Padres continue playoff push vs. hapless White Sox

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While the San Diego Padres chase home-field advantage for the first round of the National League playoffs, the Chicago White Sox continue their increasingly futile fight to keep the 1962 New York Mets in the record books.

The two teams and their opposite paths converge in San Diego this weekend for a three-game series that starts Friday night.

The Padres (87-66) will enter Fr