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Paying it Forward: Tatis Family Helping San Diego Pastor Bring Dominican Ballplayers to America for Another Chance to Play
For kids in the Dominican Republic, baseball is more than a game. Baseball is hope. The hope to be the next Fernando Tatis Jr. or Juan Soto or Pedro Martinez. The hope to support themselves and their families. But, hope can be a double-edged sword. Major League teams sign more players from the Dominican than any country outside the United…
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6-Year-Old Cancer Survivor Inspires LLS Fundraising Campaign
Last August, 6-year-old Liam Vest won his four-year battle with leukemia. On NBC 7 we showed you the parade that was thrown in his honor. Since then, things have been fantastic, with him back at school work and soccer practice. “He’s nine months off-treatment and he’s doing really well,” says Allison Vent, Liam’s mom. “He gets monthly bloodwork and...
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Padres Rookie Weathers Shows Promise in Tie With Dodgers
With the Padres likely keeping ace Dinelson Lamet off the Opening Day roster as they give him plenty of time to recover from last season’s arm issues the Friars have three young starters in the mix to open the season as the 5th starter. Adrian Morejon seems to have the inside track but Ryan Weathers and MacKenzie Gore can...
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San Diego Paracanoer Pursuing Olympic Dreams
When she’s on the water, Erica Davis looks just like any other Olympic canoeing hopeful. What’s unique about her … is how she gets in the vessel. Wheeling down to the Fiesta Island shore and being lifted in by her coach. “I was 24 when my quote-unquote injury happened,” says Davis. Erica has a rare genetic disorder that causes internal…
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Breaking Barriers: How a Padres Pitcher is Helping a Challenged Athlete Live His Baseball Dreams
For his entire life, Landis Sims has been a baseball fan. He loves the game so much, he just had to play it. And he wasn’t going to let some little detail like not having hands or feet get in the way of that. “Really since birth, almost. It’s just always been like, if somebody tells me I can’t...
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Padres Pitcher Takes New Number to Honor a San Diego Legend
When he first got to the Major Leagues with Houston in 2016, Grossmont High School alum Joe Musgrove was given number 59. At the time he didn’t think much about it because … well, he was just happy to be there. “My dad and I always talked about how cool it would be just to have a big league uniform…
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Aztecs Basketball Blows Out Irvine
The uniforms looked different. The result did not. San Diego State beat UC Irvine 77-58 on Friday afternoon at Viejas Arena while wearing their annual NIKE N7 turquoise uniforms to support Native American Heritage Month. Much like their season-opening win over UCLA the game was close for much of the first half before the SDSU defense went into lockdown mode....
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Aztecs Run Out of Luck in Reno
SDSU went to Nevada for a national TV game against an undefeated team they needed to beat to keep their Mountain West Conference title game hopes alive. In the first half the Aztecs were the better team. In the second half that team disappeared, at least on offense. San Diego State let a lead slip away with a dismal 2nd-half…
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Padres Adjust Roster Prior to Rule 5 Draft
In 2017 the Padres played an exhibition game against their Single-A affiliate the Storm at the Diamond in Lake Elsinore. I ran into General Manager A.J. Preller in the bathroom and we talked about the three Rule 5 draftees that were about to make the Opening Day roster (Luis Torrens, Miguel Diaz and Allen Cordoba). Yes, just like the author…
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Loyal SC Forfeits Match After Galaxy II Player Uses Racial Slur Against Their Player
On Wednesday night, San Diego Loyal SC played to a 1-1 draw against LA Galaxy II. On Friday night the Loyal announced it’s forfeiting the match. The club says a player from the Galaxy used a racial slur against one of San Diego’s Black players. According to the Loyal the incident occurred in the 71st minute of the match....
