He was atop an armored truck, dressed in a new chicken costume and being escorted onto the field at Jack Murphy Stadium by California Highway Patrol. The fans — 47,000 of them, a sellout ...

He called it the "Grand Hatching," set for June 29, 1979, at a sold-out Jack Murphy Stadium to end his chicken persona's brief absence from San Diego Padres games. Giannoulas brokered a deal with ...

His favorite gig was the "Grand Hatching" at San Diego's Jack Murphy Stadium on June 29, 1979. It was his rebirth after being fired by the radio station that discovered him. He hopped out of an 8 ...

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — As the parking lot of SDCCU Stadium is being demolished with the stadium itself to follow, many of us are looking back at fond memories of the site once known as San ...

He called it the "Grand Hatching," set for June 29, 1979, at a sold-out Jack Murphy Stadium to end his chicken persona's brief absence from San Diego Padres games. Giannoulas brokered a deal with ...