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Baby born during Padres game at Petco Park

The Padres gained a new fan Thursday night when a woman gave birth to a child at Petco Park during a game against the Giants.

The Padres gained a new fan Thursday night when a woman gave birth to a child at Petco Park during a game against the Giants.

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The woman was unable to make it to the hospital, so she had to settle for the Palm Court Plaza in the San Diego ballpark, which is a considerably less comfortable place to have a baby.

The team did not announce the name of the newborn, but let's just pretend the parents named the child after Tony Gwynn or Trevor Hoffman.

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