Myron’s Musings: A change in philosophy?
friarforecast.com 6/15/2009 —   by Myron Logan The Padres have garnered perhaps as much attention as any team for what appears to be a dramatic shift in draft-philosophy this year. Over the past few years, San Diego has consistently shown a preference towards taking ...

Around the Mission: 6/19 Padres Links
gaslampball.com 6/19/2009 — More photos » by Lenny Ignelzi - AP Kouz looks like a psycho Browse more photos »   Padres stop record Interleague skid | padres.com: News With a losing ...

Around the Mission: 6/20 Padres Links
gaslampball.com 6/20/2009 — More photos » by Lenny Ignelzi - AP Browse more photos »   Paul DePodesta: Roster Moves in Bulk At some point any team's depth gets tested, and I'm afraid we're well beyond that point ...

Draft Day
friarforecast.com 6/9/2009 — by Daniel Gettinger Today is draft day. The Padres pick third. They won’t get Stephen Strasburg, and they probably won’t get Dustin Ackley (although I am still holding out hope that the Mariners shock everyone and take a pass). Other ...

MLBAM, Cox, and the San Diego Padres Announce In-Market Deal to Stream Games Online
bizofbaseball.com 6/29/2009 — Cox Communications, the San Diego Padres and MLB Advanced Media (MLBAM), the interactive media and Internet company of Major League Baseball, today announced an agreement that will allow customers who subscribe to Cox’s High Speed Internet service to purchase a package of San Diego Padres game ...

Around the Mission: 6/18 Padres Links
gaslampball.com 6/18/2009 — More photos » by Lenny Ignelzi - AP Browse more photos » Q&A: Paul DePodesta | Kemo City - Celebrity, Film & Culture Paul: It can be really difficult for me to warm up to a player who has a ...

Let’s Hope This Bird Isn’t Cooked
slanchreport.com 6/16/2009 — In the late 1970s KGB-FM radio in San Diego created a cartoon character as an advertising mascot, an acrobatic chicken. The radio station also hired a local college student to portray the mascot in person, that young man was Ted Giannoulas and he has subsequently went on to portray that ...

Some good news in my life: 6/15 Sacrificial Links
thesacrificebunt.com 6/16/2009 — It’s times like these we look at our Padres’ 1.5% chance of making the playoffs, and decide to sit in and enjoy our cesspool of self loathing. Or we can stick our head out of the ground, look at what bright rays of light appear on the horizon, and enjoy a beautiful summer in San ...

Brutal Is As Brutal Does
ducksnorts.com 6/15/2009 — The Padres are boring. That’s the word on the street… a street apparently filled with people who don’t like baseball. Just give me a game to watch and the rest will take care of itself. There is no pressure with this team, no expectation of success. Every win is a surprise, ...

Padres to call up top prospect Kyle Blanks
scoresreport.com 6/19/2009 — According to a report by Baseball America , the Padres have promoted top hitting prospect Kyle Blanks to the big leagues and should join the club soon. The 22-year old was hitting .283 in Triple-A Portland in the Pacific Coast league with 12 dingers, nine doubles and 38 RBIs. While he’s ...

Sliding San Diego Padres lose Chris Young (shoulder) to 15-day DL — ESPN.com - MLB 6/18/2009
Right-hander Chris Young is heading to the 15-day disabled list, meaning the struggling Padres' top two pitchers will be out of action.

Mariners 2B Lopez placed on bereavement list — SI.com - MLB 6/18/2009
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- The Seattle Mariners have placed second baseman Jose Lopez on the bereavement list and called up infielder Chris Woodward from the minors.

Padres snap 10-game home losing streak to Mariners with 4-3 win in 10 innings — The Seattle Times: Sports 6/18/2009
Kevin Kouzmanoff delivered a two-out single in the 10th off Miguel Batista to score Adrian Gonzalez from second.

Gonzalez, Padres end interleague skid (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 6/18/2009
Adrian Gonzalez matched his career high with four hits, including a homer, and scored the winning run with two outs in the 10th inning as the San Diego Padres beat the Seattle Mariners 4-3 Thursday to end their major league-record interleague ...

Kouzma-walk-off: Padres win in 10 — Major League Baseball News 6/18/2009
Kevin Kouzmanoff's 10th-inning RBI single snapped the Padres' 13-game Interleague losing streak for a 4-3 win over the Mariners on Thursday. Adrian Gonzalez, who scored the winning run, was 4-for-4 and also hit the game-tying home run.