Gaslamp Ball (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Oh PADRES fans... the guide on our tour said that Friar Fest is supposed to be the 2nd weekend in Feb. Twitter / Caitlin: Oh PADRES fans... the guid ...
Gaslamp Ball (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
More photos » by Gene J. Puskar - AP about 1 month ago: San Diego Padres' Henry Blanco hits a sacrifice-fly to center field off Pittsburgh Pirates Denny Bautista during the ninth inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009. The Padres won 2-1. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) Browse more photos » How do you like the new look of the site? It's a risque, no? In...
Gaslamp Ball (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
More photos » by Denis Poroy - AP Browse more photos » Sometimes I'll be talking to myself and I'll ask myself a question, like the one in the title. I was thinking of this because this casual acquaintance was telling me how after the 2008 season he was going to become an Angels fan. He was even going to go so far as to mail his Padres gear back to the Padres Front Office,...
SOX (Free subscription) | 24/10/2009
Another one of Boston Red Sox GM Theo Epstein’s brain trust is leaving for a general manager’s job. According to multiple baseball sources, Red Sox assistant GM Jed Hoyer will be named the GM of the San Diego Padres next week. He will replace former GM Kevin Towers who was let go on October 3rd. Towers [...]
Gaslamp Ball (Free subscription) | 17/10/2009
More photos » by Pat Sullivan - AP 1 day ago: San Diego Padres hitting coach Randy Ready talks to the media after being interviewed by the Houston Astros, who are searching for their next manager, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009, in Houston. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan) Browse more photos » Padres' Adrian Gonzalez Could Be Just What Red Sox Ordered This Offseason - Eric Ortiz...
Gaslamp Ball (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
via k41.pbase.com View full size photo uploaded October 16, 2009 Offseason state of the Padres Granted, San Diego has much to offer on an average weekday at 7 p.m. But there is no reason that the eighth largest city in the country should have games of fewer than 20,000 fans unless there is something severely wrong with the product. Friar John's Blog: Shirts Off Their Backs thank...
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 17/10/2009
... blue-clad visitors who tried to turn Petco Park into your house, don't expect any sympathy from Padres fans on the impending McCourt divorce. You came down and dissed our team, which at the end of the season (when we did pretty well against you if you recall) had a payroll roughly equal to the pre-suspension salary of you-know-who.If the Moores' divorce has been ugly, you can expect...
Gaslamp Ball (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
More photos » by Lenny Ignelzi - AP Browse more photos » PADRES: Club to resume search for a GM A Padres front office source speculated that hiring Woodfork ---- a Harvard graduate who was hired by Moorad in 2005 and previously worked as the director of baseball operations for the Boston Red Sox ---- wouldn't necessarily constitute raiding the Diamondbacks because it...
Gaslamp Ball (Free subscription) | 02/10/2009
Kevin Towers View full size photo uploaded October 2, 2009 If you haven't heard, XX1090's Darren Smith has word that the Padres are actively searching for Kevin Towers replacement. While he did not have any news on who the replacement will be, he has been told that it will not be Gaslamp Ball favorite Paul DePodesta. I've seen three faults in Kevin Towers in his time as GM: 1. He cares too much....
Gaslamp Ball (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
... vs A.J. Burnett Complete Coverage > Sat 10/31 4:57 PM PDT Sun 11/01 5:20 PM PST Poll As a Padres fan who do you want to win the World Series? Yankees Phillies 13 votes | Results
Gaslamp Ball (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009
... play. (AP Photo/ Will Powers) Browse more photos » Just in case you want to talk to other Padres fans about the NLDS, here's an Open Thread. Phillies lead the Series 2-1.
Walkoff Walk (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009
As the playoffs and award season gets underway, we want to take a gander at some players who had outstanding seasons in 2009 but whose teams ended up just shy of making the postseason and who will (most likely) not pick up any fancy trophies. Quite a consolation prize: a round of golf and a write-up on a low circulation sports blog. Previously, Pablo Sandoval , Javier Vazquez , Russell Branyan , Ben...
Uni Watch (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
I recently Ticker-linked to this 1972 photo of an odd Padres cap, with a particularly wide-spanning yellow panel. That item has now prompted some interesting responses — let’s take a look: • First, several readers have pointed out that the same cap can be seen in this card (and most of them pointed out the huge [...]
Gaslamp Ball (Free subscription) | 03/10/2009
I just received word that Darren Smith is saying the Padres will be announcing tomorrow that Kevin Towers will no longer be the General Manager of the San Diego Padres . This is the end of an era for Padres fans. More as it comes.
The Hardball Times (Free subscription) | 03/10/2009
... so he can take his time and wait for the right opportunity. In the meantime, it seems like the Padres could make a really really good decision or a really really bad decision with his replacement : Early speculation on a successor centered around Paul DePodesta, the former Dodgers GM who has been with the Padres since July 2006. He is in the first year of a three-year contract believed...
