by a man who must be used to that sort of thing from both sides. Thomas Tull has convinced Tony Gwynn to join him in his effort to ...

Cardinals Take Second In a Row Against the Pads

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/22/24834/ John Baker is one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet. Personable, easy to talk to. He's the perfect back-up catcher, he knows his role and he's entirely comfortable in it. He calls a ...

Padres Split with Nationals, Then Dodgers and Orlando Hudson

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/18/24648/ A lot can happen in a week, some of it meaningful, some of it irrelevant, and some of it surprising. In the case of the San Diego Padres, it's entirely possible that none of ...

Phillies Take Series From Punchless Padres

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/13/24301/ This can't be stressed enough: It isn't Petco Park, and the fences have nothing to do with it. Citizens Bank Park is practically anti-Petco, and Padres hitters aren't doing much damage there, either. The ...

Richard Good, but Padres Offense Again Not Supportive

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/06/23958/ Both the Miami Marlins and the San Diego Padres - after going twelve innings on Friday night and using much of their respective pitching staffs - needed a lot from their starters on Saturday. ...

Extra Innings Don't Go Padres Way, Marlins Win In 12

Yonder Alonso (pictured) has a sweet swing, that much has been obvious since his college playing days at the University of Miami. Fitting that swing into a ballpark like Petco is what a lot of ...

Out with the New and in with the Old?

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/04/23909/ Apparently Jeff Suppan doesn't realize that 37-year old pitchers aren't supposed to just show up and throw five shut-out innings in his first start for his seventh major league club. And no one told ...

Kotsay and Volquez Great Again, Padres Shut Out Brewers

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/02/23760/ Monday night, Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers dismantled the Padres with three home runs and a triple. On Tuesday, Mark Kotsay only needed one swing of the bat. For the second time in ...

Bring In the Fences? We Don't Need No Stinking Bringing in the Fences!

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/apr/29/23651/ Et tu, Tom Garfinkel, et tu? All of this talk about bringing in the fences at Petco Park. And so many are nodding in agreement. I'm left wondering exactly which Padres club I've been ...

Bass Caught In San Francisco, Padres Get Bit

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/apr/29/23630/ Anthony Bass was perfect for the longest time, untouchable, no San Francisco Giants bat could get to him, he flirted with immortality for a good long while. Right into the sixth inning, perfect. All ...

Hundley Magnificent, Padres Beat Giants

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/apr/28/23611/ The easiest thing to do, according to sage philosophers, mixed martial arts experts, and failed politicians, is to kick a man when he is down. The second easiest thing to do then, is to ...

Volquez Brilliant, Kotsay Pushes Padres Past Nationals

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/apr/27/23560/ A few hours before the game on Thursday, media members slowly spilled out of the clubhouse and into the Padres dugout. Having dropped the first two games of a three game set to the ...

Wieland Good, Zimmerman Better as Nats Beat Pads

Joe Wieland (pictured) was good on Wednesday afternoon, he simply wasn't quite as good as the Nationals' Jordan Zimmerman. Hours before the game, the talk of possible rain was laughable as the eighty degrees and ...

Nationals Outlast Padres

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/apr/25/23484/ Jesus Guzman was out on Tuesday, available only in a serious emergency, with a dental procedure that left him in extreme pain. Kyle Blanks is out for the season. Carlos Quentin isn't quite ready, ...

Padres Manage Split with Phillies

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/apr/23/23324/ Before Saturday's game, the Padres were coming off of a four-game losing streak, with a record of 3 wins against 12 losses in the first 15 games. Four hours before first pitch, one might ...

Fireworks Unrelated to Padres Offense

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/apr/21/23251/ It was Fireworks Friday at Petco, business as usual for what is routinely featured this time of year at the bsllpark. The Padres, however, are not likely to be business as usual for long, ...

Wieland Impressive, Padres Bats Not So Much

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/apr/20/23206/ Chase Headley stood in the Padres clubhouse before Thursday's game and fielded questions, everything from his rising performance at the plate to the Padres 1-5 road mark. Then he was asked about the Padres ...

Rockies Doubles Spell Troubles for the Padres

Tuesday night in Colorado, it was the 49-year old Jamie Moyer that out-dueled the Padres hitters and the Padres wound up on the wrong side of the record books when Moyer became the oldest pitcher ...

Padres Ship Is Seaworthy, After All

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/apr/17/23007/ Not that there was ever a real need to panic, but if there had been, the Padres response on Monday would have been appropriate. Stay calm. A listing ship will usually right itself in ...

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