A one-stop record containing everything Padres fans want to know about their favorite baseball team, this resource is packed with anecdotes, history, explanations of traditions, statistics, trivia, and photos.

Bill Center covers the Padres for the San Diego Union-Tribune and is a back-up beat writer and a former national president of the Baseball Writers Association of America. He is the author of America's Cup '95, Ford Taurus in NASCAR, NASCAR 50 Greatest Drivers, NASCAR: The Thunder of America, and Ultimate Stock Car. He lives in San Diego. Tony Gwynn is a former right fielder for the San Diego Padres.