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Mar 15, 1999

Garth Brooks takes a ribbing in Baseball America for attending spring training with the San Diego Padres. Writes columnist Peter Gammons: "At least one good baseball mind in that organization recommended Shania Twain over Brooks"

Mar 17, 1999

Garth Brooks starts in left field for the San Diego Padres during a spring training game in Tucson, Arizona. Brooks catches a fly against the outfield fence but goes hitless in four at-bats as the Padres beat the Chicago White Sox, 7-6

Mar 20, 1999

Garth Brooks goes to the wrong ballpark during spring training with the San Diego Padres. When he finally arrives at Tucson's Hi Corbett Field, he grounds out in his only at-bat against the Chicago White Sox

Mar 21, 1999

Garth Brooks gets his first hit of spring training, singling up the middle off of pitcher Mike Sirotka during a San Diego Padres loss to the Chicago White Sox, 11-8, at the Peoria Sports Complex in Peoria, Arizona

Mar 22, 1999

Garth Brooks commits an error in left field and goes hitless in two at-bats, as the San Diego Padres tie the Cubs, 7-7, at Chicago's spring training facility in Mesa, Arizona. The bleacher bums jeer him: "Are you the guy who sang 'Achy Breaky Heart'?"

Mar 24, 1999

Pinch-hitter Garth Brooks grounds out to the pitcher for the San Diego Padres, who lose a spring training game to the Arizona Diamondbacks, 7-6 in 12 innings, at the Peoria Sports Complex in Arizona. Glen Campbell is a minority owner of the D-Backs

Mar 26, 1999

Garth Brooks pinch-hits in the eighth inning of a San Diego Padres spring training game in Arizona. He fouls out to the first baseman on the first pitch, as the Padres defeat the Anaheim Angels, 8-2

Mar 27, 1999

Garth Brooks goes hitless in his only plate appearance for San Diego during a spring training game in Yuma, Arizona. The Padres beat the San Francisco Giants, 5-4

Mar 28, 1999

Garth Brooks strikes out to end the game, as the San Diego Padres lose a spring training match against the Seattle Mariners, 4-2, in Peoria, Arizona

Mar 29, 1999

Garth Brooks strikes out in his only trip to the plate as the San Diego Padres lose a spring training game, 9-0, to the Anaheim Angels in Peoria, Arizona

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