San Diego Sports
After a slam dunk, no doubter last week with Khalil Greene, PadresGeekster saw her candidate easily slide into the Padres Canon! BUT THIS WEEK THING’S MIGHT CHANGE! A legend of the game. A legend of sports. But, a member of the Padres Canon? I don’t know! Craig Elsten makes an extremely strong case, but is […]
Today is the day before the day that the Padres take the field in what is possibly the most anticipated season in over a decade. They’ll be taking that field at the place they’ve called home since 2004, PETCO Park. Of course prior to that the Padres played their Baseball in a cavernous cement tomb […]
This week the guys get pumped up for Opening Day with Marie Coronel from 10News. They talk about what the team will mean to the city as we come out of the pandemic, the impact Manny and Tatis are having with her sons, and whether or not the Dodgers and Padres have a real rivalry. […]
Fans are finally returning to Petco Park for the 2021 Padres season. As announced by the team, the ballpark will host approximately 8,000 fans (in compliance with California’s COVID-19 guidelines for sports venues) for Opening Day on April 1. The cardboard cutouts from 2020 have been returned to their purchasers, and employees have prepped the […]
Well, I’ll be honest! I’m extremely surprised. I did not think Mike Cameron would make it in, but with more than 10% of the vote he made it in easily! Oh no, and I just got word he’s been suspended from the Canon for PEDs. This week PadresGeekster brings us a mid-2000’s Padres Legend – […]
We are back! After a brief hiatus that saw Shooter himself miss the Canon cut, we have an absolute all-time episode! Danny Ortiz from the 5.5. Podcast joins us to praise the work of one Mike Cameron! Should Cameron be included in the Padres Canon? Should we lay waste like Rod Beck? IT’S UP TO […]
Quite frankly, I shouldn’t be the only one to relive this when I look through my archived emails.
On a summer’s evening in 1992, photographer Charles “Charley” Starr, on assignment for the San Diego Union-Tribune, drove to an empty lot in the hills above Jack Murphy Stadium, hoping to get a twilight shot of MLB’s annual All-Star game being played there. The picture he took on July 14, 1992, is now considered one […]
After last week’s landslide of a nomination from Ben Higgins, we proudly welcome Trevor “Not Glenn” Hoffman into the officially unofficial Padres Canon! We all knew it would happen and I’m glad we can put it behind us! Well, well, what the hell, what the heck who’s next? ROD BECK! We welcome the one and […]
This week the guys chat with Carlo Cecchetto from CBS 8 News about the upcoming NL West showdown between the Dodgers and Padres. Then they talk to Millard Thomas from the Locked On Diamondbacks podcast to find out what’s going on with that fanbase. oin the Patreon here! Download the episode here: iTunes – Please […]