Former Oakland Athletics and San Diego Padres GM Sandy Alderson got a tour of Citi Field on Thursday as part of his initial interview with the New York Mets for the open GM position. The New York Daily News is reporting that he’s still the frontrunner to get the job after the first round of interviews. The Mets are trimming their list early next week, the paper reports, and will invite each …

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A Tucson city councilman said late Thursday that Triple-A baseball will return to Tucson this spring, when the San Diego Padres’ Triple-A club relocates here while a new stadium is built in Escondido, Calif.

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Merritt Paulson, the owner of the Portland Beavers, the Triple-A affiliate of the Padres, issued a brief statement on Thursday saying that he has agreed to sell the team to Padres principal owner Jeff Moorad.

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The Portland Beavers are gone for good, after an announcement Thursday that the team’s being sold to a baseball executive in San Diego.

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PORTLAND, Ore. — A strike out for the Portland Beavers. Team owner Merritt Paulson said Thursday the team entered into an agreement to sell the Triple-A franchise to an ownership group led by Jeff Moorad, owner of the San Diego Padres.

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Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Tom Gorzelanny throws against the San Diego Padres in the first inning during their baseball game Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010, in San Diego.

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Brad Snyder's RBI single to left field in the ninth inning on Thursday lifted the Cubs to a 1-0 victory over the Padres in front of a crowd of 28,576 in the last regular-season game of the year at PETCO Park.

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Adrian Gonzalez said on Thursday that he hasn't been feeling any pain in the right shoulder that he tweaked earlier this season, but it turns out the slugger has been protecting it for virtually the entire season.

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With a 3-1 loss to the Dodgers on Thursday, the Padres fell out of first place and are now one-half game behind the Giants in the National League West.

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Hiroki Kuroda pitched eight superb innings, Andre Ethier had two run-scoring hits and the Los Angeles Dodgers sent the San Diego Padres back into second place in the NL West with a 3-1 victory Thursday night.

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Hiroki Kuroda pitched eight superb innings, Andre Ethier had two run-scoring hits and the Los Angeles Dodgers sent the San Diego Padres back into second place in the NL West with a 3-1 victory Thursday night.

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Hiroki Kuroda pitched eight superb innings, Andre Ethier had two run-scoring hits and the Los Angeles Dodgers sent the San Diego Padres back into second place in the NL West with a 3-1 victory Thursday night.

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Padres manager Bud Black said on Thursday that he's not tired of talking about his team's bullpen, which only makes perfect sense considering that it's statistically the best bullpen in the Major Leagues.

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Padres outfielder Tony Gwynn was wearing a larger-than-usual grin Thursday, the result of his name being penciled into the starting lineup for the first time since Aug. 18.

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