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The New Springfield Nine: Padres Edition
Jonah Keri, author of The Extra 2%, wrote a piece on Grantland.com titled The New Springfield Nine. In it, Keri recasts, as it were, the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant softball team from the classic...
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The Retired Numbers Ball
I’m going to be honest. I collect a ton of stuff, but autographs are not on the list. I see the autograph hounds in Spring Training every year and I kind of get a dirty feeling just looking at them, as...
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Puzzled about Preston’s Pickin’s with the Garv?
Normally I come up with some sort of theme for these posts. But today I felt like going all over the place so try and keep up. Steve Garvey is easily the first person you think of when someone mentions...
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Steve Garvey Is Not My Padre…And Who Cares?
Last week, Steve Garvey was listed as one of 12 candidates on the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s “Expansion Era” ballot. A 16-member committee comprised of existing Hall of Famers, executives, and a...
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The House Flight: Week of 11/11 to 11/17/2013
In case you weren’t paying attention… Hey @UTsandiego..now that we're "partners" and all, what can we do about this? pic.twitter.com/q8n9alJVdk — Darren Smith (@DSmithShow) November 14, 2013 Always...
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SABR Garage Sale Vol. 2
I originally intended to post this last week, but with the chaos of a Spring Training trip quickly approaching, I had a ton of stuff to get done before leaving. Last year the San Diego chapter of SABR...
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Choosing a Replica Retro Jersey
One of the better Padres promotions for this season will happen on 24 May, as part of the 1984 NL Championship team celebrations (and, appropriately, against the vanquished Cubs). Replica Retro Jersey...
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Thanks to johlac66, I got to see my second Padres game of 2014 on Saturday night. Mrs. Ducksnorts and I hung with him and Gaslamp Ball‘s jbox for the evening in a packed Petco Park. We caught the tail...
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This Is Not the Greatest Beer In the World. This Is Just a Tribute.
There has been a (nearly) total lack of any interesting Padres news coming out of the Winter Meetings this year. Unless you count Dick Enberg receiving the Ford C. Frick Award or A.J. Preller’s broken...
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Petco Park: I Feel A Change Comin’ On
In the ongoing buildup to the 2016 All-Star Game in July at Petco Park, the Padres have been adding and updating parts of the ballpark. Last week the Padres announced the Beachers would be removed and...
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