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Padres Puppies For Adoption
Helen Woodward has six puppies up for adoption, all named after former Padres players.
Marlins, Padres Swap John Baker For Wade LeBlanc
The Marlins have traded catcher John Baker to the Padres for left-hander Wade LeBlanc, according to a press release from the Padres.
San Antonio Missions win MiLBY for Best Overall Team
Even in the offseason, the San Antonio Missions can't stop winning.
After posting a Minor League-best 94-46 record and winning its first Texas League championship since 2007, the team has earned the 2011 MiLBY awards for Best Double-A Team and Best Overall Team
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MLB Players Poll: Most Popular Manager
Buddy Black #10
Padres Designate Luis Durango For Assignment
The Padres designated outfielder Luis Durango for assignment to clear a spot on the 40-man roster for lefty Josh Spence, tweets MLB.com's Corey Brock.
Durango, 25, picked up 53 MLB plate appearances as a backup center fielder last year, hitting .250/.308/.250. He has spent this season as the center fielder for Triple-A Tucson, where he has a .243/.328/.294 line with ten stolen bases.
Ludwick could be available to the Reds
It appears the Padres are willing to trade outfielder Ryan Ludwick and would do it straight up for outfielder Chris Heisey or take some minor-league prospects for him.
Padres Sign Randy Flores
The 35-year-old left-hander started last season in Colorado and the Twins picked him up off of waivers in August. In 31 total innings last year, Flores posted a 3.19 ERA with 5.8 K/9 and 4.4 BB/9. Not surprisingly, he has fared better against left-handed hitters in his career, posting 7.7 K/9 and 3.4 BB/9 against them. Flores induces more ground balls against right-handed batters, though.
A message from Padres President Tom Garfinkel
by Padres_Hobo on Dec 7, 2010 4:10 PM EST
on Gaslamp Ball
Below is a letter I received today from the Padres.
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Diamondbacks Sign Sean Burroughs
The D'Backs signed Sean Burroughs, according to minor league transactions cited by Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus (on Twitter). The third baseman is reunited with GM Kevin Towers, who signed Burroughs in 1998 to what was then the biggest amateur bonus in team history. Now 30, Burroughs hasn't played pro ball since 2007.
Black edges Baker by one point in NL
Padres manager Bud Black was named the National League Manager of the Year on Wednesday by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. He finished one point ahead of Cincinnati's Dusty Baker in the voting.
9/29/10- Padres Season Ticker Holder Event
by Padres_Hobo on Sep 30, 2010 12:30 PM EDT
on Gaslamp Ball
My father and I went to the season ticket holder event before the game last night that was held inside the Candy Factory at the park. They invited 50 people and easily had that amount. Basically a thank you for ordering, please order again next year, followed by some stupid questions. I didn't take notes or anything, so this is all from memory.
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Swing, Jedi Master, Swing.
Padres mention on the official Star Wars blog.
Spring Training Game Thread: 3/10 Padres @ Brewers AND Indians @ Padres
by Padres_Hobo on Mar 10, 2010 3:32 PM EST
on Gaslamp Ball
Two games at the same time today! So hard to choose. Hopefully we will see two Padres wins today. Have the Padres ever won a regular season double header?
From the teaser for MLB 2K10. Only showing of Petco and it looks like Helton going yard, but the color is off. Looks like a purple 17, but with a blue helmet.
Can see the video here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/mpd/permalink/m26KLJWY1LG2JO
2009 This Year In Baseball Awards
by Padres_Hobo on Oct 28, 2009 4:02 PM EDT
on Gaslamp Ball
MLB has opened up voting for the 2009 This Year in Baseball Awards. Usually we can expect to see very few or no Padres on these award lists, but this year there are a few.
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/awards/y2009/tyib/index.jsp?tcid=fb-tyib-sd
Padres Focus Group Summary
by Padres_Hobo on Sep 13, 2009 12:45 PM EDT
on Gaslamp Ball
Just a run down of what went on with the Padres focus group yesterday. I feel focused, and grouped.
First there was about 23 people there, three woman, the rest male. The age range was me at the low end (31) to seniors in their 70's (possibly older).
They began by giving us a small packet of five questions and a fictitious letter from the owner. The questions were short general statements followed by five paragraphs. We were to rank our top 2 response paragraphs from the four choices.
We then went into a conference room very nice except for the gigantic oil painting of Bud Selig. They had some food laid out for everyone, fruit cheese, crab rangoons, chicken satay, and soda/water.
They started by going around the room and asking each person what one word or phrase came to mind when thinking of the Padres and you couldn't say Baseball. People still answered baseball, or PetCo, or Mediocrity. I responded with "We ruin everything." They then asked how many games have you attended this year and how many will you attend next year. Everyone answered lower, no one said zero.
They then went on to the questions, taking a tally of how many had what paragraph for their first choice and what was their second choice. I think every time one paragraph stood out as the winner and one had very few or zero votes.We repeated this for all five questions.
From there different questions or discussions arouse. They asked everyone if they knew who the owner was, only about 1/3 of the people had any idea.
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Spring Training Game Thread 4/2
by Padres_Hobo on Apr 2, 2009 4:25 PM EDT
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Padres V Mariners
CY is pitching, KT is on talking about the team.
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| San Diego | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| Gerut, CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .302 |
| Eckstein, 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .392 |
| Giles, RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .227 |
| Gonzalez, A, 1B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 |
| Floyd, DH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .320 |
| Hairston, S, LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .212 |
| Gonzalez, E, 3B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .324 |
| Hundley, C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .308 |
| Rodriguez, L, SS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .327 |
| Seattle | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| Chavez, CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .448 |
| Cedeno, 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .300 |
| Griffey Jr., LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .268 |
| Lopez, J, DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .243 |
| Branyan, 1B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .314 |
| Johjima, C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .455 |
| Balentien, RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .323 |
| Betancourt, SS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .382 |
| Woodward, 2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .279 |
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