The San Diego Padres are a Major League Baseball team based in San Diego, California since their founding in 1969.

That minor league franchise won the PCL title in 1937, led by then-18-year-old San Diegan Ted Williams.

In 1969, the San Diego Padres joined the ranks of Major League Baseball as one of four new expansion teams, along with the Montreal Expos (now the Washington Nationals), the Kansas City Royals and the Seattle Pilots (now the Milwaukee Brewers).

Between 1989 and 1990, friction dominated the Padres' clubhouse as Tony Gwynn had constant shouting matches with slugger Jack Clark.

2007 All-Star Chris Young pitched in the opening game, a 2--1 win, and Trevor Hoffman, the game's all-time saves leader, wrapped up the ninth for the save.

On April 17, 2008 during the series against the Colorado Rockies at PETCO Park, the Padres played the longest game in team history, in terms of innings (22), losing 2--1.

During their final trip to Yankee Stadium, the site of Tony Gwynn's upperdeck World Series blast, the Padres were swept by the Yankees.

Returning to National League competition didn't help much, as Pads lost two of three in Colorado to the Rockies.

Gonzalez made a nice scoop on a throw from catcher Russell Martin during a tense moment late in the game but he struck out with a chance to drive in the go-ahead run late in the game.

The San Diego Padres lost the next two games of the series and the team lost Khalil Greene during the final game after he broke his hand punching a storage bin following a strikeout.

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