San Diego Sports
So Tatis Jr. hasn’t exactly started his season off the way most Padre fans would have hoped. Some have taken note of this. To his part, Fernando has remained silent on his critics until this past Sunday when he Clapped Back on Twitter. We will talk to him in September, in the meantime let’s check […]
Dinelson Lamet is getting Tommy John because of course he is. What are the Padres doing differently with their pitchers that everyone gets hurt? Is there some sort of chemical reaction in the elbow that causes it to fail when you add French fries to a burrito? Dinelson is going to have plenty of time […]
The Padres and the Rockies had a regular donnybrook this week and the man leading the way was Luis Perdomo. Let’s take a peek at his ‘Gram and see what the slugger has for us? https://www.instagram.com/p/BhW1ytVHRPp/?taken-by=luisperdomo0061 The Chinos say “I’m here to do the updates to your work computer,” the Gucci belt says I’m listening […]
Padres Twitter is the highest form of social interaction ever created. It’s apparent, however, that save a few golden moments, the Padres players don’t interact on Twitter that much. It’s probably because they’re studying tape and working out so much they simply don’t have the time to smash that blue bird on their phone. It […]
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 […]
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. […]
Most Padre watchers likely imagined that the 2018 bullpen would have a very different look from the 2017 bullpen. Both breakout star Brad Hand, as well as pleasant surprise Craig Stammen, looked to be on their way out of San Diego and into more interesting jerseys, either through trade or free agency. Kirby Yates put […]
I don’t think there should be any doubt that Trevor Hoffman should be in the Hall of Fame. Now that he’s made it, I’m ecstatic. I will not rehash his stellar numbers, or the “firsts” that he accomplished, or recount the stories of how he was a great teammate. There are several places you can go […]
The end of the season is here. So, it’s time to think about which former Padre is going to lift the Commissioner’s Trophy over their head, and hopefully drop it on themselves. Let’s start with the National League. The Colorado Rockies, the sure-fire winner of this year’s World Series: It’s been ten years since the […]
By Nicholas Burmeister (AKA Padres Haiku) I wrote something like this last season when Fowler vented his frustration with Kemp. What I said then is still true now. He is giving voice to the deepest rooting passion in Padres fans. This is fan service at a caveman level. Not everyone understands the need to “tank.” […]