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15 days

Preordering this book not only puts you at the front of the line to get one, it provides the funding needed to secure a printer to supply physical copies! The Kickstarter funding window closes in early December.

You Can’t Discover What Was Always There

A collection of poems beginning with my return to California in 2022 through the present day. An anthology of my homecoming.

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D.J. 🥎

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Ohtani went from the golden child to a villain REAL quick 🫠

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Bo Bichette when he sees why he’s trending

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San Diego remembers

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@Dodgers

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First home opener since I was a kid! You KNOW I had to get here early!

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One of the most underrated Padres.

Baseball Reference

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2 years

Born on this date: Jason Giambi, Mike Cameron, Carl Pavano, Jeff Francis, Walker Cooper, Jhoan Duran... see more:

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For the last fucking time, Padres #Unretire6

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Had a blast hitting the field as the batting coach at this morning's practice for tonight's charity congressional baseball game! ⚾️🇺🇸

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Sometimes the answer is so obvious, it goes overlooked.

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@headabovewter @AvrilLavigne And using a phone from the era to take the photo, artsy

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2 years

“This is Juan Soto. He’s a generational talent and he’s only 23 years old, with over two years of remaining control. His flaw is he makes other teams mad that by going all-out to win, we’d be exposing their dishonest, cynical grift.”

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We start a baseball team and let it lose forever except for a period, approximately once a generation, where hope gets just high enough to traumatize the entire fanbase. Except it gets exponentially worse each time. We’ll call them the San Diego Padres.

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What a long, strange trip it’s been.

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3 years

2022: Life's Different

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4 years

Nobody ever said it would be easy

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2 years

I can confirm Playoff Goose was euthanized behind the lower concourse by Aramark staff

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His heart was in the right place

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nobody will remember: - your salary - how “busy you were” - how many hours you worked people will remember: -how you treated Manny Machado when he wasn’t 100% -how you questioned Manny Machado’s leadership -when you belittled Manny Machado’s investment in San Diego

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Two franchises, one goal, one badass trophy, one common bond: The Inaugural @JohnKruk Tournament

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dodgers really lost an off day, incredible

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[tennis elbow surgery] Manny: i’m so nervous Seidler it’s gonna be ok don’t worry [after surgery] Manny, waking up: wait where’s Peter doctor: who do u think gave u the elbow RT if you cried

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10 months

San Diego remembers

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11 months

If you grew up following this team and wondering what it could be like to have an owner who wanted to win just as badly as you did, Peter Seidler rewarded your faith. If you grew up here disinterested in baseball, Peter Seidler gave you a reason to care.

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george

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You can only choose one injury-prone player to have played his whole career injury-free… Who do you pick? 🤔

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Bob Melvin was a refreshing change after Andy Green and Jayce Tingler while taking the team on their deepest postseason run since I was 11 years old. On top of that, he’s one of the most respected human beings in the game. I hate thinking he won’t be here to see it through.

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6 months

Congratulations to Nick Martinez for throwing the 18th no-hitter in Cincinnati Reds history on April 30, 2024.

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The Padres have traded RHP Pedro Avila to the Cleveland Guardians for cash considerations.

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Friedman: Dave, you gotta shake things up, shift the narrative. We’re getting crushed out there. Dave: Manny Machado tried to kill me with a baseball during the game

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3 years

@Padres I died waiting for the offense to come around, thanks

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3 years

A lot has happened since July 26th, 2020, when Jake Cronenworth made his MLB debut.

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@NewRearxFactory Content warning next time please!

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Sick

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Padres: *stops being little brother* Shaikin: what do you care about us so much for? Go play the Phillies Rosenthal: Profar has a knife and he stabbed me with it nobody saw, Manny said if I told he’d run me down with his car FOX: Decoy likes chicken

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WITHOUT GOOGLING Name a famous historic battle.

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3 years

One of the reasons a championship is absolutely necessary in this era is to get these two in a parade.

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3 years

Sadly, tonight is my last @Padres game of the 2021 season. Despite, what has been a challenging/disappointing end, there were so many amazing/fun things that happened. I personally want to thank my brother @Mudcat55 and the #FriarFaithful for all the love I have received 🙏.

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@BleacherReport @Steven_Ballmer

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San Diego has never had anything like @BenAndWoods . It’s Friday night and some of the biggest negative bombshell news in the history of this sports city lands and they drop everything like Gary Woods on a Free HBO Weekend to bring us together, in tough times just like in good.

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5 years

The only San Diego NFL news that matters today: Happy Birthday, Junior Seau.

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3 years

I'm digging the @DonOrsillo love train on here. There's nobody better in the business, and I know this hasn't been the easiest time for Don Diego, but I hope he knows he has a home in SD.

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D-Backs really got revenge on Profar, wow

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We can talk about payroll and free agents and managers tomorrow. Rest in peace, and thank you, Peter Seidler.

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44 left it all on the field and has literally nothing left to give. You can’t ask for more.

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"Sure thing, be there in a few" -Nabil Crismatt, half of his 2021

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Did not expect the Ohtani hit piece before the Tatis hit piece @DavePalet

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Hunter the BeerKid™

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People don’t wanna hear it but Suarez has been shaky for a bit now. He’s wriggled out of a few self-induced jams but he definitely hasn’t looked automatic for like a month. Maybe all those cute little 4/5 out saves are catching up?

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Dec. 5, 2023: “I know Juan was a big part of the team, but we got some good pieces from the Yankees, and I’m excited to apply my experience as a World Series champion and be their manager.”

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Weirdly gained some followers from that San Diego remembers schtick. If you’re here: welcome! -bits are funny -charger fans in San Diego are self-hating cucks -97.3 didn’t do anything wrong -Trump went to Epstein island -Poway is east county

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Bob Melvin’s record with underfunded ballclubs speaks for itself. It’s sad that even when he does lead the Padres to the promised land, the strength of roster will be held against him. He took us on the deepest run since ‘98 and gets treated like he’s Jim Riggleman

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Besides Jeremy Lin, name another athlete from any sport who went on a Linsanity run.

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@TimFromPuyallup @Dodgers No

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Ready for four outs, Josh?

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3 years

We've got a top pick sighting, folks

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Before moving to San Diego, where my brother and I would be born, my parents lived in Los Angeles. This is a photo my father took of Tony Gwynn at Dodger Stadium. It is dated June 1983.

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The MLB official being forced to review footage of Manny Machado skipping a baseball to the dugout

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1 year

We will never speak of this era again.

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Merrill is even better than the idealized Grisham we created in our heads

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JAKE Peavy returns to PETCO Park and JAKE Cronenworth gets an extension

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Padres twitter after the first LA weekend of the season

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Scaling Petco Park to remove the 6

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“So we’re just going to try a fourth manager?” AJ:

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BOLO: this guy sold me Padres World Series rings and I am learning just now on twitter this weekend that the Padres have, in fact, never won the World Series

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3 years

Glad everyone out there is doing better without Tatis. The Padres sure wouldn't be.

Chicago White Sox: Better off without Fernando Tatis Jr.

The Chicago White Sox might have missed out on the services of Fernando Tatis Jr. but they have enough young talent leftover to dominate.

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If we even know where a player lives, we really need to respect it. They deserve a place to not be public figures and feel safe, and we lose our connection to them if we can’t allow that.

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A small crowd is gathering here in coastal North County as we await the bacon grease smoke that will denote a new Padres manager is selected

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@DanSileoShow @Padres Yeah, Tatis is the problem here.

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Anxiety is no joke. It led to me dropping out of college as a teenager, and it's led to many of the demons I've fought in my life. It's not something to be treated as a topic for spicy takes like this is ESPN's god-awful morning talk. It's more than that.

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Going to be harder to make fun of the stadium where all the fights happen if this keeps up

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Walked to the bathroom and a brawl broke out at Petco lmfao

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I want a "C" on Manny's jersey. I don't care how obnoxious it is.

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@DanClarkSports Tatís Jr. and Machado

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Seeing people completely unaware that warnings are based on how bad things *could* be and then puffing their chests when it doesn’t immediately happen has returned the hopelessness of the pandemic to my soul.

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Your starting center fielder, 6'7 James Wood

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If you caught any of Blake Snell's Zoom, you caught a pitcher very calmly dissecting what was and wasn't working in what was the second-worst start of his career. That takes guts. A lesser human would bemoan the questioning and be salty.

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#PadresTwitter , it is time.

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Shohei said he didn’t know where all the money went. I said, “hey, I get it. I’ve been married too.”

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1 year

The Padres didn’t have these problems before the vaccine

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Had to follow after realizing this person thinks every tweet is talking directly to them

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@BetMGM

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"Joining the Padres in 2022 as a player development consultant is Mike Shildt, who spent the last four seasons as manager of the St. Louis Cardinals."

San Diego Padres

@Padres

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The #Padres have announced the 2022 Player Development Staff. Details:

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AJ Preller practicing in the mirror: “I have the utmost respect for Bob, and I think part of respect means being accommodating when someone thinks they would be better served working elsewhere. In the end, it’s the best thing for everyone, and we came to this decision together”

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Can I get a go padres

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People know Tommy Pham signs for kids, heck, people know Tommy Pham bought a kid a bat just to support his dreams, and yet people still assume Pham flipped out over a totally innocuous event.

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I tried

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Ticketmaster should disqualify you if you consider Steve Garvey a Padres legend

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