How San Diego Padres Milestones is played

Every card in this deck carries a hidden value on the same scale — release years and dates — and the run is one long sorting problem. The first card is dealt face up. Each card after it goes into the gap where you think it belongs, and the value only shows once it lands. Get it wrong three times and the run ends with whatever you had placed.

This deck can also be shuffled together with any other deck measured in release years and dates — tick several on the deck tree to build one longer timeline out of them.

What's in the deck

20 of the 20 cards you could be dealt. The values stay hidden until you place them.

Padres begin play as an expansion team San Diego joins the National League in its first big-league season
Nate Colbert's five-homer doubleheader The slugger ties a record with five home runs and 13 RBIs in one day
Ray Kroc buys the team and keeps it in San Diego The McDonald's magnate purchases the club to prevent a move
Randy Jones wins the Cy Young Award A soft-tossing lefty is named the NL's best pitcher
San Diego hosts the All-Star Game The Midsummer Classic comes to San Diego Stadium as Ozzie Smith debuts
Tony Gwynn makes his debut A future batting champion plays his first big-league games
First pennant sends them to the World Series Steve Garvey's walk-off homer keys a comeback before a loss to the Tigers
Trevor Hoffman is acquired A future all-time saves leader arrives in a midseason trade
Ken Caminiti's MVP powers a division title A slugging third baseman wins MVP as the club takes the NL West
Return to the World Series Kevin Brown and Gwynn lead a pennant before falling to the Yankees
Tony Gwynn reaches 3,000 hits The franchise icon joins the 3,000-hit club
Petco Park opens downtown The club moves into its new ballpark in the East Village
Win the NL West division The club captures its first division crown in seven years
Hoffman becomes the all-time saves leader The closer passes Lee Smith atop the career saves list
Peavy's Cy Young and Gwynn's Hall induction An ace wins the pitching Triple Crown as the icon enters Cooperstown
Manny Machado signs as a free agent A star third baseman joins on a then-record $300M free-agent deal
Return to the postseason In a shortened season the club reaches October for the first time since 2006
Fernando Tatis Jr. signs a $340M extension The young shortstop commits to a 14-year deal
Trade for Juan Soto and topple the Dodgers A blockbuster deadline deal precedes an NLDS upset of the rival Dodgers
Machado signs a record extension The third baseman locks in on a new 11-year, $350M deal