They say the number 13 is unlucky. I’m not superstitious, so I’m not buying in to that. Instead, I’m looking forward to my 13th year covering the Padres… and the 13th season of One on One.
We’re kicking it off with a One on Three, actually, with Will Venable, Nick Hundley and Josh Geer. They’re three young guys the Padres are optimistic about… three guys to watch. In this show, we learn how Will is an artist and his father was in the majors; Nick shares his brother’s salmon cake recipe and his father is a college football coach; and Josh loves his home state of Texas and promises to stay humble as he progresses in the game.
Just to give you a little background, the evolution of the show started at the end of the 2008 season. I asked the Padres insiders to give me a list of some of the young guys they have high hopes for, guys who fans should expect to see “soon” in big league uniforms, who we and the fans should be kind of excited about. These three home-grown guys were among some names. So, the phone calls and emails began to coordinate what I could in the off-season.
Blog entries to follow will give you an idea of how we went about each segment.
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