The San Diego Padres home opener is Thursday. To celebrate, KPBS Midday Edition is talking all about the Padres. We heard from the Spanish language broadcast voice for the team, and had a conversation with Tony Gwynn's widow nearly 10 years since his passing. And, we get a fan's perspective of the Padres chances in 2024.
S1: It's time for Midday Edition on Kpbs. The Padres season opener is tomorrow , so today we'll talk about San Diego's legacy of baseball. I'm Jade Hindman. Here's to conversations that keep you informed , inspired , and make you think. For Padres fans , baseball season brings great memories. Definitely.S3: We are la juego y Los padres , San Diego , San Diego. Rah rah rah rah rah rah.
S2: They always singing , chanting the walkup music for each player they know , you know the words of the songs. It's like a carnival and it really gets some similar enjoyment. Like Latin America. I call also the Caribbean World Series that for many , many years I can really remember how it is in Dominican Republic , Venezuela , but Korea , they have in their own culture , they love the game , they have passion for the sport , but also they very local and close to the players.
S2: I grew up in the 70s. My brothers at home , they played the sport. They used to take me everywhere to Qualcomm , and that's where my fantasy started to become a broadcaster. That's when I discovered also my vocation in life. To do this , I started on radio when I was 17. I still was still back in school and doing my part time jobs and trying to start my career.
S1: Man , something a lot of us are looking forward to. Eduardo Ortega is the Spanish language voice of the San Diego Padres. Eduardo , so good to speak with you and have a great season.S1: Up next , the man whose legacy shaped the Padres , the late Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn. S1: Oh my goodness. And what's so special about Tony ? Um , Tony's impact , at least on the on the Padres and the greater San Diego community really is that it's really all about family for him. You know , um , your son , Tony Gwynn Jr , another former Padre , is one of the radio voices for the Padres. At Monday's unveiling at Gallagher Square. I saw you shout out Tony Gwynn the third.
S4: So it is actually part of his or his legacy too , because he loved cooking. You know , where soon to come as Tony grim smoking crab and meats. That's coming along smoking crab and fried chicken. So that'll be coming soon. But you know , these are part of the legacies that we keep. You know , you have the Hall of Family coming soon and you know that documentary. And so , you know , we keep his legacy alive by doing many things.
S4: You know , people don't realize how much he was his love for basketball. He went to San Diego State on a basketball scholarship , not a baseball. And I remember the first year they wouldn't let him play baseball. But , you know , people forget that he was drafted by the San Diego Clippers on the same day the San Diego Padres was. So , you know , his love for basketball was , you know , beyond anybody could imagine. But he followed the team all the time.
S1: All right. Alicia Gwynn , thank you so much for coming in. It's always good to have you in studio and go , Padres.S1: Coming up , the conversation continues with how fans are remembering former Padres owner Peter Seidler. S6: I mean , everybody's really , really bummed is probably the best word to describe. I think the general attitude last season we had this super team. We were , you know , this was the team that was going to get us to the Promised Land. Finally , you know , we had Peter Seidler , Rest in Peace , who spent more money than any Padres owner in the history of Padres baseball. And it was all going to happen. This was this was the season. And it didn't.
S6: It would be. It would be. It would be validating , maybe that I didn't waste my life , um , rooting for these teams. I mean , I remember looking at the when the Red Sox finally won and the Cubs finally won after such a long drought , you know , a hundred years or whatever. And you had , you know , sons , you know , driving to their their fathers graves and putting , you know , some kind of a memorabilia from the wind on their graves.
S6: You know I there's really little out there for people to know about. You know we don't he had some success and then kind of disappeared into the to the void for a little while. And now he's back and there's , you know , rumors as to what happened , but nobody really knows. And he just seems to be kind of a guy that's here. And he's got experience at this level. And as a Padres fan , that's all I've ever wanted.
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