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Fun — and games: Heath Bell a kid at heart - SignOnSanDiego.com
"I’m more a kid than an adult person," he said recently. "My father once told me, ‘You’re as old as you feel, stay young.’ I’m a responsible 10-year-old."

White Sox camp tour: Peavy fitting in, making own pitch - MLB - CBSSports.com Baseball
He had signed a team-friendly contract extension, thinking it would keep him there, then watched the Padres cut ties with franchise icon Trevor Hoffman and realized the idea of loyalty was gone. "It's disheartening to watch what has happened there," he said.

Padres Team Report - MLB - Yahoo! Sports
Top Candidate To Disappoint: RHP Chris Young

Team execs back on track with NASCAR - SignOnSanDiego.com
"Padres owner Jeff Moorad and club President Tom Garfinkel are getting back into stock car racing."

Stauffer wants to stick with Padres | padres.com: News
Tim Stauffer has been with the Padres longer than almost everyone else in the clubhouse, and he hopes it stays that way by earning a spot in the starting rotation.

PADRES NOTES: Tate wants fresh start after injury setbacks
"I'm not really too concerned about (the jaw)," Tate said on Saturday. "Everything healed OK. I'm 100 percent healthy. I'm just putting things in the past that have been kind of an issue, like the sports hernia and the ATV accident, and I'm trying to move forward."

Padres third-base prospect rising fast | padres.com: News
Third-base prospect James Darnell is in his first Major League camp and isn't at a point where he's concerning himself with his Major League debut, whenever it arrives. But make no mistake, Darnell isn't that far off.

PADRES: Bullpen depth creates competition
"That's been the talk of us guys in the bullpen," reliever Adam Russell said. "It'll be a good competition. It's a great problem for the Padres to have. We' re overstocked with quality arms in that spot."

The Padres Should Have Signed Felipe Lopez :: Friar Forecast
"Because David Eckstein is so bad, Lopez would have been a large marginal improvement. Given the low risk of the signing, the Padres should have inked him to a one-year deal."