Victor Wang
SD Sports fan since the early 80's - long time Padre fan and apologist. The time is now for the Padres to move forward, go friars!
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Padres hold the Cards
And all the chips as well after 9 innings of play in a fine San Diego night, hosting one of the hottest teams in the NL in St Louis. The Padre hitters have also been hot as of late, but tonight,…Read More
Padre Cap Colors – What’s Yours?
One of the trends that I’ve noticed from the stadium recently, are Padre fans sporting various caps of differing colors and logos. Some official, some old keep sakes, some souvenir hats given…Read More
Cashner is Money
The Miami Marlins visit San Diego on a rainy day and run into a buzzsaw in Andrew Cashner, who goes 7 1/3 innings, giving up no runs, allowing 4 hits and striking out 4. My heart is singing on the…Read More
Padres Go Down Swinging
Padres lose the first road game at Wrigely Field against the Chicago Cubs 5 – 3, and it is just my luck that I’m writing on a loss again. But despite the downturn, overall for the last…Read More
Padres Go Down Again
This is a tough one to write. I’m tempted just to skip this one and go to sleep. Padres what gives? We are rapidly reaching the point of no return. (many might say we’ve already…Read More
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Padres Beat LA
Padres all are smiles as they beat LA at Dodger Stadium for Jackie Robinson day. By all accounts and…Read More
Padres Come Home
The Padres open today at home against the LA Dodgers, reeling from a 1-5 road trip. Overall, the Padre…Read More
Tough Loss on April Fools Day
The Padres drop opening day to the Mets by a final score of 11 to 2. While I wish this was some bad…Read More
What’s in a Name?
How important are names when it comes to baseball, and for that matter, in everyday life? According…Read More
Fox Sports San Diego vs Time Warner Cable
As the start of the baseball season approaches, the current impasse between the Padres content provider,…Read More
Cashing in Cashner
On Sunday for his first spring start, Cashner threw eleven pitches for eleven strikes. While still…Read More
Victor Wang’s 2013 National League West Predictions
NL West 2013 Projections Team W L RS RA OPS ERA SD 88 74 721 664 0.734 3.77 SF 87 75 688 638 0.717 3.61 COL 73 89 811 899 0.781 5.22 ARI 93 69 786 678 0.768 3.85 LAD 97 65 690 568 0.717 3.17 Yep…Read More
Baseball superstitions
Baseball players are by nature, and through environment, repetitive and routine based personalities. …Read More
Closer Look At Petco Park Fences
A first hand look at the work in progress at Petco Park to move in the fences. The following were captured…Read More
Padres Fanfest Firsthand
Padres Fanfest 2013 brought over 2000 adults, families and children to the ballpark for a chance to get…Read More
Projecting Padres Active 25 Man Roster – OF
Continuing from last week’s look at the Padres INF and C positions going into the season, today…Read More
Projecting Padres Active 25 Man Roster – INF & C
It’s only a few months away now from spring training, and I can already feel the dredges of winter…Read More
Padres Take Care of Their Own
Padres move into salary arbitration with eight players and make offers to all. Of which, five players…Read More
Is Kyle Lohse A Match?
A lot of the writers here at Chicken Friars have been optimistically waiting for that big free agent…Read More
Spring Training Non Roster Invitees
The Padres released an official list of non-roster invitees which can be found on their main site. …Read More
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