On April 3, 1984 Opening Day, CBS 8’s Hal Clement went inside the locker room before the players arrived. The uniforms all neatly lined up in a row with the familiar names of Gossage, Garvey, Gwynn, Flannery, Nettles…the Padres who made it to the World Series that year. For the first time the jerseys were button down—not pullovers. Equipment manager Ray Peralta told Hal he would probably be sewing on buttons every day. And on the sleeves “RAK” the initials of the late Padres owner Ray Kroc. He died January 14, 1984 and missed the chance to see his team’s championship season.