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Apr 27, 2011 – Teams really, really, really want stability in their bullpens. They’re willing to overpay completely for dependably average. The problem, though, is that relievers are impossible to predict — living, breathing spectrums of success and failure, often in the same month.

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SAN DIEGO — Ryan Ludwick entered Wednesday’s game against the Braves with four extra-base hits in the first two games of the series.

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SAN DIEGO — Padres left-handed reliever Joe Thatcher will undergo exploratory surgery Monday that will determine if he can pitch again this season.

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It was the middle of the night back in Washington, Conn., when former Shepaug Valley High School pitcher Evan Scribner stepped onto the pitcher’s mound at Petco Park in San Diego and fired his first big-league pitch as a member of the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night.

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