John Howard presents--root root root for the Padres! In this News 8 Throwback special, we dive deep into the history of the San Diego Padres from their early days in the Pacific Coast League to MLB years. Historian Bill Swank provides a history lesson in 2003, and from there we showcase championship seasons 1984 and 1998 when they made it to the World Series. When they were down three games to the Yankees, Larry Himmel wrote the most inspiring poem to lift our spirits. Other highlights include: 1978 Old Timers game, 1979 opening day, 1980 road trip, opening day 1984-1989 review, a Tim Flannery story about the love of the game, and a look back at the extraordinary career of Mr. Padre, Tony Gwynn. Reports from Laurie Singer, Ted Leitner, Tim Flannery, John Culea, Steve Price, Susan Lichtman (Taylor), Janet Zappala, Larry Himmel, Rick Powers. Steve Garvey, Rollie Fingers, Randy Jones, Kurt Bevacqua, Ken Caminiti, Trevor Hoffman, Jim Leyritz, Greg Vaughn, Bruce Bochy, Tony Gwynn Jr. Joe Torre New York Yankees Detroit Tigers