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Monday, Nov 2

Download: Around the Mission: 11/2 Padres Links

Yankees Seem Determined Not to Use Fourth Starting Pitcher - NYTimes.com If so, they will be the first team to do that since the 1998 San Diego Padres. Perpetual Padres Saga: Do's and Don'ts Hyun Young gives the Padres Do's and Dont's of the off season.

Friday, Oct 30

Download: Around the Mission: 10/30 Padres Links

MLB Network: TV Schedule 7pm PST "Triumph and Tragedy" 1984 Padres Masur's Musings: It's All Even... Andy Masur breaks down the World Series so far. Poll Should the Padres shop Adrian? Yes, shop til you drop No, drop the shop 102 votes | Results

Friday, Oct 16

Download: Around the Mission: 10/16 Padres Links

Friar John's Blog: A Halloween treat: The Swinging Friar will join you for trick or treating Bid on the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to trick or treat with the Padres mascot and a Pad Squad member -- all for a good cause. Padres Beach Towel (SGA ??/??/05) " .400 in '94

Saturday, Oct 10

Download: Conan O'Brien and Jeff Garlin use the Padres as a punch line.

Conan O'Brien and Jeff Garlin use the Padres as a punch line.

Tuesday, Oct 6

Download: Around the Mission: 10/6 Padres Links

A day after Kevin Kouzmanoff set a single-season record for National League third basemen with a .990 fielding percentage, the National Baseball Hall of Fame asked Kouzmanoff if he would donate a glove that he used at some point during the season. "I have to pick the glove. They aren't gettin...

Friday, Oct 2

Download: Padres searching for Kevin Towers replacement, DePodesta not on list

Kevin Towers I've seen three faults in Kevin Towers in his time as GM: Yesterday's Kevin Towers' interview on XX1090 UPDATE] Moorad will announce that Kevin Towers will no longer be the GM of the Padres at 2pm PST tomorrow in a Padres Press Conference.

Wednesday, Sep 30

Offseason Outlook: San Diego Padres

Offseason Outlook: San Diego Padres Tim Dierkes of MLBTradeRumors.com outlines the Padres' offseason needs and commitments. Includes all returning players' salaries, which is nice to see how much everyone's making.

Wednesday, Jul 22

Download: Game Thread: 9/16, Padres vs. DBacks

Arizona DiamondbacksSan Diego PadresChris Young - CFEverth Cabrera - SSStephen Drew - SSTony Gwynn - CFJustin Upton - RFOscar Salazar - 1BMiguel Montero - CChase Headley - 3BMark Reynolds - 3BEdgar Gonzalez - 2BGerardo Parra - LFHenry Blanco - CBrandon Allen - 1BDrew Macias - RFAugie O...

Sunday, Mar 1

Krasovic: You also appeared as an extra on "Gilligan's Island." What was your role? Lefebvre: I...

L: A cannibal, yes. K: Did you go hungry? L: Yeah, sort of (laughs). K: Were you more impressed by Ginger or Mary Ann? L: Both of them (laughs). They were both impressive (laughs). Put the ball in play' : New hitting coach Jim Lefebvre has some ideas to make the Padres more productive at the plate

Saturday, Feb 14

Rarely am I referred to as an optimist, so go with the consensus and call me mad. The Padres meet...

Rarely am I referred to as an optimist, so go with the consensus and call me mad. The Padres meet for the first time this weekend at their Peoria, Ariz., spring training digs, and I believe they're going to be better than the cheap Bull Durhams everybody's cracking them up to be.

This article also contains excerpts from Padres.com

Thursday, Jan 22

If Padres fans dislike the Padres, that's a problem, right?

There is a NC Times article about the Padres and their "creative" efforts to sell more tickets. I'm looking through the article and, as far as I can tell, the Padres are going to do the following to attract more fans to the games: What it is: Why didn't the Padres do this?

Saturday, Jan 3

Moorad wants to win a World Series, that's something I can get behind

Moorad said his Padres ownership group would be “similarly committed to winning,” and cited a World Series championship as a goal “the Padres organization and its fans so richly deserve.” Poll Is the sale of the Padres to Moorad a good thing for the San Diego Padres? Yay! Moorad to the rescu...

Thursday, Jan 1

Download: "I wish I had taken (baseball) a little more seriously earlier," Venable said. "You learn so much...

I wish I had taken (baseball) a little more seriously earlier," Venable said. "You learn so much with each at bat." Venable aims for Padres' center field job - Marin Independent Journal

Wednesday, Dec 10

Alderson: Peavy trade still possible even if agreement isn't made this week

There has historically been a correlation between how much you spend and how much you win.It's possible that other clubs may want to go after Peavy, but the Cubs are still the focus right now. Things happen quickly this time of year (could have fooled me).Alderson wouldn't agree Towers, tha...

Tuesday, Dec 9

Talked directly with the Cubs, who said today they are "going in a different direction" from the...

Talked directly with the Cubs, who said today they are "going in a different direction" from the Peavy talks but the talks aren't dead. Winter Meetings Day 2: Phils pitching prospects discussed in Peavy deal" by Padres Blog

Monday, Dec 8

"We have made progress, but if it is not worked out with the Cubs, I don't want to go into...

Padres GM Kevin Towers said that if he does not complete a trade of Jake Peavy to the Cubs at these meetings, he will probably announce that he is keeping his ace to start the season.

Friday, Dec 5

Great Hi-Res Padres Photos via Friar John's Blog

Great Hi-Res Padres Photos via Friar John's Blog Here's a google search that brings up the great Hi-Res photos in Friar John's blog. Hat tip to jbox for getting me started with that Kooz shot earlier.

San Diego Reader | "San Diego PADRES" by auntsandiegospeaks

We've all had the same complaints.

Saturday, Nov 15

It Just Feels Right

The last couple of weeks have exhausted me. I know, I know. It's stupid to get sucked into all this rumor and innuendo, but I can't change that now. It's too hard to figure out whose side I'm on now. I no longer know. I can't eat. I can't sleep. The Padres are ruining my life and I had to figure out a...

Wednesday, Oct 1

Open Thread, October Baseball

Dodgers and Cubs. Angels and Red Socks. Everybody in Southern California plays baseball today, but the Padres. How do I root? How do I root? I guess I want the Angels over the Socks and the Cubs over the Dodgers. Sure. I'll go with that.

This article also contains excerpts from Padres.com

Monday, Aug 4

Well, we knew the Giants were going to be bad, and the Padres are the Padres.

Well, we knew the Giants were going to be bad, and the Padres are the Padres. NL West: Worst. Division. Ever?

Wednesday, Jul 16

Download: All-Star First Baseman Adrian Gonzalez on Scott & BR (XEPRS-AM) (MP3)

All-Star First Baseman Adrian Gonzalez on Scott & BR (XEPRS-AM) (MP3) It was just like another Padres' game." [2.38 MB, 10:25]

Friday, Jul 11

My Padres Celebrity Pour Report

So I decided to head down by myself. I was a little confused because the note had been posted on here about Kouz, Giles and Peavy being not actually at this event, but at the Fleetwood. I had been there before when it was the Luna Lounge so I was going to go there since Kouz is my favorite Padre. I had...

Celebrity Pours at Basic and Fleetwood 7-9-08

We'd heard, on every single Padres broadcast for several weeks, that there would be several Padres' players bartending at EVT and Basic on July 9. This was for the Padres Foundation.So, we planned to go there. The place was pretty packed, but we got in okay. They raffled off an AGon signed bat, P...

Tuesday, Jul 1

Red Ruff Ass--aulted

The Padres have a couple mascots. They of course have the one Big Gay Friar, who tries way too hard to make friends (possibly for big gay reasons), but they also have Red Ruff and Blue Mews, the anthropomorphic Petco mascots pictured below: