San Diego Sports
The day after the Padres Opening Day 2008 I published the first post on thekeptfaith.blogspot.com. No, I wasn’t in my mom’s basement. I was 27 years old and was using my future wife’s better computer at her apartment in University Heights. Once posted, I sent the link to the new blog to about thirty people […]
This week TKF hosted the first ever Golden Age of Padres Podcasts Opening Day Afterparty at Bay City Brewing and it was a great night! On this episode the guys are joined by John Gennaro from MTPGA who tells some amazing Lil Silz stories, and drops some info on the state of local radio. Also […]
You know the names: Fernando Tatis Jr., Luis Urias, MacKenzie Gore, Michel Baez, Joey Lucchesi, Adrian Morejon, Cal Quantrill, Eric Lauer, Anderson Espinoza. They’re the top prospects in a much-ballyhooed Padres farm system, and, by now, their names roll off the tongue like members of your extended family. But away from the bright lights of […]
The last few weeks have brought some disturbing changes to how fans get the Padres radio broadcasts.
First things first: I spell funny. I was born and raised in San Diego, but you wouldn’t know it from how I spell. It’s just one of those things that has a valid explanation but still doesn’t make any sense, like the Padres being one of three teams to send nachos to an MLB food […]
Baseball has a troubling practice. Basically, minor league players are paid far less than what would amount to a decent wage. The average minor league baseball player makes between 1,100 and 2,150 a month or about $1,625 per month on avg. That’s not a lot of money, I know, I’ve lived on less. The avg yearly (for 2016) wage […]
We spend a lot of time talking about what San Diego isn’t as a sports city. People aren’t extreme enough in their fandom here for others to notice, so it’s often assumed it needs to be shaped. For those in the business of selling sports in this community, a common move seems to be looking […]
This week the guys welcomed back Abby Hamblin from the San Diego Union Tribune! They broke down their semi-broken brackets, and talked about the state of college basketball in the One and Done Era. Then Dallas called in and they talked about 97.3 The Machine’s content that has become a troubling topic for many people […]
Okay here’s the deal: This is now the fifth time I’ve sat down to write this. It’s proving to be very difficult. You see, the plan was for the TKF staff to write about different aspects of Padres coverage going in to the season. Since I’ve spent the last year covering the radio side of […]
Spring Training is a little more than halfway over and soon the brutally dark reality of the Padres’ 2018 regular season will descend upon us like a fever dream. The spring, with all its clichéd promises of hope and renewal, really has offered Padre fans a small glimpse of what could be a bright future. […]