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Bud Blacks lifts Greg Maddux, after which Cla Meredith gives up a home run – and the lead. |
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What's worse than bad? Boring
Padres of 2008 offer few thrills to counter losses
Admittedly a glutton when one of the goodies at baseball's buffet table is all-you-can-eat punishment, I've been watching the major league Padres since their inception in 1969. I go back many years before that with the minor league Pads, but never could have guessed we'd be watching them again in 2008.
Unlikely gaffe helps Reds foil Maddux's bid for win No. 351
By Tom Krasovic
STAFF WRITER
CINCINNATI – Padres shortstop Khalil Greene reached out his glove and the ball smacked into the leather palm, then plopped to the dirt. Greene seethed. Other Padres stared in disbelief. “Can you believe that?” manager Bud Black would say.
2007 rookie receivers get head start on '08
Naanee, Davis in Chargers camp early; older and wiser
By Chris Jenkins
STAFF WRITER
For a rookie, the key is to think more, but not too much. To pay more attention to your surroundings, to everything happening here and there and everywhere, but not too much. To keep your head on a swivel, but not too much.
