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…
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Follow Up At The Diamond With Zech Lemond
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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…
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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
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
The Center of the Storm – Auston Bousfield
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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Posted in Lake Elsinore Storm, On the Farm
Posted in Lake Elsinore Storm, On the Farm
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
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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Posted in Padres History, Padres Players, Padres Throwback Thursday
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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Posted in Padres History, Padres Players, Padres Throwback Thursday