FriarFest won't be happening this year

by jbox on Jan 6, 2009 9:59 AM PST

I've been kinda bummed out about the Padres for awhile now. I don't think I'm alone in this, but at the end of December my mind jumped ahead to FriarFest and I got excited about Padres baseball again. FriarFest was always the nice precursor to Spring Training, where you got your first look at the new team with a fresh start.

Apparently the Padres just don't have the money to put an event like this on. Maybe they are also worried that nobody will show up with the roster they have now.

Hopefully they will still have the Winter Warm up appearances around the county this year, but I could see them canceling that as well.

[Note by jbox, 01/06/09 2:03 PM PST ]

I hope this guy got a refund of $0:

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Were you looking forward to FriarFest?

Yeah I love FriarFest

76 votes

No, I liked going in the past but not with this team

16 votes

No, I never went anyway

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I liked the garage sale the best

Tickets to Friarfest-$10.00
Parking downtown-$10.00
Soda & Hot Dog-$7.00
Buying a jersey that John Kruk once wore that has ketchup stains on it…PRICELESS

by SDPads_1 on Jan 6, 2009 10:31 AM PST reply actions

I was looking forward to the garage sale also...

I had high hopes for some random gear.

by Dex on Jan 6, 2009 12:50 PM PST up reply actions

same here. i loooved the garage sale.

Laura

by padparazzi on Jan 6, 2009 4:49 PM PST up reply actions

This seriously bums me out.

I was gonna clean up on Khalil game-used stuff this year. I was gonna get a bat (make all the jokes you want about that) and hopefully a jersey.

Stupid Padrs. Can’t do nothing right these days.

by Phantom on Jan 6, 2009 10:48 AM PST reply actions

There's a ton of Khalil gear

I found on Amazon when I was finding that gnome yesterday.

Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you? ◔ヮ◔
Uncommon Sportsman :: Absurdity in play

by Axion on Jan 6, 2009 12:15 PM PST up reply actions

It's not too late!

You can get a pic of your jersey next to Khalil’s here!

Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you? ◔ヮ◔
Uncommon Sportsman :: Absurdity in play

by Axion on Jan 6, 2009 10:37 PM PST up reply actions

it's definitely a bummer

i was hoping to see heath bell or something. and meet up with the girls and glb peeps.

"i kinda feel like nevin and klesko were some fling we (the padres) had in the past and now realize were a bad idea and are embarrassed about."

by freelunch on Jan 6, 2009 12:21 PM PST reply actions

How do you know it's been cancelled?

I just saw it advertised in an article on the team in the last week as scheduled for Feb 7-8. (which I cannot remember now where I saw it, but thought it was mlb.com) Just curious about how you found this out.

by kdukat on Jan 6, 2009 12:29 PM PST reply actions

Fan Day

The Pads aren’t having "FriarFest" they are having "Fan Day" which is essentially exactly like Friarfest….but it will be FREE and 1 day instead of two.
All the things from Friarfest will be there plus the team will be taking BP. It is April 5th from 12-4.

by schwing and a miss on Jan 22, 2009 4:56 PM PST up reply actions

Hmm, an update

The article on mlb.com did say it was going to take place in Feb, but now has been changed. Then I found this: someone has tickets for it! There is a pic on there with the tix
http://forums.chargers.com/showthread.php?t=42142&page=125
Kind of curious!

by kdukat on Jan 6, 2009 12:33 PM PST reply actions