SAN DIEGO -- The San Diego Padres are asking fans to arrive early at Petco Park Saturday evening.
Shortly after 5 p.m., ceremonies will begin to posthumously induct former general manager Kevin Towers into the Padres Hall of Fame. Towers, who died Jan. 30 after a 14-month battle with anaplastic thyroid cancer, was the Padres' longest-tenured general manager, serving from 1995-2009.
The induction ceremony is part of the four-day celebration of the Padres' 1998 National League championship team.
Before Thursday's start of the four-game series against the Cardinals, Padres manager Andy Green expressed hope that his team would step up in the memory of Towers, the late Tony Gwynn and the 1998 team and win some games at home against the Cardinals.