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Seidler, Padres chairman and owner, dies at 63

San Diego Padres chairman and owner Peter Seidler has died at the age of 63, the team announced Tuesday.

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Peter Seidler, Padres chairman and owner, dies at 63​

San Diego Padres owner Peter Seidler, who elevated his team to national prominence with financial commitments in the hundreds of millions but never saw the team win a World Series, died Tuesday. He was 63.

The Padres did not disclose a cause of death, but Seidler, a two-time cancer survivor, revealed in a statement Sept. 18 he had undergone a medical procedure the prior month that would prevent him from attending any games for the remainder of the 2023 season.

Majority ownership of the Padres is remain in the Seidler family moving forward.

R.I.P.

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Olney: How Padres' sale completes Peter Seidler's legacy​

In his time as owner of the San Diego Padres, the late Peter Seidler spoke frequently with his general manager, A.J. Preller, about the repeated cycle of frustration the city's sports fans had experienced. "All the time," Preller said recently.

Often, the Padres developed or collected stars, and with the notable exception of eight-time batting champion Tony Gwynn, they would trade players when they became more expensive or stand down as they departed as free agents. The team would sink back to mediocrity -- or worse. It was like the fans were Charlie Brown and the Padres were Lucy, snatching the football away and yanking hope when it seemed there was a chance for glory. And for San Diegans, the roots of resentment weren't tied to just the baseball team. The city's NBA franchise, the Clippers, moved to Los Angeles in 1984, and then in 2017, the Chargers chose a new stadium deal over a fanbase that had supported them for more than five decades and jumped to L.A.

But Seidler, Preller and others in the organization changed the trajectory of the Padres, constructing a new perception of the team, even while absorbing waves of industry criticism and skepticism about San Diego's spending. And in this week's owners meeting, Seidler's bold choices will be handsomely rewarded. The Padres -- the team that occupies a relatively tiny corner of the California media market -- will be officially sold to Jose Feliciano and Kwanza Jones for a stunning $3.9 billion, by far the largest value for an MLB team in history (the New York Mets sold to Steve Cohen for $2.4 billion in 2020). The Padres' valuation is about five times greater than the franchise's sale price in 2012, for $800 million.
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Ball bonks off Angels OF Adell's head, over fence for home run​

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Los Angeles Angels right fielder Jo Adell made headlines in April when he robbed three home runs in one game. On Tuesday night at Angel Stadium, he gave one back.

In a play he would probably like to forget, Adell raced toward the right-field wall to track down a fly ball off TJ Rumfield's bat in the fourth inning against the Colorado Rockies.

Adell appeared to get under the ball for an easy out, but in a flashback to the infamous Jose Canseco play from May 1993, the ball nicked off his glove, then bounced off his head and over the fence for a solo home run.

"It's one of those things where how it happened looks crazy," said Adell, who went 0-for-4 at the plate with two strikeouts. "It looks like I've never played in the field before, which is disappointing, because it's beyond the truth, but it is what it is. I'm the only one that really knows what happened. I was out there, and it happened to me, so it is what it is. I've got to just keep going, and as a team, we've got to keep going."

The play bore an eerie resemblance to Canseco's defensive blunder from 33 years ago, which happened when he was a member of the Texas Rangers and also occurred at the right-field wall. The Rangers lost that game 7-6 to Cleveland.

Adell actually made a similar outfield gaffe against the Rangers on Aug. 9, 2020, his rookie season, when a fly ball bounced off his glove -- but not his head -- and went over the fence. The play did not go down as a homer, however; instead, Adell was charged with a rare four-base error.

Fungo Squiggly said:

That dude did love to pimp his bombs. In 2019, he ended up with:

19 homers
2 triples
8 doubles
18 singles
25 HBP
28 BB

Slashed .187/.328/.462 -- .790 OPS is fucking wild. One of the most fucked up season stat lines I've ever seen.

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so, roughly 40% of his HRs were against the Pirates that year? That's pretty sweet.

Should change his name to Maxxx.
Would be a new level of awesomeness.
Unlimited NIL earning potential.

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KYBuck4858 5 hours ago
WR Benny Easter has moved up his OV to TT from 6/19 to this weekend.
I think this is good. As he can directly compare the two, with the OSU visit still fresh on his mind, rather than great vibes wear off for a few weeks and then go to TT.

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MrBuck24 18 hours ago
Birm on the Roosters live show said he thinks OSU will get Fakatou, Easter, and DGG. We all know things can change in a hurry in NIL recruiting, but I like the confidence.

Double Nickels 16 hours ago
Birm is definitely getting his info from Pantoni so that's a good vibe coming from inside the WHAC

94 days

Jaxbuck said:

If you've met him you also know he is a massive human being. Point is if he isn't a big back I wouldn't know what one looked like.

His NFL height was listed at 6'1" so that is what I was rolling with.

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Byars was a big boy for sure.

BuckeyeNation27 said:

Somebody thought they came up with the answer....and that answer was to put it in the hands of Congress. Right.

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Southern politicians band together and vote to disrupt NIL deals for Northern schools.

Civil War 2.0 starts inside the next 6 months.

MGMT said:

hen I found a real film and arrived at the conclusion that not only does he have breakaway speed and outstanding elusiveness, but he looks borderline impossible to take down on initial contact. The anti-Bo Jackson if you will.

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Or like the real Bo Jackson (depending on how old you are).

BuckeyeNation27 said:

I keep myself intentionally blind to most NIL things, because I reserve the things that erode my sanity to my wife and kid.....but can you really just take several million dollars from a school and then bail and just go get a different bag from somebody else? I really hope you can, because that makes Ohio State's NIL process that much more intelligent than the aTm and Miami's of the world.

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It would all depend on the contract details I guess.

Maybe UT just treated it like the good old days, handed him a bag of cash with no paper trail and he just said "Thanks!"?

ORD_Buckeye said:

These GM's just refuse to draw the link to the any success he had at tsun and the cheating. It was so fucking obvious. Fuck Jamarcus McCarthy.

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9 would hold his pinky out when he refreshed himself with some Purple Drank.

Not a headline, but figured I would share here since it is Ohio-based. Deer with a wig.

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We're at the part of the offseason where we can reasonably see Michigan losing all the games. That means we still have the whole summer yet.

SMU signs former MLB player Jordyn Adams to football scholarship: 26-year-old was a 5-star WR recruit in 2018​

Adams was the No. 3 wide receiver recruit in 2018, according to 247Sports, ranking directly behind future NFL star Amon-Ra St. Brown​

Jordyn Adams spent the better part of eight years pursuing one sports dream. Now, he's returning to another. The former five-star football recruit and first-round MLB Draft pick has enrolled at SMU and plans to join the Mustangs football program, a source confirmed to CBS Sports.

Adams was once considered one of the country's premier high school athletes. A standout at Green Hope High School in Cary, North Carolina, he finished his prep career ranked as the No. 3 wide receiver in the 2018 class and the No. 14 overall prospect nationally. The only receivers ranked ahead of him were future NFL stars Amon-Ra St. Brown and Ja'Marr Chase.

Adams signed with North Carolina and intended to play both football and baseball. But those plans changed when the Los Angeles Angels selected him with the No. 17 overall pick in the 2018 MLB Draft and signed him away from college on a deal worth more than $3 million.

The decision launched a professional baseball career that stretched from 2018 until just two weeks ago, when he last appeared in a game on May 20 with Triple-A Nashville Sounds. Adams climbed through the Angels' farm system before making his major league debut in 2023. He appeared in 17 games for Los Angeles that season and returned for 11 more games in 2024. After departing the Angels organization, he spent time with the Baltimore Orioles and Milwaukee Brewers organizations.

In total, Adams played 38 MLB games, collecting 13 hits, six runs scored, one home run and five RBIs. He spent the bulk of his career in the minor leagues, appearing in 678 games and accumulating more than 2,400 at-bats while showcasing the athleticism that once made him one of the nation's top football recruits.

His baseball career came to a close last month after a brief stint in the Milwaukee Brewers organization. Rather than continue pursuing another opportunity in professional baseball, Adams has elected to revisit the sport many believed could have carried him to a professional career as well.

How is Jordyn Adams still eligible to play college football?​

As of now, he is, but the NCAA continues to debate significant eligibility changes. Last month, Division I leaders discussed an age-based "five-for-five" model that would give athletes five years to compete beginning immediately after high school graduation or their 19th birthday -- whichever comes first. If adopted, the proposal would dramatically alter the current system and could impact cases like Adams' in the future.

He never enrolled at North Carolina after signing with the Angels. Because Adams went directly into professional baseball and never played college football, his eligibility situation differs from that of a traditional college athlete.
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Class: 2028
Position: OT
School: Bradenton(FL) IMG Academy
Height: 6-foot-6
Weight: 286lbs

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Captain Buckeye said:

Sort of unreal that Freeman and James are able to hangout if you think of it. I’ll say this, if Day were to go to the NFL you have to go get Marcus. No one is ready yet (James, Hartline etc).

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They've known each other since they were 18, why wouldn't they still be cool? Its just a job. I'm sure they have stories for days, and Freeman probably didn't even fault JL for leaving for THEIR alma mater for a positional job he didn't give him. I work with a guy who played at Wayne with them, and he said they all get together more frequently than fans know
And I doubt Marcus leaves ND for OSU. Its one of the few programs that would be considered a lateral move

My guy.

Ohio State looks to be OUT of the mix for five-star wideout from the Sunshine State​

The expectation was that IMG Academy (FL) WR Eric McFarland would be in Columbus this weekend, but that’ll no longer happen. According to Jeremy Birmingham of Lettermen Row, McFarland won’t be taking an official to Columbus following a visit to Texas A&M.

Hell of a game.

He really played well down the stretch… I guess if I’m looking back on it. He was pretty damned good from Washington through Michigan. Going to be a problem this year.

They talk way too much for a program that doesn’t do anything.

Both teams restocked in the portal so it’ll likely come down to that.

With that said, JJ really needs to do something vs these guys. He’s 0-2 so far