Overview
A one-stop record containing everything Padres fans want to know about their favorite baseball team, this resource is packed with anecdotes, history, explanations of traditions, statistics, trivia, and photos.
Author Biography
Bill Center covers the Padres for the San Diego Union-Tribune and is a back-up beat writer and a former national president of the Baseball Writers Association of America. He is the author of America's Cup '95, Ford Taurus in NASCAR, NASCAR 50 Greatest Drivers, NASCAR: The Thunder of America, and Ultimate Stock Car. He lives in San Diego. Tony Gwynn is a former right fielder for the San Diego Padres.
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Padres Essential: Everything You Need to Know to be a Real Fan by ---revisits the fall and long overdue rise of a team that’s history is full of thrills, disappointments, colorful personalities, great hitters, incredible pitchers, and memorable moments.
Fans will read compelling trivia questions, captivating top-ten lists, interesting tidbits and facts, biographies of more than 100 men who wore a Padres uniform, and scores of statistics and stories. No matter what era you began cheering for the Padres, Padres Essential has something for you. You’ll learn something new and read stories – often hilarious, occasionally heart-breaking – that you haven’t read before.
About the Author
Bill Center has been with The San Diego Union and the merged San Diego Union-Tribune since 1968. He has been a part of covering the Padres since 1981 and continuously now since 1995. He has always been in the role of back-up beat writer because he also covers other sports (motorsports, sailing, boxing, etc.). He was national president of the Baseball Writers Association. of America in 2002 and is the author of five books (America\'s Cup 1995, NASCAR: The Thunder of America; NASCAR\'s 50 Greatest Drivers, The Ultimate Stock Car, NASCAR: Ford Taurus), co-written two and collaborated on three. Bill is a resident of San Diego where he has lived since 1951.