Padres looking up at Dodgers in NL West as rivalry renews

It was lined up to be a showdown out West, a dozen post-trade-deadline games between the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres to decide a division title and take a local rivalry to new heights.

Instead, the National League West race is all but finished with a month left in the regular season.On Friday night at Dodger Stadium, the clubs will begin a three-game series with far less anticipation than expected.

The Padr