Filed under: Hot Corner The Padres Bubble By Grant Brisbee@GrantBrisbee Aug 7, 2012, 5:33pm EDT Share this story Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter Share this on Reddit Share All sharing options Share All sharing options for: The Padres Bubble Reddit Pocket Flipboard Email The Padres sold for $800 million. Forbes estimated the franchise to be worth about half that. What gives?↵According to Jack Dickey at Deadspin, the new owners are stupid, and a hard rain is a gonna fall. It's an interesting read.