Gaslamp Ball's own investigative reporter jbox spent this past Monday searching for leads and now one of them has some to fruition.

.@KrisBudden will join the #FSSD team as sideline reporter & host of Padres Live for the 2014 @Padres season. http://t.co/eXDJpBDLio — FOX Sports San Diego (@FOXSportsSD) February 22, 2014

As the tweet says, Budden will take over outside the dugout duties that belonged to Kelly Crull and Laura McKeeman last year. She will also host Padres Live, which was hosted on a regular basis last year by McKeeman.

Big news to tell you guys. I'm headed to San Diego to be the sideline reporter for @FOXSportsSD and ... http://t.co/6HBCSUonCy — Kris Budden (@KrisBudden) February 22, 2014

jbox knew it was only a matter of time before the pieces fell into place and with this news, the proof is in the pudding. Right, that's what people say? The shoe fits? I don't know what I'm going for here. What I do know is the next time we see jbox start investigating potential Padres employees, maybe he isn't so crazy after all.