This may surprise you, but AJ Preller has run the San Diego Padres for longer than Andrew Friedman has run the Dodgers.
Not by much. The Padres hired Preller in August 2014, the Dodgers hired Friedman two months later, and since then the Dodgers have dominated the National League West.
For the Dodgers: eight division championships, three NL championships, one World Series championship.
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For the Padres: zero, zero, and zero.
The three-game showdown series that starts Tuesday at Dodger Stadium could be cause for mutual celebration. The Padres could clinch a wild-card playoff berth during the series, and the Dodgers could clinch another division championship.