The Chris Paddack era began at 1:11 p.m. on a Sunday afternoon, the last day of March.
It was 81 degrees. Paddack’s first pitch was a 93 mph fastball that Steven Duggar skied high into the blue sky. It fell into the glove of left fielder Wil Myers just inside the left-field foul line.
Those are details you’ll want to know in order to claim you were there.
The Padres offense showed up just in time to keep Paddack from taking the loss in his major league debut and then did just enough to beat the Giants 3-1, their third win in the season-opening four-game series.