2012 San Diego Padres: Why They Are the Tampa Bay Rays of Five Years Ago

Since the 2007 season, The San Diego Padres have endured three of four losing seasons, including two last place finishes and a fourth place finish in the NL West.

And while the 2010 season was a magical, and somewhat "flukish" ride of winning small-ball, it still ended with a late-season collapse that gave the division away to the eventual World Series Champions San Francisco Giants. 

To the average baseball fan around America, and even in San Diego, it would appear that every year, Padres management simply sells off another piece of the organization due to an unwillingness...

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