San Diego Padres

In 1969, the San Diego Padres joined the Major League Baseball with the Montreal Expos (now Washington Nationals ), Kansas City Royals and en: Seattle Pilots (now Milwaukee Brewers ). The first owner of the team was Conrad Arnold Smith , a well-known businessman from San Diego and the former owner of the PCL Padres team from the Second Baseball League. Their first coach was the famous baseball player Emil “Buzzy” Bawasi , and the stadium - San Diego Stadium . The team failed its first season , gaining 468 points and taking last place. For 15 years, the team never rose above fourth place in their division , until in 1984 the team made a splash, taking first place in their division and winning the Chicago Cubs playoffs and reaching the World Series finals. In the final, they met with the absolute leader of the Detroit Tigers season and lost with a score of 1: 4.

After 12 years, in 1996, the team won in its division, but lost in the first round of the playoffs to the St. Louis Cardinals team. Two years later, the Padres repeated the success of two years ago, also improving it to reach the finals of the World Series, in which they lost to the New York Yankees 4-0.

In 2004, the team changed their first stadium (now called Qualcomm Stadium) to Petko Park .

In 2005 and 2006 , the team won the division again, but lost two times in a row in the first playoff match. Interestingly, she lost in the first round to the same St. Louis Cardinals team.

The club’s mascot is currently a monk. Many people confuse that the chicken is the mascot of the club, but this is not so. Although he speaks at every match, he is not the team’s official mascot.

• Team official website