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Padres and Baseball Have Provided Much to be Thankful For

Our Editor, Daryll Dorman, asked us to write a piece for Thanksgiving, about what we’re thankful for in the realm of baseball and our beloved Padres. Excellent idea, Daryll. Thanks! Here’s mine.

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I’m thankful for the connections that baseball creates. My longest friendships were forged over conversations about baseball, talking about the Mets, about Mookie Wilson and Tom Seaver and Keith Hernandez. And what worked 35 years ago still works today. Just a few weeks ago, I met a friend of a friend at dinner, and we spent the entire few hours talking about baseball.