Opening Day in Pictures and Words

by jbox on Apr 6, 2009 10:01 PM PDT

Got downtown at like 2pm and already there was no parking. I found the last spot waaay out in the hood. I pride myself on not paying for parking but was just about to give up when I saw the space. Plus I feel like walking with nomadic herds of homeless people makes me look good in comparison.

Once inside there was definitely a feeling of electricity. Before the game they said they still had 2000 seats left but you could tell that it was going to be a huge crowd and somehow it was the biggest crowd ever at Petco Park.

Ran into a bunch of old friends, some who wanted to talk to me and some who didn't, it was great.

As the festivities started the SDSU Marching band formed the number 40 in center field to celebrate the Padres 40th anniversary.

KA-POW! Fireworks blast as they announce the Padres Opening Day Line up.

Then come the streamers.

The Padres starters entered the field through the stands.

Andre runs along side the cars around the entire outfield. Give PSA a ride.

Tony the Gwynn, Randy Jones, Ollie Brown and Dave Winfield threw out the first pitch.

It was a fun game all in all. It was just good to be watching baseball in front of a large crowd who was really behind the team. I haven't been to a game like that since... well it's been sometime.

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I was there!!

And I found that the Jeromes best seat in the house guy was an idiot. How could he not know it was Ollie Brown?? I also noticed that Tony Gwynn looked to be a little skinner….actually a lot skinner. Way to go Tony! I really think he should do Dancing with the Stars, they need a baseball player on that show. (just thought I would throw that out there) Fingers crossed will win tomorrows game.

by whithd3 on Apr 6, 2009 10:29 PM PDT reply actions

Steve Brown? Timmie Brown? Brownie Brown?

Haha, he only got it right when people yelled it at him for a full 10 seconds.

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 Apr 6, 2009 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions

He also got it after they had already filled in the answer on the scoreboard.

by Wes on Apr 7, 2009 12:03 AM PDT up reply actions

My pics from the day

the Padres’ Store smelled bad, so I went outside.

When the gates opened, dudes were playin’ catch and whatnot.

Then I sat down.

When the game finally started, I imagined myself and jbox looking at the same streamers at the same time

while I hummed the song from An American Tale.

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 Apr 6, 2009 10:39 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

Nice pics

Jbox is psychic dude. He was probably humming that tune right along with you.

by The Kipper on Apr 6, 2009 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions

I was gonna come talk Uncommon Sports

but when I got there the ushers weren’t lettin’ me down.

by jbox on Apr 6, 2009 11:04 PM PDT up reply actions

The worst stadium experience of my baseball life

Lower right field seats, only transients and alcoholics sit there. I couldn’t even see most of the game because the women two seats down from me kept waving her abnormally long skinny arms and fingers two inches from my face to talk to her friend sitting two seats down on my other side. Shrek and his brother sat in front of me and it felt like a game of musical chairs as no one sat in the seat (or section) they had bought tickets to.
By the third inning I was claustrophobic and nausious, and it had nothing to do with the game. That’s my whine and I’m sticking to it.

A day at the ballpark is better than a day at the therapist

by wishfulthinking on Apr 7, 2009 7:53 AM PDT reply actions

I am sitting in that general area for most of my tickets this year

. . . but maybe I fit only transients and alcoholics sit there. haha

Winfield goes back to the wall. He hits his head on the wall -- and it rolls off! It's rolling all the way back to second base! This is a terrible thing for the Padres. - Jerry Coleman

by Padres_Hobo on Apr 7, 2009 8:51 AM PDT up reply actions

A day at the ballpark is better than a day at the therapist

guess not?

by schwing and a miss on Apr 7, 2009 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions

Irritating fans need to be dealt with!

Perhaps some people at DARPA can invent some device for DHS to track bothersome fans. Last year at a Nationals game this woman behind me and to the left wouldn’t shut up about her cousin ‘Ronnie’. You can understand how bad it was because I still remember the pecker’s name.

I was raised in Tennessee but I was a former resident of San Diego for about 13 years I can clearly state that PETCO is by far my favorite ballpark. I watched the last half of the game last night after I got home from work and when the broadcasters stated the attendance my jaw dropped. Good for the Padres and good for San Diego. I’ve had more great times and so many good things happen to me in San Diego, I consider it much more of a home than Tennessee. There is no reason for such a fine city not to have a great baseball team.

As a current resident of DC I’ll have to manage with what I have (which ain’t too bad) till I hopefully get back.

" YES! BASEBALL IS BACK! YES! "

by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Apr 7, 2009 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions