Cika wannan jumla:
1984 NLCS, Padres sun fuskanci zakaran NL East Chicago Cubs, wanda ke yin bayyanarsu ta farko tun daga 1945 kuma ya nuna dan wasan da ya fi dacewa da Ryne Sandberg da kuma wanda ya lashe kyautar Cy Young Rick Sutcliffe. Cubs za su lashe wasanni biyu na farko a Wrigley Field, kuma sun kasance ƙasa da innings biyu daga jerin jerin lokacin da sa'a ta canza. Padres sun shafe wasanni uku na karshe a filin wasa na San Diego Jack Murphy (wanda ake iya cewa Steve Garvey ya yi nasara, wasan da ya yi nasara a kan Lee Smith a wasan 4) don lashe gasar zakarun kasa ta 1984. Gossage, tsohon dan wasan New York Yankee, ya ce taron San Diego a wasa na 3 shi ne "mafi yawan jama'a da na taɓa ji a ko'ina". Gwynn ma ta yarda. Filin wasa na Jack Murphy ya buga "Cub-Busters", wani abin dariya na taken waƙa daga fim ɗin 1984 "Ghostbusters". T-shirts na Cub-Busters da aka yi wahayi zuwa gare su daga fim ɗin sun kasance sanannun tufafi ga magoya bayan Padres.