San Diego Padres: Adrian Gonzalez Has One More Season in Padres Uniform

The San Diego Padres are in the race for another NL West pennant. No one expected them to be leading the division at this point in the season, the first week of August, yet here they are.

They made two trades that seemed to have made the team better, bringing Miguel Tejada from Baltimore, and Ryan Ludwick from St. Louis. While the team made aggressive moves at the deadline to make sure they were in the NL West race all the way to the end, there's one thing that may be completely out of their control after the end of the 2011 season. The departure of Adrian Gonzalez.

Padre fans should be used to this by now. They've watched the face of the franchise ride off into the sunset, whether that be into retirement, free agency, or traded away right under their noses.

In June...

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