K.C. ALFRED / Union-Tribune Padres third baseman Kevin Kouzmanoff tags Seattle's Ichiro Suzuki during a double play. The Padres themselves were tagged with their eighth straight loss on a homestand, tying a franchise record.

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The numbers speak for themselves. Seldom in franchise history have the Padres gone through as bad a stretch as they are experiencing now. And it could get worse. Losers of a franchise record-equaling eight straight on a homestand, the Padres now take to the road for 16 of their next 22 games. Their 11-25 road record is already the third-worst in the majors.

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2008 OLYMPICS

EUGENE, Ore. – Probably the guy least impressed with the fastest 100 meters in history is the guy who actually ran it. Tyson Gay shrugged, flashed an awkward smile and was generally dismissive after winning the 100 at the U.S. Olympic Trials yesterday in a preposterous 9.68 seconds (you read that right), which would be a world record had the Hayward Field wind gauge not read plus-4.1 meters per second – over the allowable limit of 2.0 mps for record purposes.

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EDINA, Minn. – There was a sense of symmetry to the conclusion of the U.S. Women's Open at Interlachen Country Club yesterday. On a day when the finest female golfer in modern times played in her last Open – the event she had made her first professional victory back in 1995 – a 19-year-old went ahead and made this Open her first professional victory.

A week ago, Sandy Alderson was waffling. He was wiggling. He was waiting. Rather than pick a pigeonhole he might later wish to leave, the Padres' Harvard-trained CEO cleverly characterized his ballclub not as buyers or sellers, but as watchers; “observers of our own team.” It would appear he has now seen enough.