Free Republic

And as it ended, the skies opened, and rain poured down on this town that sees an average of 10 inches each year... The seventh inning of this National League Division Series’ fourth game featured two strange rallies, a drone delay and biblical levels of upheaval to this year’s playoff picture... San Diego’s 5-3 win Saturday at Petco Park meant the 111-win Dodgers won only one postseason game. The wild thing was the Dodgers actually started their own rally to begin the seventh. Up 2-0 as it began, they managed to add a run without a big hit. They produced...

It’s over. The long offseason of Manny Machado can end after the All-Star infielder agreed to a deal with the Padres on Tuesday. The Post confirmed San Diego will give Machado the biggest free-agent contract in history — if not the biggest deal ever, which belongs to Giancarlo Stanton — meeting his reported 10-year, $300 million ask. This ends the saga that included the Yankees, White Sox and Phillies, all who met with the former Oriole. The Padres, one of baseball’s youngest teams, are an odd fit, yet they must picture the 26-year-old will still be a star when their...

A California teenager was so mortified by his mom’s sexy dancing at a baseball game that he started blushing. The mother was seen dancing in short shorts and a white blouse during Monday night’s Padres game at San Diego’s Petco Park, much to the chagrin of her son, who looked incredibly embarrassed.

<p>The Padres have a PR problem on their hands after a mixup during the national anthem for Saturday night's game against the Dodgers.</p> <p>There were 100 members of the San Diego Gay Men's Chorus on the field to sing the anthem, but a woman's voice — believed to be that of Friday's anthem singer — was played over the PA system while the men stood on the field.</p>

Hall of Fame manager Dick Williams, who won two World Series titles with Oakland and led two other franchises to pennants, has died. He was 82. Williams died from a ruptured aortic aneurysm at a hospital near his home in Henderson, Nev., the Hall of Fame said.

SAN DIEGO, July 9, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Yesterday the San Diego Padre's baseball team went ahead with a controversial game night that saw the pro-homosexual "Pride Night at PETCO Park" coincide with the advertised handing out of free hats to children under 14 years of age. On the San Diego Padres' website the Padres advertised the "San Diego Pride event (sponsored by the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered community)," at which "San Diego Pride supporters and volunteers will be recognized for organizing the group event with a scoreboard welcome and the Gay Men's Chorus of San Diego will sing the...

SAN DIEGO, July 6, 2007 – In a tribute to the military and Independence Day, Major League Baseball’s San Diego Padres went with a different-looking uniform for their game at Petco Park here, July 4, 2007. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathaniel Leoncia, a corpsman with 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, throws a ceremonial pre-game pitch as part of the San Diego Padres’ salute to the military at Petco Park, July 4, 2007. Photo by Lance Cpl. Nathaniel Sapp, USMC  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Sporting desert-camouflage-style uniform shirts, the Padres took on the Florida Marlins. Before the...

ANN ARBOR, MI – On the same evening, the San Diego Padres are enticing families to bring their children to the Padre’s game against the Atlanta Braves with a family day giveaway of “floppy hats;” the Padres are also advertising a homosexual event, “Pride Night at PETCO Park.” As a result, the Thomas More Law Center, a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan today urged families with children and fans of the San Diego Padres and Atlanta Braves to stay away from the game and avoid watching, or even listening to this Sunday’s game involving the...

uly 8 has been designated “Pride Night” at Petco Park, where San Diego “Gay Pride” supporters can attend the Padres’ baseball game at a discounted price, be given group recognition on the signboard, and hear the Gay Men's Chorus sing the National Anthem. El Cajon-based Set Free Ministries, a 25-year-old ministry "dedicated to reaching out to the homeless, the addicted, the afflicted, the lost and the hopeless," has announced plans to protest the event by distributing fliers to families entering Petco Park spelling out their objection to so-called "gay pride." Pride Night coincides with a promotion where kids 14 and...

LOS ANGELES -- It's a real shame the Dodgers have no more games scheduled with the Padres this year, because after finding all sorts of ways to lose to San Diego while dropping 13 of the first 17 games between the two teams, it looks like they've finally found a way to win. The Dodgers hit seven home runs Monday night and needed every one, overcoming four-run deficits twice in a remarkable 11-10 victory in 10 innings that put them back into first place by one-half game and had to be seen to be believed. "This will be a game,"...