Hello and welcome to my new YouTube channel PopUpSports. And before we go on can you do me a favor, click the little subscribe button. I'd really appreciate it. I'll wait for you. Thanks. You don't know how happy that makes me. Next on the list are my own San Diego Padres. Yes, I've been a fan since day one, 1969. 50 years of rooting for the San Diego Padres. They don't have the history of other teams like it was tough for picking Yankees greatest players of all times because they have so many great players. The Padres have a few great players. A lot of guys are out here. I can go who? But they're my team. They're our players. And I'm doing the best I can of rating these players. But here we go. We'll start with our the greatest Padria of all time. And one of the greatest hitters in the history of baseball, Mr. Tony Gwynn. Can't say enough good things about Tony Gwynn. He had a 338 batting average, 3141 hits, 8 batting titles, Hall of Famer, Gold Glover. He could have gone either, he could have taken more money to go somewhere else, but he decided to stay a Padre from start to finish. I think I speak for most Padre fans. We love him. It was a joy to watch him play. You went to the game just to watch Tony Gwynn play because it letters a lot of times the team was pretty bad. But watching him play was just, again, it was watching one of the greatest hitters of all time. Next up in the outfield is Dave Winfield. Yeah, he made most of his success was winning after he left the Padres. But he had a pretty good career with the Padres. 154 HRs, 1,134 hits. He's a Hall of Famer, great outfielder. And he also never played the minors. He was drafted by the Padres. He went straight to the Major League. I think he was also drafted by baseball and football. Also, he was drafted by three sports. Again, Gwynn would Dave Winfield. The third outfielder is Steve Finley. He had great power numbers for the Padres. Gold glove outfielder. Took him help take him to the World Series in 1998. Only played about three to half four seasons with the Padres. Again, it's tough because they don't have a long history of great players. There could be other players you could put in there and put it in the comments section. The ISTE Finley doesn't belong there. Maybe Greg Vaughn. Ricky Henderson, you could put in there. But I went with Steve Finley just because of the World Series appearance. And he was just a solid, solid player. First base, again, you could go with some different players. But I'm going with Old Nate Colbert. 163 HRs, a Padres. He had a double hitter. 1972 against the Braves. He had five homers and 13 RBIs in a double hitter. Just an amazing stat. And a lot of people think, okay, he only had 163 HRs. But back when Sandi was staying for a soap and up, they had a 17 foot wall. You had to hit it over that wall. I would say probably the year he had 38 homers, he did it twice. He probably would have had about 58 homers. Or even could have broken Roger Maris's record at the time with 61 homers. Because of the wall. But anyway, I'm going with Nate Colbert. There's other players you could probably put on that list. But I'm going with Nate Colbert. Second base has been kind of a black hole for the Padres. You know, the whole time. If they wouldn't have traded a Roberto Alomar, worst trading in Padre history, in my opinion, I would have definitely had him on the list. But I went with Alan Wiggins. Mainly because of the World Series year 84, 70 stolen bases, 106 runs scored. He also went from the outfield to second base. The start of that season. And that helped the Padres. And also it helped Tony Gwynn have an average, I believe, the 370 because they were so worried about Alan Wiggins speed at first base. So I'm going to Alan Wiggins. You could have gone with that, like I said, if they hadn't traded Cardinals by Arga. Or there's other players you could have gone with. But there's not a lot of great players at second base for the San Diego Padres. Third base I went with Ken Caminetti. I know it's a steroid area, but I'm not excluding players from steroids in this list. He was the National MVP in 1996. Great defense. Big reason for the Padres making the World Series. The playoffs in 96 obviously and in 98 making the World Series. I love Ken Caminetti. But I'm going to put him on the list. Now, if Mani Machado, once Mani Machado's career is done with the Padres, he'd probably be the guy that would put there. But as of now, then with Ken Caminetti. Shortstop. Probably would have gone with Fernando Tatees once his career is over because the guys an amazing young player. But I'm going with Gary Templeton. Took the Padres of the World Series in 84. He had 1,135 hits to the Padres. 195 doubles. He really cemented the position at a shortstop. Bad knee probably kept him from being the player. He was when he was younger. But yes, we're going with Gary Templeton at shortstop. Could have gone with Aussie Smith, but Templeton played longer and had a better career with the Padres than Aussie Smith. Aussie Smith made his career with St. Louis. Next up, Terry Kennedy. I was going back and forth between him and Benito Santiago. But again, he helped the Padres get to the World Series in 1984. He had 424 RBIs and 76 homers as a Padres. And it was a solid player and helped build that young team. Going to starting pitching, I'm going with Jake Pee-V. Career record with the Padres 92 and 68. 2007 Saiyung Award winner and ERA of 329 that year. Yeah, Jake Pee-V was a good pitcher for the Padres. And that's where we're going with him. Next up, my favorite Padre of all time, Randy Dandy Jones. From 75 to 76, he was the best pitcher in the game. When the Saiyung in 1976 with a 22 and 14 record, you're thinking, and that was with a terrible Padre team. They were bad. He had 25 complete games in one season. I don't think the Padres have had 25 complete games since. I'm just exaggerating. But he also had 315 innings pitch day here. If he wouldn't have torn up his arm, he probably would have made the hall of fame. He was that good. Pete Rose said he was the toughest pitcher he ever faced. Final starting pitcher, I'm going to go with Kevin Brown. He only pitched for the Padres for one season. But he's the main reason they went to the World Series that year he made all the other starting pitchers better. 18 and 7, ERA of 2.38, just his total attitude on the mound. And he said a great example. It helped the Padres. Again, they made the World Series because he rounds out my third pitcher. There could be other pitchers. I could have went Gaila Perry, one of Saiyung Ward. Bruce Hurst has some good years with the Padres. But I'm going with Kevin Brown if you disagree. Put it in the comment section. Next up, Relief Pitcher, Trevor Hoffman. Oh my God. It was almost like Tony Gwynn. You went to the game hoping to get Trevor Time, which they would play. ACDC's Hales Bells. It was electric. It was amazing. He had 610 one career saves. In 1998, the World Series, he had 53 saves. And ERA of 1.48, and he is a Hall of Famers. So we, and also he had heard himself a few times. And he developed a change up because he was more of a power pitcher. When he first came up, but no, Trevor Hoffman reinvented himself. And he's definitely top swimmer. The second Relief Pitcher went back and forth with it. Could have went with Raleigh Fingers. Could have went with Mark Davis, who went to Siamord with the Padres as a Relief Pitcher, or Gus Gossage. But I started to go with Heath Bell. 103 two saves in three years as a Padres. Three time All-Star. And 2010, he had a 1.93 ERA. Yeah. So again, back and forth, the Heath Bell was very dominant. And it's also a good setup man for Trevor Hoffman in the couple of years before it became the main closer. And manager, two choices. Dick Williams approved Spochi. Island with Bruce Spochi, just because he had a winning percentage of 494 with the Padres. 975 wins as a Padre manager. He took him to the playoffs in 96. The World Series in 98 made most of his news. He's going to be a Hall of Fame manager because what he did with the Giants. Yep, Bruce Spochi is my choice for greatest Padre manager of all time. There you have it. Again, it was tough because, like I said, a lot of the players that had great careers were traded by the Padres. I couldn't win Gary Schifffield, Fred Magriff, Adrian Gonzalez. Like I said, the hardest part was second base. But that's my list. Let me know what you think. If you like what we're doing, subscribe, give us thumbs up. And also, get in the comments section. Let us know what you think. And you can agree or disagree. But that's my list. Until next time, I'm outta here. Bye.