First Time Commenters report for duty!

would make this successful. Just one…

we’ve tossed it in the water… now we wait.

but hasn’t commented yet… maybe.

Oh wait, no this is my eighth comment over here. Oh well, I might as well be new.

Ironically, that’s pretty close to my high school GPA.

Got some good news for you guys…the experiment is a success…Ive been following the blog for a few years now and have been a Pads fan since I can remember…looking forward to following the team this season and contributing to the community

“commenters” as “commentors”. No wonder it wasn’t working.

Is anyone familiar with the mexican restaurant El Cuervo? I’m headin to SD in a few weeks and its all I can think about

from last time:

but thought it would be cool to introduce myself.
Hello, my name is Matt, and I enjoy baseball.
San Diego native, and have always loved the Pads. It’s been cool and a little depressing to see guys that I played ball with/against play for/against my team, but it does make for some decent stories. Although I’m sure everybody I know is tired as hell of hearing me say “Oh yea, when we played together…” and “When I saw him changing in the locker room…”.
Anyway, it’s cool to be part of this site, I think you guys do a great job.
Thanks for your time.

Hey guys my name is Jose I’m from National City but now live in Kearny Mesa. I’m 25 yrs old and have been writting on Padres.com also as “Padrefanatico” but just yesterday I registered and started writting on here. I recently discovered this site and absolutely love it, What’s there not to love it’s like heaven for a Padres fan. I’m a 3rd generation die hard Padres fan and just love life from March to October. The Padres are a Major part of my life kind of like the guy from fever pitch was with the Red Sox. I’m known as the “Padre” guy at work, and also with my family and friends. I’m attending my 1st Spring training this year, and also like all years attending Opening day and at least 20 games including a trip to LA and hopefully SF or AZ. Love everything that’s going on with the team right now including signing arbitration eligable:Bell,Adams, and Correia… Not to mention new acquisitions: Garland, Torrealba, J. Hairston, S. Hairston, Cunningham, Stairs, and hopefully Felipe Lopez!!! Already attended the open house and Fanfest and they were both awseome. I’m really liking these new owners and all the moves they have made especially bringing Jed Hoyer on board. So looking forward to the Padres season I truly believe these guys can win consistently and will be so much fun to watch these young group of players develop and play some exciting baseball. Speed and pitching will be the key to success this year. I will be writting on this site all year long since Padres.com is now blocked at work lol. GO PADRES!!!!!

I’ve posted a few times, but tend to stay back and read mostly. This is definitely the forum for finding all things Padres. Looking forward to an improved season and more interaction on the comment boards. Anyone else in Orange County?

Hey, my name’s Jordan and I’m 19. Eugene, Oregon native, currently going to college in Monmouth, Oregon (dare you to try to find it on a map). I’m a business major with a sports management minor (I want to work for the Padres marketing department some day). My dad took me to my first baseball game when I was 2 years old and I’ve been hooked ever since. I’m a huge Eugene Emeralds fan (Padres short season a team). I love seeing the kids we have in Eugene make it up to the big club. It’s always exciting!
I went to my first (and only, at this point) ML game when I was around seven or eight. I’m dying to move to SD for the weather and the baseball. I was this (the gap between two typed lower case L’s) close to going to my first spring training this year, but I’m going to Philly, New York, and New Jersey instead. I have plans to go next year though.
So, any other pacific north westerners out there? Or for that matter, any other women? Haha

Hello. I’ve been lurking since last season sometime. I’m a fan of baseball in general, because I admittedly don’t follow the team as closely as I’d like. Reading you folks helps somewhat.

but i guess i’m still kinda new. mofle619 checking in!

I’ve been really making the attempt recently to stop lurking and start posting. But like before last week, I rarely posted.

My name is Sean, and I’m like 20…I’m originally from City Heights but now I’m going to school in New York. No, I don’t mind the Yankees. That also means I get along with people here, haha. I’ve been a Padres fan since I can remember….of course back then we weren’t the equivalent of a clump of dirt stuck under teams’ boots. I’ve always wanted to get season tickets and become those “old-timers” that we all know, but I don’t think it’s gonna happen because I won’t be out West very often after I graduate. Does this mean I’m crashing Mets games with my Padres gear on? YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT. =D

But uh, yeah……sup.

who peed in the pool?

I guess it’s time to join. :) I check this site everyday.. soo I supposed i’m a lurker. My name is Scott, by the way. /handshake

Spring Training. The sky is blue, the grass is green, the Padres are tied for first-place and all things are possible!!!

avid fan since ’94 or so… stuck in Utah for the time being.

I’ve been lurking for a few years and commenting more recently, probably because I’m so damn anxious for the season to start. I grew up in SD and have been a lifelong Pads fan since my first game in ‘86. I’m excited to watch every game online this season and am planning to go to every Padres road game in the Midwest. If any ballers are planning to do the same or come to STL, hit me up. Oh, and I have to confess that I like the Cardinals too (insert GLB collective groan), but I am obsessed with the Padres and they will always be my #1 team!

I actually got a google wave invite from dex a few months back, but that was the only post I made. Grew up in East County, first padre memories was ‘96, I think the first game I went to was 4th of July that year. I started following the padres pretty religiously since Petco opened, but since going to college in Santa Cruz I have relied on Teddy, Andy, and Gerry for coverage. I am about to graduate and move back, really excited about watching the season on TV or in person. I remember some of the game threads last season were pretty barren, hopefully I won’t be lurking and to shy to post so it’s a little bit more lively.

but i am still new enough to feel at home on this thread! i’m really looking forward to making fun of eck’s throws and shrek’s face this season! thanks everyone.

….Well, I have commented in class. Occasionally when a woman says, “do I look fat in this,” I will say “no comment,” which then leads to a hospital visit and a press report from me saying that the woman was “using the golf club to pull me from my car…oh yeah, she also acted courageously.”

I love gaslampball, been reading you guys for over a year. One day, should the opportunity present itself, I hope to take over the blog in a fit of bloodthirsty rage. Then, I will have supreme control over the worlds two most powerful blogs: Gaslampball.com and Hikidsimtvspatrickduffy.com.

I hope to comment often, particularly when the Padres are 20-3 a little ways into the season and I get my hopes up only to remember that these are “The San Diego Padres of 2010 – the year that we re-ruin everything”

First time commenting as well. My name’s Michael, 19, and I go to SDSU. Back in high school, people thought I was crazy for liking the Padres. And I thought, “these people are idiots for wearing the SD logo and not liking the Padres!” Anywho, I was the the lone, proud, Padre in my school. It’s pretty crazy to think how much baseball has affected life for me so far. It helped me learn English alot faster when I was a kid; I don’t know how many times I said “Ken Caminiti is the man!” with that filipino accent.

I’ve followed this blog for about a year now, just reading what everyone has to say. And I must say, it’s really nice to see people still having the faith.I read this blog everyday. Hopefully during the season, I’d like to meet some people who I can actually share a conversation about the Padres with!

Hope to meet you guys at a game sometime!

Im Adam and Im 19 years old from Mexico. I consider myself lucky to live near SD. I’ve been a Padre fan since I was 6 years old and evey year I have followed my team through the radio or on TV. I got really angry when they stopped airing Padres games on TV (I live in Tijuana and Cox terminated contract with Cablemas my local cable provider). It was frustating because Cablemas had been airing the games since 1998 and I wish the Padres Office could help resolve this problem with Cox. There are a lot of baseball fans in Mexico (mostly Yankee and Dodger fans) but only a few Padre fans, but since Adrian Gonzalez there have been an increase of fans. Mexico doesn’t has a lot of baseball (they have only 2 leagues), so the Padres are the only baseball I have. I discovered this site 8 months and ive learned a lot about the Padres, the culture, the fans and every day I read the threads and blogs that you guys write I would love to contribute to this site as much as I can.

Brilliant.

And this is one of the nicest opium dens on the interwebs. I’m really excited for the upcoming season. Win or lose, this is gonna be a fun team to watch. You guys are hilarious, keep it up!

and I must say, I’m glad i’ve finally signed up. It’s good to finally find other Padre fans to talk with, given that I’m likely the only Padres fan in the entire state of New Jersey.

I’ve been entirely quiet since September but I’ve commented twice today. It’s time to lay down and rest.
Give thanks that baseball is about to begin in Breakfast Town USA.

I’m on here every day and go through spurts were I comment a few times and then don’t for months on end. My new season resolution is to become more regular on here (perhaps I need more fiber). This may be cocky but I do think I have the best photo attached to my posts of all the one’s I have seen, except maybe for Padres_Hobo. Happy Spring Training!

I’ve been lurking for about a year. I really started following the Padres after the 2007 playoff run, and I’m hoping for another run this year!

Also hoping to catch some Padres spring training here in Tucson before the D-backs and Rockies split for Phoenix…

it’s you’re first time posting in a really long time? Does that count?

This is going to be an awesome season.

I’ll admit. I lurk.

I’m not new to the site, this is just my formal introduction. I was dealing with a blazing fast 500mhz computer and I was trying to follow a game through gamecast and I was having a hard time following the game due to my PC’s lack of resources. I then found a game thread posted here and my eyes were open for the first time!!! I found a new and better way to follow the pads, Usually I just read the comments and I can picture what’s going on in the game, I started posting on those game threads whenever I could come and join in the fun. This site is the best padres site in the world, it really is, I first check with GLB before I check with the union tribune or pads.com

Anyway, to who ever stole my Idea for a perfect padres site, congratulations on a job well done, I think you guys are currently celebrating your first five years of existence. I hope you’re here for many many years to come. I’m from mexico btw, we need a new cable company so we can watch padres games… again!

You got Demoira and freelunch to post again…nice work, jbox.

I suppose it’s time to come out of hiding and proclaim myself to be GLB addict! I start every morning with coffee, bagel, and Gaslamp. Hmmm…. that might explain the indigestion…

I didn’t say what kind of class, did I?

I’ve posted more on this thread than I ever have on this site before. I think I’ve found my new home away from home. Can’t wait to hit up a game thread.