Three Padres Links: Scoreboard segment, seizure supporters and Clayton's cornhole

by jbox on Nov 29, 2011 12:53 PM PST

Here's a scoreboard segment from 2001. I must warn you that the shredding of the electric guitar and the quick flash editing will probably give you a seizure.
Speaking of seizures, Padres Owner and Chairman Jeff Moorad is the Honorary Chairman of Gingerbread City 2011. As I understand it, Gingerbread City is a charity event and holiday gala that raises money to fight epilepsy, but it also features "the largest nationally recognized gingerbread structure competition on the West Coast".
If a large free standing gingerbread house isn't enough to get your mouth watering, know that Padres TV broadcaster Dick Enberg will be taking a break from "tending to his cellar of fine wines" to emcee the event.

After looking through some of the information on their website I do have one small suggestion. I think they need to change their slogan from "HIT A HOME RUN for Epilepsy" to "Hit a home run against Epilepsy." We don't want people supporting Team Epilepsy.

Dex and I were talking about the gala this morning and the best we can figure is that they chose Moorad not only for his habit of charitable giving but also because his slow cadence and sleepy voice won't trigger any seizures among the guests.
Speaking of fundraisers, Padres pitcher Clayton Richard returned home to Tippecanoe County, Indiana to help with fundraiser of his own. They had an auction and one of the "hot ticket items" was a Clayton Richard cornhole game. I didn't know that the popular bean bag toss game had a name before Dex told me. I was relieved to find that Richard's game had nothing to do with Urban Dictionary's definition of "cornhole".

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someone call 911

because that montage MELTED MY FACE OFF!!!

"...and never forget that until the day when God shall deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is summed up in these two words,-Wait and hope."

by derntootin on Nov 29, 2011 3:13 PM PST reply actions

watching the montage

you would think we were awesome in 2001……

"Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!"

by Ron Mexico on Nov 29, 2011 8:50 PM PST reply actions

but i love those ‘99/early 2000s squads. it doesn’t matter that klesko and nevin were incredible jerks or that damian jackson and ruben rivera were the two most maddening hitters that you could possibly watch, or that wiki gonzalez took FOREVER between pitches… i just loved watching the new guys finally getting their shots and playing their hearts out. there never seemed to be any conservative play on those teams. it was like the ’09 padres but without the winning.

by iheartyourfart on Nov 29, 2011 9:31 PM PST reply actions

That's me at the 1:22 mark of the video!

I’m the “Y” in Tony, hence the username. Great find on the clip. We made the front page of the UT that day as well. Here’s to the best player in Padres history.

TBD

by IputtheYinTony on Nov 30, 2011 7:25 AM PST reply actions 7 recs