Tuesday March 11, 2008 - The San Diego Padres are preparing to depart on a worldwide Spring Training road trip to Beijing, China. A portion of the Padres will travel while a squad stays behind to play in Peoria. The Padres take on the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim today at 1:05 p.m. in Peoria. The departing portion of the roster leaves today from Phoenix on a flight to Beijing. Justin Germano is scheduled to start the first game on March 14 against the Dodgers. Peavy, Young and Maddox are staying in Arizona to prepare for the start of the season. Trevor Hoffman, Adrian Gonzalez and Kevin Kouzmanoff will travel to China; 26 players in all will make the trip, many likely headed to the Padres' minor league system this season. Germano looked sharp last night on Channel 4 Padres telecast, going 4 scoreless two-hit innings. Over the weekend on Sunday, March 9, 2008 the Padres defeated the Chicago White Sox 12-4 convincingly. The Padres scored seven runs in the eighth inning to break the game open. Adrian Gonzalez and Luis Rodriguez were both 2 for 3 at the plate. The Edmonds leg injury now looks like 3 weeks out for the veteran former St. Louis Cardinal. Edmonds has had a great career; respected and revered and we've loved calling him "Jimmy World" all along. As a centerfielder, he can go get a batted ball with the best of alltime. I hope you find the fountain of youth in San Diego.
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