San Diego Padres stars and executives remembered late owner Peter Seidler with laughter and some emotional moments while vowing to fulfill his dream of bringing a World Series championship to his adopted hometown. A celebration of life was held for Seidler at Petco Park five days before the Padres play their home opener. Seidler died on Nov. 14.
FILE - San Diego Padres Chairman Peter Seidler speaks at a news conference to announce finalizing a contract with Xander Bogaerts, Friday, Dec. 9, 2022, in San Diego. San Diego Padres stars and executives remembered late owner Seidler with laughter and a few tears, Saturday, March 23, 2024, while vowing to fulfill his dream of bringing a World Series championship to his adopted hometown. A celebration of life was held for Seidler at Petco Park five days before the Padres play their home opener.
“Just about a year ago, Peter said one day the baseball gods would smile on the Padres and we’d have a parade in San Diego,” his brother, Tom, a Padres senior vice president, said at the end of the two-hour program in front of about 2,000 fans. “And Peter opened the question about the celebration being on land or at sea. Today we have the answer. When that day happens, the celebration will be both on land and on sea and also in the heavens above.
Preller said he and Seidler needed help from a staffer to light the bundle of sage on fire “and carried it like the Olympic torch from right field right to the pitcher’s mound. It was there that we spoke good things to our pitchers, spoke about some positive energy into the universe.” Preller said the Padres “are going to do everything we can both this year and the years to come to honor Peter’s legacy and vision and we will bring that championship here to San Diego. We’ll do it with a smile on our face and a peace sign emoji in our emails.”
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