Right after the San Diego Padres go head to head with the Dodgers, they will host the Washington Nationals at Petco Park. The Nationals, who formerly were the Montreal Expos, have only been a team since 2005. Interestingly enough the Expos joined the Major Leage in 1969–the same year the Padres did. Last year the Nationals came in last in their division so hopefully this 2-game series will just be for the Padres to sweep the Nationals back to Washington. If you want tickets to the game here are some places to look:
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Here are some more factoids about our beloved San Diego Padres from Wiki:
* On August 6, 1999, in a game against the then Montreal Expos at Montreal’s Olympic Stadium, Tony Gwynn collected his 3,000th major-league base hit, a single. He stroked three base hits in that game. Six years earlier on that same date, in a game at San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium, Gwynn collected his 2,000th major-league base hit.
* In 2001, Dave Winfield became the first player to be elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame as a Padre.
* On October 7, 2001, in a post-game ceremony at Qualcomm Stadium, Tony Gwynn bade an emotional farewell to the team that had been his only major-league home. He stroked his final major-league hit, a double, in the previous game. He is presently head coach of the San Diego State University Aztecs, his alma mater. He is eligible for election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007. In the game played that day, Rickey Henderson, who in the meantime had rejoined the Padres, collected his 3,000th major-league base hit, a double. Earlier that year, Henderson eclipsed Babe Ruth’s record for most career bases on balls and Ty Cobb’s record for most career runs scored.