On the team flight to Atlanta after the Padres’ 3-2 loss at…
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The Padres are well-known for not (as of 2018) having a pitcher…
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The San Diego Padres have been in existence since 1969 and as…
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The San Diego Padres advanced to the 1984 World Series by defeating…
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Before Game Four of the 1984 National League Championship Series,…
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As the sun rose over San Diego on July 19, 1982, San Diego Padres…
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San Francisco Giants first baseman Will Clark was having a career…
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“The game will go down in the history of the San Diego Padres…
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From 1976 to 1985, the Kansas City Royals were one of the American…
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10,561 days is a long time.
And if you reduce that number to…
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Major-league baseball saw four Hall of Fame careers come to an…
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George Brett entered the 1992 season as an accomplished veteran…
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August 1, 1972: Nate Colbert’s record-setting day leads Padres to sweep over Braves
July 18, 1972: One strike away, Padres’ Steve Arlin loses his no-hit bid
July 21, 1970: Padres’ Clay Kirby lifted in eighth inning during no-hit bid
October 10, 1984: Bevacqua’s heroics lift Padres over Tigers in Game 2
October 7, 1984: Padres come from behind again to beat Cubs, secure first World Series berth
October 6, 1984: Steve Garvey’s walk-off home run lifts Padres in Game 4 of NLCS
July 19, 1982: Tony Gwynn records two hits in his major-league debut for Padres
June 10, 1974: Padres overcome 8-0 deficit in eighth inning to win
Russ Cowans
Grant “Home Run” Johnson
Frank McCue
Otis Nixon
Louis Pelouze
Dave Rader
Dutch Schliebner
Horace Wilds
Larry Wolfe
October 1, 1989: Padres’ Tony Gwynn edges Will Clark for NL batting crown on final day
October 1, 1978: Gaylord Perry records 3,000th career strikeout and Ozzie Smith performs his first pregame backflip
September 30, 2014: Royals top A’s in a wild AL Wild Card Game
September 26, 2014: Royals clinch a postseason berth to end a 29-year drought
September 26, 1993: George Brett announces retirement, then hits walk-off home run
June 6, 1991: Royals outlast Rangers in 18-inning marathon
September 30, 1992: George Brett joins 3,000-hit club with four-hit performance