The 1978 season brought hope to baseball fans in San Diego, thanks to the arrival a young shortstop named Ozzie Smith, who arrived on the scene and turned the baseball world on its ears with an acrobatic style that redefined how the position should be played in the field.
The good times did not last, as the Padres closed out the decade with another losing season in 1979, a 68-93 record that cost Craig his job.