Call-up game didn`t go as expected
(WorldNews Sport)

Bill Center, longtime sportswriter for U-T San Diego, is an employee of the Padres. I spent the past week or so playing a secret guessing game with A.J. Preller about who the Padres would call up once the Pacific Coast League season ended. I got two right, as, I`m sure, did everyone else. Hunter Renfroe was returning . . . as was Travis Jankowski. But after that . . . I was pulling for Rocky Gale and Christian Villanueva, but neither were on the 40-man roster. So I discounted that. I didn`t think Ryan Schimpf would be returning. His numbers at Triple-A El Paso were no better than they were earlier this season with...