Baseball has been the center of Auston Bousfield’s life since he was little boy. Growing up he played in “The Winter Garden Little League” and was coached by his father Carl.” He often “watched the Braves on TV. Orlando had…
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Yearly Archives: 2015
The Center of the Storm – Auston Bousfield
Tagged with: 2014 MLB Draft, Andrew Jones, Auston Bousfield, baseball, Bobby Cox, Braves, Chipper Jones, Eugene, Inland Empire 66ers, Lake Elsinore Storm, Michael Collins, MiLB, Minor League Baseball, Padres, Padres360, Rebecca Herman, San Diego Padres, The Winter Garden Little League, Tyler Zickel, wayne mcbrayer
Posted in Lake Elsinore Storm, On the Farm
Posted in Lake Elsinore Storm, On the Farm
Reaching out to Bob Shirley
Bob Shirley enjoyed his best seasons as a player with the San Diego Padres. Drafted by the Padres with the 8th pick in the first round, Bob was assigned to AA Amarillo where he went 9-5 with a 3.32 ERA…
Tagged with: AA Amarillo, AAA Hawaii Islanders, Al Olmsted, Bob Geren, Bob Shirley, Cincinnati Reds, Dave Freisleben, Gene Tenace, John Littlefield, John Urrea, Kansas City, Kim Seaman, Mike Phillips, Ok, Randy Jones, Rollie Fingers, San Diego Padres, St. Louis Cardinals, Steve Swisher, Terry Kennedy, Tulsa, Yankees
Posted in Padres History, Padres Players, Padres Throwback Thursday
Posted in Padres History, Padres Players, Padres Throwback Thursday
On the Farm with Jose Rondon
The first time we saw Jose Rondon was in Rancho Cucamonga in August. During that game, Jose tossed us each a baseball, which made us fans right away. We were impressed with his speed as well as his range he…
Kyle Lloyd – An Aces in the Storm Bullpen
On our first day back at The Diamond this year, Tyler Zickel gave out copies of the 2015 Lake Elsinore Storm Roster for us to look at so we could choose the players we wanted to interview. Right away, Rebecca said…
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Posted in Lake Elsinore Storm, On the Farm
Posted in Lake Elsinore Storm, On the Farm
Throwback Thursday with Billy Almon
Bill Almon was the #1 draft pick in baseball by the Padres in 1974 out of Brown University. He played with the Padres off and on until 1977 when the Padres called him up from Hawaii. He started at SS…
Tagged with: baseball, Billy Almon, Major League Baseball, MLB, Padres, Rebecca Herman, San Diego Padres, The Claflin Company, wayne mcbrayer
Posted in Padres History, Padres Players, Padres Throwback Thursday
Posted in Padres History, Padres Players, Padres Throwback Thursday
At The Diamond With Zech Lemond
“My earliest memories of baseball are playing coach pitch with my Angels and we had a really good team. 3 or 4 of the guys from that team are playing baseball and 2 of them are still playing college baseball, which…
Tagged with: AA San Antonio, baseball, Clayton Kershaw, Craig Biggio, Eugene, Eugene Emeralds, Felix Hernandez', Lake Elsinore, Lake Elsinore Storm, Madison Bumgarner, MiLB, Minor League Baseball, Padres360, Rebecca Herman, Rice University, San Diego, San Diego Padres, The Prospect Game, wayne mcbrayer, Zech Lemond
Posted in Lake Elsinore Storm, On the Farm
Posted in Lake Elsinore Storm, On the Farm
Tyler Zickel – A Steady Hand In The Storm
When setting up player interviews, there is a process that one goes through. It involves contacting the club and finding the right person to deal with. When this season began, there had been a change in the Storm front office. …
Tagged with: Adrian Gonzalez, Dave Oster, Facebook, Instagram, Jack Murphy, Jake Peavy, Lake Elsinore Storm, Lance Franey, Qualcomm Stadium, Randy Jones, Ryan Mersey, San Diego Padres, Sean McCall, The Chicken, Tony Gwynn, Twitter, Tyler Zickel, Whittier College, Yankees
Posted in Lake Elsinore Storm, On the Farm
Posted in Lake Elsinore Storm, On the Farm
What happened to Jay Franklin?
There are stories that people write based on personal experiences in life or observations of events that they live through. This story is one that fell into our lap and touched our hearts as baseball fans. It’s the story of…
Tagged with: Alexandria, Amarillo, Atlanta Braves, baseball, BaseballReference.com, Darrell Evans, Enzo Hernandez, Felix Millan, Hank Aaron, Hawaii, Jay Franklin, John D'Acquisto, Josh Barr, Major League Baseball, MLB, Nate Colbert, Northwest League, Pades360.com, Padres, Preston Gomez, Ralph Garr, San Diego, San Diego Padres, Tri-City Padres, Washington Post, wayne mcbrayer
Posted in Padres History, Padres Players, Padres Throwback Thursday
Posted in Padres History, Padres Players, Padres Throwback Thursday
Memories of Bossman – Mike Hardin
It is hard to believe that it has been a week since we all came to understand that Mike Hardin had truly passed away. We had gone to bed the night before with limited information and had hoped to awake…
Tagged with: baseball, Bossman, Hodad's, Major League Baseball, Mike Hardin, MLB, Ocean Beach, Padres, Padres360, Petco Park, Rebecca Herman, San Diego, San Diego Padres, Tim Flannery, wayne mcbrayer
Posted in At the Ballpark, Ballpark Fare
Posted in At the Ballpark, Ballpark Fare
Garry Jestadt Padres infielder 1971-1972
Acquired in a trade for Chris Cannizzaro, Garry Jestadt stepped right in and provided solid depth at 2B and 3B for the Padres. After leaving the Padres, he continued to play baseball in the minors and also played in Japan. …
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Posted in Padres History, Padres Players, Padres Throwback Thursday
Posted in Padres History, Padres Players, Padres Throwback Thursday