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Nationality of players

I propose changing the national flags of players to reflect their nationality and NOT where they were born. For example Craig Stansberry was born in Saudi Arabia, actually greq up in Texas. Although he was born in Saudi Arabia, Stansberry only lived there for about a month. His father spent three years there working for a building materials company. He does not have Saudi Arabian citizenship, he has U.S. citizenship but putting the flag of Saudi Arabi makes it look like he is Saudi Arabian. Also consider that Stansberry spent a total of 3 months in Saudi Arabia. It makes sense to change this.Seantpainter 21:14, 26 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I came here to say exactly the same thing. Stansberry is American, and should be listed as such. His place of birth does not change that. Brad E. Williams 14:21, 15 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Someone keeps switching it back. Who ever is doing it please talk about it first. Consider this FACT, just because someone was born in a country does not make them a citizen of that country or that Nationality. My brother was born in Japan. He is not Japanese. He is American. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Seantpainter (talk • contribs) 04:47, 29 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Current roster

The current roster cannot be edited. However, some changes need to be made. Who has access to it?

Additions:

Bobby Hill - INF

Geoff Blum - INF

Vinny Castilla - INF

Glenn Hoffman - 3rd base coach

Subtractions:

Rob Piccilio - 3rd base coach

--Jason Gastrich 23:29, 24 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see any entries in the protection log for San Diego Padres roster. Does it not go back that far? --Damian Yerrick (☎) 04:45, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

San Diego Parents

Is it notable that the name "Padres" means parents? --Damian Yerrick (☎) 04:45, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"Padres" does translate into parents, but in this case, it refers to the leaders of a Catholic parish ("Fathers"). The original stadium is close to the first Spanish mission in California. --Colage 00:02, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Although Qualcomm/Jack Murphy/San Diego Stadium is indeed close to the original mission (within walking distance) and so is the location of Westgate Park, the former ballpark for the PCL Padres, the name "Padres" predates the Padres move to Mission Valley. The original ballpark for the team was downtown (Lane Field). The team name isn't site-specific to Mission Valley, rather it honors the Spanish heritage of the city's founding. No doubt the naming was influenced by the San Diego Expo of 1935, a successful expo that brought much attention to the history of the city. 69.231.194.152 19:08, 23 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The team has two nicknames, "The Pad's," and the "The Friars." In the 1960's they were also known as "The Chaplains." Padre was also a 1940's/1950's military slang term for Chaplains (regardless if the chaplain was Catholic or not).98.176.116.217 (talk) 20:14, 14 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Images

File:Padres 4.gif

The first variaton of the "San Diego Baseball Club" logos (1985-1990). [1]

File:Padres 3.gif

The second variaton of the "San Diego Baseball Club" logos (1991) [2].

These images have now been coverted. They are now png, no longer gif Soxrock 20:28, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

suggestions

I would suggest the following changes to the Notable Moments & facts section. 1. Delet the April 10 1998 game reference. I don’t see the point as the game didn’t mean much. If you want to reference an important game in Padres history, why not the regular season extra-inning win over the Dodgers to clinch the NL West in 1996? 2. You might look into when Henderson achieved his 3000th hit and broke the runs record. I believe they weren’t far from Gwynn’s last game. 3. I think the famous fans list is pointless. Also, George Will is a Cubs fan. Finally, why no mention of Trevor Hoffman being MLBs all-time saves leader? Otherwise, great article…keep it up.

Nickname

Their nickname is the Pad's, not the Friars. 67.188.172.165 21:58, 20 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think both certainly apply. The phone number for tickets is 800-FriarTix; Jack Murphy stadium/the Q is located on Friars Road. -- Myke Cuthbert (talk) 02:44, 21 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Having been a lifelong San Diego resident, I can assure you that both nicknames have been used for many years (at least since the '84 Series appearance). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.6.178.220 (talk) 19:34, 8 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's both the "Pad's" and the "Friars." Supposedly in the old PCL days of the 40's and 50's,they were nicknamed the "Chaplains." No reference for that though.68.116.166.71 (talk) 01:13, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The team has two nicknames, "The Pad's," and the "The Friars." In the 1960's they were also known as "The Chaplains." Padre was also a 1940's/1950's military slang term for Chaplains (regardless if the chaplain was Catholic or not).98.176.116.217 (talk) 20:14, 14 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Some free images

Here, can be uploaded to commons. JACO PLANE • 2008-09-28 12:40

George Will

Isn't a Cubs fan? I see no evidence associating him with the Padres. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.100.29.7 (talk) 16:20, 17 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rivals

Really, all the "rivals" should be removed except for the Dodgers. At the very least remove the Cardinals and Mariners. I'll do this myself unless somebody has a legitimate reason not to. 209.150.92.91 (talk) 22:37, 14 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

- The Seattle Mariners are the natural rivals of the San Diego Padres. [3] [4], I'm re-adding them. Axion22 (talk) 02:21, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

- - Why are the Mariners a natural rival? Because MLB stuck them together in interleague play? The only reason they did that, was because there is no real geographic AL rival of the Padres . . . if anything, the Angels would be their AL rival (because of geography) but there is no historical rivalry between those two teams besides meeting every year at either Angel Stadium or Petco Park before the season commences. There is no rivalry with the Mariners . . . examples of AL/NL rivalries include: Angels/Dodgers, Athletics/Giants, Astros/Rangers, Royals/Cardinals, White Sox/Cubs, Marlins/Rays, Nationals/Orioles, Yankees/Mets, and (at one point) Expos/Blue Jays. Notice they are all natural rivals due to either proximity and/or geography. --Andyhi18 (talk) 07:43, 16 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

New logos

2016 featured new uniforms, including new word mark on the Navy camouflage alternate jersey as well as Friday night brown alternate uniforms. Home uniforms were white with blue interlocking SD logo outlined in yellow. Primary logo was the blue interlocking SD logo as all uniforms featured the 2016 All Star Game logo on left sleeve. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.107.37.199 (talk) 18:38, 6 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
The home plate logo was phased out as of the 2010 season. The organization now emphasizes the "SD" logo. [5] [6] -Axion22 (talk) 02:25, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The team will use the new blue and white swinging friar logo on its home uniforms in 2012, not the Petco Park silhouette as was reported. The Petco Park white and blue silhouette logo will be used only on the away and alternate blue uniforms. The Petco Park sand and blue sihouette logo does not appear on any of the team's uniforms. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.107.48.216 (talk) 20:44, 21 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Nationality of Players

Given the fact that baseball is becoming an increasingly more international sport (i.e., more non-U.S. leagues in existence, more non-U.S. players in the MLB), the roster formatting on Wikipedia should probably be updated to reflect that. If you look at the formatting for other international sports (such as soccer), the player nationalities are indicated using flag icons. I think this would be a beneficial update to each of the major league rosters in the MLB, it would not be too difficult to implement and it would not clutter the information on the page. However, before such change a change is implemented, I thought it would be healthy to achieve at least some form of consensus on the talk page for each team. yuristache (talk) 01:10, July 24, 2010 (UTC)

New ALT2 uniform

The jersey image needs to be changed relating to the change to the new MARPAT uniforms that will be used in the 2011 season. I have added the new uniform content with references in the appropriate section, but am not that great with photoshop or other similar programs. --RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 22:29, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Moorad

Resolved

– History of the San Diego Padres updated about Moorad and Fowler.

Should the event of Moorad stepping down as CEO be included in the article somewhere, or does it fall under WP:NOTNEWS? Or should it be included in the Jeff Moorad article?--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 02:37, 26 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

In general, more details should be going into History of the San Diego Padres than this article, which ideally should only contain a summary of team history. As there currently isn't much discussion of other executive changes within the team, it seems like this can go into his bio for now.—Bagumba (talk) 03:06, 26 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It's in his bio.—Bagumba (talk) 08:47, 7 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

What about Moores coming back? --RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 02:59, 14 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

And soon O'Malley coming in.—Bagumba (talk) 23:12, 7 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I've updated on the approved sale to Fowler/O'Malley.—Bagumba (talk) 19:00, 17 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Little league uni donations

I don't know where to best include this, but there needs to be mention of the donation of thousands of uniforms to little league players in San Diego County. Sources:

Of course one can argue WP:NOTNEWS, but it's something I think is worthy of a brief mention somewhere.--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 16:26, 14 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

SVG Logo

I just want to tell that I created the new San Diego Padres logo as a SVG file. You can find it in the German Wikipedia de:datei:San-Diego-Padres.svg. Feel free to use. Grettings from Germany Hennez (talk) 14:02, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I just uploaded it, you can find it here. Malpass⁹₃! (what I've been ^up to/_drop me a ^___) 13:55, 24 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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New color scheme

Can we change the blue and white primary to yellow and brown?-DANO- (talk) 05:17, 4 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Road Color Scheme in the Info Box

It may be the computer I'm on, but San Diego's road uniforms aren't grey as they appear to be depicted here. It's a tan color. Hopefully someone would be able to make the change. G. Capo (talk) 19:37, 25 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Propose adding line about the Padres' military appreciation about using GovX technology

The San Diego Padres use verification technology from the ecommerce site GovX.com to offer ticket discounts to current and former US military service members. GovX is mentioned in this article about Petco Park using GovX verification for Military Appreciation Sunday after they returned to full capacity on June 17 2021 after limited capacity during the COVID-19 pandemic: https://www.mlb.com/news/petco-park-returns-to-full-capacity-on-june-17. The Padres have used GovX verification technology to offer military discounts for years. GovX is also mentioned here: https://www.mlb.com/padres/community/military as well as here: https://www.10news.com/lifestyle/exploring-san-diego/padres-offer-military-members-families-discounted-tickets-to-home-games

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Wikipedia is not a soapbox or means of promotion.BestSince1996 (talk) 21:09, 20 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

San Diego winning seasons

Hello. I just started to explore Baseball history. I want to ask about San Diego's winning seasons for all time. There is 15 in page, but maybe it must be 5: 1984, 1996, 1998, 2005, 2006. I can't find another 10 winning seasons for NL West Division. Thanks for your patience.

Արման Մովսիսյան (User talk:Արման Մովսիսյան) 08:05, 16 February 2022 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Արման Մովսիսյան (talk • contribs) [reply]

Are you looking for winning seasons (seasons when the team finished with more wins than losses) or seasons when the team won the division pennant? Larry Hockett (Talk) 08:29, 16 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'm about seasons when the team won the division pennant. There is the sentence: As of 2020, they have had 15 winning seasons in franchise history. Is it the same for National League West titles? Because NL West titles are the 5. Maybe I'm wrong. Thanks for your patience dear Larry. Արման Մովսիսյան (talk 08:37, 16 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

No, not the same. Larry Hockett (Talk) 08:48, 16 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

A winning season entails having more wins than losses in a season.—Bagumba (talk) 11:24, 16 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks dear. I already get it. Maybe I will have another questions to. Thanks for your patience. You are so helpful.—Արման Մովսիսյան (User talk:Արման Մովսիսյան) 10:30, 17 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Removed reference to grey away jerseys

If anyone is curious: I removed the reference to the Padres being the only team to not have a grey away jersey, as the Mariners have eliminated their grey jersey effective the new 2023 season. Johnathanzen (talk) 17:52, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Primary Team Logo

The Primary Team logo is the interlocking SD, not the Padres script you list here, that is the jersey script. 142.198.55.158 (talk) 00:20, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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