When you see the team’s executive chairman, president and CEO, general manager, assistant general manager, and a host of front office personnel congregating at the entrance of the players spring training clubhouse door it can only
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Browsing: Archive for February, 2014
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I was talking with my new broadcast partner Jesse Agler (Twitter @jesseagler) yesterday, and the conversation came up about his being a proud alumni of the University of Miami. Which lead me to wonder how many former Hurricanes
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More PFP, more bullpens, more position players reporting to camp today…in other words everything moving forward as smoothly as could be expected for the Padres in Peoria. Today was the official check in day for the
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Some Cactus League Trivia for you. Which two teams were the first to establish Arizona as their full time spring training headquarters (not just an exhibition game)? Answer to today’s question will be revealed with our next challenge. Answer
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Another perfect day in the desert, and another perfect day of camp for the Padres pitchers and catchers…well…almost perfect except for one pitch which we’ll discuss a little later. Everything went smoothly during PFP’s, and again
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This one is for our SABR friends. Of the players who will be in the Padres big league spring training camp this year, which one is the only player to be in the top 100 list of career
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First, my apologies for not having any fresh images for you today on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, or here. I was having terrible technical difficulties with my camera today. Ok…the truth is I left my phone at
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Of the pitchers currently in the Padres spring training camp which one had the lowest contact rate (in other words most swings and misses at pitches in the zone), in all of MLB for the second half of last season?
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Of the pitchers currently in the Padres spring training camp which one has the highest MLB (not minor league) career average for strikeouts per 9 innings? Answer to today’s question will be given along with our next
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Ok, so no spring training “goose bump” moments today, but in fairness those seem to show up once every quarter of a decade or so. That being said, still a productive day for the Pads pitching
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