Okay sure because Gruepner already owns me. lol

Our latest mural is inside a taco joint - pretty cool!

This is a good thing that's happening. But it should come with footnotes, including: 1) the pressure exerted by the Dodgers on Burke to hide his sexuality; 2) Lasorda's public denials of his gay son; 3) the team rescinding its invitation to the Sisters; 4) Kershaw's continued acts of homophobia.

Britt Ghiroli (The Athletic) and others are currently calling out Jomboy Media for not providing context for Tolle’s celebration in this Mother’sDay game (his mom died not long ago).

Maybe having a friend like Nick stand up for you will help Fernando. 🤷‍♀️

Mother’s Day getaway day photos

It’s Mother’s Day, and I’ll be trying to get my baby on the big screen at Petco today. (And yes I know it’s not the same but I’m not sure Lily does 😜) Happy Mother’s Day! #PadresPets

He would have turned just 66 today. 😢

#FortheFaithful ARE YOU READY?!? Tonight the Padres start a quick 4 game home stand. It’s also @mason.j.miller bobble head night. He’s been fun to watch and I hope we see him tonight. Middle of the 4th inning meetups continue tonight and every home game at the standing room area behind home plate.

Guys, the blogger guy is throwing out the first pitch tonight so please expect Tatis to begin his HR title run now 🙏

A few getaway day photos

Players speaking on the “Faith & Family Night” stage: Gavin Sheets, Mason Miller, Ron Marinaccio, and Jason Adam

These are the words of the sponsor of the Padres’ “Faith and Family” night. The problem isn’t having a religious-themed night, the problem is making a celebration of faith and fellowship a dog whistle anti-gay night. Especially when Pride was the night before.

Chris Ello, and I didn’t have to guess twice.

Welp. I was wrong. It’s John Seidler and his wife according to Dennis Lin. 🫠

Happy Pride Night! Also, s/o to Bradgley Rodriguez for catching the first pitch. And I know we give him grief but Erik Greupner always stands out there with our choruses for the anthem, and I appreciate that.

Padres trying to put the toothpaste back in the tube by having the video taken down is pointless. This couple stepped out looking lovely and happy - and it humanised our GM who we all know is too obsessed with work. Let us be happy for him. Instead they make it weird like usual.

@scottdunsmore.bsky.social mentioned 8:50 this morning by Woods about a card you gave him graded 10.

Today is “Out at the Park” day, and I’m just going to assume that the Padres still want me to have a good time. 🥰

Breaking (?)

No notes.

I got to hear Lauryn Hill sing “Killing me softly” today in a pedestrian alley with people from all walks of life and circumstances and we all cheered at the end and Lauryn said she heard us and loved us and it was perfect.

Tonight is our queen’s WS 🙏 #DinnerOnTheDiamond

More photos including minority owner Alfredo Harper Helú and his son Santiago Harp.

New boss in town.

The Cla Meredith video was so sweet right up to the point where we learned his son’s middle name.

A program like “Padres POV” wasn’t always great but at least it was content that set the scene for things like this weekend with the team going to Mexico City. Instead I’m looking at influencer reels to see what the vibe is. 🫤

2 cent prediction: The Athletic reported that members of the Seidler family will have a minority stake in the new deal. I think it’s Sheel. It’s a way that she and the kids can stay connected to the team and Peter’s intended legacy.

The thing about bluesky is sometimes you follow a guy for their Mariners jokes and then they turn out to be a real life hero 🥹

I don’t think we’ve ever had someone as outspoken & woke as this owning an MLB team. 🙌

Meanwhile, I’m in a rabbit hole looking into the Padres’ new owner’s wife, Kwanza Jones. She’s a raging liberal who found an audience for her singing career performing with LGBTQ events. 💪🏳️‍🌈

the faces of Fernando

The PUFFER VEST game did not disappoint!!!

My least favorite bit that Don does is when he compares Mark’s MLB career to players drafted below him. I remember that coming up with Matty V, who wouldn’t play along because: a) he wasn’t a player himself: and 2) less than 1% of people who play baseball at any level will be drafted

Mason Miller this season: 20 strikeouts, 27 batters faced That 74.1% strikeout rate is the highest by a pitcher in his first 8 appearances of a season since at least 1900

I know this won’t come as a shock to anyone but the guy from Kaplan’s show who had to apologize for being racist towards Mexicans also used to make homophobic jokes and also once threatened to “hunt down” a woman who said something he didn’t like on PT.

Have you guys seen this? It’s a petition by RF fans to return Tatis to them due to emotional distress. 😆

The GOAT showed up as a chicken today at the the Madres’ brunch. He told the story of how he paid off his legal bills by talking the Padres into giving him $1.50 per ticket for his re-hatching. The team expected to draw no more that 16k that night. Instead, 42k came to see him. 🐣

They also partnered with Wayne Partello’s company Cuento to develop this.

Bluesky influencers rise up!

Ppl saying that grown white men will look okay in this iteration of the Padres’ CIty Connects is so annoying because I’m sorry but it really is not all about that demographic 😆 #baseballforALL

Probably the first actual recognizable female cultural figure on a men major sports team jersey, San Diego! From the Ben & Woods interview just now, that is really cool for San Diego ❤️

Love that the Padres leaned back into the Latino culture theme for the new CCs. These are beautiful imo 🫡

Castellanos in the line up, you know what that means folks

We'll always be his Plan B, confirmed.

I know it sounds gatekeep-y but,, I really did enjoy watching the Padres more when tickets were cheap and guys like Will Venable and Kyle Blanks played their hearts out in games that never mattered watching this miserable bunch of pricks is torture, and we pay thrice as much to do it

Tim Flannery commenting on my photo of Jake with his pillow 😆