"John Moores scoffs at the thought, but it's my thought, so I'm OK with it. He is one of two men who saved baseball in San Diego. And for that reason alone, he was a good owner.

"Ray Kroc," Moores says. "He saved baseball in San Diego. I view myself as strictly a transitional figure. People will forget the Tom Werner group, if they already haven't (I'll never forget it). It will go from Ray Kroc to the person who owns the Padres when they win the World Series.""