The Padres didn’t have a single player in the starting lineup the first time the All-Star Game visited San Diego. Fourteen years later, the Friar Faithful had plenty to root for when the club played host to the event for the second time.
Not one, not two, but three Padres were in the starting lineup on this date — July 14 — in 1992 when Jack Murphy Stadium played hosted to the Midsummer Classic. To top it off, the rosters for both the NL and AL included two more current Padres and seven other former Padres.
“You know what this feels like?