It's hard to believe that I've been a San Diego Padres fan for over forty years. The only professional teams I have rooted for longer are the Oakland/Sacramento A's and the Seattle Seahawks.
Sometimes the fact that I have two favorite teams within one sport confuses people, but it's pretty simple. When the A's play any MLB team other than the Padres, I root for the A's. And when the Padres play any MLB team other than the A's, I root for the Padres.
It's only tricky when they play against each other. Then it depends on who needs the win more. Since both teams are fighting for first place in their divisions, I just sit back and enjoy the game. That's what happened this weekend. The A's won today, but the Padres won the series.
2022 Topps Opening Day #OD7
Figured it's a good time to show off some Padres cards that John (@ Johnny's Trading Spot) and Reader X sent me earlier in the year.
John is an Atlanta Braves' fan, while Reader X roots for the New York Yankees. Since the Braves currently hold the best record in baseball, let's start with the cards John sent me...
1990 Panini Sticker #356
Although I love collecting baseball cards featuring my favorite players, I also enjoy adding team related items like this Panini sticker and these team cards:
2024 Topps 582 Montgomery Club #2
2025 Topps 582 Montgomery Club #39
John sent two partial team sets from the 582 Montgomery Club set. Here are some of the bigger names:
I tried to join the 582 Montgomery Club the first couple of years, but it always filled up too fast. Glad to have some of these singles for my collection.
He also sent me a partial 1985 Mother's Cookies Padres team set. Here are some of the notable names:
But my favorite card is the one featuring Jack Murphy Stadium:
1985 Mother's Cookies Padres #28
He sent me a big stack of Mr. Machado cards. Here's a sampling:
Plus there were some other parallels and inserts featuring some familiar names:
Next up are a variety of inserts and parallels from Reader X. He sent me over seventy different Padres for my collection.
Here are some of the highlights:
Tony Gwynn is my all-time favorite player... so I'm always excited to add new cards to my binder.
Fernando is my favorite current Padre:
He's really struggling this season. It's been two months and he still hasn't hit a home run. Hopefully he figures things out at the plate soon.
Machado has been struggling too, but that's not stopping me from enjoying his cards:
Even without their stellar bats, the Padres still have the 5th best record in baseball... and are only 4 games behind the Atlanta Braves. There's still plenty of baseball left to be played.
Let's go Padres! Let's go A's!
Thank you John and Reader X for your generous contributions to my San Diego Padres PC.
Happy Sunday and sayonara!
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