The San Diego Padres take on the LA Dodgers in a crucial early series

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The San Diego Padres take on the LA Dodgers in a crucial early series

The San Diego Padres surprised the baseball world by playing very well last year and hope to repeat that feat this year. If they are going to do well in the NL West they will have to beat the LA Dodgers.

Cameron Maybin tied the season opener in St. Louis with a ninth-inning homer that led to a Padres win. Overall, however, he is off to a 3-for-18 start with seven strikeouts. Maybin was acquired in the offseason in a trade and the Padres need him to do well if they are going to perform this year.

The Padres' record against the Dodgers last season was 10-8 last season, so they have an edge in this.

One week into the season, the Dodgers on-field product is once again overshadowed by what's happened off the field. Only this time, it's not the contentious divorce of Frank and Jamie McCourt.

It's the continued outpouring of disgust at the thugs who put a Giants fan into a coma on Opening Day, and the larger picture of how unsafe even Dodger fans have felt over the last decade at Dodger Stadium.

The Dodgers have also had a problem with security. Dodger Stadium already was one of the most heavily secured ballparks in baseball. Even having 50,000 security officers every night wouldn't stop all the violence, so how much Bratton can do remains to be seen.

The Dodgers are 8-22 in their last 30 road games against a team with a winning record and the Padres are 4-1 in their last 5 games against a right-handed starter. The Padres get a big win against the Dodgers.

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