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Catching Up with Bob Davis

Padres Catcher, Bob Davis, 1978 Topps

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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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

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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

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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

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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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Larry Hardy Padres Pitcher 1974-1975

  Larry Hardy was a pitcher for the San Diego Padres in 1974-1975.  During the 1974 season, he appeared in 76 games, which was an all-time record for a rookie.  He won 9 games and saved 2 that season.  We

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2015 Padres Promos

It’s that time of the year, baseball is getting near and the fans are excited. We are particularly fired up this year because of the amazing off-season acquisitions by the Padres. By all accounts, it looks to be a great

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John DeMott – Early Days to Padres PA

John DeMott is a familiar name to long-time San Diego Padres fans. He worked for years as the sports director at KCBQ but is best known as the Padres second PA announcer.  We had reached out to John a couple

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It’s a Wrap – We Conclude Interview with The Famous Chicken

Last week Ted shared one of his favorite stories about dancing with the King – Elvis Presley. This week, Ted wraps up our interview with some parting words for all of his fans and how much they mean to him

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The Famous Chicken with a more Famous King

In our last story, we talked about how long Ted plans to continue to don the feathers and display his eggcellence to the world.  He talked about being inspired by seeing The Rolling Stones in concert and how he loved

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