SAN DIEGO — The Padres play the Philadelphia Phillies at 7:05 tonight at Jack Murphy Stadium, but the real action may come at 3:30.
That's when Padre President Ballard Smith will have a meeting with a team of frustrated players.
Smith made comments to the media earlier this week in which he called the Padres "a bunch of players more concerned about themselves than the team," criticized outfielder Kevin McReynolds for having "bad work habits" and said he would not be interested in Tim Raines, the Montreal Expo star who becomes a free agent after the season, because of Raines' previous substance-abuse problems.
