Carlos Quentin’s first inning HBP yesterday against Felix Hernandez might have looked, to the casual observer, like just another event in the first inning of an interleague game that ultimately didn’t produce anything on the scoreboard – but it was actually a historic occasion. Carlos Quentin became the 71st major league player to get hit [...]
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Jersey is a Gaslamp Ball community project that will chronicle the 2012 Padres season through the lives of their greatest fans and an old jersey. After reading all the other legendary Sisterhood stories I have to say that I was actually quite nervous about getting the jersey. Would I be [...]
My usually reliable internet connection called in sick yesterday evening so I’ve had to catch up on everything after the fact. I managed to keep up to date on the big league Padres’ score by flipping over to MLB Network when Golden Girls would go to a commercial break but remained in the dark as [...]
Our Padres resume interleague play tonight in Seattle against our most hated natural rivals, the Mariners. An off day yesterday gave our boys some time to reflect on yet another lost series, albeit one that was so close to a win. In our first interleague series this season, the Angels made a visit to Petco [...]
Movie Maker Thomas Tull who had partnered with Tony Gwynn in an attempt to purchase the Padres has dropped out after making a “respectable” offer that was rejected by John Moores. “It doesn’t economically make sense,” a source said Tuesday in explaining Tull’s decision. If Tull had offered any more money there wouldn’t have been [...]
Injuries prompt Padres to review practices | UTSanDiego.com Monday was supposed to be a day off for the Padres. But Jim Malone, the club’s strength and conditioning coach, flew to New York for a meeting of Major League Baseball’s Medical Advisory Committee. One of the topics up for discussion – the injury epidemic in the [...]
“I don’t know if we’re being pro-active or reactive. But we want to see if we can connect the dots on some of these injuries. Do we have to change some of our practices? We don’t know. But everyone in baseball is asking the same question. We’re at the fact-finding stage.” Injuries prompt Padres to [...]
Last week I wrote about how I felt the Fox Sports San Diego broadcast stage was overtaking the Tony Gwynn monument beyond centerfield. Fans overwhelming voted that it should eventually be removed to restore dignity to the Gwynn statue. TODAY THEY’VE REMOVED THE STAGE! HOORAY! WE DID IT! But next week they’ll rebuild it. Boo. [...]
Suzuki [Cabrera's Lawyer] speculated that the case was dropped because of “discrepancies about what happened that night.” Case dismissed against Padres shortstop | UTSanDiego.com
The Padres have planted a garden in the home team’s bullpen. The Chef at Petco Park asked Head Groundskeeper Luke Yoder to create the garden so that he could farm it for ingredients in some of his dishes, like cotton candy and Cracker Jacks. Yoder says he was considering a garden anyway since he had [...]
