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Baseball Card Artist a Real Cut-Up

(April 8) -- Some folks will do anything in the name of art -- even cut up valuable baseball cards. That's the vision of San Diego-based artist LaVern Brock, who is, so far, the only known artist specializing in the medium of cut-up baseball cards. Brock, 43, takes old baseball cards and cuts them up into collage...

Padres Bullpen Is Unhittable

Yes, unhittable is the best way to describe the Padres pen. Those sick arms have opened up the season with an unprecedented 20 2-3 scoreless innings, including four scoreless innings by the all-time saves leader, Trevor Hoffman (pictured). If there's any wonder about why this team has won back-to-back NL West division...

Contract Extension Expected for Padres SP Chris Young

First I heard John Kentera on the Padres' post-game radio show saying San Diego had a press conference scheduled for 10:30am PT on Tuesday. Kentera speculated that the Padres could be announcing the news that they've extended pitcher Chris Young who has been fantastic since arriving in a trade with Texas prior to the '06...

David Wells Would Head-Butt GM Kevin Towers

There's no question that solid starting pitching from Jake Peavy and David Wells, as well as game-winning hits by Adrian Gonzalez and the Crushin' Russian (chest bump Gaslamp Ball for Kouzmanoff's new nickname), overshadowed some of the unsung heroes in the Padres' past two wins. One of those such unsung players is...

Mike Cameron Could Be a Padre For a Long Time

Yesterday I told you that the Padres had some "contingency funds" available and that they could be using such funds as incentive to make a trade deadline deal for a top-notch outfielder such as Ichiro, Andruw Jones, or Torii Hunter, should any of those gentlemen become available. Now it appears as if the Padres could be...