The Departed starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon was a big hit at the box office. Justin Timberlake was bringing “Sexy Back” on the Billboard charts. The United States hit 300 million in population for the first time. Google purchased YouTube for $1.65 billion.
The month was October 2006, and the Padres hosted two National League Division Series games at Petco Park in San Diego. The Padres lost both of those home games, and after a win in St. Louis, they lost Game 4 and were eliminated from the postseason.
They wouldn’t get back to the postseason until 2020, when they hosted three Wild Card Round games at Petco but didn’t get a chance to host any games after that because the pandemic sent the entire NLDS to Globe Life Park in Texas.