SPORTS
March 29, 1990 | BOB NIGHTENGALE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Rob Nelson couldn't believe it. Finally, something right was going his way. When he drove away from the ballpark Wednesday afternoon, he knew there was nothing, not a thing, that could possibly spoil his day. His wife could scream at him. His seven-month-old baby could cry all night. Bikers could ride up and down the hallway of his hotel.
ENTERTAINMENT
November 20, 2002 | Josh Friedman, Times Staff Writer
Talk show host Rob Nelson is promoted as, "Finally ... a man who listens." He may listen, but apparently not enough people were watching "The Rob Nelson Show," so the 2-month-old daytime talk fest has been overhauled. The result is like a menu makeover at the Olive Garden: More palatable but not exactly fine dining. In its original form, the program, which airs weekdays at 11 a.m. on KTTV in the L.A. market, played up Nelson's do-gooder nature as a Gen X Phil Donahue.
SPORTS
February 13, 1988
In the past three years, it has become painfully obvious to Padre fans across the country that the interests of the ballclub no longer reflect the philosophy of bringing a winning baseball team to San Diego. While the Dodgers have solidified their chances of winning the National League West this year by signing Detroit free agent Kirk Gibson, the Padres continue to justify their lack of action in the off-season by stating that available talent would not improve upon the team they fielded last year.
SPORTS
March 25, 1989 | BILL PLASCHKE, Times Staff Writer
Rob Nelson, a first-base prospect for the Padres, had just enlivened an intrasquad game by powering a ball about 425 feet over the right-field fence and into a parking lot. "Did you get all of it?" someone jokingly asked him after he had crossed home plate. "If you saw it come down, then I didn't get all of it," he said with a shrug.
SPORTS
March 10, 1989 | BILL PLASCHKE, Times Staff Writer
Rob Nelson, a first base prospect for the Padres, had just livened up an intrasquad game by powering a ball about 425 feet over a right field fence and into a parking lot. "Did you get all of it?" someone jokingly asked him after he crossed home plate. "If you saw it come down," he said with a shrug, "then I didn't get all of it." Such has been the attitude Nelson has taken toward a six-year pro career that has yet to stop in the big leagues for more than a couple of hours at a time.
SPORTS
May 18, 1989 | BILL PLASCHKE, Times Staff Writer
Rob Nelson knew he was supposed to be patient and all that. It was the sixth inning of a tie game between the Padres and the Montreal Expos and there were runners on first and second and none out. This was not the time to swing himself into a new dance step. Nelson came to the plate Wednesday night and told himself to wait, battle, find the right pitch. But here it came, on Pascual Perez's first pitch. A fastball about thigh high. And Nelson, who has been waiting for more than two lousy seasons, could wait no more.