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Rarely am I referred to as an optimist, so go with the consensus and call me mad. The Padres meet...

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Rarely am I referred to as an optimist, so go with the consensus and call me mad. The Padres meet for the first time this weekend at their Peoria, Ariz., spring training digs, and I believe they're going to be better than the cheap Bull Durhams everybody's cracking them up to be. Two words help explain it. Well, make it four: Jake Peavy, Chris Young.

Nick Canepa