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Kyle Blanks Interview

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by Craig on August 5, 2009

After a 6-2 loss to the Atlanta Braves, Padres rookie OF/1B Kyle Blanks joined 619 Sports’ Craig Elsten to talk about his first year in the bigs, adjusting at the plate and in the outfield, and more:

 

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Rickey And Me

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by Craig on July 27, 2009

As a lifelong baseball fan, one of the highlights of my sports broadcasting career was the opportunity to cover the 2001 Padres on a daily basis, as part of the pregame and postgame team on KOGO.  It was Tony Gwynn’s last year, and Tony was hobbled all season long by bad knees, reduced to a pinch hitter.  Ryan Klesko and Phil Nevin had All-Star seasons and were both slugging in their prime.  Bubba Trammell had his one good power hitting year in the outfield.  But 2001, to me, belonged to Rickey Henderson.

He was 42 and presumed washed up for the umpteenth time when Rickey called Kevin Towers in March of that year, the “Rickey calling on behalf of Rickey” call. Continue Reading →

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Padres’ Midterm Report Card

July 16, 2009

ShareIt’s not like we were expecting the Padres to be the top students in major league baseball, but even on the curve they are not grading out very well!  As the second half is about to get underway, your intrepid 619 Sports guys are here to hand out their grades for the San Diego Padres [...]

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The Bleakest of Seasons

April 10, 2009

ShareRecently Chris Ello wrote that he could not remember a year in which less was expected of the hometown nine, our San Diego Padres. Between the payroll slash, the departure of Trevor Hoffman, trade of Khalil Greene, and the assemblage of rag arms cobbled together from the waiver wire, there’s a lot to get unexcited [...]

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The Bleakest of Seasons?

April 6, 2009

ShareRecently Chris Ello wrote that he could not remember a year in which less was expected of the hometown nine, our San Diego Padres.  Between the payroll slash, the departure of Trevor Hoffman, trade of Khalil Greene, and the assemblage of rag arms cobbled together from the waiver wire, there’s a lot to get unexcited [...]

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