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The San Diego Union-Tribune
The San Diego Union-Tribune
A.J. Preller appears safe to me. Peter Seidler firing Preller, instead of having him direct a 10th offseason, would stun me — even if the Preller-Seidler $250-million creation were to fall short of both the last National League wild-card spot and a winning record. Be advised, I’m the dummy who wrote in May that although I believed the Padres were toast in the NL West race, they were too talented not to win a wild card. The update: At 59-66 entering Monday, the Padres trailed four teams in the race for the third card. I’m not someone who marvels that Preller has survived as the club’s top baseb…