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    Bees invade Petco Park

    "Bees smell fear. Don't be a pussy. Bees smell fear. Don't be a pussy." (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)

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    "Bees smell fear. Don't be a pussy. Bees smell fear. Don't be a pussy." (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)

    People are talking all about the bees that invaded Petco yesterday. Here's what I want to know. Where did they come from? Bees don't just appear out of thin air, people. As part of the bird family, they need to be nested and hatched. But, since they're also part mammal, the eggs are actually alive and covered in hair.

    Here's my theory: That ball girl was keeping the bees in her jacket, presumably so they would make honey that she could use to give to little kids. Normally, this is a good idea. Normally. On this fateful day it turned out all wrong. I keep bees myself as a hobby and though some consider me a dilettante, I'm actually rather advanced for an ameteur. I know bees. I live and breath bees. These bees did not behave the way normal bees behave.

    Some might wonder if those were Africanized bees. I'll tell you right now. No they weren't. They were killer bees. But when bees are in wide open spaces, or super tight confined spaces, they get confused and frustrated. Bees, human beings and certain members of the possum family are the only known animals to scientifically feel frustration. And let me tell you, boy. Those bees were frustrated.

    Some people might think that the beekeeper killed those bees. Actually, he used super condensed smoke and put them to sleep before gathering them up and sending them to bee rescue to be spayed and neutered like little kittens.

    One time, Jon got stung by a bee. He was walking in flip flops and a bee somehow ended up under his big toe and stung him as Jon took a step and eventually crushed it. Jon yelled, "SOMETHING BIT ME" and then went to the ground and tried to suck the stinger out. True story.

     

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    Brooks Conrad makes AAA All Star Team

    Congratulations Brooks! Also, I have it on good word that he got called up today! Once I find a link I'll post.

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    Harry the Heckler's going to go to town on Manny

    "Oh, it’s going to be a lot of fun"

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    The bee keeper, bee keeping it up.

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    Open Thread, 7/2: Padres vs Astros

    So yesterday, I was on the trolley and there were these Vietnamese students who seriously, not even kidding, looked like they were 11 or 12 years old. They were smoking cigarettes before they jumped on the trolley, so they must've been older. 

    In any case, they sat right next to me and the one dude that I shared a seat with fell asleep almost right away. Another kid across from him started whispering to him urgently in Vietnamese (which sounded a little bit like gibberish to me since I don't speak that culture's beautiful language). Anyways, he's whispering in this gibberish and pushing the sleeping kid's knees and elbows and shoulders and getting real close to his ears and whispering gibberish.

    The whole time, I'm just trying to read my book, but I can't help but look up when the babbling kid starts slapping the sleeping kid in the face while yelling his gibberish. I'm thinking, "Dude, WTF. That is no way to behave around a sleepy person." 

    In any case, the sleeping kid doesn't bother looking up and the babbling kid gives up, sits back and falls asleep himself. When I looked up at him he was positioned as such that I could see directly up his nose.

    Day game. Going for the series tie. Go Padres.


    Current Series

    Astros lead the series 2-1

    Mon 06/29 WP: Roy Oswalt ( - )
    LP: Josh Geer ( - )
    1 - 3 loss
    Tue 06/30 WP: Josh Banks ( - )
    SV: Heath Bell
    LP: Chris Sampson ( - )
    4 - 3 win
    Wed 07/01 WP: Brian Moehler ( - )
    LP: Walter Silva ( - )
    1 - 7 loss

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    [The Mariners] have engaged in preliminary discussions with the Padres about third baseman Kevin Kouzmanoff, according to one source with knowledge of the talks.

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    Around the Mission: 7/2 Padres Links

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    Open Thread, 7/1: Padres vs Astros

    You remember how in Star Trek: The Next Generation, you could ask the computer for food and it would put molecules together and create the food you asked for? I'd totally be down with that to create magical ballpark foods that people haven't thought of.

    You could ask for all kinds of great things and taste them and determine if people would eat the stuff at a ballpark. Like jbox's churro dogs or my taco hot dog combinations or what not. I guess only one person could have that machine or else nobody would pay for the food once you made it. I need to rethink my stratergeries....

    GO PADRES!!!

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