Good morning from Chicago, The Padres did not get the opportunity to soak the carpet at someone else’s ballpark, so they will have to pay the cleaning bill after celebrating at home sometime this week. Could be as soon as tonight. While the playoff picture has gotten a little fuzzy in the National League, it is as clear as ever …
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A civil lawsuit against Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center alleges that a doctor’s order for a patient’s immediate chest X-ray was delayed for more than 10 hours, contributing to his death from a pulmonary embolism — a major blood clot that blocked the arteries of his lungs. While the details of the case are particular to one individual, experts say the …
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Good morning, The series between the Padres and Dodgers over the past two weekends exemplify how wonderfully unpredictable and upside down baseball can be. There is the mere fact that you never would have guessed that the Padres would be in control of the National League West this morning. (Don’t lie! You wouldn’t have!) But here they are, having answered …
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Good morning, That was quite a turn of events. You can read in my game story (here) about the Dodgers completing a sweep of the Padres with a 5-4 victory yesterday at Dodger Stadium. And while the game story makes the point that there are six weeks remaining in the regular season, it does feel pretty significant that the Padres …
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Good morning from Phoenix, The Padres began spring training figuring they might need to trade for a left fielder by the end of July. They tried 10 guys at the position over the season’s first four months before making the move to go get their man at Thursday’s trade deadline. Ramón Laureano has so far made the wait worth it. …
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The Cardinals sold off their back-end relievers before arriving at Petco Park on Friday. The Diamondbacks had already been crippled by injury (Corbin Burnes) before moving the likes of Eugenio Suarez, Josh Naylor and Merrill Kelly ahead of this week’s trip to Chase Field. There are still challenges on the schedule — the Red Sox at Petco this weekend and …
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Good morning, It turns out the Padres are not invincible. Because that is not how baseball works. The thing about creating a “super bullpen” and supposedly lengthening the lineup and integrating new players into a team is that games still have to be played. Things looked about as good as they could for the revamped Padres for all of Friday’s …
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The sky will be pretty clear every night through at least the middle of next week, making this a great time to view the annual Perseid meteor shower — especially east of Interstate 15 in San Diego County, where there’s less light pollution. The shower will reach its peak late on the night of Aug. 12 and in the early …
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The stars were shining bright on Saturday at Comic-Con. San Diego was the scene of an all-star lineup of actors appearing at the convention center to discuss the latest in TV and films. Here were some of the sightings. Comic-Con 2025: Here are some of the celebrities we spotted Friday in San Diego Sam Rockwell Sam Rockwell attends a panel …
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What would Comic-Con be without celebrities? Pretty boring, we think. Thankfully, Hollywood showed up in a big way this year, and Friday proved to be a huge day for star gazing. Here’s a list of stars — A-listers and otherwise — spotted at Comic-Con. Comic-Con 2025: These were some of the celebrity sightings Thursday in San Diego This article will …
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