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A Communiqué from Pad Squad André

Pad Squad Andre  has a message for us all.  A Public Service Announcement from Pad Squad Andre.  A PSA from PSA, if you will.


I first just want to say thank you to all of the fans who have come out and supported the Padres the last few weeks. I have met some really amazing fans, even through some of the rough times the Padres have had lately.

I thought I might share one of the many experiences I get to have on a daily basis when I am blessed to come to the ballpark.

The smaller numbers of fans attending games have resulting in allowing some of the smallest voices of Petco to be heard. I would love to highlight all of the kids who have been coming out to the ballpark. There have been many, but I would like to talk about three I met on Saturday nights game vs. the Reds. We had just finished doing Rally Bell with the Swingin’ Friar when I could hear three small voices in the stands yelling "GO PADRES." Ten year old Ethan, Tyler and Benson had their rally caps on where working to cheer on "Big Mac" at the plate despite the seemingly hopeless 7-2 situation. I ran up to them and brought them down to the front of section 315 and I like to think that they help create two errors in that inning. And after each error, not only the three boys, but also all the people in section 315 cheered as if they were the ones who had just made it safely on bases and kept the hope alive for the next batter.

Baseball is such a great game because it allows the ten year old kid in all of us to feel like you are a part of the game. I know each day you pick up a newspaper and turn on the radio they are talking about the fans fleeing the flailin’ Friars. Smaller numbers mean that Petco becomes a more intimate place for those who attend a game. There is an increased likelihood for catching a foul ball, Pad Squad T-shirt  or meeting you favorite Padre. And I believe some of the best fans are made during the hardest of times. Fans like Ethan, Tyler and Benson.

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"A PSA from PSA, if you will."

That is fantastic right there.

by Drama on May 25, 2008 10:26 AM PDT   0 recs

The other good thing

about the low crowds is that I finally got to guess the attendance last night. Last year, both my wife and my dad got to do it.

So I had my shot last nite. Nailed it. Signed A-Gon baseball and $40 Petco Park bucks, woo!!

But yeah, it was wierd having 27K on a Saturday night. It was interesting talking to the two PS members that took me up (Kenna and ????).

by Phantom on May 25, 2008 10:54 AM PDT   0 recs

Jealous!

The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world.

by Axion on May 25, 2008 11:07 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Cool!

Sounds better than hanging out with 10 yr olds!

"We've... we've got lumps of it 'round the back."

by ABY on May 25, 2008 11:09 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Was that a shot?

Are you ripping the people that were involved in last night’s open thread?

Cuz, if you are…you’re totally right.

by Drama on May 25, 2008 12:00 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

haha, I had so much fun!

My girlfriend called this morning and told me she got a booty call from this fella she hadn’t seen in ages. They got psst drunk and pranced around his living room, singing and dancing to Madonna hits! I told her quite emphatically that I would have slapped her! (still might).

And then I remembered last nights open thread!!!
Don’t we have a poster named pants too?

I have what I would consider a normal sized head. Not small but definitely not big. But for some strange reason I have an enormous sized headache! Are you listening TGH… “I hate The Irish!”

"We've... we've got lumps of it 'round the back."

by ABY on May 25, 2008 12:52 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Interesting in what way?

that you refer to a make out session as “talking”?

by jbox on May 25, 2008 11:18 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Hah

Not so much, since my wife was with me. I just talked to them about what their daily duties are since I basically do the same thing for the minor league team I intern for.

by Phantom on May 25, 2008 11:27 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

you should post that as an interview

that’s a guaranteed front pager if you have a photo or two.

by Dex on May 25, 2008 11:31 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

That's weird

we didn’t know we were on the big screen. Where were we?

by jbox on May 26, 2008 5:06 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Im not sure

I think you guys were sitting up top, it was JohnnyDub (i could tell cause of the GLB shirt) then you were in the middle, I believe wearing gray, then another guy I didnt get to see.

It was like the 14th inning??

by padresgirlforlife44 on May 26, 2008 9:40 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

....that was you?

seriously?

"I get tired of hearing ballplayers belly-ache all the time. They should sit in the press box sometime and watch themselves play."

by iLOVEkouz5 on May 25, 2008 11:33 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

How does one get picked for those things?

I always thought it was just random “Hey you! Guy double fisting the hot dogs, wanna guess the attendance?” But it looks as though it is something you can seek out, correct?

by SD Chick N on May 26, 2008 3:12 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

We're still not sure

My dad basically asked them how they pick it these days, which prompted them to ask him if he wanted to do it. Since my wife and him have already gone, he said that I’d do it and that was that.

Oh, and you need to be a season ticket holder.

by Phantom on May 26, 2008 5:54 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Oh my goodness

I saw you! I was like….wait that guys looks familiar!

I knew it was you. Lucky!

by padresgirlforlife44 on May 26, 2008 3:03 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

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