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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Excited for Opening Day in San Diego!
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Back in the Pen With Doug Bochtler
By Wayne McBrayer & Rebecca Herman / Padres360.com / @Padres360 March 12, 2016 In part 1 of our interview with Doug Bochtler, he talked about his career, working with Trevor Hoffman and watching Bruce Bochy develop as a manager. In…
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Posted in Padres Leadership, Padres Players
Posted in Padres Leadership, Padres Players
Out of the Pen With Doug Bochtler
On November 14, 2015, the San Diego Padres announced the hiring of a new bullpen coach to replace Willie Blair. It was also the first coach that Andy Green had a hand in hiring from outside the organization. When the…
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Posted in Padres History, Padres Players, Padres Throwback Thursday
Meet the Right Field Mission
September 20, 2013 By Rebecca Herman and Wayne McBrayer Reflections … Over the many years I have been attending Padres games, I have seen players come and go. During that time, there were several people not playing on the diamond…
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Posted in At the Ballpark, Fan Focus
Tucson Padres – The End of an Era
Sept 4, 2013 by Wayne McBrayer & Rebecca Herman The Last Stand … Tucson Padres 8/27-8-29 We really enjoyed our trip to visit the Tucson Padres in June and since we knew the team would be moving to El Paso, TX in 2014, we…
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Memory Lane – Hoffman’s Retirement Ceremony
August 21, 2013 by Rebecca Herman This morning I got the text from the San Diego Padres about this day in Padres history … August 11, 2011 … Trevor Hoffman‘s Retirement Ceremony. Wow – what memories came flooding back about that…
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Posted in At the Ballpark
Posted in At the Ballpark
SABR – Memorable Padres Moments in Review
August 13, 2013 by Wayne McBrayer & Rebecca Herman We received our SABR Member Newsletter and were very excited to hear what the August 9, 2013 meeting would feature: Radio Re-Creations with Bob Chandler! We knew we would be there. The names listed…
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Padres Host Yankees – Day 1 Recap
August 3, 2013 by Rebecca Herman We knew it was a sell-out and would be a crazy night in the Gaslamp – and that was certainly true. As usual, we entered early as season ticket holders. Thirty minutes later, the gates…
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My Visit to the Padres HOF and Museum
July 25, 2013 by Rebecca Herman My son and I have now visited 18 Major League ballparks and are on a quest to visit them all! It isn’t always possible but ideally, when we make the trek to a new ballpark…
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