Statisticians will tell you that there is no such thing as a law of averages, while baseball writers will tell you that streaks come to an end eventually. Baseball players just play the game, and even hopeless romantics will likely …

It was a homecoming of sorts for two Padres players, Yasmani Grandal and Yonder Alonso - both of whom attended the University of Miami - and with family and friends in the stands in Miami, both made the most of …

After losing the first two games of the three-game series against the Giants, the Padres got an excellent pitching performance from Jason Marquis while Jesus Guzman socked a pair of homers as San Diego salvaged the third game on Wednesday …

After a successful home stand culminating with a win on Sunday against the Colorado Rockies to take their third series in a row, the Padres hit the road on Monday. First stop: San Francisco, to face the division-leading Giants. Monday …

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jul/22/28381/ In a wild game that took more than nine innings to complete, the Colorado Rockies overcame a Padres rally to tie the score in the bottom of the eighth inning, and survived a near walk-off hit in the bottom …

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jul/21/28368/ After scoring just one combined run against the Astros on Thursday night, the Padres and the Rockies seemed primed for some offense, and neither team disappointed. The Padres simply outslugged their division rivals Friday evening and prevailed, 9-5. The …

As has been widely reported, 12 people were killed and 59 injured in a theater by a lone gunman at a midnight showing of "The Dark Knight Rises" on Thursday night/Friday morning. The incident is largest mass shooting in U.S. …

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jul/20/28325/ In baseball, a no-hitter doesn't come along very often and when it does, the pitcher is immortalized on a sacred list of other pitchers who have tied a record that can never be broken. The Padres have never had …

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jul/18/28266/ Yonder Alonso is a doubles machine and now leads all Major League Baseball rookies with 22 on the season, but now he's done something that not even Tony Gwynn or Adrian Gonzalez managed to do. Alonso now has his …

After being shut out 2-0 to the Houston Astros on Monday, squandering several scoring opportunities, the Padres pounded out 13 hits Tuesday evening in route to a 8-2 victory over Houston. The Padres were 5 for 9 with runners in …

It's a box score you might see at your local little league field, with seven total errors including five from the Dodgers, but the Padres will take it. Those Dodgers errors combined with solid hitting and a crafty performance from …

Everth Cabrera is a perfect thief, having stolen 16 of 16 bases this season, but the heist he pulled off Saturday was by far the most brazen theft in his career. Cabrera stole home and forced a throwing error by …

Two Claytons, Richard and Kershaw battled it out Friday night at Chavez Ravine, in a true pitcher's duel that lived up to its billing. While the Padres staked themselves to a 1-0 lead early, all it took was one swing …

That gibberish you'll be hearing or reading from Major League Baseball news from now until July 31st will mostly be completely unsubstantiated trade interests. Teams have until July 31st at 1:00 PM PDST to freely make trades without having to …

The San Diego Padres, having reached the half-way point in the 2012 season, will hobble back out of the All-Star Game break a mere three percentage points out of last place in the National League West. With a record of …

The Major League Baseball summer break is upon us, those few days in July that frame the All-Star game, the game that is supposed to mean something now (between the National and American leagues where the game winner ensures home-field …

Which team in Major League Baseball currently owns the longest current winning streak? Incredibly, it's the San Diego Padres. The Padres just swept the Arizona Diamondbacks and have now won five games in a row. Baseball is a crazy game. …

After leaving Colorado with a series win, the rubber game a 2-0 shutout engineered by new Padres pitcher Kip Wells, the San Diego Padres traveled to Phoenix to battle a better team in the Arizona Diamondbacks. Padres starter Clayton Richard …

Edinson Volquez hasn't always been the beneficiary of the offense he deserved in order to win more games this season. Perhaps living karma is real, then, because Volquez wasn't exactly brilliant on Saturday, but he did just enough and the …