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A car plows into a fire hydrant and creates a geyser in National City. Hit & Run Death Chargers Block Party The Bolts hold their annual block party for players, coaches and fans downtown.

Editor's note: Capt. John P. Gaffaney was one of 13 people killed Thursday at Fort Hood.

Adrian Gonzalez has certainly made plenty of noise with his bat in four seasons with the Padres.

More than any other hitter available on the free agent market, first baseman Adrian Gonzalez would be a perfect fit in the Mets lineup.A Due to salary limitations, San Diego will likely not be able to afford re-signing him when his contract ends after the end of the 2011 season.A Former Padre GM Kevin Towers speculates that Gonzalez will be traded.

Gary Sheffield is recognized as one of the greatest players who have ever played the game, and he started his Hall of Fame career with no one other than the Marlins.

Stephen Strasburg made his grand professional debut on Friday night, pitching in the Arizona Fall League at Phoenix Municipal Stadium, and his 3 1/3-inning scoreless outing may have been a preview of great things to come.

Who were the best I saw facing the Cincinnati Reds ? So many, so many. To be memorable, though, they have to be what pops into my head, not somebody I had to look up in a reference book.

Dodgers' struggles continue in loss to Padres ; NL West title must wait Joe Torre tried to be philosophical after the Los Angeles Dodgers failed for the third consecutive game to clinch their second successive NL West title What's worthwhile is worth the wait," the manager said after his Dodgers lost 3-1 to San Diego on Tuesday night.

It's impossible to know what the new Padres general manager will want to do about the current roster and how he will attack the offseason and go about shaping the roster for the 2010 season.

The talk for much of the last two months is that the Padres are not that far off from contending again in the National League West.

The Dodgers, who cana t quite seem to close the deal, try again Wednesday to clinch the National League West title.

The name of the game is pitching, right? Well, Kevin Towers evaluates pitching as well as any any general manager, and now is he out of a job.

The best season of the year is here, kids - fall. Crisp air, leaves turning, temperatures in the 60s , and of course, pennant race baseball.

Tony Gwynn Jr. homered and Kevin Kouzmanoff singled in the go-ahead run as the San Diego Padres beat Los Angeles 3-1 on Tuesday night, keeping the Dodgers from clinching their second straight NL West title.

Tony Gwynn and the Padres wanted a fan interference call on this play in the sixth inning, but it went for a game-tying home run for Arizona's Chad Tracy.

Arizona Diamondbacks' Chad Tracy watches a home run in the sixth inning against the San Diego Padres' during a baseball game Sunday, Sept.

Tony Gwynn is hoping to finish the 2009 season with a flourish at the plate. The Padres play the D-backs at Chase Field on Saturday evening in the second game of a three-game series, and Gwynn would like to end his first full Major League season batting .275. Including Saturday night, San Diego has seven games left to play.

Nick Hundley and Tony Gwynn singled in runs during the eighth inning, and San Diego rallied for a 5-4 victory over playoff-hopeful Colorado at Coors Field.

An inning after sparking a four-run go-ahead rally, Rockies leadoff man and left fielder Carlos Gonzalez left Tuesday's series opener against the Padres with tightness in his left hamstring.

Everth Cabrera's third hit Wednesday, a 10th-inning RBI single, boosted San Diego to a 6-5 win over Arizona, averting a three-game sweep.