Tag: San Diego Padres

A Rangers fan nearly fell into the Padres dugout trying to catch a foul ball, gets called a ‘clown’

What was this guy thinking??

Uh, hey buddy. No offense or anything, but a foul ball isn’t worth this, and thank goodness the netting was there to save you.

I’m talking to the Texas Rangers fan who saw a foul ball heading his way at Wednesday’s game against the San Diego Padres. This guy decided it was a good idea to jump out of his seat, stand on top of the dugout and try to catch it. But then he stepped over, and the protective netting stopped him from completely falling in.

The broadcast asked “what is this clown doing?” Good question. Luckily, he’s OK. Only players should go into the dugout, right?

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Padres fans used their phone flashlights after Petco Park’s lights went out for the coolest visual

This is so cool.

San Diego Padres fans decided to take matters into their own hands — or, in their own phones — when the lights went out briefly at Petco Park.

Sometimes, when lights go out at ballparks, things get weird or downright amusing. But in this case, it was really super cool — as the sounds of Lights by Journey (get it? “When the lights go down in the city”) played, a bunch of folks turned on the flashlights on their phones and the visuals were immaculate, making for beautiful photos and videos.

So, here you go. Sit back and enjoy:

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Former Iowa Hawkeyes pitcher Adam Mazur making MLB debut for San Diego Padres

Adam Mazur is getting the call up. He makes his MLB debut tonight.

The Iowa Hawkeyes will get to see one of their own on the bump tonight. Former Iowa pitcher Adam Mazur is getting the call-up to the big leagues and will be making his MLB debut for the San Diego Padres.

Mazur, a second-round draft pick in the 2022 draft, is breaking through and is going to have his chance to show what he’s got against the best. Mazur is going to be getting his first taste of the majors against the Los Angeles Angels.

Adam Mazur is 4-3 this year in the minors with his time split between the Double-A affiliate, the San Antonio Missions, and the Triple-A affiliate, the El Paso Chihuahuas. Mazur is carrying a 3.86 ERA on the year and has an overall minor-league ERA of 3.18. He is pounding the strike zone, as well, as he had 50 strikeouts to just nine walks on the year. Opponents are hitting .233 against him this season.

Mazur, the product of Woodbury High School in Woodbury, Minnesota, spent one year with the Hawkeyes in the 2021-22 season. He went 7-3 with a 3.07 ERA over 93.2 innings pitched.

The first pitch is set for 8:38 p.m. CT as the Angels are hosting the Padres.

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Matt Waldron confounded his own Padres catcher with a devious knuckleball

That is one hard knuckleball to catch.

Matt Waldron continues to fool batters AND his own teammate with his knuckleballs.

We’ve seen him confound Luis Campusano with the pitch that barely rotates and looks so mesmerizing in slow motion, and on Monday, it was Kyle Higashioka’s turn — he took a 77 MPH offering from Waldron that he tracked correctly with his glove … and then watched as it bounced off his hand into the corner.

The best news for him and Waldron? It was a strike even if he didn’t catch it. That worked out great, and it gave us a highlight to enjoy. Win, win, win, I’d say.

Here it is:

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Padres honor San Diego legend Bill Walton

Padres pay tribute to Bill Walton.

One thing about Bill Walton was his uncanny connection and relationship to the City of San Diego. After his passing on Memorial Day, many people came to show remembrance and pay tribute to the legend.

Walton’s connection with San Diego is a long one. He was born in La Mesa, went to Helix High School, and lived the last years of his life in San Diego. He also played for the San Diego Clippers, and his relationship with the city is a special one.

As a result, the San Diego Padres honored Walton with a tribute prior to the game on Tuesday against the Miami Marlins.

Legendary play-by-play man Ted Leitner also chimed in with special praise about Walton:

It was a special moment for a special person who was a legend in so many regards, and the tributes for Bill Walton might be happening for quite a while.

Cameras caught Luis Arráez processing his trade from the Marlins to the Padres in real time

This is just not something you see every day.

Professional sports can be a tough business, and new San Diego Padres second baseman Luis Arráez, who just got traded to his new team from the Miami Marlins on Friday.

The worst part was Arráez’s trade must’ve gone down during the Marlins’ Friday night game against the Oakland A’s, as the Bally Sports broadcast showed Arráez giving farewells to his Miam teammates in the dugout.

While in-game transactions happen in professional sports, you rarely see a player processing such a moment in real time like Arráez is in Oakland.

Arráez will join a much better team in San Diego, but it can’t be easy to make such a major transition in any stage of your career.

To make this all even more fascinating, Padres prospect Nathan Martorella learned he was being traded to Miami while he was on second base.

This is just such a startling series of events for the players involved, as seeing these two players contemplate that they’ll be playing for new teams in real-time is just very uncommon in the MLB, much less any sports.

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Xander Bogaerts got called out on the weirdest pitch clock violation in Seoul

What the heck happened here?!

I honestly can tell you right off the bat: I have NO idea what happened here?

Because in the eighth inning of the second game in Seoul between the San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers, Xander Bogaerts struck out thanks to a pitch clock violation for a third strike. Not that out of the ordinary, right?

Except, as you’ll see below, the clock was still around four seconds left, and Bogaerts is clearly ready and looking at the pitcher, so … what the heck?

That’s question fans and Bogaerts himself had on Thursday after this weird play. Check it out:

 

A baseball broke through Jake Cronenworth’s glove for the unluckiest error in Padres’ Seoul loss

How does this even happen?!

During the first official game of the MLB season, fans in Seoul saw something they won’t see again any time soon.

As the Dodgers and Padres faced off against each other in South Korea to begin the year, San Diego’s Jake Cronenworth went to field a routine ground ball hit by Gavin Lux.

While this seemed like a perfectly normal defensive play, something strange happened. Even though it seemed the first baseman did everything right, for whatever reason, the ball somehow ended up going right through his glove.

It is unclear how the ball was able to make its way past the webbing of Cronenworth’s glove as cleanly as it did.

But even if it wasn’t necessarily his fault, it counted as an error against the Padres infielder.

Additionally, this bizarre blunder gave the Dodgers the lead, 3-2, in the eighth inning after Teoscar Hernandez scored on the play. Los Angeles went on to win, 5-2.

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Umpire camera shows how impossible it is to hit Yu Darvish’s 95 MPH fastball with movement

Ump Cam is back!

The 2024 MLB season is officially back, and so is Ump Cam.

One of my favorite innovations has shown us the umpire POV of monster home runs, pitches that dart and fool hitters, and how scary an up and in fastball is.

And on Wednesday, with the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres playing in South Korea on ESPN, we got the Ump Cam view of a 95 MPH two-seam fastball that was a called strike. You can see it move in the middle of heading to the plate, and in slow motion, it’s even more pronounced.

Gotta love Ump Cam!

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