Bill Shaikin: How the Padres continue to consistently draw fans to Petco Park
SAN DIEGO — The Dodgers lead the major leagues in attendance. They always do. No surprise there.
The team that ranks second in attendance is the one that has a rally towel hanging next to the home dugout, urging the players to "COMPETE FOR PETE."
Peter Seidler lived the final decade of his life transforming the Padres into a team that would compete for San Diego. This is a small market in every way — by population, by geography, by television viewers — and Seidler simply disregarded the facts.
San Diego was not a small market because Seidler said it was not. The Padres spent big because Seidler said they should win.
And, six months after
