1984 Padres: Where are they now?

by jbox on May 22, 2009 9:10 PM PDT Comment 28 comments

1984 Padres team will reunite on Saturday

The 1984 Padres reunite for their 25th anniversary tomorrow. ~~The current Padres will be wearing throwback uniforms from 1984~~. According to Jenny Cavnar they will not be wearing throw back uniforms in order to keep the 40th anniversary sacred by only wearing the original uniforms once this season. Lame.

Before the game the following Padres will be signing autographs:

Joining Bevacqua will be Dave Dravecky, Steve Garvey, Greg Harris, Terry Kennedy, Craig Lefferts, Tim Lollar, Kevin McReynolds, Mark Thurmond, Harry Dunlop (the bullpen coach), Norm Sherry (pitching coach) and Ozzie Virgil (third-base coach).

I took it upon myself to find out what the 1984 Padres players are doing now. I used Wikipedia when possible but sprinkled in a little bit of imagination.

Terry Kennedy	Kennedy is the manager of the San Antonio Missions, the Padres AA affiliate. He will be signing autographs for the 1984 reunion.
Steve Garvey	Runs Garvey Communications, does motivational speaking and is a greeter for the Dodgers VIP Season Ticket Holders
Alan Wiggins	Deceased. Contracted AIDS from his drug use and died 1/6/91.
Garry Templeton	Managing the Long Beach Armada
Graig Nettles	He now resides in Lenoir City, Tennessee. He announced he was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2008.
Carmelo Martinez	In 2008 he started a minor league brawl while serving as interim manager of the Chicago Cubs' Single-A affiliate
Kevin McReynolds	Living near Little Rock, Ark., he is one of the owners of Memphis Pizza Cafe, which has five locations. It has been in business since 1993 and specializes in thin-crust pies with fresh ingredients. He also has a commercial hunting club.
Tony Gwynn	Became the Greatest Padre that ever lived. Entered the Baseball Hall of Fame and is now coaching the San Diego State University Aztec Baseball team.
Luis Salazar	He currently serves as the hitting coach for the Chattanooga Lookouts
Bobby Brown	~~Found success in pop group New Edition and Married Whitney Houston~~. Living in Virginia, he has a consulting business that deals with Palmer Foods, a food company out of Rochester, N.Y
Tim Flannery	Coaching third base for the San Francisco Giants while writing, recording and performing folk music.
Bruce Bochy	Managing San Francisco Giants while wearing an 8 3/4 sized cap.
Kurt Bevacqua	Lives and owns a business in Carlsbad. He's been promoting 1984 Padres reunion.
Mario Ramirez	Whereabouts unknown. Last reports were that he was living in his native Yauco, Puerto Rico, working as a teacher and businessman.
Champ Summers	He now owns and operates "Champ Summers' Summer Camp for Champs" motivational sports retreat for youths.
Ron Roenicke	Current bench coach for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
Eddie Miller	Went into the coffee business and has been making premium blends ever since.
Doug Gwosdz	Whereabouts unknown.
Tim Lollar	Is a golf pro living in Colorado. Will be at 1984 Padres reunion.
Eric Show	Deceased. He died 3/16/94 of a heart attack after taking a speedball in a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center in Dulzura, California.
Ed Whitson	Now resides in Dublin, Ohio, where he serves as a volunteer baseball coach for the Dublin Jerome High School baseball team.
Mark Thurmond	Lives in Katy, Texas, and works at the insurance business started by his father. Will be at 1984 Padres reunion.
Dave Dravecky	Runs the Dave Dravecky's Outreach of Hope that serves suffering people, especially those with cancer and amputation, by offering resources for encouragement, comfort and hope through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
Andy Hawkins	He is currently the bullpen coach of the Texas Rangers
Rich Gossage	Entered Hall of Fame. Gossage lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and is active in the community promoting and sponsoring youth sports. He also owns a burger joint in Parker, Colorado, called Burgers N Sports.
Craig Lefferts	He is currently the pitching coach for the Vancouver Canadians.
Greg Harris	Still ambidextrous and will be signing autographs with both hands at the 1984 Padres reunion .
Greg Booker	Living in Elon, N.C., he is a pro scout with the Colorado Rockies. He formerly worked in the Rockies organization as a pitching coach after being fired as the Padres pitching coach in 2003..
Luis DeLeon	Whereabouts unknown.
Floyd Chiffer	Whereabouts unknown.
Sid Monge	Sid is currently the pitching coach of the Sultanes de Monterrey of the Mexican Summer League .

[Note by jbox, 06/28/09 7:43 AM PDT ]

The Union Tribune did the same thing as I did and I was able to get a few updates from them.

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will all of Garvey's kids get to run the bases?

by dirtballer on May 22, 2009 9:51 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Poisoning the world with hamburgers

Wait a minute. The guy who accused Joan Kroc, then owner of the Padres, of poisoning the world with hamburgers is now poisoning Colorado with hamburgers?

by dontkickthebaby on May 23, 2009 3:15 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

"I used Wikipedia when possible but sprinkled in a little bit of imagination."

I didn’t find any humor with your Alan Wiggins entry at all.

by Drama on May 23, 2009 11:27 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

tough crowd

by jbox on May 23, 2009 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Also we're not going to the game tonight

I thought the tickets I had were for today but they are for Sunday.

by jbox on May 23, 2009 11:41 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Can any Gaslamp Baller that's going to tonight's game

take some pics of the 84 guys and some of the pre-game festivities?

by jbox on May 23, 2009 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

o7

Mission accepted.

But these are gonna from the iPhone, so prepare for that level of quality.

Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you? ◔ヮ◔
Uncommon Sportsman :: Absurdity in play

by Axion on May 23, 2009 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

thanks!

by jbox on May 23, 2009 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

planning on it

I may actually “share” this pics

Chicks Dig a Low ERA Bullpen.

by eastbaysd on May 23, 2009 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

meh

Hung out at Dick’s too long. Walked into the ballpark as they were taking the autograph stuff down…

Chicks Dig a Low ERA Bullpen.

by eastbaysd on May 24, 2009 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I will as well

plus i’m gonna try and meet Steve Garvey and whoever else before the game

cus i have an admiration of his hair back in the day, heck and now!

"Real baseball should be played in the daytime, in the sunshine." - Lou Gehrig

by C8LIN B on May 23, 2009 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

see if you can collect some

and make a hair doll.

by jbox on May 23, 2009 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

i wish

i could have touched his hair!

"Real baseball should be played in the daytime, in the sunshine." - Lou Gehrig

by C8LIN B on May 24, 2009 1:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Edward Lee Miller

Edward ‘Bozo’ Miller was born 1918… If this were Edward Lee, he would have been 66 when he retired from MLB in 1984… not him.

A fews years after his retirement in Sept. of 1984, I believe he went into the coffee business and has been making premium blends ever since.

http://edwardleemiller.com/

by MCMiller2008 on May 23, 2009 5:08 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Any relation, MC?

www.FriarsOnCardboard.blogspot.com
"jbox does not drink coffee, as it makes him clean house big time." ~Kev

by TheThirdGonzalez on May 23, 2009 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks

I was just joking about Bozo Miller, because I couldn’t find any information on the real man. Thanks for the info. I’ll make the change.

by jbox on May 23, 2009 5:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Updated Bevacqua and Lollar

by jbox on May 23, 2009 7:01 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

and Kennedy.

by jbox on May 23, 2009 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

glb on the radio

don’t know if anybody else was listening to the bp show (i think that’s what it’s called) today, but darren smith mentioned glb and how it was one of his fave blogs. but anyway he liked this post and all the info that was on it and this was before jbox did all the updates =P

"i kinda feel like nevin and klesko were some fling we (the padres) had in the past and now realize were a bad idea and are embarrassed about."

by freelunch on May 23, 2009 10:51 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Darren is rad

thanks freelunch for letting us know.

by jbox on May 24, 2009 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

A comment about no 1984 uni's on the field

C’mon Now… I’m not understanding why the team decided not to field the classic 1984 uniforms for tonight’s ceremony & game against the Cubs, as this was such a special event. It wouldn’t have taken anything away from the 40th Anniversary events – I speak for many who consider 1984 as a year that changed our team forever. I was 17 that year, and I will never forget that NLCS win over the Cubs & The ‘84 World Series vs. Detroit Tigers (Gm. 3 – Kurt’s Bevacqua’s game winning HR) – Ah, Memories… Joe G p.s. I was planning to go to the game tonight, but bailed out as the KIFM Jazz festival forced me to do something else. Sorry… I’ll be at Petco June 20th against Oakland A’s JG

by Joe The Bear on May 24, 2009 12:10 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs

Welcome!

Agreed…100%. Ridiculous decision.

by Drama on May 24, 2009 7:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Totally agree

I’m guessing there is some other reason why they didn’t wear the 84 unis, I’m going to get to he bottom of it!

by jbox on May 24, 2009 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Monge

Sid Monge hasn’t been employed by the Cardinals for a couple of years now. He is the pitching coach of the Monterrey Sultanes of the Mexican Summer League .

by domeboys1 on May 24, 2009 6:46 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Ah thanks

I’ll make the update

by jbox on May 24, 2009 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Bobby Brown

Rogers Lee “Bobby” Brown (born May 24, 1954 in Eastville, Virginia), is a former Major League Baseball player who played outfield in the major leagues from 1979-1985. Brown played for the Toronto Blue Jays (1979), New York Yankees (1979-1981), Seattle Mariners (1982) and San Diego Padres (1983-1985)

In 502 games, Brown accumulated 313 hits, 26 home runs, 130 RBI, and a .245 batting average.

The other creepy Bobby Brown would have been 15 in 1984. Good Research.

by gwynn_fan on May 24, 2009 10:16 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I need to know what they are doing now

It’s easy to find statistics on their playing days.

Let me know if you find out what the true Bobby Brown is doing.

by jbox on May 24, 2009 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

This is a nice post...

DOUBLE REVISED- The magical goblins that live in the Reverend Billy Lard's shower just told him that actually, nobody's gonna improve this year and everyone will be released by June except for Suzuki and Cust... Sorry, kids...

by Gaijin_Suketto on May 25, 2009 8:31 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs