First Padre Blogger Summit

Saturday, May 24, 2008
by Geoff Young
Well, "summit" might be a slight exaggeration, although we were sitting pretty high up in the right-field bleachers. Regardless, on Thursday, a few of us got together for drinks and a ballgame. Attendees included Jason from Padres Revolution (aka sdpadrefan.com), Rich from San Diego Spotlight, Melvin Nieves from Sacrifice Bunt, and yours truly. We started off at The Field for boxty and beer (Boddington's on tap, mmm...), then wandered over to the park just in time to hear the reaction to Ken Griffey Jr.'s 598th career home run. We sat in Section 233, which is actually part of Riverside County, and had a ...
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IGD: Padres @ Mariners (16 May 08)

Friday, May 16, 2008
by Geoff Young
Padres (15-27) @ Mariners (16-26) Chris Young vs Miguel Batista 7:10 p.m. PT Channel 4SD AM 1090, FM 105.7, XM 181 MLB, B-R Ah, interleague play. The intensity, the intrigue, the irrelevance... I walked over to Book-Off the other day and found a whole slew of baseball publications. Most are in Japanese, so I couldn't read them, but I could look at pictures. One of the publications was a commemorative yearbook (or some such) for the 2000 Pacific League champion Daiei Hawks. ...
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Guys You Wish You’d Forgotten Were Padres

Wednesday, October 24, 2007
by Geoff Young
We're still safe here; hope you are, too. If you're looking for info on the fires, ways to help, etc., check this thread. Otherwise, by request, here is a stupid follow-up to last week's stupid post: PlayerYear(s) Shawn Abner1987-91 George Arias1997-99 Mark Bellhorn2006 Sean Bergman1996-97 Dewon Brazelton2006 Chris Brown1987-88 Sean Burroughs2002-05 Vinny Castilla2006 Jeff Cirillo2004 Deivi Cruz2002 Ben Davis1998-2001...
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