The 2008 Gaslamp Ball Year in Review Part 1

Drama did last year's 2007 Year in Review.  This year you are stuck with me.

• Finally the secrets of flirting with a ball girl are released to the general public.  It's seems so obvious now that we know, but at the time it was one of life's great mysteries.
• We enjoyed Mark Grant's Umpire impressions.
• Tony Gwynn raffled off his motorcycle given to him by his teammates at the end of his career.
• Jayson Werth's dad wrote us a love letter, which was really sweet.
• We found out that Peter Gammons reads every blog in the known universe except Gaslamp Ball.
• I went to the Padres Winter Warm Up at Eastlake High School.  Met up with the now defunct 17yogp and flirted with cute ball players.
• The Girls of Gaslamp Ball flirted with Padres players at the FriarFest.  Flirting was apparently a top priority in 2008.
• Ryan Klesko finally retires.  Gaslamp Ballers rejoice.
• Gaslamp Ball celebrates a birthday and becomes a senior, finally writes a mission statement.
• I spend about two weeks bitching about the Padres traveling to China for the food and vacation with their families.
• Jake Peavy admits he doesn't wear a cup.
• Dave Winfield appears on a terrible game show.
• We finally connect the dots and figure out that a former Pad Squadder and Miss California married Eric Byrnes of the Diamondbacks.  
• We looked at pictures of Adrian Gonzalez from High School.
• Here we go again.  Another one of Jayson Werth's friends tries to defend his honor.
• The Padres travel to China.  Gaslamp Ballers stay up late for the first international open thread.  Matt and Mark plug Gaslamp Ball on the broadcast.
• I travel to Peoria alone for my first Spring Training.  I'm bored and lonely but see some local celebrities.  Dex's brother in law hits a home run agains the Padres.  I talk to Troy Johnson and later sit near Jenny Cavnar on the flight home.
• Jake Peavy defends his dear friends Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens.
• Gaslamp Ball drops the deuce.

• Metal Steve reviews MLB 08: The Show for Gaslamp Ball.  Later Mister Raroo reviews the same game for us.
  
• Opening Day is here and we come out of the gates like crazed maniacs.  Gaslamp Ball is there.
  
• Dave Winfield poses shirtless, hello nurse!
• The Padres shut down the Compadres program and scam us with the Frequent Friar program.
• Peavy is accused of cheating because he has a brown poo like substance on his fingers.
• Dex reviews a baseball game via vlog.
• The Padres decide not to have a slogan, the rest of the MLB skimps.
• Gaslamp Baller Kendra Wilkinson predicts the Padres will return to the World Series for the first time since 1992.
• We create a definitive list of essential baseball books.
• I break the head off my miniature Jake Peavy bobblehead and propel the Padres into a 22 inning loss against the Rockies.  Padres bring a Ram's head into the dugout for good luck.
• We solve all the Padres attendance problems in 17 easy steps.
• Kendra Wilkinson is the Padres only celebrity fan.
• It's official Gaslamp Ball announces that Trevor Hoffman is done!
• Scanlan rips Conor Jackson for swinging too hard at Padre pitches.
• Jake calls on Front Office to stir up the team plans his escape for later in the season.
• ESPN the Magazine interviews Gaslamp Ball.
• Hollywood films Marley and Me at a Padres/Marlins game.
• Kendra Wilkinson becomes a Gaslamp Baller.
• Dex gives us a lesson in Sample Size and bad news.
• Pad Squad Carrie tries out for a Deal or No Deal model.  Gaslamp Ball endlessly posts about it.
• Padres release Jim Edmonds, it's about time.  We find out later he was a clubhouse cancer.
  
• Gaslamp Ball breaks the news that DePo starts a blog, nobody cites us as a source.
• Mark Prior's shoulder explodes.
• Mike Piazza retires, Christana gets emotional.
• This game in May sucks.  Pujols destroys Chris Young and Josh Bard.  We get a close look at the carnage.  We start to wonder if this will be the worst Padres season ever.
  
• Barret gets to first base with Gonzalez
• We start to see Sandy Alderson get cranky
• PSA reaches out to Padres fans.
• I attend a book signing for Jerry Coleman's autobiography.
• Long Padres games become the norm, but this time we win an 18 inning marathon.
• After 6 months we finally get around to announcing our other blog Uncommon Sportsman.  Nobody seems to care except Axion.
• Gaslamp Ball answers questions rejected by Corey Brock.
• Tony Gwynn looks awesome in stone washed jeans and fedoras.
• The Juiced Sports blog announces that Gaslamp Ball is the 100th richest blog.  We get totally stuck up.

This is taking forever.  I don't know how Drama did it, I'm gonna take a break at the half way point.