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Padres Starting Pitching Has Awakened

April 23, 2013: Padres are 5-15. Losers of five straight games. Boasting a 1-7 record at Petco. Eight and a half games out of first. Last place. May 8, 2013: Padres are 15-18. Winners of 10 of the last…Read More

Enigmatic Front Office Stirs Up Frustration

This has to be the worst starting rotation I can remember, and I sat through games with Brian Meadows, Stan Spencer and Brian Tollberg (ugh). You can’t expect to win games when you are down four…Read More

Padres Continue To BEAT LA

“We’ll see, bitch.” Those were Matt Kemp’s words to Carlos Quentin as both teams exited Petco Park on Thursday. The only thing the Dodgers have seen is a whole lot of losses. Since…Read More

Padres Offense Wakes Up In Home Opener

What a relief. Just when you think the season can’t get any worse, the opener is against a bulked up Dodger team coming off a three game sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The rival isn’t even…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 April Fool’s prank, it is what it is.  The Padres start the season with a bad game, getting…Read More

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Will Blanks Fill Roster Spot?

Scrolling through the Padres Twittersphere today, most of the talk was about final cuts almost done with…Read More

Aussie Aussie Aussie! A-dam-son!

Last week, we brought you team Canada’s Mark Hardy for a look at his experience at the World Baseball…Read More

Part II: We Be Those Pretty MFs, Canada’s What We Reppin

Yesterday we shared a little about Mark Hardy, Padres 2010 draft pick from Campbell River, British Colombia,…Read More

Lee Bosch’s 2013 National League West Predictions

  The National League West is expected to be one of the toughest divisions this year. You have…Read More

Off-Season Continues With Bad News

Well here you have it folks. In an off-season where fans yearned for trades, free agent signings or…Read More

Padres Release 2013 Spring Training Schedule

Are you and your buddies planning to make your annual trip to Peoria for Spring Training? Then here is…Read More

Brian McCann – Padre Killer

At the start of each series, we at Chicken Friars will zero in on an opposing player known to be a “Padre…Read More

Miguel Montero – Padre Killer

At the start of each series, we at Chicken Friars will zero in on an opposing player known to be a “Padre…Read More

Throwdown Thursday – Week 20

 Every Thursday, we at Chicken Friars will pick the two best Padres performers over the past week and…Read More

Matt Cain – Padre Killer

At the start of each series, we at Chicken Friars will zero in on an opposing player known to be a “Padre…Read More

Yonder Alonso Reads To Children At Local Library

Padres rookie first baseman Yonder Alonso paid a visit on Aug. 7 to the Imperial Beach library to read…Read More

Daniel Murphy – Padre Killer

At the start of each series, we at Chicken Friars will zero in on an opposing player known to be a “Padre…Read More

An Interview With Fox Sports San Diego

Chicken Friars had a chance to interview Fox Sports vice president of communications Chris Bellitii.…Read More

Ryan Ludwick – Padre Killer

At the start of each series, we at Chicken Friars will zero in on an opposing player known to be a “Padre…Read More

Padre Killer – Carlos Lee

At the start of each series, we at Chicken Friars will zero in on an opposing player known to be a “Padre…Read More