They have the Navy Seals.
The Padres are it, and as the guys on MLB Network’s “Hot Stove” noted, the Padres are rebuilding and perhaps should not be. As the only team left in San Diego, this is the time to own the town.
The Padres almost left in the winter of ‘73—’74. There was a deal pretty much in place to move them to DC, but Walter O’Malley, the Dodgers’ owner who had sponsored the admission of San Diego in the first place, stepped in and recruited Ray Kroc to buy the club and keep it in San Diego.