My summary of the annual talk with Padres assistant GM Josh Stein and local San Diego SABR chapter. I think we’ll see less bunting this year. And we may or may not sign someone besides Gavin Sheets for 1B.

Tati’s openly gay person stylist Ronny Quezada has the best content of Tati’s gala last night so check out his IG stories to party along. 🕺🏾

Love this but please don't pair our sweet Joey with Kershaw. 🙏

Adrian told me that today that Melany says hi. (not really) 😔

Fixed it.

Beautiful memorial service for Randy Jones today emceed by @jesseagler.bsky.social. And of course Uncle Teddy with a “no notes” great speech. Joe was the only current Padre there. Surprise appearances by Andrew Cashner, Tyson Ross. The team will wear a #35 patch this season

Being a baseball fan is fun because you experience torment and misery at minimum 60-70 nights a year and every player is a moron chud

Former Padres radio pbp man Ted Leitner speaks out about Trump. He was one of the only liberal voices when San Diego was ultra conservative in the late 70s and 80s - good to see him using his platform again. Hurray for Uncle Teddy!

USA is super embarrassing rn so this makes sense

There are only about 30 women from the AAGPBL (out of about 600) still with us.

I thought this was such a beautiful statement. I hope the kids get the better world that his mom was out there for.

Another day under Trump that absolutely sucked.

OG influencers 🫡

“I miss the optimism I had back at the beginning of 2026.”

I’ll be paying attention to our mess of a country in this new year - but peace ✌️ love ❤️ and baseball ⚾️ will continue to be my journey. May 2026 hold many days of happiness for you 🙏

Some are falling for this on FB. 😅

Collected Santa letters this year. My guy Ollie knows how to Christmas 🙏

A new mural just went up in National City. The sponsor, Angel Marcano, is the barber who counts most of our players as customers. The artist, Mode Orozco, also painted an Alejandro Kirk mural in Tijuana during the WS.

Me waiting out the off season.

I know it’s crazy but what if ownership didn’t cheap out and just kept Pivetta also, is that allowed?

Heck yeah, Padres! 💪

All the focus on Bill Center for his dogshit HOF vote has given Kevin Acee the confidence to post a bunch of unchallenged, pro-ownership nonsense. We're better than this, Padres fans.

Rob Reiner was a huge baseball fan - told a reporter he was 4 years old when his father took him to his first game, and he was immediately hooked. And he shared this with son Jake too. They were ballpark chasers, and saw all the stadiums together.

Apparently at Pete Alonso’s presser, he revealed that his new son is named Ted. Some might think that’s too cute but not me.

Women MLB writers at the Winter Meetings as posted on X by @susanslusser.bsky.social. She said there were too many to tag. 💪

3 years ago tonight, the final night of MLB’s Winter Meetings here in San Diego • Pics with Jeff Passan & (then) Marlins GM Kim Ng • First guy to interview Jon Heyman after breaking the news of Bogaerts to the Padres • Interviews with Bob Nightengale & Jordan Shusterman of Cespedes Family BBQ

Bryce Harper looks like the lone surviving sailor of a whaling boat lost at sea so I am going to go ahead and skip his health advice

Fellow San Diegans, I'm having a holiday themed pop-up this Saturday from noon until sell out at Brewjeria Taproom in Chula Vista and you're all invited! Details below:

My favorite piece! Covering the game in Montreal the day Tony Gwynn got his 3,000th career hit. The Expos press box provided lineup cards as is typical most places back then. I held onto my sloppy scorecard and had Tony sign it (upper right corner, red ink in photo) on the team charter afterwards

Mud forever!

The article says 90 fans on MLB’s fan council. The Padre fan reps (that I know of) are Mark Bartlett (IG: padresblogger) and Tom Purnell (X: WelshFriar) I think it’s safe to say that it wouldn’t matter who was on the council - Padres fans aren’t going to be influenced by the influencers. 😜

Jackson Merrill in Lakeside?

Here’s my annual guide to the Padres murals around San Diego. It makes for a fun offseason outing. And you can say goodbye to Dylan! 😜

I feel like our cat tally is a bit low for lesbians 😂 but otherwise we’re just two blessed women who found the right person. 🥰

Hey @pimp-lord619.bsky.social , someone told me you were looking for this mural, and I saw this on FB.

Sad to hear of the passing of Randy Jones. He was a great Padre and very old school with fans - just happy to hang out and exchange stories. Great schmoozer. I once ran into him at the Winter Meetings, and we talked about camping for a half hour. I had to cut him off to catch my train 😅

Wait, what? (Jeff Dotseth says he was told that the Seidler brothers have encouraged 97.3 to take shots at Sheel.)

The most #SanDiego of headlines. @abc10news.bsky.social

they should have the survivors all try to call the Paw Squad to their corner of the courtroom and whoever they go to is the true owner of the team

Bring him home. #Padres

100% agree because we’re going to need the perspective of Darren, John, and their guests as we go through all of these changes with the Padres. It’s well worth the $5/month.

The anniversary of Peter Seidler's death is tomorrow. What a disgrace these brothers are. Peter said he intended for the Padres to be owned by his family "for generations." Also - for the brothers to be at the street dedication ceremony last week as if all is well? smh #TeamSheel rise up

It is very sad that Peter is gone and his surviving family members are unwilling or unable to go to the lengths he did trying to win a championship. Also, without a cap in place, the Padres need someone(s) with a lot more fuck-you money than the Seidlers to have a real shot every year. 🌥️

Last year, the team didn’t announce the date of FanFest until Dec 27 and we have a new manager to argue about - so guys, we are off to a pretty decent offseason 👍😅

I have to correct myself here. According to Ben on the morning show, Ruben was approached by reporters but he declined to go on record because it was “Craig’s day.” All class.

So with all of those reporters there at the Padres’ press conference, I don’t think anyone asked Ruben Niebla about not being selected. I’m sure he would have given the expected gracious answer - but come on, ask him.

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Eric Hosmer has already endorsed the Stammen choice. We’re cooked.