September 20, 2013 By Rebecca Herman and Wayne McBrayer Reflections … Over the many years I have been attending Padres games, I have seen players come and go. During that time, there were several people not playing on the diamond…
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Posted in At the Ballpark, Fan Focus
Posted in At the Ballpark, Fan Focus
Memory Lane – Hoffman’s Retirement Ceremony
August 21, 2013 by Rebecca Herman This morning I got the text from the San Diego Padres about this day in Padres history … August 11, 2011 … Trevor Hoffman‘s Retirement Ceremony. Wow – what memories came flooding back about that…
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Posted in At the Ballpark
Posted in At the Ballpark
My Visit to the Padres HOF and Museum
July 25, 2013 by Rebecca Herman My son and I have now visited 18 Major League ballparks and are on a quest to visit them all! It isn’t always possible but ideally, when we make the trek to a new ballpark…
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Padres Fan Focus – Four Ramona Friends
June 18, 2013 by Rebecca Herman Friday night at the ballpark – what could be better? Well, for starters, it was Retro night AND a salute to our 1998 team – 15th anniversary of going to the World Series. For those…
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Posted in Fan Focus
Getting to Know Padres Pitcher – Nick Vincent
June 17, 2013 by Wayne McBrayer & Rebecca Herman “I grew up playing T-Ball in a small town of Ramona at the age of 4. I was the younger kid.” That is what Nick Vincent told us on Sunday before the Tucson Padres…
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Posted in On the Farm, Padres Players, Tucson Padres
At Lake Elsinore with Cory Spangenberg
June 4, 2013 by Wayne McBrayer & Rebecca Herman ON THE FARM AT LAKE ELSINORE ~~With Cory Spangenberg, May, 2013~~ Cory Spangenberg attended Abington Heights High School (PA) and led his team to the state championship his senior year. His freshman year of…
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Posted in Lake Elsinore Storm, On the Farm
Volquez, Cabrera, and Gyorko Milestones
June 3, 2013 by Rebecca Herman SAN DIEGO PADRES Unfortunately, our Padres fell 7-4 to the Toronto Blue Jays in 11 innings on Sunday, June 2, 2013. It was a night game due to the Rock and Roll Marathon earlier in the day. The temperature…
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Posted in Just the Facts, Milestones, Padres Players
Posted in Just the Facts, Milestones, Padres Players
Erlin and Gyorko Milestones
June 2, 2013 by Rebecca Herman San Diego Padres Our Padres enjoyed a terrific win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday, June 1, 2013. It was a beautiful evening (67 degrees) – the stands were full (40,403) … and more…
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