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The Padres Did Something Silly

Just announced: Palm Court Plaza will be dedicated to Commissioner Selig & will be renamed Selig Hall of Fame Plaza pic.twitter.com/6Diyriu105 — San Diego Padres (@Padres) August 27, 2014 Honored to have Commissioner Selig here for the unveiling of Selig … Continue reading

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Did Young Randy Jones Look Like Jake Peavy?

I know the uniform side-by-side helps, but I think they kinda look alike. I posed that question last night on twitter, and Randy Jones himself responded to me in the best way ever. “No Way. Get your eyes checked Meat!” … Continue reading

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Chase Headley, Instant Yankees Legend

“Yeah, I’ve heard this is baseball’s biggest stage. It’s the fourteenth inning and you need a run to win the game? I mean, I was on the Padres this morning… got traded… packed… shaved… flew to the Big Apple… and … Continue reading

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San Diego Lost A Lot of Handsome Today…

Chase Headley traded to the Yankees. Larry English released by the Chargers. Neither is a surprise to San Diego sports fans. Best of luck to both of those handsome fellows. I don’t know much about Larry the person, but I … Continue reading

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The Fox/MLB Statement for the Lack of a Tony Gwynn Tribute During the All-Star Game is a Complete Joke

I haven’t had the time to fully dig into the fact that Fox and MLB completely ignored Tony Gwynn during the All-Star Game. I went on a twitter tirade about it and felt that was enough. Here’s a sampling of … Continue reading

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The Padres first ever GM??

There are a lot of Padres fans who can name most of the teams past General Managers. Since there has been only 9 to date, that’s not exactly that hard of a feat. A member of the 3rd class of … Continue reading

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Paul McCartney is Coming to Petco Park… So is a New Twitter Handle

Interesting thing went down today in Padres land. They introduced a brand new @PetcoPark twitter handle and used it to announce and promote Paul McCartney coming to San Diego for a concert. I enjoy watching this stuff unfold. It started … Continue reading

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Poor Dick Enberg…

So, my Vine of Dick Enberg’s “touch-em-all?” call on Chase Headley’s triple has gone national. Awful Announcing has posted it. Larry Brown Sports posted it. (Irony here is that Larry Brown blocked me on twitter… still no clue why.) That’s cool … Continue reading

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Padres Fan of the Game

Padres fan of the game. pic.twitter.com/NFHramgWh2 — Brady Phelps (@LobShots) July 6, 2014 Seriously, anybody know who this dude is? What a great look. -bp

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Are The Padres For Sale Again?

A real journalist would support this with a source and some substance… but me? Just a hunch.  I have a theory the Padres are for sale. This seems crazy because Fowler, the O’Malley’s and the Seidler’s have only owned the … Continue reading

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