It’s going to be a big week  for Padres Public next week. 7 of the 13 members of the group will be heading out to Peoria for some Spring Training action and with that will come a ton of pictures, analysis, scouting, videos and there will be very little bobblehead talk (sorry). We also have a bunch of special things planned during our time out there. Make sure you follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram & Google+. We’ll be incorporating all of those things into our week.

The first thing, that I can announce, is 4 of us, in addition to Brady from Lobshots, will be “taking over Fox Sports San Diego” for the game on Wednesday the 13th against the Angels. The plan is to sit in on innings 5 and 7. The ideas are still flowing among us and we really don’t know all of the details yet, but it is sure to be a great time. Here is the Fox Sports San Diego Press Release.

Last year, Mickelson flirted with becoming a part-owner of the San Diego Padres franchise, which sold for $800 million in August. He was asked Sunday whether there was a correlation between the tax increases and what happened to the Padres' deal.

"Absolutely," Mickelson said.

In November of 2012 Prop 30 was passed in the State of California. It was one of the first tax rate hikes in years and it passed by over 10%. The people were lead to believe that it would all go towards education and mainly the upper class would be the one taking a hit.  Well rumor has it the schools are going to get shortchanged and fellow San Diegan Phil Mickelson is in that upper class and has been hit hard by it. So hard in fact, that it caused him to pass on the Padres ownership spot and a move out of California could be in the cards.

After being silent and given no explanation, it's interesting to hear the real reason why Mickelson bailed on the ownership spot. It also makes one wonder if the group was relying on Phil's money when they bought the team. He stated that he was going to be a significant contributor and would play a part in the day to day operations. Is that a reason for the non-existent Padres off-season? Le sigh....the life of a Padres fan.

According to Pro Rumors' Juan Dominguez, former Padre Enzo Hernandez has passed away today at the age of 62 in his native Venezuela.

The shortstop spent parts of 7 seasons with the Padres from 1971-1977 and finished his career with the Dodgers in 1978. The speedster ranks 7th on the Padres all-time Stolen Base list with 129 steals.

Our thoughts and prayers are with his family & friends.

"Now batting NumberElevenEnzooooooHernandezzzzz"

The Padres off-season can be described very easily with one video....

But the Padres and Pints crew got together to give you another video to break down the entire off-season to date. Enjoy!

I know alot of people were disappointed with the new uniforms last year.  But, I was in the minority and thought they were not too bad at all, especially if they keep them for a while and establish the look.  As I was looking for some Christmas present ideas in the Padres store, I saw a New Era hat that I think the Padres should adopt as their new road hats.   It is the Gray 2 Tone basic hat here:

So the home uniforms stay the same with the standard blue hat, and the road grays would use the gray hat.  I also think the navy alternate jersey should have a gray "SD" and gray piping when used on the road.  Do those changes and I'm all set.  As for the rest of San Diego, good luck making them happy!

You can buy the hat HERE

The Padres recently just added Willie Blair to the coaching staff.  Now, I really don't have a "flair", but it is good to see the Padres keep ex-players in the coaching ranks.  I also love the band Fountains of Wayne, so the announcemet, for some reason, made me think of their song "I've Got A Flair".   Anyway, it also brings back fond memories of that great 1996 season as Blair was part of the dominating bullpen anchored by Trevor Hoffman.  I think he will be a good fit to take over as bullpen coach.  Welcome back to San Diego Willie!

Can't figure out what to get that Padres fan for Christmas? Well Santa Fro is here to help out. BiGR Audio is running a promotion from now until January 1st where you can get 50% OFF the sweet camo Padres headphones! Yeah I'm talking about these bad boys......

Just click on THIS LINK, and then ADD TO CART and enter the code bigrpadres at checkout. Your Friar lover will thank you for that.

When it comes to the amount of love for the Pad Squad, I probably rank a distant 2nd behind jbox of Gaslamp Ball on the Love-O-Meter. Dude loves him some Pad Squad and the Pad Squad also loves them some jbox. But that gap might have closed a bit after this video because there's no way he loves this thing more than me. Check out this video of them dancing to Gangnam Style. I've been obsessed with this song & video and I'm sad I missed it in person, but I'm glad their video is now up. Enjoy!!!

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FSSD to air highlights of XX1090’S Dave and Jeff Show on Padres Live during the Dodgers series Sept 25-27