Who’s your Padre?
For about 3 1/2 hours Sunday morning, it was Ricky Padilla, a sophomore at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Mich., who caused a social media stir when he got hold of the @Padres Twitter handle.
Padilla was sitting in a study room on campus preparing for finals when he noticed the Padres had changed their Twitter account handle for a Mother’s Day promotion.
To announce the one-day change, the team tweeted: “Usually @Padres but today we’re celebrating Moms everywhere by becoming the @Madres. Thanks for the idea, @budweiserUSA! #Madres #callyourmom”
Padilla, a 2017 Poway High graduate who plays catcher for the Calvin College baseball team, noticed the change about 6 a.