This article details the history of the San Diego Padres. The San Diego Padres are a Major League Baseball team based in San Diego. They play in the National League Western Division. They and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are the only MLB California teams to originate in California; the Dodgers and Giants are originally from New York, and the Athletics are originally from Philadelphia.
Read more about History Of The San Diego Padres: Pre 1970s: Beginnings, 1970s: Winfield, Jones, Fingers and Ozzie, 1984: The First Pennant, 1985–95: Tough Times Following A Pennant, 1996–97: Building A Winner, 1998: The Second Pennant, 1999–2003: Tough Times Following A Pennant, Again
Famous quotes containing the words history of, history and/or san:
“Like their personal lives, women’s history is fragmented, interrupted; a shadow history of human beings whose existence has been shaped by the efforts and the demands of others.”
—Elizabeth Janeway (b. 1913)
“Systematic philosophical and practical anti-intellectualism such as we are witnessing appears to be something truly novel in the history of human culture.”
—Johan Huizinga (1872–1945)
“It is an odd thing, but every one who disappears is said to be seen at San Francisco. It must be a delightful city, and possess all the attractions of the next world.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)