Padres Coming to El Paso

bringing these two cities closer together… way beyond baseball: “i think if we could pick anyplace to have our top affiliate, our triple-a partner, el paso would certainly be our pick.” tom seidler is part-owner of the san diego padres … and he said bringing his team to el paso for a spring training exhibition is a natural. “for us in san diego as a borde town, to have that relationship with el paso, another border town is especially appropriate … so we look forward to next season and march 31st … it’ll be a packed house and great to see matt kemp and the padres take on the chihuahuas.” “when the san diego padres play the el paso chihuahuas here at southwest university park on march 31st, it will mark the first time in 13 years a major league team has played in el paso … the arizona diamondbacks played at cohen stadium back in 2003 in front of more than 10,000 fans.” “its more than just a game, its more than just an affiliate, it’s a great opportunity to put on display the el paso-san diego connection and by extension, the padres chihuahuas extension.” mike dee is president and c-e-o of the san diego padres. and he too sees el paso and san diego as natural partners. “there are some ver distinguishable similarities and i think we’ve already had some good discussions about ways that not only the game can be our centerpiece of our visit here next march, but some other activities we hope to play between the san diego community and the el paso community.” “we’re working on a lot of othe things, hopefully we can do around the game with the padres, with the city of san diego, we’ll see what develops there, but really try to make it more than just a baseball game.” tickets are not expected to go on sale for several more months … and chihuahuas season seat holders will get the first crack at them. dee said we can expect the top padres players to be in town, since the game is so close to the start of the season. rick —