

J.P. Hoornstra
Joined: Dec 4, 2023
J.P. Hoornstra is an On SI Contributor. A veteran of 20 years of sports coverage for daily newspapers in California, J.P. covered MLB, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the Los Angeles Angels (occasionally of Anaheim) from 2012-23 for the Southern California News Group. His first book, The 50 Greatest Dodgers Games of All-Time, published in 2015. In 2016, he won an Associated Press Sports Editors award for breaking news coverage. He once recorded a keyboard solo on the same album as two of the original Doors.




A former San Diego Padres utility player who helped the Dodgers win a World Series and land Tarik Skubal announced his retirement at 33.
For all their optimism and candor, José E. Feliciano and Kwanza Jones need more to demonstrate they understand the magnitude of their assignment in San Diego.
MLB owners made official what had been expected since April, unanimously approving the transfer of the Padres franchise to José E. Feliciano and Kwanza Jones.
The Padres will see an old friend in the series finale in New York, with a potential wild-card berth hanging in the balance.