JayJayTheThird

47,000 on a Monday?!? In April?!? In this economy?!? (No seriously, this economy?) Hell yeah, San Diego. Hell yeah. 🤎💛

The Owls Club was a Black women’s softball team formed in the late 1930s in Seattle. They won the first women’s Washington State Softball Championship in 1938. The team, renamed the Brown Bombers, won the Championship again in 1939. Left handed pitcher Lillian Brown struck out 12 batters.

Profar is an Atlanta Brave! There goes our season!

Amazing class!

Happy for CC, Billy Wagner, and Ichiro! Thanks for the great childhood!

San Diego FC CEO Tom Penn speaking on the club's cultivation of an audience south of the border in Tijuana: "It’ll be interesting. I don't know how many will cross to go to matches. We've talked to Xolos about that. They play Friday night, we play Saturday night, and there's already a lot of cross-border activity for their matches on Fridays. So I would expect, and we would embrace, the idea of, ‘go support Xolos on Friday night and then come see us on Saturday night,’ and it'll be really curious to see just how many members of our audience do that. That's one of the questions and curiosities I have about this."

Also of note from yesterday's avail - San Diego FC consider Tijuana and its surrounding areas as part of their local market, albeit perhaps not in the sense of competing head-to-head with Club Tijuana for attendance/loyalty.

Asked about drawing fans north from Mexico, SDFC CEO Tom Penn said this:

San Diego FC: First training session checks off MLS's newest club took a historic step from concept to reality on Monday as San Diego FC held their inaugural training session, the expansion side welcoming players and staff for the opening day of th...

“There's been a sense, a real commitment to youth development generally ... [but] nobody's invested this much capital into a youth development-focused club.”

Big dreams, and some pretty bold talk, as San Diego FC hit the training pitch for the first time ever:

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Kim isn’t going to LA. I still think it’s either SD or SF. I just think SF is less likely now.

Willy Adames goes to SF! Is Kim staying?! No LA for Adames is a win!

Going to miss Higgy!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Blake Snell is a Dodger! WOW!!!!!!!

Amen!

I think they wait till next year to extend King.

I hope the bring back Profar and Higgy.

Evan Drellich: Rob Manfred says Roki Sasaki is expected to be part of the 2025 international signing class: "It looks like ... the signing there will happen in the new pool period"

Gentlemen... start your breaking of illegal handshake deals with Dominican teens...

Do you guys think the Dodger players being so complimentary of the Padres makes San Diego a more attractive destination?

Roku Sasaki just became closer to becoming a San Diego Padre!

Le Batard Show.

All 30 voters Top 3 picks for NL ROTY.

My 2024 National League Rookie of the Year Ballot Szym runs down why he voted the way he did on his NL Rookie of the Year ballot.

Up on @FanGraphs I posted my explanation -- or apologia depending on your point of view -- for my Rookie of the Year ballot.

I'm quite relieved I wasn't the one in a 29-1 vote this time.

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Only 7 first place votes for Jackson Merrill is WILD!

There goes our first round compensatory pick.

San Diego FC: What's next in expansion team's roster build? | MLSSoccer.com Naturally, most eyeballs in and around the league have been firmly trained on the Audi MLS Cup Playoffs and the chaos they’ve again delivered in the 2024 edition’s first two phases.

They need to fix the field to be honest.
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I really, really don’t want him playing in another uniform

I couldn’t explain how down bad I would be if he goes to the Dodgers! I changed my profile pick on Twitter when AJ dropped his name to the picture of Roku in Padres gear haha

Great way to start your weekend!

I read something this week saying that Yu really didn’t recruit Yamamoto to come to SD. Like I said, I’m ready to get my heart broken again!