http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/aug/31/30621/ There have been a lot of questions surrounding the purchase of the San Diego Padres from John Moores by a group that includes Kevin and Brian O'Malley, Peter and Tom Seidler, and Ron Fowler. On Tuesday that purchase was …

While most media seemed to concentrate on the new ownership group of the Padres, including a morning press conference covered by a host of local and some national media, Eric Stults (pictured) was concerned with other matters. There was a …

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/aug/29/30490/ The San Diego Padres can't seem to figure out Atlanta Braves pitcher Kris Medlen. Just less than two weeks prior to Tuesday's game, Medlen shut out the Padres 6-0, and on Tuesday Medlen again held the Padres without a …

Casey Kelly did on Monday night what a lot of baseball scouts thought he would do when called up to the big leagues. With a well-located fastball that sinks, a very good curve ball, and an improved change-up, Kelly held …

If not for the blockbuster trade the Dodgers and Red Sox just pulled off, the San Diego Padres would be making national news right now, as it seems that they are the hottest team in baseball. A sweep of the …

Let's get this straight. So, all you have to do is to call up some minor league pitcher that most people have never heard of and start him against a team that is contending for a play-off spot. Then, plug …

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/aug/22/30142/ The only play more decisive in baseball than a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning, is a walk-off home run in the bottom of the tenth. Chase Headley found a change-up thrown by Pirates reliever …

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/aug/21/30056/ Baseball is a game of what have you done for me lately. Your last four outings as a pitcher will be easily forgotten if you simply dazzle us tonight. This is what happens. And on Monday, Edinson Volquez dazzled. …

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/aug/20/29938/ Maybe if the Padres could clone a bunch of Clayton Richards, maybe then the bats would also remain awake and pounding the ball, just maybe. Not that the other hurlers don't have their merits, but Richard has been due …

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/aug/19/29876/ The San Diego Padres are on the wrong side of a streak, which is bound to happen during the course of a season, but what with new ownership on the horizon and little to play for but pride this …

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/aug/18/29860/ There isn’t always a lot that can be said after a blow-out loss from a team that was a victim of it. Padres starter Ross Ohlendorf failed to get out of the third inning, and the Padres were blown …

As Padres manager Buddy Black often points out, one can spin some events two ways. On the one hand, Braves starter Kris Medlen pitched one heck of a ball game, giving up only five hits while striking out six en …

As was widely predicted, a group headed by the O'Malley family, or perhaps Ron Fowler, or even the Seidlers, depending on how one wishes to figure it, were approved by MLB ownership on Thursday morning at the MLB quarterly owner's …

Padres starter Edinson Volquez is in a slump, mired in a streak where he can't get out of the fifth inning. Amazing stuff, considering that just a under a month ago, Volquez pitched a one-hit complete game shutout against the …

With Clayton Richard on the mound for the Padres and Tim Hudson going for the Atlanta Braves, the obvious expectation would be a pitcher’s duel. And that’s what happened on Tuesday at Turner Field, for a little while at least, …

After Sunday's loss - after having a good lead and then getting creamed by the Pirates in the last game of that series - the Padres could have experienced quite a hangover going into Atlanta to face the Braves in …

The Padres are doing what they wish they could have done from the beginning of the season. The idea in the long season of baseball in the major leagues, is to take as many series as possible and generally wind …

Off of the top of my head, I remember the greatest infield I ever saw play the game of baseball. Steve Garvey came up as a third baseman, believe it or not, and he couldn’t throw any better than could …

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/aug/09/29439/ Padres starting pitcher Clayton Richard has a knack for making some things unnecessary. Like relief pitching. Like an abundance of offense. Like a meeting on the mound, except for in the ninth inning - wonder what that conversation was …

Seriously, Ross Ohlendorf? Really? So, no one wanted you and the Padres got lucky to sign you up because of the misfortune of their injured pitching staff? Hey, Ross, we know all about your thesis at Princeton. Sabermetrics, right? Who …

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/aug/06/29268/ The Padres combined the long ball with solid pitching on Sunday for some excellent results, and more importantly, they took the three-game series from the Mets in convincing fashion. With home runs from Chase Headley, Yonder Alonso, and Carlos …

In facing Jeremy Hefner of the New York Mets on Saturday, it could be presumed that the San Diego Padres might have had an advantage seeing as how Hefner was in the Padres minor league organization last season before being …

The New York Mets R.A. Dickey (pictured) is a knuckleball pitcher, and a dominant one this season in particular, entering Friday’s contest against the San Diego Padres with a record of 14-2 and a 2.83 earned run average. What types …

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/aug/02/28967/ The key to beating the Cincinnati Reds seems to be in having your offense put up big numbers against their starting pitchers while holding off their offense late. Getting to the Reds bullpen is as tough as making ice …

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/aug/01/28904/ The Padres seem to be getting better, but are still often coming up just short. After losing in extra-innings in their last game in Miami this season, the Padres traveled to Cincinnati to face the Reds for a four-game …