2/13/17 / Padres360.com / @Padres360 By Andy Strasberg … originally shared via Facebook 2/13/17 [Reposted with permission] ********************************** Once I got to know Ray Kroc, I came to think of him as 70-year-old kid that I grew up with who…
8/3/16 / Padres360.com / @Padres360 By Andy Strasberg … originally shared via Facebook 8/1/16 Every person who works for a professional baseball team’s front office is familiar with this credo: “If you are working the game and watching more than two…
From XTRA Sports 690 to The Mighty 1090, John has been a staple of sports talk radio in San Diego for more than 20 years. He has a passion for all sports and a memory that is second to none. …
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…
In the first few years of Padres history, the team struggled to win games. Like all expansion clubs before them, the Padres were filled with players at the end of their careers, or with young players who hadn’t panned out with…
39 years ago, Randy Jones hurled his second one-hitter of the season in a 2-1 win over the Cincinnati Reds at San Diego Stadium. Catcher Bill Plummer doubles in the 8th inning for the Reds only hit.
In general, Tuesday afternoons are nothing to write home about. Tucked away in the middle of our weeks, they’re usually packed with routine tasks and must-do-now errands. It’s not often we recall something marvelous happening then. However, one particular Tuesday…
Living and growing up in San Diego, my grandpa would take me to San Diego Stadium to watch the Padres play. The team wasn’t good but the players were friendly and the games were always fun. 1974 was the first…