San Diego Sports
This week the guys sit down with Harold James Preller of the Gwynntelligence Podcast. They discuss what it’s like to have fun baseball back in San Diego, early reviews of Jayce Tingler, and how Padres Twitter will react if the season remains positive. Download the episode here: iTunes – Please rate and review! PodOmatic Google […]
Justice Parman is one of those rare fans with the ability to channel a passion for baseball into works of art. Perhaps your phone has one of his wallpaper designs or maybe you’ve bought a hoodie or t-shirt from his online store. His baseball hype and tribute videos have drawn thousands of viewers and are […]
Series note: This is the fifth article in a series of check-ins with fans in the Padres community during the coronavirus suspension of the 2020 MLB season. Previous profiles include @BobbyCressey, @FriarGal, @PadresNoHitter, and @lukester1976. This week we become more acquainted with Quincy, Brian, and Brandon. Since we previously touched base, 2020 has taken yet […]
Series note: This is the fourth article in a series of check-ins with fans in the Padres community during the coronavirus suspension of the 2020 MLB season. Previous profiles have included @BobbyCressey, @FriarGal, and @PadresNoHitter. This week we become more acquainted with @lukester1976. Welcome to Luke’s backyard While most of us spent Opening Day lamenting the absence of […]
Series note: This is the third article in a series of check-ins with fans in the Padres community during the coronavirus suspension of the 2020 MLB season. Previous profiles have included @BobbyCressey and @FriarGal. This week we become more acquainted with Jeff of @PadresNoHitter. The guy behind the handle The fact that Jeff keeps watch over […]
Series note: This is the second article in a series of check-ins with fans in the Padres community during the coronavirus suspension of the 2020 MLB season. Last week, I profiled Petco Park organist Bobby Cressey. This week, it’s my pleasure to share FriarGal‘s story. FriarGal On the #PadresTwitter timeline, FriarGal is one of those […]
Just a few days after the 2019 season ended for the Padres – and perhaps still in the “shock & denial” stage of coming to grips with yet another disappointing campaign by the team – Jon Hoover (known as @ChilMyers on #PadresTwitter) made a bold decision. Narrator: “Jake was wrong.” “I arrived in the clubhouse […]
FanFest 2020 is approaching, players take the field for real on March 26, and #PadresTwitter meetups are likely to grow in popularity and notoriety. We are now “a thing.” Actually, we’ve been a thing (meetup-wise) for about a dozen years. Ballpark meetups resembling the current ones started in 2008, according to Ken Gartin‘s recollection. It […]
Keep the Faith. Just keep the faith. Hey! You! Bored? Keep the faith! Well, what do you think we’ve been fucking doing all this time? For as long as I can remember being a Padres fan meant you were asked to believe, blindly, that better days were ahead. That regardless of trades or money spent […]
There’s something about a great t-shirt, right? We put it on and think: “Yes. This is who I am.” T-shirts have been around since the beginning of the 20th century, first issued to U.S. soldiers and later popularized by movie stars such as Marlon Brando in the 1951 movie “A Streetcar Named Desire.” For every […]