Once a Scrappy Underdog the Padres Adjust to Penthouse Life

SAN DIEGO — Xander Bogaerts faced a dilemma. He had just unboxed a custom pair of spiffy brown cleats with yellow accents that popped. And as he sat at his locker handling them some four hours before his first opening day with the Padres, he asked someone standing nearby a colorful question. “Do you like white or brown laces?” Across the game, most others on this day were treading carefully into the new season, wondering about more weighty issues. Where will the runs come from? Is there enough depth in the bullpen for the impending six-month grind of the regular…