Padres take bold steps while Dodgers talk - MLB - Yahoo! Sports
“I’m lucky,” said a grinning Ludwick, who in his career has now been entrusted with forcing strikes to Albert Pujols(notes) and Gonzalez. “If you’re going to be traded, that’s how you want to do it. The energy around this ballclub is kind of amazing. It’s no wonder they’ve won so many games. … Reminds me a lot of the Rays a couple years ago.”