Gaslamp Ball (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
More photos » by Lenny Ignelzi - AP 2 months ago: Baseball fans have breakfast on the warning track at Petco Park in San Diego prior to the game between the Milwaukee Brewers and the San Diego Padres, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi) Browse more photos » SD Reader: More Ballpark Lies San Diego's AAA affiliate Portland Beavers are trying to build a new stadium....
Gaslamp Ball (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
Has anybody seen this new show Flash Forward ? It's the show where everybody in the world faints for a two minutes and they see a vision six months in the future. I've heard of it but never seen it. Here's a clip that sums up the whole show and uses Petco Park as a stand in for a Detroit Ballpark. Notice that the Western Metal Supply has been erased from existence! You see that? The one...
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 01/10/2009
The Padres again keep the Dodgers from clinching the NL West, blanking them 5-0. | Box score | Photo gallery | MLB video
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | yesterday
... and is a true run-producing No. 3 or No. 4 hitter.Gonzalez, 27, has been playing in the expanse of Petco Park for years but has managed to hit for power (40 homers last season) and drive in runs (99) in a lineup that hasn’t always protected him.Gonzalez has always wanted to play in a place where it matters, and for the foreseeable future, San Diego doesn’t matter. The ownership is...
Gaslamp Ball (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
... to Anaheim and caught a handful of games started wearing an Angels hat and even boycotted games at Petco Park. It got me thinking what it would take for me to stop being a Padres fan. First of all, I think if I ever did give up my fandom that I'd probably just give up on baseball all together, I wouldn't find another team. Here's just a few changes I thought of and how they'd affect...
Gaslamp Ball (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
... Good pitching plus good defense plus speed plus occasional pop makes the Padres a complete team in Petco Park. Hey Padres! Do NOT deal Adrian! At some point, Padres ownership — whether brand new or not — must realize that the message it continues to send to its fans is that it is cheap and unwilling to do what’s necessary to foot the bill for a contending product....
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
As expected, the San Diego Padres today named Jed Hoyer as the team's new executive vice president/general manager. Hoyer, 35, who has been an assistant GM for the Boston Red Sox, was introduced at a news conference at Petco Park.
Gaslamp Ball (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
Here's a word of warning to you if you're slinging guns or laying pipe in and around Petco Park: Clear outta town because there's a storm coming. (Listen to this while you read the rest of this post and think of good comments). I'll be honest with you. I never quite understood what Grady Fuson was doing here. As I said many years ago: Grady Fuson wants to create a "draft pipeline"...
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 25/10/2009
Jed Hoyer, an assistant general manager with the Boston Red Sox, has been hired as the new general manager of the San Diego Padres and will be introduced Monday at Petco Park, according to Union-Tribune sources.
Stray Carrier Pigeon (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
... Demaio asking tough questions of whether library funds could be instead be used to pay down the Petco Park debt , and Tony Young wanting to ensure that local construction companies get the work. In the end, the council voted 6-2 in favor of keeping the library project moving. During the public comment session, it was humbling to hear people speak. There was SDPL Foundation's Chair...
Gaslamp Ball (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
... 619 Sports caught up with the new GM afterwards to ask about his goals in tailoring the Padres to Petco Park, the challenges of moving from the Red Sox to a mid-market team, and his plans for the current front office: Friar John's Blog: Hoyer on board as Padres GM, eager to work Hoyer said the Padres were one of the teams he was assigned to know in and out as part of his Red Sox duties....
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
... always has been a fan of Gonzalez and has noted that he would be a great fit for Fenway Park because he hits the ball the other way with power.Wearing the other hat yesterday, Hoyer emphasized that he wants to build a team that’s best-suited for spacious Petco Park, which means building pitching and defense. Does Gonzalez fit what Hoyer would be trying to do?“What is there...
LisNews (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
... the city's $1.1?billion general fund, which pays for daily operations such as fire, police and parks. DeMaio said the city should redirect redevelopment funds set aside for the library to cover the annual costs of the city's debt service on Petco Park and the Convention Center. That would free money in the general fund to help solve the city's projected budget deficit of $179...
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
... declared Monday afternoon, “then it can't be done.” Though his introductory news conference at Petco Park was characterized by sweeping praise and broad generalities, Jed Hoyer is known as a stickler for specifics, a detail-driven dynamo respected for the depth of his quantitative analysis and renowned for his 4 a.m. printing projects at Kinko's. If he can't fix the Padres, this 35-year-old...
MSNBC.com: Baseball (Free subscription) | 24/10/2009
... roster in that their ballpark is so unique. Sure, it will be difficult to lure top hitters to Petco Park, but the Padres aren't going to be bidding for them very often anyway. San Diego will remain a terrific destination for starters and relievers looking to revive their careers, so the Padres should be focusing more on offense in the draft.Some will wonder why the Padres didn't go...
