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Sixties relic still swinging in the desert

Posted 31 March 2011 by Tex Connally
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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. [...]