Jan 22, 2017
Ike Davis and Cody Decker chat during practice at the Baptist Village sport complex near Petah Tikva.
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Ike Davis and Cody Decker chat during practice at the Baptist Village sport complex near Petah Tikva.
Jeff Francoeur Pranked by Teammates
Jeff Francoeur Pranked by Teammates
Jeff Francoeur having spent many years in Major League Baseball, was designated to a Triple A baseball club for a while in early to mid 2014.
While playing with the El Paso Chihuahuas, he was pranked gloriously by his teammates.
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The Joust by Cody Decker
This is what happens when the San Antonio Missions are in a rain delay.
Exclusive Interview With San Diego Padres' Cody Decker
Exclusive Interview With San Diego Padres’ Cody Decker
Cody Decker of the San Diego Padres joined Michael Natelli and Andrew Vigliotti on last night’s episode of “The Media Room,” and discussed his transition to catcher, as well as time working one-on-one with Brad Ausmus, who is, apparently, “the most handsome fella on… maybe Earth.” Check it out!
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Minor Leaguer's Movie: Not Your Typical Baseball Flick...
The dog days of a baseball summer can be especially rough on minor league players. The monotony of a baseball season in general… plus long bus rides for away games, little money and living in smaller towns creates a recipe for rambunctiousness among the young men who play a child's game for a living.
Luckily for the San Diego Padres organization, 26-year-old Cody Decker is making great (and trouble-free) use of his down time in Tucson, AZ with the AAA Tucson Padres.
Decker, a Los Angeles-area native, brings a bit of Hollywood to the desert with his short comedic film entitled, "Brad.," referring to long-time big league catcher Brad Ausmus.
"I grew up making movies with my friends. They were awful," Decker tells PepperOnSports.com.
"It wasn't until high school that I started taking acting and filmmaking more seriously."
Written and directed by Decker, the film was shot primarily in the Tucson Padres facility and stars Decker, along with several other team staffers, including manager Pat Murphy (you may remember him as one of the more successful college managers during his time at Arizona State University), whose cameo steals the show in my opinion.
"Everyone in the film works at the stadium. I just asked and everyone seemed pretty on board. TJ (clubhouse manager) was a big help. And he really was perfect."
In his fifth season with the organization that drafted him in 2009, Decker is yo-yoing between first base and catching after moving from the outfield to start the 2013 season.
Did Decker ask for the Padres' permission to shoot the film?
"Uh.... I didn't," Decker says. That probably explains why the film is actually funny.
Despite limited action on the field this season (playing in 98 of the team's 124 games thus far), Decker leads the entire Padres organization in home runs with 16 (two of which came during a brief stint with the AA affiliate San Antonio Missions) and recently hit his 100th career homer . Home runs aside, Decker is best known for his alter ego ("AntiHero") and his sense of humor which he proudly displays via Twitter, earning him the title of the #1 Minor League Player to Follow on the social media site.
As far as making Brad Ausmus the subject of the film, Decker and Ausmus met last year when Ausmus served as Team Israel's manager in the World Baseball Classic. Decker was a member of the team.
In transitioning to the catcher position, Decker can learn a lot from Ausmus, a 3-time Gold Glove winner. Ausmus, who works in the San Diego Padres front office, told Decker that he laughed while watching the film.
But ohhh no, this is not the last you'll see of Decker and Ausmus' on-film relationship. Enough scenes ended up on the cutting-room floor to make another short film, which Decker plans on doing soon. For now though, it's back to baseball, as usual.
Good luck this spring in Peoria to the funniest 26th man on any roster in the MLB (Cody Decker of the San Diego Padres).