Gonzalez, Cruz named Players of Week | padres.com: News
Padres first baseman Adrian Gonzalez and Rangers right fielder Nelson Cruz -- two thriving sluggers for a couple of first-place West-division teams -- were named Players of the Week for their respective leagues on Monday.

PADRES: Outfielders are coming up empty
"He'll hit," general manager Jed Hoyer said of Blanks. "He's always hit in the minor leagues. He's performed everywhere at a young age. Some guys have a longer adjustment period than others. The good part is we've played well anyway, and hopefully he'll start to pick us up.

An Open Letter To The Washington Nationals
"It is time Nationals. But it all has to start with one roster move."

The Official Blog of Matt Antonelli: DOCTOR VISIT
"Here is a picture of my hand I took today. It wouldn't win any beauty pageants, but it looks a lot better than it did only one week ago."

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Padres Trail: Odds and ends and the Cardinals
"Finally, since the next Padre opponent is the other MLB team I blog about, I am going to try something daring: do a game recap for each of the 3 Cardinal/Padre games from the perspective of each team's fanbase. I don't think this has been attempted anywhere ever by the same writer. It might suck, it might be great, it might cause the Mayan Doomsday Prophecy to happen 2 years early - I don't know. But it'll be fun nonetheless."