To finish off the baseball season, Rebecca and I took a trip to Atlanta, GA to see the last Major League game played at Turner Field. For that trip, I decided to bring my copy of John D’Acquisto’s book, “Fastball…
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Fastball John: A Grand Slam Novel
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Posted in Padres Players
A Visit with former Padres Pitcher – Bill Greif
04/07/16 / Padres360.com / @Padres360 by Wayne McBrayer I really don’t know what ever inspired me to start collecting autographs, but I do remember the very first autograph I ever acquired, and where I got it from. The Padres were…
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Posted in Padres History, Padres Players, Padres Throwback Thursday
A Beautiful Opening Day in San Diego!
04/05/16 / Padres360.com / @Padres360 by Rebecca Herman By this time, I’m sure everyone knows the results of the Opening Day game so there isn’t much reason to rehash that … far too many people on social media and other…
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Posted in At the Ballpark
Excited for Opening Day in San Diego!
04/03/16 / Padres360.com / @Padres360 by Rebecca Herman It’s been a great weekend to lead up to the Padres Opening Day on Monday … bring on the baseball season! Music & Memories On Friday night, Wayne & I attended “Music…
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Posted in At the Ballpark
Talkin’ Padres Baseball with The Coach… John Kentera
From XTRA Sports 690 to The Mighty 1090, John has been a staple of sports talk radio in San Diego for more than 20 years. He has a passion for all sports and a memory that is second to none. …
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Posted in At the Ballpark, Fan Focus, Padres History, Padres Players, Padres Trade Rumors, Transactions
Hail To the Chief – Part #3
In our last part of our Gene Locklear interview, we reached out to some of his former teammates for questions they would be interested in having Gene answer. Some ended up just being comments while some had a little bit…
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Posted in Padres History, Padres Players
Former Padres Infielder Ted Kubiak
Drafted by the Kansas City A’s in 1961, Ted Kubiak spent six years in the A’s minor league system primarily playing shortstop; however, when the A’s called him up in 1967, they wanted him to be a utility player. While…
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Posted in Padres History, Padres Players, Padres Throwback Thursday
Talking to Former Padres Pitcher, Rich Troedson
My love for baseball started in 1974 when I started collecting baseball cards. I would buy cards at our local 7/11 and at Longs Drugs and spend time looking at them and reading players stats on the back of the…
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Posted in Padres History, Padres Players, Padres Throwback Thursday
Catching Up With Johnny Grubb
Drafted by the Padres with the 24th pick in the 1st round of the 1971 amateur draft (January Secondary), Johnny Grubb moved quickly though the minor league system. He was called up by the Padres September 10, 1972 and got…
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Posted in Padres History, Padres Players
Padres Memories From Brent Strom
Brent Strom was born in San Diego and grew up playing baseball locally. He was drafted by the Angels and Giants but never signed with either club. He was finally drafted in 1970 with the 3rd pick in the 1st…
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Posted in Padres History, Padres Players, Padres Throwback Thursday