Community Picks: San Diego 56% vs Colorado 44%

AUBURN, CA / ACCESSWIRE / November 14, 2019 / Marvin Benard was recently inducted in Los Angeles Harbor College's Athletic Hall of Fame. Marvin Benard attended Los Angeles Harbor College from 1990 to 1991 and played baseball there before transferring to another college and getting drafted by the San Francisco Giants in 1992. In 1990, the Los Angeles Harbor College Seahawks won the state championship with a 51-5 record. Continue to Article

November 14, 2019 3:40:pm EST

Mostly because, over time, we've sort of figured out that what teams and team spokesmen say about potential free agent signings is rather pointless and oftentimes actively misleading. The latest example comes courtesy of the San Diego Padres. This was in The Athletic nine days ago: “If there's another Hosmer contract or Machado contract that really makes sense, the answer from our organization is going to be, 'Tell me more,'” Padres general partner Peter Seidler said after last week's press conference for new manager Jayce Tingler. Continue to Article

November 13, 2019 2:36:pm EST

The San Diego Padres were famous for wearing multiple variations of brown and mustard yellow from their inception as a major league franchise in 1969 through 1984. After that they went with only slight brown or gold accents and then just blue and orange until 2003. Since 2004 they've been almost exclusively in blue and white, with the only exception being a minor addition of gold accenting in 2016. Continue to Article

November 10, 2019 3:05:pm EST

Stephen Strasburg, the 2019 World Series MVP for the Washington Nationals, reportedly decided to opt out of his current deal with the team Saturday to become a free agent. Strasburg was set to earn $100 million with the Nationals over the next four seasons thanks to a back-loaded seven-year, $175 million deal he signed in the middle of the 2016 season. Strasburg's value will probably never be higher than it is right now and capitalizing on that appears to be vital for the 31-year-old. Continue to Article

November 04, 2019 8:01:am EST

Injuries limited him to just 84 games, but Fernando Tatis Jr. was absolutely brilliant when on the field, sporting a .317/.379/.590 batting line with 22 home runs and 16 stolen bases. The Padres carefully managed Chris Paddack's workload, never pitching him on regular rest and shutting him down before the end of the season in his first full year back from Tommy John surgery. Continue to Article

October 15, 2019 12:13:am EST