It’s a good thing Ray Kroc knew who the Padres were 46 years ago, even if his wife didn’t.
Kroc was reading the sports pages one day when he came across a story about the Padres being for sale.
“My God,” he thought, “San Diego is a gorgeous place. Why don’t I go over there and look at that ballpark?”
Kroc’s interest was sufficiently sparked that he told wife Joan, “I’m thinking of buying the Padres.”
“Why would you want to buy a monastery?” she replied.
Joan didn’t know much about baseball back then.