The final chapter of Padres and Pints Episode 2 with Corey Brock is here for your viewing pleasure!

In Part 2 you get the latest scoop on the El Cajon Brewing Company from their General Manager Lisa. Then find out what Padre-damus has predicted for the future and FINALLY you get to check out the Padres and Pints RAPID FIRE! If you like beer and you like baseball then you are clearly in the right place.

Enjoy!

Hey, hey, hey! What do we have here? A video posted on time? CHECK. A video that you can hear the audio? DOUBLE CHECK. RJ's Fro & Avenging Jack Murphy drinking beers whilst chatting with MLB/Padres writer Corey Brock? CHECK, CHECK & CHECK.

For Episode 2 of Padres and Pints, we ventured into the Fro's backyard of El Cajon. The El Cajon Brewing Co. is only a few months old but is quickly making a name for themselves. The beer and food is fantastic. The service is great. There are tons of TVs for your viewing pleasure. How can you resist? You'll get to know more about them in Part 2 on Friday.

In Part 1 here, we chat with Corey about the 2011 season, the Padres off-season and Beautown just won't stop raving about the John Baker acquistion!

*EDIT - I had this setup to auto post BEFORE the Preview of Episode 2. It obviously didn't.

Welcome to the final chapter of our first ever Padres and Pints episode. In case you missed the others, check out the Preview & Part 1 first................Are you up to date now? OK let's continue onward.....

Being that this was our first ever episode, we ran into quite a few problems along the way. The audio sucked, we rambled at times, we talked about Kyung-Min Na for almost 20 minutes (all of which hit the cutting room floor) and I decided to upgrade my operating system, not once, but twice, resulting in glitchy editing programs. But we are learning from these mistakes. An audio recorder w/mic has been purchased, we became a little more organized question wise, Na wasn't mentioned once in Episode 2 and Mac OS X Lion has been removed from my computer until it's up to par. Still, we'd love some feedback or suggestions regarding future episodes. We may have mastered the drinking beer part already but we also want to get better at all the other stuff as well.

Also the Avenger-in-Chief and myself thought a Monday-Preview, Wednesday-Part 1 & Friday-Part 2 format would be better than our initial Friday-Monday-Wednesday idea. We don't want you guys forgetting about us over the weekend!

So with all that said, sit back, relax & enjoy Padres and Pints at Ballast Point with special guest Geoff Young. In this episode we go deep down into the depths of the brewery and chat with Geoff some more about the media in San Diego. Unfortunately the Rapid Fire had to be cut thanks to the audio just being completely unbearable....sorry.

Once again, we'd like to thank Geoff Young of Ducksnorts and Baseball Prospectus & Chris and everyone else at Ballast Point for their hospitality.

(Padres Press Release)

SAN DIEGO – The San Diego Padres today announced they have agreed to terms on a one-year contract for the 2012 season with left-handed pitcher Clayton Richard. Executive Vice President/General Manager Josh Byrnes made the announcement.

Since joining the Padres in 2009, the 28-year-old southpaw has gone 24-20 with a 3.84 ERA (156 ER/365.1 IP) over 63 starts, including an 11-11 mark with a 2.72 ERA (57 ER/188.2 IP) in 31 career starts at Petco Park over that span. Richard was 5-9 with a 3.88 ERA (43 ER/99.2 IP) and 53 strikeouts against 38 walks over 18 starts in 2011.  He underwent season-ending shoulder surgery on his left shoulder last season on July 29, performed by Dr. Heinz Hoenecke and Dr. Jan Fronek at Scripps Clinic in Torrey Pines.

Originally selected by the Chicago White Sox in the eighth round of the 2005 First-Year Player Draft, Richard has gone 30-28 with a 4.20 ERA (234 ER/502.0 IP) in 102 games, 85 starts over parts of four Major League seasons with the White Sox (2008-09) and Padres (2009-11). He was acquired by the Padres from the White Sox on July 31, 2009.

With today’s transaction the Padres have one player remaining eligible for arbitration in right-handed pitcher Dustin Moseley.

How awesome is this bike? Old school Padres colors? Randy Jones inspired? Hmmmm...now if only I had an extra $500 bucks laying around.

The Avenger-in-Chief and I know you guys don't like jumping headfirst into things, so here's just a small taste of Episode 2 of Padres and Pints. We travel to the El Cajon Brewing Co. where we just so happen to run into Mr. Portland, Mr. Craft Beer, Mr. Indie Rock, oh, and also writer for Padres.com, Corey Brock! Padres and Pints plus Corey Brock is like a match made in beer and baseball heaven. So sit back, enjoy the preview and tune in on Wednesday for Part 1.

(Padres Press Release)

SAN DIEGO – The San Diego Padres today announced they have agreed to terms with nine arbitration-eligible players on contracts for the 2012 season, including right-handed pitchers Luke Gregerson, Tim Stauffer and Edinson Volquez, left-handed pitcher Joe Thatcher, catchers John Baker and Nick Hundley, infielder Chase Headley and outfielders Carlos Quentin and Will Venable. Executive Vice President/General Manager Josh Byrnes made the announcement.

Gregerson, 27, went 3-3 with a career-best 2.75 ERA (17 ER/55.2 IP) and 34 strikeouts against 19 walks over 61 relief appearances for the Padres last season.  Over three Major League seasons (2009-11), all with the Padres, he has gone 9-14 with a 3.10 ERA (72 ER/209.0 IP) and 216 strikeouts against 68 walks in 213 relief appearances.

Stauffer, 29, made a career-high 31 starts in 2011, going 9-12 with a 3.73 ERA (77 ER/185.2 IP) for San Diego.  The Padres Opening Day starter last year, he went 5-6 with a 2.97 ERA (39 ER/118.0 IP) and 90 strikeouts against 31 walks over 19 starts in the first half of 2011. Over parts of six Major League seasons (2005-07, 2009-11) with the Padres, he has gone 23-31 with a 3.92 ERA (190 ER/436.0 IP) since being selected by San Diego in the first round (fourth overall) of the 2033 First-Year Player Draft.

(Padres Press Release)

Fans who pre-register for the free event get early access and the chance to win exclusive experiences

SAN DIEGO – The San Diego Padres today announced 2012 single-game tickets will be on sale at FanFest presented by Bloomberg Sports on Saturday, February 11, 2012. The annual daylong event at Petco Park is free and open to the public.

Single-game tickets for the 2012 season will go on sale the day of FanFest beginning at 7:30 a.m. at the Petco Park box office, online at www.padres.com and by phone at 619.795.5555. Tickets will also be on sale at three locations inside the ballpark during FanFest, beginning at 8:30 a.m. This will be the first opportunity for fans to secure tickets for the season’s most in-demand games, including Opening Day, interleague play against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and Texas Rangers, and matchups against NL West rivals like the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers. Visit www.padres.com for the complete 2012 schedule, including game times (subject to change).

Here is Part 1, of Episode 1, of the RJ's Fro/Avenging Jack Murphy creation, "Padres and Pints". Watch it. Tell your friends about it. Watch it again. And most importantly, go drink some Ballast Point. Living in a time where almost everyone has the attention span of a 7 year old child (myself included), we decided to split these bad boys up into 2 parts. The goal is for Part 1 to go up on Mondays, Part 2 on Wednesdays and the Preview for the upcoming episode on Fridays. These will be going out on, as the Avenger-in-Chief put it, a "semi-regular-ish basis". This one was delayed a little bit because I was working out some kinks, but we should be fine going forward. Now, in case you are out of the loop,"Padres and Pints" is a new video series where we will be traveling around to various breweries in San Diego talking about all things Padres baseball with a Special Guest. We'll laugh, we'll drink, we'll talk Padres baseball. What more can you ask for?

A HUGE thanks goes out to Geoff Young of Ducksnorts and Baseball Prospectus. The guy just oozes baseball knowledge and is a HUGE Ballast Point fan. Also we'd like to thank everyone at Ballast Point, especially Chris, for being so cool and accommodating to us that day.

In Part 1 we talk about what Geoff has been up to these days, the Three-Headed Beast (Media/Fans/Team) & most importantly did Geoff really almost start up Ducksnorts again?? Check it out!

It's been a while since I've done one of these full fledged post things. Last season, I tried to keep things on the down low due to working at a TV station with close ties to the Padres, that may or may not have a "Cooking Guy" on it, that may also be one of the top 5 numbered stations for Cox subscribers....OK, OK it was KUSI (just kidding). My thinking was that you can't get in trouble for not writing anything at all, right? If only it was that easy. But that's another post all together.

The point of THIS post is that tonight there will be a "casual meetup of Padres fans" that will "just so happen to be crashed" by one Mr. "Mat Latos" & a Mrs. "Dallas Latos". It'll be at the Fro's favorite place the Randy Jones All American Sports Grill at 7:30pm. I'm going to try and make it & if I do, I'll bring all the #balls shirts remaining (not many) & will have them at rock bottom prices!! (Buy me a beer? 5 bucks?) I think it's a Friarhood event, but I could be wrong. I once ran into Steve at H & R Block during tax time while he was getting his taxes done and there were Friarhood banners everywhere. Dude loves him some events.

It brings a tear to my eye as it's the end of the #balls era here in San Diego. What are #balls you ask? Well first of all how dare you ask such a stupid question! Second of all, if I'm going to explain it then we are going to have to take a trip allllllllll the way back to the year 2011. Ownership in San Diego was uncertain, the Padres were trying to cram ugly uniform changes down our throats and San Diegans were clamoring over breakfast. Wait...not much has changed apparently.