The San Diego Padres will host the Boston Red Sox this summer at Petco Park. The home team of historic Fenway Park will get a taste of what San Diego is all about. hopefully the Padres can come off on top during this series. If you can’t find the tickets you want to this show at the box office here are the places to shop for after market tickets:
1. AIW Tickets always has a great inventory and usually has the cheapest prices too.
2. Stubhub is an excellent place to shop online as well.
They’ll even let you sell your tickets there.3. TicketsNow is also a solid after market ticket vendor and usually has access the hard to find tickets
4. If those aren’t cutting it for you try a couple of these ticket vendors as well:
And for you Padres fans here is some info about the team’s beginnings from Wiki:
In 1969, San Diego joined the ranks of Major League Baseball as one of four new expansion teams, along with the Montreal Expos (now the Washington Nationals), the Kansas City Royals, and the Seattle Pilots (now the Milwaukee Brewers).
Their original owner was C. Arnholt Smith, a prominent San Diego businessman who previously owned the PCL Padres. His other interests included banking, tuna fishing, hotels, real estate and an airline.
Despite initial excitement, the guidance of longtime baseball executives Buzzie Bavasi and Eddie Leishman, the new San Diego Stadium (later to become Jack Murphy Stadium and ultimately Qualcomm Stadium), the team struggled, finishing in last place in each of its first six seasons, never losing fewer than 91 games in any single season between 1969 and 1974.
The Padres original manager was Preston Gomez, who led the team from their April 8, 1969 debut, a 2-1 home field victory over the Houston Astros, until midway through the 1972 season, when he was replaced by Don Zimmer. Gomez left with a 180-316 record, but he could hardly be blamed for the showing, having little talent to choose from when filling out his daily lineup card.
San Diego’s best player during its formative years was first baseman Nate Colbert, a power-hitting slugger who twice hit 38 home runs in a season and became the first Padre, in 1972, to drive in more than 100 runs.
Colbert left for the Detroit Tigers after the 1974 season, ushering in a new baseball era in San Diego, although it would be another decade until the team enjoyed its first taste of post-season play.