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Facebook Poll Suggests Retirement for Padres Announcer Dick Enberg
Published July 18, 2011
At 9:00 p.m. on July 13, Steve Adler, founder of Friarhood.com, a website for Padres fans, posted a poll on the site’s Facebook page: Should the Padres bring back Dick Enberg for the 2012 season? Enberg ...
Hometown Bias
Published May 11, 2011
"Root, root, root for the home team.” It’s a tuneful ditty to sing during the seventh inning stretch, but it won’t help Padres fans. They should really sing, “Pray, pray, pray for the umpires to act ...
Padres’ Single-Game Ticket Sales Date Changes
Published March 2, 2011
Folks have been lining up at Petco Park on the first Saturday in March to buy single-game tickets ever since the park opened in 2004. This Saturday, March 5, will be different because the Padres changed ...
Chargers: Look at Petco Park Failure
Published Dec. 22, 2010
Padres attendance is worse than it was at Qualcomm, even though the team had a great 2010 season and is slashing ticket and concession prices. ... More Comments (64)
Foul Ball
Published Oct. 14, 2009
It’s six o’clock in the evening on July 21, and the brilliant blue of the late-afternoon sky over San Diego is bleaching at the edges ... More Comments (2)
Clearing the Bases
Published Aug. 26, 2009
Back in 1998, then–Padres majority owner John Moores promised that if taxpayers would pour more than $300 million into a ballpark, he would produce teams ... More Comments (273)
Gator Marketing
Published July 8, 2009
On Sunday, July 5, at approximately 2:30 p.m., a sidewalk peddler was spotted on the southwest corner of Tenth Avenue and J Street hawking “ice ... More Comments (3)
What’s Wrong with Family Visitors?
Published July 8, 2009
Visitors to downtown hotels are a piddling few. Residents of downtown condos are a piddling few. But that won’t stop the establishment from diddling taxpayers ... More Comments (72)
Pedicab Perp Walks
Published July 7, 2009
Shortly after the Padres-Dodgers game on Friday, July 3, cars and fans filled the streets surrounding Petco Park. So, San Diego traffic controllers began to ... More Comments (2)
Swarm In, Swarm Out
Published July 2, 2009
On Thursday, July 2, at the top of the ninth inning in a game between the Padres and Houston Astros, bees were seen buzzing around ... More Post a comment
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