JIM BAIRD / Union-Tribune Khalil Greene watches his 22nd homer of season sail out to give the Padres the win in the 10th inning.

Khalil Greene showed no emotion as he dropped the bat and trotted toward first base. The celebrating was left to his Padres teammates, who jumped and shouted last night once their poker-faced shortstop launched a 10th-inning fastball. Even before the blond bomber's 22nd home run landed in the left-field seats at Petco Park, the Padres knew Greene had delivered an exhilarating, 5-4 victory over the last-place Giants to firm a playoff bid that had been flagging.

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TEMPE, Ariz. – He is a man of few words, and sometimes none at all. Verbosity in a vacuum in a world with a me-first mantra. Touchdowns are trivial, the exhilaration of a breakaway run not worth expounding upon. Hold the applause, please.

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