Tom Garfinkel vs Gaslamp Ball!
by Dex on Aug 3, 2009 8:34 AM PDT
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PrintThat's more of an attention grabbing headline than anything. We're not going to do battle, OR ARE WE!?!
No. Actually we're not.
Tom Garfinkel, President of the Padres, has invited jbox and me to be his guests at tonight's game. We'll find out more about each other. What makes us who we are. Maybe some insights into The Plan. Various breakfast spots in and around town that maybe serve lunch for breakfast instead of the other way around.
I'm thinking that there's a good chance that there will be awkward silences here and there as we try to remember the names of different players or ponder whether or not to needle the president by referring to our hot dogs as Friar Franks. So if you'd like some questions answered or topics addressed, please feel free to comment them here or tweet them to us. We don't have a fancy schmancy Twitter application, so you'll just have to direct message them to us as in 'd gaslampball'.
Are you nervous? Me too! me too!
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Good luck guys.
Hope you have fun.
Greg Maddux for manager.
by Zach (maestro876) on Aug 3, 2009 8:51 AM PDT reply actions
Here's a list:
1. Change the team name to “Southern California Egg’s ‘n’ Bacon”
2. Change the logo to a pig
3. Change team colors to purple, teal, gold, black, orange, and mauve
4. Trade Cabrera and Gwynn for guys who don’t run so fast
5. Re-sell the stadium naming rights to The Broken Yolk
6. Change Mark Neely’s name to Boring McNofunatall
7. Try to bring in a player with a funny name like Dick Pole or Rusty Kuntz
8. Beer should be $1 and come with a shot of Jager
9. Try to find a pitcher with a name like Dave Peavy or Jake Pavey… most fans will think he never left
10. Ask him if the plan involves sucking ass for 40 more years
by theodore donald kerabatsos on Aug 3, 2009 9:06 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs
Whatever you do, dont ask about the plan
youll never make it back alive.
Also ask when breakfast will start to be served on the field, during the games.
Yes, breakfast should be served anytime
like the restaurant.
We are the new IHOP
International House of Padres
Chicks Dig a Low ERA Bullpen.
Doomed
When he takes you down stairs and puts you on a shuttle, to take a tour of the Volcano island. It is too late.
My childhood was typical. Summers in Rangoon… Luge Lessons…
by TOM GARFINKEL on Aug 3, 2009 9:59 PM PDT up reply actions 7 recs
“My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament.”
"I did not invent the wheel, I was the crooked spoke adjacent." - Aesop Rock
“…when I was insolent, I was placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds… pretty standard, really.”
by TOM GARFINKEL on Aug 4, 2009 8:33 AM PDT up reply actions 7 recs
How is this not green yet?
An owner. On GLB. Please rec.
Drama is an a-hole.
by Winfield's Ghost on Aug 4, 2009 9:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Upstaged
"I did not invent the wheel, I was the crooked spoke adjacent." - Aesop Rock
by John Gennaro on Aug 4, 2009 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions
Orrrr.....
Fembots!
"I did not invent the wheel, I was the crooked spoke adjacent." - Aesop Rock
by John Gennaro on Aug 4, 2009 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions
WHAT IS YOUR STANCE ON NANNERPUSS?
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 Aug 3, 2009 9:31 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Tell him that red white and blue uniforms is a BAD IDEA
by JollyWaffle on Aug 3, 2009 9:47 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
What's the opposite of a rec?
My Padres Blog
by Melvin Nieves on Aug 3, 2009 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions
You guys are bringing him a shirt, right?
And jbox is going to make him some Jalapeno Handshakes, right?
This is going to end badly…
Drama is an a-hole.
by Winfield's Ghost on Aug 3, 2009 10:14 AM PDT reply actions
Oh no...
If you guys come back with a blank, submissive “stepford-wife” look while muttering something about “a breakfast town” over and over, I am getting the eff out of here.
No to mention talking about how nice a guy he is
with candid shots of his booster seats.
Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you? ◔ヮ◔
Uncommon Sportsman :: Absurdity in play
I am really looking forward to a hard hitting interview.
somehow, i doubt it happens, but thats what I am looking forward too.
552
You're funny.
"You know what...you know what I noticed? Nobody panics when things go according to plan...even if the plan is horrifying."
i wasn't going for humor
but i understand.
GLB has become the major blog for all things FRIARS, and I would be disappointed if while landing an interview like this, the hosts decided to ride around those little skateboard thingees.
Things I’d like to see answers to ..
What is the plan? I don’t want to hear the strategy is to be strategic.
Why red white and blue? Don’t give me the military thing because there are probably 10 guys stationed at all the SD Military bases combined, that give shit about the FRIARS.
Is the talk about moving the fences in for real?
Who is the 13th owner?
Also, did he reach out to you, or did you reach out to him. If he reached out to you, that means he reads the site. What are his thoughts? Will he contribute?
things like that .. just sayin..
552
he emailed us
and invited us to a game to get to know each other. I would imagine it will be more of a conversation than an interview format.
can you please refer to us as the friars all game
to get under his skin
*furious scribbling*
“No tape recorder on first dates”
Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you? ◔ヮ◔
Uncommon Sportsman :: Absurdity in play
Wait...clarification, please.
No tape recorders…but video cameras are still ok? Right? Right?
"You know what...you know what I noticed? Nobody panics when things go according to plan...even if the plan is horrifying."
As long as she doesn't know where it is
or that it’s on, and streaming live to justin.tv/ustream.
Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you? ◔ヮ◔
Uncommon Sportsman :: Absurdity in play
This is cool
you guys are like REAL sports writers now, with connections and sources and everything. Not like silly bloggers. Give him a gaslampball shirt (the brown and mustard one).
Inquiring minds want to know...
You have to ask him who is the unknown investor.
What is the deal with buying the team on layaway?
Did he set up Moores with a young thing so he
"Quote me as saying I was mis-quoted."
Groucho Marx
You guys are so lucky. First Ch.4 and now this?
I wanna be a blogger when I grow up.
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Aug 3, 2009 2:33 PM PDT reply actions
I just want to make this clear
The Fightin’ Gonzali have been canonized by GLB Readership as an approved nickname and thusly, should be mentioned in all official publications.
Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you? ◔ヮ◔
Uncommon Sportsman :: Absurdity in play
I second this motion
All those in favor say ‘aye’…
"Get on board early," Black said, alluding to, what he feels, is a crop of up-and-coming players.
"I would tell those fans that we're going to play good baseball. We're going to play hard. We're going to have exciting young players..." -Bud Black
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