We decided to attend the last home game for the Lake Elsinore Storm for the season and do one last follow up interview with a player. Tyler Zickel informed us that River Stevens has just come back to the team…
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Follow Up At The Diamond With River Stevens
Tagged with: baseball, Lake Elsinore Storm, MiLB, Minor League Baseball, Padres, Padres360, Rebecca Herman, River Stevens, San Diego Padres, Tyler Zickel, wayne mcbrayer
Posted in Lake Elsinore Storm, On the Farm
Posted in Lake Elsinore Storm, On the Farm
The Baseball Life of Matt Chavez
We had the opportunity to interview Matt Chavez, a young man who has had a well-traveled couple of seasons in baseball and who was recently signed by the Padres and assigned to Lake Elsinore. We hope you’ll enjoy hearing from Matt about his baseball…
Tagged with: baseball, Lake Elsinore, Lake Elsinore Storm, MiLB, Minor League Baseball, Padres, Padres360, Rebecca Herman, San Diego Padres, wayne mcbrayer
Posted in Lake Elsinore Storm, On the Farm
Posted in Lake Elsinore Storm, On the Farm
Follow Up At The Diamond With Zech Lemond
We made a visit to The Diamond on August 26 and decided to would be great to have a follow up visit with Zech Lemond to find out how his season has progressed. The Storm has been struggling this year and…
Tagged with: baseball, Everything Night, Glendon Rusch, Lake Elsinore, Lake Elsinore Storm, MiLB, Minor League Baseball, Padres, Padres360, Rebecca Herman, San Diego, San Diego Padres, wayne mcbrayer
Posted in Lake Elsinore Storm, On the Farm
Posted in Lake Elsinore Storm, On the Farm
A Miracle Met, a Hawaii Islander, A San Diego Padre: The Career of Rod Gaspar
Rod Gaspar is a man who was in the right place at the right time. Drafted in the 2nd round of the 1967 draft, he spend 2 years working his way through the minor leagues before making it onto the…
Tagged with: 1969 Mets, AAA Hawaii Islanders, AAA Tidewater, Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, baseball, John Matlack, Major League Baseball, Mets, MLB, New York Mets, Padres, Padres AAA Hawaii Islanders, Padres360, Rebecca Herman, Rod Gaspar, San Diego Padres, San Diego Stadium, wayne mcbrayer
Posted in Padres History, Padres Players, Padres Throwback Thursday
Posted in Padres History, Padres Players, Padres Throwback Thursday
From 2B to 3B With Former Padre Dave Hilton
Since we started writing the blog, I have started to once again look at the baseball cards I collected when I was little. So many Padres names and so many happy memories flood back into my mind when I look at…
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Posted in Padres History, Padres Players, Padres Throwback Thursday
Posted in Padres History, Padres Players, Padres Throwback Thursday
A River in Lake Elsinore
A day of interviewing players can become a waiting game with the hope that the player you request is willing to take time out of their busy day to talk to you. During our last visit, we had requested to…
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Posted in Lake Elsinore Storm, On the Farm
Posted in Lake Elsinore Storm, On the Farm
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…
Tagged with: AAA Albuquerque Dukes, Alan Foster, Angels, Brent Strom, Cleveland Indians, Dave Winfield, Expos, Gene Locklear, Giants, Houston Astros, Indians, Jack Murphy, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, Randy Jones, San Francisco Giants, Steve Arlin, USC
Posted in Padres History, Padres Players, Padres Throwback Thursday
Posted in Padres History, Padres Players, Padres Throwback Thursday
In Preller We Trust: But a Fond Farewell to Our Buddy
With the firing of Bud Black, we have mixed feelings but are not totally surprised. In our years as a Padres fans, we have seen everyone from John McNamara to now Bud Black come and go. Some left with little…
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Posted in At the Ballpark, Padres History, Padres Leadership
Posted in At the Ballpark, Padres History, Padres Leadership
Taco Tuesday at Petco Park Revisited
06/02/15 / Padres360.com / @Padres360 by Rebecca Herman & Wayne McBrayer at Petco Park It has been nearly two years since our first review of Taco Tuesday. The most honest reason for the delay is the lack of desire to taste them…
Catching Up with Bob Davis
Drafted in the 6th round of the 1970 draft out of Locust Grove High School, Bob Davis spent two years in the minors before getting called up in 1973 to open the season for the Padres due to an injury to Fred…
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Posted in Padres History, Padres Players, Padres Throwback Thursday
Posted in Padres History, Padres Players, Padres Throwback Thursday