Padres blow out the Giants. Giants fan blows chunks.

by jbox on Jul 16, 2011 10:46 PM PDT

Went to the Padres game tonight. I was sitting up in 303. Good times up there until Giants fans rolled in to sit next to me.

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The Giants fan immediately next to me filled up his seat and some of mine. He was drunk. So drunk that he kept losing his balance and leaning into me. I thought for sure he was going to take a plunge over the seats in front of us. It wasn't long before he started chewing tobacco and spitting into an empty can. As if he wasn't a big enough distraction he kept reaching his arm in front of my face to high five Giants fans in the aisle.

After about an inning he leaned over and started spitting his tobacco into his can, but doesn't come up. He was bent over for a while and then started convulsing. I look over at his friends, like "Hey dudes, you may want to check on your buddy here."

I leaned over to take a peek at him and there was a bunch of vomit on top of the can and running down his hands. He pretty much passed out and became non-responsive.

His friend tried to get him out of the seat. It took about 5 minutes of prodding before he finally was led away.

I took a picture just to document the experience. If you want, you can zoom in and see the mango salsa that he had prior to the game at Rock n' Baja Lobster on the lip of the can. It didn't smell half bad.

About the same time Jesus Guzman jacked a three run homer off Barry Zito who was hammered by the Padres.

.After a few more innings and another three run home run by Orlando Hudson, Giants fan returned a little more sober than before. He sincerely apologized over and over. I gave him a few forgiving pats on the back and told him it was cool, but in truth I preferred sitting next to the little pool of vomit than he and his buddies. Fortunately they left after the Padres continued to pour on the runs.

Later in the game Mentor tweeted that he was giving away tickets. I rushed to his location and he upgraded my seat right then and there. I went from sitting next to vomit to sitting in luxury. If you're not following Padres President and COO @TomGarfinkel on twitter than you should be, he's giving away sweet tickets to Padres fans like a mad man.

Tweeting him is also a way for fans to be heard. He's listening. A few of us have been complaining about ushers asking Padres fans to sit down during exciting 9th inning moments. That's been taken care of.

@timsd @tomgarfinkel stand up policy has been addressed with all of the ushers. Thanksless than a minute ago via Twitter for iPhone Favorite Retweet ReplyTom Garfinkel
TomGarfinkel

Great game by the Padres. Loved seeing the offense explode for 11 runs. Let's do it again tomorrow. Go Padres!

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Final - 7.16.2011	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
San Francisco Giants	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	3	6	1
San Diego Padres	3	0	4	1	0	0	3	0	X	11	10	0
WP: Cory Luebke (3 - 3) LP: Barry Zito (3 - 2)

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I'll have the Rockin' Baha Mango Vomit Please.

Hilarious description of the game. Nice to have a huge victory, Zito killed us last time. I didn’t know Garf was on Twitter, that’s good to know. I saw some dude tweeting as @Tgarfinkel earlier this week, but now that individual is nowhere to be found. You’ve obviously found the real one, @tomgarfinkel.

by Bobby Cressey on Jul 16, 2011 11:03 PM PDT reply actions

That was the real one. He changed the name.

by Darklighter on Jul 17, 2011 8:11 AM PDT up reply actions

Grossssssss

At least the dude had the courtesy of apologizing. Obviously, he can’t hold his liquor, though. Hope he doesn’t forget to put his wedding ring back on his finger before he flies back home to NorCal.

by giant normy's head on Jul 16, 2011 11:10 PM PDT reply actions

was the hipster chick

with the sweet foot tatt a Giants fan?

by MeanMachine on Jul 17, 2011 1:03 AM PDT reply actions

This comment is useless without pictures

by EnglishChris on Jul 17, 2011 8:03 AM PDT up reply actions

the picture...

is in the post. Look past up and to the right in the photo (or down and to the left of the gnat fan in real space.) Helps if you are able to click the picture and open it larger.

Scowling at Padres Losses since 1981

by Nater Tater on Jul 17, 2011 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions

I love having the postgame threads back

Even if I have been crazy busy and so unable to take part of them.

This write up is of course excellent with one blemish.

Let’s do it again tomorrow.

Surely we need a bit more ambition. I’d prefer to be hoping for a billion to none complete game, no hitter, and that’s just for starters…

queen of the rec fairies

by Aussie fan on Jul 17, 2011 2:37 AM PDT reply actions

Meh

11-3 was a satisfying score to me. I love blowouts and that’s plenty of blowout without being greedy. It was fun to watch because it became a casual exercise of just enjoying the game. Not the high stress madness of living and dying with every pitch that close games are…

by athletics68 on Jul 17, 2011 9:38 AM PDT up reply actions

Yeah, just playin

queen of the rec fairies

by Aussie fan on Jul 17, 2011 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions

I'm off to today's game with my lovely wife...

Hoping they haven’t used up all of July’s runs.

O-dog’s post game interview was sucky – going on and on about how Cain is one of the best RH pitchers in the league, etc etc. That’s not the attitude lil’ buddy – go out there and beat him. Comments like that mean you’re half beaten before you even step on the field.

Great job by Guzman.

Go Padres!!

by EnglishChris on Jul 17, 2011 8:06 AM PDT reply actions

with Bartlett out today on paternity leave, and ECab up

They should just sit hudson and go with a AAA infield. Guzman at 3B, ECab at SS, Forsythe at 2B, Rizzo at 1B. or even Guzman in LF, Gonzalez at third, Venable in RF, and Deno in CF, with Phillips C.

Scowling at Padres Losses since 1981

by Nater Tater on Jul 17, 2011 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions