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Talkin' Baseball on X: The San Diego Padres have advanced to the
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Padres: 3 reasons why San Diego will win 2022 World Series
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Padres' Manny Machado has San Diego one win from first NLCS since 1998
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Padres drop Game 1 of NLCS to Phillies
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The 1998 World Series: A look back - Pinstripe Alley
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Looking back at how the 1984 and 1998 Padres teams were built
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Today in 1998: San Diego Padres shut out Arizona Diamondbacks for
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NLCS-bound Padres find their identity, eliminate Dodgers