“PADRES–STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS”–
Good season. Bad ending to Post season. Again. Those were the parameters as AJ Preller and Craig Stammen held their end of season press conference. We know what they accomplished. We know what they failed at. Up next is the great unknown. The headlines read: Status of pitching staff. Retain top 1B. Re-sign big money free agent. The players have all spoken in glowing terms about Petco Park, the fans, the organization. Great to hear. Now...
“AZTECS BASKETBALL…A DIFFERENT ERA BEGINS”
Brian Dutcher has accomplished so much at San Diego State. Continuing a tradition of Conference dominance, NCAA tourney appearances, where March Madness is always the destination point. But this 2026-27 season is different. New mailing address, the...
“AZTECS FOOTBALL…DARK DAYS”
San Diego State football...'The Dark Side'. Remember that? That was the phrase they used to describe Aztecs football and its great defense San Diego State football...'The Dark Side'. A very different meaning. The Sean Lewis led team, buried in the...
PADRES SEASON ENDING INTERVIEWS…DODGERS SEASON ON DOORSTEP OF DEATH…NFL NOTES..NBA UPDATES..NHL-AHL…SOCCER…LIV GOLF…
...(Baseball)... (Padres) GM-AJ Preller-end of season press conference: ..Very good season...hard to win 90-games a year-3 years in a row-we did ..Priority is our offense first and then our starting pitching ..We will talk to Michael King-Nick Pivetta shortly ..Reliever Adrian Morejon-will be big win to retain him ..Will decide on Payroll number in next couple of weeks ..Will deal with our free agents first-then free agency in November ---------- (Playoffs) Dodgers-L-Brewers (6-2)...Milwaukee up (3-0) puts LA on death's doorstep-brink of elimination...Game 3-Wednesday ..Jackson Chourio 1st pitch lead off HR in 1st inning off Blake Snell ..Jake Bauers 2R-HR-Garrett Mitchell solo...
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Lee ‘Hacksaw’ Hamilton has built a national reputation as one of America’s top sports-talk show hosts. He has been named Talk Show Host of the Year seven times by the Southern California Sports Broadcasters Association. He has spent his last 26-years doing Sports-Talk Radio in San Diego, and was the first talk show host hired at the legendary 77,000-watt XTRA-Sports-690, and now at 50,000-watt Mighty 1090, hosts the San Diego Padres pre-postgame talk shows. .
He was the popular longtime Radio Voice of the San Diego Chargers, and also did NFL play-by-play for the Seattle Seahawks, and the Compass Media Networks, in addition to his college play-by-play work for the USC-Trojans, Arizona State Sun Devils, San Diego State Aztecs and the Ohio University Bobcats. His NFL play-by-play has been featured at the Pro Football Hall of Fame, in the Hall of Champions in San Diego, and for NFL-Films.
He broadcast the Super Bowl, the Rose Bowl, and the WHA-All Star games.
He has also worked for Sirius-XMs Home Plate Baseball Channel, and did talk shows for Fox Sports 570-KLAC in Los Angeles, and Fox Sports Radio’s network..
He spent 8-years doing hockey for the Cleveland Crusaders and Indianapolis Racers, and 8-years doing Minor League baseball for the Phoenix Giants and the Utica Blue Sox.
He worked at KTAR-Phoenix, 3WE-Radio in Cleveland, and began his career at WLGN-Logan, Ohio and WIBX-Utica, New York.
An accomplished writer, he was named ‘Columnist of the Year’ by the San Diego Press Club, and has written freelance sports columns for the San Diego Union Tribune, and the SDNN-San News Network website.
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