All-Time Padres Team: RF

So, this one isn't much of a debate. Clearly T-Gwynn wins this one in a landslide, but for the sake of argument (and because he was the Padres' first Hall of Famer), I'm going to say Dave Winfield ought to be the choice here.

Dave Winfield clocked 882 games in right field (1117 games as a Padre total - 3rd all time) for the Padres from 1973-1980. He hit .284 (10th all time), slugged .464 (7th all time), .821 OPS (9th all time), scored 599 runs (2nd all time), 1134 hits (3rd all time), 179 doubles (4th all time), 39 triples (3rd all time), 154 home runs (3rd all time), 626 RBI's (2nd all time), 463 walks (4th all time), and stole 133 bases (4th all time). He ranks in the top 10 in virtually all hitting categories as a Padre - and did it in only 8 seasons.

While with the Padres, Winfield won 2 Gold Gloves, was a 4-time All-Star, and was twice in the top 10 in MVP voting (10th and 3rd).

Tony Gwynn is the only Padre Winfield is consistently behind in any of these categories, and much of that can be attributed to Gwynn's 20 years with the club.

Winfield's career numbers are significantly higher than Gwynn's in many categories (notably HR's and RBI's).

All that said, Gwynn is still The Man. Sorry, Dave.

All-Time Padre Team: RF

Tony Gwynn
I get the distinct honor and privilege of writing about "Mr. Padre" himself. T. Gwynn was the reason I became a Padres fan. T Gwynn is the reason I why my life long dedication for the Padres persists. In a time when Mark McGwire goes from the A's to the Cardinals and Wade Boggs goes between AL East Division rivals Yankees and Red Soxs and finishes his career in Tampa, T Gwynn played for only one team.

Do we need to review his career statistics as a Padre?
Career Batting Average: .338
Career Hits: 3141
Allstar Games: 15
Gold Gloves: 5
Silver Sluggers: 7

"The Batman", "Mr. Padre", "T Gwynn". He discovered/created the 5.5 hole. He made his living with his consistency at the plate. Quite possibly can be called the best at his craft of all time, as mentioned in Sports Illustrated.

Enjoy these pictures:
Young T. Gwynn
Batman Tony
BBall Tony
Mr. Padre
Wheaties Gwynn

Breaking the posting virginity

Thank you all for coming! After a long and much-anticipated wait, here it is. My first blog post. I realize many of you are thinking, "Why should I listen to what Tommy has to say?" or, more importantly, "Who's this f---ing guy?"

Well, you're in luck. In this as-yet-unnamed column, I'll be tackling such hard-hitting issues as "Why Kevin Towers Shouldn't Have a Job" and "From $9 beers to $8.50? Really, Padres? That's your plan to save me money?". Who knows, I may even start petitioning for a local Sam Presti-type to go buy the Grizzlies and move them here from Memphis. The NBA in San Diego. Yes we can!

I look forward to your comments - to hearing why I'm wrong, or why I'm off my rocker, or why I'm the smartest human being that has ever posted on the internet.

Go Pads,
Tommy

Swept Away By the Weekend

What can I say? Padres got swept this weekend. Not happy about it and I'm sure you, the reader/San Diego Sports Fan/Padres Fan, are not happy about it either. On the plus side, the Padres pitching is doing quite well. Two 1-run losses, to the first place Dodgers shows promise for the Padres.

This week we face NL West worst Colorado Rockies for two games and the Arizona D-Backs for another two game series. Then we head to Texas to face off against the Houston Stros. This week will be a great measuring stick to the resilience of this team.

In other news, I am having a phenomenal fantasy season. As you can see from the picture above, I'm a combined 8-0 in my two fantasy leagues. I guess you can say it's tough to argue my baseball knowledge...try me...

Chargers Mini Camp Pics

Here is a link to minicamp pictures of the bolts. The Best one is to see Merriman and LT out there again.

Charger Mini Camp Pictures

8 Innings, 2 Hits, 1 Walk and 8 K's

It's a Walk Off...

What a waste of an awesome line. Jake in all his Jager drinking glory had a waste of a phenomenal start taken away from him by the bullpen. Two nights in a row the Padres fall in terrible fashion. Last night on a past ball, from the outfield and tonight...on a bases loaded walk.

Merriman Goes Down

And this might be why we drafted an OLB with our first draft pick. None of us know how healthy he is and if he is going to be around in 2010. I personally think we (Chargers) would be stupid not to resign/franchise tag him next year! But then again it is all dependent upon his health.