Padres history (July 18): Unloading Fred McGriff

(Union-Tribune) Padres first baseman Fred McGriff knocked in the National League’s first run with a looping single in the sixth at the 1992 All-Star Game in San Diego on July 14, 1992.On this date in 1993, the Padres’ fire sale continued with Fred McGriff’s trade to the Atlanta Braves for three prospects who would not pan out

Randy Smith’s mandated fire sale flared up again on this date — July 18 — in 1993 when the game’s youngest general manager was forced to unload Fred McGriff’s salary. Like Smith revealed in a look back at the Gary Sheffield trade in June 1993, there simply weren’t a lot of teams interested in taking on entire salaries in the middle of the season, even if McGriff —…