… Some days, it rains.
San Diego in the 80s … glass office buildings in the desert … United Republicans of Benetton … Padres second baseman Tim Flannery all dressed up to dish out a combo burrito, no sour cream. The 1980s began with many feeling a bit of sheepish remorse for the excesses of the previous decade. The San [...]
Strange stirrings deep in the desert could herald the return of a expansion-era baseball icon. The San Diego Padres retired their beloved Swinging Friar logo in 1985. Since then, a modified version of the Friar has appeared as a secondary graphic, but the original cleric has remained missing — until a recent sighting in Arizona. [...]