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The Swinging Friar has been a mascot with the team as early as 1958, when the Padres were still a minor league baseball team. He was probably named after Spanish missionaries settled by Franciscan friars, who were prominent figures when the city of San Diego was founded centuries ago. The Padres joined major league baseball in 1969 and kept the popular mascot. He was even on the team emblem till 1984, when a corporate logo was introduced.

The Swinging Friar is a cartoon-like character, pudgy, balding and always smiling. He is dressed as a friar — with sandalSandal, England is a village in the county of West Yorkshire, England, south of Wakefield, by the River Calder. Sandal Castle is a castle of Norman origin which was the venue for the Battle of Wakefield in the Wars of the Roses. Sandals are an open type os, a dark hooded cloak, and a rope around the waist. He swings a baseball batIn baseball, a bat is a round, smooth stick used in hitting the ball after the ball is thrown by the pitcher. It is not more than 2 3/4 inches in diameter at the thickest part and not more than 42 inches in length. The batter uses the bat in an attempt to; but reportedly, in some years he swings lefthanded, in other years he swings righthanded, he may be ambidextrous, or even a switch hitterIn baseball, a switch hitter (or switch-hitter is a batter who is able to hit from both the right and left sides of the plate. Switch hitters commonly hit from the right side of the plate against left-handed pitchers and from the left side of the plate ag.

The Swinging Friar's sloganA slogan is a memorable phrase used in political or commercial context as a repetitive expression of an idea or purpose. A political slogan generally expresses a goal or aim (" Workers of the world, unite!"), whereas an advertising slogan is most often in is "Keep the Faith", or the gospelFor the genre of Christian-themed music, see gospel music. Gospels are a genre of ancient literature concerning the life of Jesus. The word derives from the Old English word for " Good News", a translation of the Greek word , euangelion''. This refers to message on which the lives of Franciscan friars are based, "I come to serve."

1 See also

• The Famous Chicken of San DiegoThe San Diego Chicken an advertising mascot played by Ted Giannoulas was hatched in 1974 when employees of KGB Radio hired Giannoulas from off-the-street to wear the chicken outfit for a promotion to distribute easter eggs to children at the San Diego Zoo, the other mascot of the San Diego Padres
• List of Major League Baseball mascotsThe following is a list of mascots of Major League Baseball teams. When a new page is created for a mascot, please put it under the Baseball team mascots. Thank you. mu;: This mascot does not have his/her own Wikipage yet. National League Arizona Diamondb