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ESPN Interviews Ashley Eckstein

Posted By Dustin on August 3, 2010

Ashley Eckstein, the voice of Ahsoka Tano in The Clone Wars, and wife of San Diego Padres second baseman David Eckstein was interviewed by ESPN recently about her love of both Baseball and Star Wars. Here's a brief snippet:

" Between Star Wars and baseball fans, you bridge two obsessive communities. What, if anything, do they have in common?

[Laughs] It's funny. I've found that Star Wars fans, once they find out who my husband is, they jump on the Padres bandwagon. Even if they don't understand the sport, the community embraces David. And David's teammates -- I don't know if you've seen the pictures going around, but the Padres actually bring Yoda and Chewbacca into the bullpen every day.

Wait -- are there Star Wars fans on the Padres?

There are several! In the clubhouse, David was walking past Scott Hairston's locker and saw a mini plush Yoda. Scott loves Yoda, so David asked me to get him as many Yoda items as I could find. I got him a T-shirt with a Yoda quote on it, "Try not. Do or do not. There is no try." It really represents the attitude the team has and David's attitude toward baseball. Another item was a Yoda backpack. The rookies carry the backpacks to the bullpen. It used to be a Dora the Explorer backpack. I bought a Yoda pack and showed it Heath Bell. He loved it and gave it to our bullpen rookie, Ryan Webb."


Read the full article here at ESPN!

UPDATE: Here's another video interview of Ashley from this year's San Diego Comic Con, up on the Padres website! Special thanks to our good friend in the force Dan Madsen for the heads up!


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