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There is no official Padre thread, so I thought I'd give the home team some love. Padres look primed to move into a tie for first place with a win tonight. We gave Peavy his due here, he and Chris Young are pitching well at the top of the rotation. Maddox and Wells still have something left, can usally keep it close for the good bullpen. Hoffman is still hanging on and closing down games.

Padres locked up 1B Adrian Gonzalez and he is an all-star. At the other corner, Rookie Kevin Kouzmanoff, has finally started to hit in a big way. He hit a grand slam yesterday, and his average is up to .217 (he was hitting .110 or something all year.).

National League is pretty wide open. After the Mets, why not the Pads! I like Bud Black as a manager. Bochy is doing well in SF, good, I liked him too, but a change was needed after 2 straight 1st round exits. Padres got NOTHING from 3B and CF Cameron all year, but now both are hitting, and if everybody else plays normal, well, who knows?

edit: oops - Cubs bullpen might let Dodgers win.