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The Padres and Braves played a special MLB Leadoff game, a new thing that NBC’s Peacock streaming service is trying this year. It’s where an east coast game starts at 11:30 in the morning to give folks the chance to watch baseball all year. This was the first time a west coast team has been involved and for San...

Earl Weaver is credited with the quote “Momentum is the next day’s starting pitcher.” Whoever authored it was 100% spot on. A day after scoring 11 runs on 16 hits the Padres mustered just four hits, but got some help from a sloppy Atlanta defense to take a late lead, only to watch their suspect bullpen slip up again in…

This is everything you need to know about the upcoming San Diego-Atlanta game on Peacock.

Manny Machado has carried the Padres offense for the first six weeks of the 2022 season. On Friday night his mates finally picked him up. Machado went 0-4, an exceedingly rare off night, in Atlanta but he was the only San Diego starter NOT to get a hit in an 11-6 Padres win to open a 3-game series against the…

Atlanta Braves star outfielder Ronald Acua Jr. was activated from the injured list Thursday after recovering from a torn ACL.

An old baseball adage is you win with pitching and defense. Well, the Padres had premiere pitching Sunday and perfect defense as well, the later is part of a Major League Baseball record breaking start to the season for Padre fielders. The Padres entered Sunday’s game having tied an MLB record with 10 straight games to begin a season without…

Thursday’s home opener a 12-run outburst, is probably going to be an outlier for the Padres in 2022. Let’s hope Friday and Saturday are also just occasional occurrences. For the 2nd straight night the Friars couldn’t get much going with their bats in a 5-2 loss to the Braves at Petco Park. On the mound, Nick Martinez made his...

In 2019, MacKenzie Gore was the Minor League Pitcher of the Year and the #1 pitching prospect in baseball. Then he had injury and control issues and fell off the radar of most prospect talent evaluators. On Friday night Gore showed the world he’s back and every bit as good as everyone thought he was. The 23-year-old Padres lefty made…

An array of beverages, food and sweet Padres gear will be available at Petco Park for Opening Day. NBC 7’s Audra Stafford gives you a sneak peek at what will be available.

The San Diego Padres are ready to swing into the 2022 MLB season with their home Opening Day game. Here’s what fans could expect as they face the defending World Series champions, the Atlanta Braves.

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Some professional sports teams finally changed their names after decades of protest. Others remain committed to obsolete stereotypes. Studies have shown the damage caused by schools and teams that continue to use Indigenous cultures as themes and mascots, yet they persist across the United States.

Native American Heritage Month celebrates the rich ancestry and traditions of Native Americans, including their impact on sports such as baseball.

Louisville Slugger is producing four different commemorative bats to mark the Atlanta Braves’ World Series win over the Houston Astros.

The Atlanta Braves beat the Houston Astros in Game 6 to win the 2021 World Series.

The Atlanta Braves defeated the Houston Astros 7-0 in Game 6 to capture their first World Series since 1995.

Game 5 of the 2021 World Series will be just the sixth MLB game to ever be played on Halloween. Here’s a history of those freaky Fall Classic contests.

Former President Donald Trump did the Tomahawk chop with Atlanta Braves fans before Game 4 of the World Series only months after calling for a boycott of Major League Baseball

Native American groups pushed back Wednesday against Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred’s claim that Indigenous communities support the Atlanta Braves’ tomahawk chop.

Atlanta Braves pitcher Charlie Morton is done for the World Series after leaving with a broken right calf bone in the third inning of the opener