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--RHP Heath Bell on Wednesday sent a written apology to Rockies closer Huston Street for some disparaging remarks he made to the MLB Network in a televised interview immediately after Bell picked up his eighth save Tuesday night. "I said some dumb things that just didn't come out right," Bell told The San Diego Union-Tribune. "It was my own dumb fault. I'll learn from it." Padres manager Bud Black met with Bell and Rockies manager Clint Hurdle before Wednesday afternoon's game.
BY THE NUMBERS: $1 -- Amount the Padres charged Seattle as "cash considerations" March 25 when they sold infielder Chris Burke to the Mariners.
$1.25 -- Premium amount the Padres paid the Mariners April 21 when they re-purchased Burke to replace injured SS Everth Cabrera.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "We came in hoping for the best with Shawn, that this would be the time and the place. I worry but I'm always optimistic. His elbow has been through a lot." -- Padres manager Bud Black, talking about oft-injured RHP Shawn Hill, who went on the disabled list Sunday with pain in his elbow.
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