Padtographs, The Managers page 2

Steve Boros-Boros managed the entire 86 season.  He  managed the A's in 83-84.  He went 74-88 with the Padres in 86 and never managed in the majors again.  This is probably one of the first cards I got signed TTM, since I tried to get the 86 team set signed.

Larry Bowa-managed all of 87 and  46 games into the 88 season.  When he was replaced in 88 the Padres were 16-30, he finished his time with San Diego with a record of 81-127.  I got this card TTM.

Jack McKeon-McKeon was the general manager when he replaced Bowa 46 games into the 88 season.  He managed the team into 1990 but replaced himself with Greg Riddoch during the 1990 season.  His record in San Diego was 193-164.  I got this signed TTM.

Greg Riddoch-managed 82 in 1990, the complete 1991 season and 150 games in 1992. His  record was  200-194. I got this signed TTM.

Jim Riggleman-Jim managed 12 games in '92, the complelete '93 season and 117 games in '94.  He finished his career in San Diego with a record of 112-179.  Another card I got signed TTM.

Bruce Bochy-Boch is the longest tenured Padres manager, managing them for 12 years from 1995-2006.  He will be the second Padres manager inducted into the Hall of Fame.  His record with the Padres was 951-971.  I think I got this signed in person when Boch was a player coach with the Las Vegas Stars.

Bud Black-Bud managed the Padres for 9 years for 2007-2015.

His record with the Padres was 649-713.  I got this signed TTM

Pat Murphy-Murph managed the Padres for 96 games after Bud Black was fired in 2015.  His record with the Padres was 42-54.  This is a custom card I made that I got signed TTM.

Andy Green-Green magaged the Padres from 2016-2019.  He managed all but 8 games in 2019.  His record with the Padres was 274-366.  This is another custom card that I got signed TTM.  

 

Minus One, plus one

I received this Ralph Baker card this past week which takes me down to just needing 8 cards to complete the 1965 Topps Football set.  
 

Tanner Scott pitched last season for the Padres and signed up as a free agent with the Dodgers this season.  That gives me 1,333 Padrographs.

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custom cards, series 1, page 3

Tom Klawitter-Tom pitched in 7 games for the Twins in 1985, pitched 9.2 innings, gave up 2 homers finished with a 6.75 ERA.

Dennis Burtt-Dennis pitched in 5 games in 1985 and  3 games in 1986 for the Twins.  1986 was not his year he had an ERA of 31.5 in those 3 games.

Greg Thayer-pitched in 20 games for the Twins in 1978.

Jack Hobbs-pitched 5.2 inning for the Twins in 1981.

Jim Lewis-pitched in 6 games for the Twins in 1983, he also played for Seattle and the Yankees, between 1979-1985

Jay Pettibone-pitched in 4 games, starting them all and pitching 27 innings in four games.  Nobody does that anymore

Tom Norton-pitched in 21 games for Minnesota in 1972.

Bucky Guth-had 3 AB for the Twins in 1972, no hits, 1 run

Ron Allen- in his second appearance. He had 11 AB in 7 games for the Cardinals in 1972.

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Padrographs, the managers, page 1

 

 The Padres have had several managers since their inception as a Major League team in 1969.  

Preston Gomez- Preston managed from the very first game in 1969 until 1972.  He was replaced 11 games into the season.  His record with the Padres was 180-316.  I got this card on ebay.

Don Zimmer- Zim replaced Gomez 11 games into the 1972 season. He managed the rest of 1972 and all of 73 finishing his time as the Padres manager with a record of 114-190.  He and most of his coaches were dismissed when Ray Kroc bought the team. I got this card TTM.

John McNamara- managed all of 1974, 75,76 and 48 games into 1977 before being fired because the Padres had a 20-28 record.  He finished with a record of 224-310.  I think I got this card on Ebay.

Bob Skinner-lost no games as the manager of the Padres.  He managed one game in 1977.  I got this 1977 schedule card signed through the mail.  

Alvin Dark-After McNamara was fired and Skinner managed one game Alvin Dark was hired and managed the rest of the season going 48-65.  I got this card signed through the mail.

Roger Craig-during 1978 Spring Training Alvin Dark was fired just two weeks before the start of the season Craig was hired to manage the team.  He managed in 1978-79, his record was 152-171.  I got this schedule card signed through the mail.

Jerry Coleman-The Colonel came out of the Padres broadcast booth to manage the team in 1980.  He managed the team to a record of 73-89 before returing to the booth to hang a star on it.  I got this signed through the mail.  

Frank Howard-managed both halves of the 1981 season and the Padres were 41-69.  I got this card signed through the mail.

Dick Williams-managed the Padres from 1982 through 1986.  He took the team to the NL pennant and their first World Series in 1984. His record with the Padres  was 337-311, and a World Series loss.  I got this signed through the mail.

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Weekly update

 No new Padrographs or 1965 Topps football cards this week.  I keep getting outbid on the 65 topps football cards.  I need to just get one at a time and not to keep trying for multiples at this time.  

I have been working on a set of cards of all fifty governors of the United States.  The fronts are all done and the backs are halfway done.  Once I get them all done I want to see how how many governors have changed since I did this in 2019.  

I started with the two states I have lived in and proceeded alphabetically.  5 of the above governors are the same as in 2019.

6 of the above are the same.

3 of the above are the same.

3 of the above are the same.

5 of the above are the same.

2 of the governors above are the same as in 2019.

Once I get the backs done I will share them.  At some point I want to do a comparsion of the 2019 set and this one.  When I get them completed I will again send them out and try and get them signed. In 2019 50% of the Governors signed them.  To me it is a nice piece of history.  If I keep to this schedule I will do another set in 2031.  

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Custom cards, series 1, page 2

 It's a whole page of Minnesota Twins, Cards as I See Them, see anything of note.

Minnie Mendoza-played in 16 games for the Twins in 1970.  He got 16 ABs, 3 Hits, 2 Runs and 2 RBIs.  

Joe Bonikowski-pitched in 30 games for Minnesota in 1962. He had a record of 5-7 and an ERA of 3.88.

Steve Barber-pitched in 22 games for the Twins in 1970-1971.  He had a record of 1-0 and an ERA of 5.08.

Mark Wiley-pitched in 15 games for the Twins in 1975.  He had a record of 1-3 and an ERA of 6.05.  He made it back to the majors in 1978 with the Padres and Blue Jays.

Mike Poepping-appeared in 14 games for the Twins in 1975.  He hit .135 

Tom Lundstedt-played for the Cubs in a few games in 1973 and 74. He appeared in 18 games for the Twins in 1975.  He finished his career with a BA of .092

Pat Bourque-Minnesota was his last stop in the majors.  He played in 23 games for the team in 1974.

Mike Kinnunen-pitched in 23 games for the Twinkies in 1980. He would reappear in the majors and finish his career with the O's in 1986 and 87

Boomer Wells-played in 15 games for Minnesota in 1982 after playing in 32 games for the Jays in 1981.

Padrographs, Front Office and others, Part 2

Kevin Towers-I first met Kevin when he pitched in the Padres minor league system.  I talked with him and he had gone to school with some of my cousins in his hometown of Medford, Oregon.  I got this card signed when he was in the minors.  He was the general manager of the Padres from 1995-2009.  He worked with several other teams. 

He passed away from cancer in 2016.

Tony Hawk- I got this off of ebay.  Skateboard icon Tony Hawk is from San Diego and threw out the first pitch.

Johnny Manziel-The Padres used the 837th pick in the 2014 draft to pick him.  He never played an inning and Topps decided to make a card.  I picked this off on ebay.

Agnes McKee- Agnes was 105 years old when she threw out the first pitch in 2014.  I found an article about her that mentioned where she lived and I sent her cards there and asked her to return one signed.  She obliged and this is that card.

Don Orsillo-Don is the play by play announcer for the Padres.  This is half of a bigger card that had Mark Grant on the other half.  I have one of the whole card signed by both of them.  I am not sure where that card is.

The Chicken-The Godfather of all sports mascots.  This card was not signed in '83.  I got it signed after a Portland Beavers game in the '90's.  I asked him to sign his real name but he said that would be like asking Santa to sign Fred.   Ted did sign his real name on a photo another time.

The Swingin Friar-This signed card was pulled from a pack.  I purchased it on Ebay.  

Next time, I will start on signed Manager cards.  

Plus one and minus one

 I added a Padrograph this week and subtracted one more card from my 1965 Topps want list.  I started a new custom card project this week, which I will share with you when I get the fronts done. It is a fifty card set.  Any guesses?

I added this 2025 Topps of Dylan Cease celebrating his no hitter.  I got it on Ebay.  I wish he would be a little more consistent this year.  I will revel in the fact, that as on this moment, the Padres are leading the National League West.  

With the arrival of Johnny Robinson I need just nine cards to finish the 1965 Topps Football set.  He played his entire career for the Texans/Chiefs, played in the first ever Super Bowl and was inducted into the Football Hall of Fame in 2019.

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Custom Cards, Series 1, page 1

 Back in 2015 I saw that an autograph dealer had a signing with Leon Everitt, who had pitched for the Padres in 1969 but never had a card with them.  We decided that if I made cards for the dealer I would get a free signature and he could do as he liked with the other eight cards.  We also reached terms on cards from other teams.  We are still making cards ten years later as ShoeBox Heroes.  

#1 Leon Everitt-Leons' entire major league career consisted of five games for the Padres in 1969.  He passed away in 2016 at the age of 69.

#2 John Sipin-John played in 68 games for the Padres in 1969.  He played in Japan from 1972-80.  Evidently he was a big fan favorite in Japan.  I tried many different addresses to get this signed and never received a reply.  I ended up buying an index card and making a cut signature card.

#3 Van Kelly-played in 111 games for the Padres in 69 & 70.  That was the extent of his major league career.  I used SCN to find his address and sent him cards, I asked him to sign one and keep the others and he did.  

#4 Rupe Toppin-pitched in 2 games for the Kansas City Athletics in 1962.  Other than those 2 games he played in the minors from 1960-1969.

#5 Ron Allen-I am not sure why this is a Phillies card.  Ron never made the majors with Philadelphia, he made his major league debut with the Cardinals in 1972.  He played 5 games in 1972 and that was the end of his major league career.  Early on in making the customs the photos came from the autograph dealer, which may be why it is a Phillies card.  Ron is the brother of Dick and Harry Allen.

#6 John Hairston- John played in three games for the Cubs in 1969.  He is the brother of Jerry Hairston, son of Sam Hairston, uncle to Jerry and Scott Hairston.

#7 Vance McHenry- Vance played in 15 games for the '81 Mariners and 3 games for them in '82.  He played in the minors in various systems until 1985.  

#8 Clint Compton-Clint pitched in 2 innings for the 1972 Cubs.  

#9 Charlie Walters- Charlie pitched in 6.2 innings in 6 games for the Twins in 1969.  

1969 fronts were easy to make, it is a just a matter of finding the right colors and fonts.  I used the back of Tom Seavers' '69 card for Leon Everitts, just superimposing things on it.  With John Sipins' card I started building the card backs.  The more I worked with Publisher the easier things became.   The '62, '81 and '72 cards involved an exacto knife and various other tools for the fronts.  

Padrographs Owners and Front Office, Part 1

My Padrographs are housed in three binders, from the LCS I used to work at from 90-95.  The first binder starts with owners and other front office personnel.  

Ron Fowler-was executive chairman of the Padres and part owner from 2012-2020.

Erik Greupner- is currently the CEO of the Padres and has been with the team since 2010.

Jeff Moorad-has owned part of the Diamondbacks and the Padres.  He is currently a sports agent.

John Moores-was the owner of the Padres from 1994-2003, when a divorce necessitated the sale of the team.

Peter Seidler-was the owner of the Padres from 2012 til his death in 2023.  He was much loved in San Diego and authorized spending that brought the superstar talent to the team.

Sandy Alderson-CEO of the Padres from 2005-2009.  I put the Chesty Puller stamp on the card to commerate Aldersons' time in the Marine Corps and he served in Vietman.

Buzzie Bavasi-was the president and a minority of the Padres when they became a major league team.  He left the team in 1977 to work with the singing cowboy, Gene Autry and the Angels.

Josh Byrnes-was the GM of the Padres from 2011-2014. He is currently the senior vp of baseball operations for the Dodgers.

Jed Hoyer-was the GM of the Padres in 2010-2011.  He is currently the president of baseball operations for the Chicago Cubs.

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1462, 1332, 10, 4, and 8

 It has been a minute since I last posted but Night Owls' post about the number of bloggers who post once is motivating me to at least try that. I have written 1,462 post since starting in 2008.  Back then I was working 40 hours or more (at a job I loved).  Now I work 25 hours a week for a friend, I like my job but oh boy some of the people.  Looking forward to school starting in two weeks.  I will try and stop in regularly from here on out.  

With the addition of two Padres autographs from 2025 I now have 1,332 different padres signatures.  

Sean Reynolds has pitched in 18 games for the Padres this year in relief.  He is currently pitching at El Paso.

Brandon Lockridge played in 47 games for the Padres this year before being traded at the deadline to Milwaukee for Nestor Cortes.

 I only have ten cards left to finish my 1965 Topps football set.  The remaining cards are Willie Brown, Len Dawson, Ralph Baker, Winston Hill, Joe Namath, Fred Blitnekoff, Ben Davidson, and three others I am bidding on.  It could be awhile.  This is one of the last cards I received, it has been a long time since I received a card in a screw down.

This is my latest custom card, Shoebox Heroes, Series 2, card # 496.

Tom Wiedenbauer played four games for the Astro's in 1976.  He has been a coach in the Cleveland system since the 80's.   

The other when I got the mail I realized that I had a return of a TTM card.  I have mailed any cards out for signatures for at least five years.  When I checked I mailed this card to Mr. Cahill in 2017.  It is a custom I had sent him.  He included an actual 2017 Heritage card with this one.  

Thanks for stopping by and hopefully I will see you in a week.  I am trying this Google link things.  

New Padrographs

I was searching on eBay and found some Padrographs I didn't have.  

 Randy Curtis was drafted by the Mets in 1991 and came to the Padres in a trade and then went to the Cleveland system.  He was out of professional baseball by 1998.  He has been President and CEO of ABD baseball for the last 28 years.

Euribiel Angeles was drafted by the Padres in 2018 and was traded to the A's in 2022 as part of the trade that brought Sean Manea to the Padres.  He is currently playing in the Texas League.

Nathan Martorella was drafted by the Padres in 2022 and is now in the Southern League in the Marlins system.  He was part of the trade that brought Luis Arraez to San Diego.

Nerwilian Cedeno was signed by the Padres in 2019 at age 17 in the DR.  He is currently playing A+ for the Ft Wayne Tincaps in the Padres system.  

Robby Snelling was drafted by the Padres in 2023, he is currently pitching in the Marlins system as he was also part of the Arraez trade.  

Two More Completed Pages & Card Show

 Went to a card show at Lloyd Center today.  I was able to bypass many tables because they were Pokemon or slabbed superstars, neither of which interest me.  I was surprised that none of the dealers had any 2025 Heritage.  There were several other tables that I was able to pass by because they had many unsorted 5,000 count boxes and I know I don't have the patience to go through that looking for cards I want.  I did pick up one free card of a minor league player for the Hillsboro Hops named Gavin Logan (guess who I picked it up for).  I dropped off some cards at his house this morning.

I must confess that I have never heard of any these guys.  This team no longer exists.

I have heard of none of these guys either and I used to be a Chargers fan, although these cards came out when I was eight years old and living in Newport, Rhode Island. 

I am now at 56% of the set, I have ninety eight of the one hundred seventy six cards.

2025 Heritage a first look

 When I got home from a boring cold day at work today, my wife greeted me with a hot bowl of spaghetti and in the mail I received my pre-ordered hobby box of 2025 Heritage.  I immediately opened it while watching The Rookie.

This is what it looked like after I sorted out the teams that I know I can send to you guys. In the bottom row second from the left is a stack of most of the inserts.  

This was the first card out of the box.

I got these two historical guys.  One of them is very well known in this part of the country.

It's hard to tell here but these are all chrome versions of the base cards.  Paul Skenes showed up so many times in this box I thought it was meant for Pittsburgh.  Luckily I have a friend here who is a Pirates fan.  

Blue borders, no serial numbers on these.

Blue Sparkly versions, no serial numbers here either.

A slightly different color blue sparkly, no serial number.

I did get one serial numbered card, blue chrome.  133/150

Watch for it in the mail Tom

I did get a 1976 Buyback card

These are some of the other inserts.  The Matt Olson relic is the guaranteed relic/autograph in a hobby box.  I was glad to get the Mel Ott he was one of my first baseball heroes when I was a kid.  

Hope you enjoyed this look.

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The Joy of a completed page

 

I completed a page of my 1965 Topps Football set build.  It is the first page of the set.  I only recognized two names on this page.  Nick Buoniconti, although I know him from when he was with the Miami Dolphins in the 70's.   He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2001 and passed away in 2019.  Gino Cappelletti played for the Patriots from 1960 to 1970.  Before joining the Patriots he played in the CFL and also played QB for a Rugby Team according to wikipedia.  He passed away in 2022.

Fuji helped me out with eight more cards to bring me to 49% completion of the set.  The only one of these guys I had heard of was Tom Flores and that was from the years he was the Raiders head coach.  Thanks Mark.

On a completely different note, I have a question for those of you who use Blogger.  I can only get my blogroll to show ten other blogs, but I notice some of you have many more than that.  Can you tell how to get more to show up.

Thanks for stopping by and any help you can render.