Last week Padres organist and Gaslamp Baller B Cres had a great idea, like he tends to do on a regular basis.
@TheThinGwynn Josh Johnson and Seth Smith trades made me think of new maddening quiz. Padres w/ 1st and last name starting w same letter
— Bobby C (@Bobbycressey) December 4, 2013
We started ping-ponging some names back and forth, and a few others got in on it, before I scoured the master list of everyone who has played for the Padres. I found 50 names that fit the bill, only to find out that I missed one when I double-checked. It was still 51 after a third and fourth check, so I stand by it. With the addition of Josh Johnson and Seth Smith the total grows to 53. After a bit of discussion we concluded that the quiz would be a depressing waste of everyone's time.
@TheThinGwynn@marcusSDTX That quiz would be a sad beast. Everyone would get like 6/50.
— Bobby C (@Bobbycressey) December 5, 2013
With that in mind and not wanting this newly found information to go to waste, here's the list:
- Alexi Amarista
- Alex Arias
- Andy Ashby
- Bob Barton
- Billy Bean
- Bruce Bochy
- Brian Boehringer
- Bret Boone
- Brad Boxberger
- Brad Brach
- Bobby Brown
- Brian Buchanan
- Chris Cannizzaro
- Cesar Carillo
- Clay Condrey
- Callix Crabbe
- Cesar Crespo
- Doug Dascenzo
- Dave Dravecky
- Gary Green
- Johnny Jeter
- Jerry Johnson
- Jonathan Johnson
- Josh Johnson
- Jay Johnstone
- Jimmy Jones
- Kevin Kouzmanoff
- Luis Lopez
- Mike Maddux
- Mike Matthews
- Marty McLeary
- Miles Mikolas
- Phil Plantier
- Roberto Ramirez
- Randy Ready
- Ronn Reynolds
- Royce Ring
- Rene Rivera
- Roberto Rivera
- Ruben Rivera
- Rafael Robles
- Rich Rodriguez
- Roberto Rodriguez
- Ron Roenicke
- Scott Sanders
- Sonny Siebert
- Steve Simpson
- Seth Smith
- Steve Swisher
- Tom Tellmann
- Tim Teufel
- Wally Whitehurst
- Woody Williams
Sisterhood of the Traveling Jersey: Playing The Organ For The Padres
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Jersey is a Gaslamp Ball community project that chronicles the Padres' seasons through the lives of their greatest fans and an old jersey.I initially titled this post "53 Friars with Alliterative Names" but realized that wasn't quite accurate. There are other players with alliterative names, Ken Caminiti and Jedd Gyorko for example, and Phil Plantier is on this list despite his last name not being Phlantier.
