San Diego Padres proprietor Peter Seidler, who spent large in pursuit of a World Series title, dies at 63

SAN DIEGO — Padres proprietor Peter Seidler, who spent tons of of hundreds of thousands of {dollars} making an attempt to convey a long-elusive World Series championship to San Diego, died on Tuesday, the group introduced. He was 63.

A reason for dying wasn’t disclosed. Seidler, a third-generation member of the O’Malley household that used to personal the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, was a two-time most cancers survivor. The group introduced in mid-September that Seidler had an unspecified medical process in August and wouldn’t be again on the ballpark the remainder of the yr.

Seidler was a part of a gaggle that bought the Padres in 2012 and acquired out Ron Fowler’s majority stake in November 2020. Seidler additionally purchased Rawlings together with MLB in 2018.

It was with Seidler’s blessing that the Padres boosted their payroll to about $258 million on opening day, third-highest within the majors, after making a stirring run to the NL Championship Series the earlier fall.

Seidler usually shrugged off questions on whether or not the Padres’ large spending on gamers like Manny Machado and Xander Bogaerts was sustainable and talked about how badly he needed a championship parade for a metropolis that has by no means had one.

“Do I believe our parade is going to be on land or on water or on both?” he mentioned.