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Found April 04, 2012 on Fox Sports:
PLAYERS: Clayton Kershaw,  Edinson Volquez,  Magic Johnson
TEAMS: Los Angeles Dodgers,  San Diego Padres
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After making plenty of news off the field this spring, the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres will finally play ball. Reigning NL Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw is scheduled to start for the Dodgers while newcomer Edinson Volquez goes for the Padres on Thursday at Petco Park. The Dodgers are being sold for $2.15 billion to a group involving Magic Johnson. Padres owner John Moores had hoped to complete the sale of his club to Jeff Moorad. But Moorad suddenly stepped down as CEO last month, apparently feeling he wouldn't get the votes needed to approve the deal. The Padres are still awaiting MLB's approval of a new TV deal with Fox, but the network doesn't anticipate that being an obstacle to televising opening day.
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