Penance for a loss

by Dex on May 29, 2007 7:04 PM PDT in News

As Rob has kindly pointed out, there are no Padres position players cracking the top positions for the All-Star vote. Now, you know and I know that the All-Star vote is wack and it's a popularity contest, but come on. We should be able to get behind our guys.

We each get 25 votes (per email), so as penance for not providing enough positive thoughts to get Boomer a win against the Pirates, we all need to start voting for our Padres and especially El Natural. How Adrian Gonzalez isn't neck and neck Derek Lee and Prince Fielder is well beyond me.

Here's a ballot. It takes about a minute to do a single vote if you skip all the hemming and hawing and just vote for our guy. Do 5 of them right now. 5 tomorrow. Keep doing that till you go through all the votes possible. Then get into your other email addresses and do the same thing. Or just go through and do them all right now. Get your friends to vote.

It's disgusting to see Carlos Delgado in front of A-Go. Baseball fans in general should be sickened to see Nomar Garciaparra in the top 5.

Adrian Gonzalez is a superstar and deserves to make it to the All-Star game this year. Let's make this happen.

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I already voted

with all 4 of my emails 25 times each. I really hope A-go goes to the All star game. He deserves it.

by Stephy08 on May 29, 2007 7:09 PM PDT reply actions

You see that?

That's dedication. Gaslamp Ball Experience It Point for Stephy08.

by Dex on May 29, 2007 7:11 PM PDT up reply actions

Thank You Dex

I'm just trying to do what I can for A-Go.

by Stephy08 on May 29, 2007 7:19 PM PDT up reply actions

I already voted

too... with 3 of my emails... but i can make some up or something... A-Go really deserves to be go the All-Star game.

Laura

by padparazzi on May 29, 2007 7:10 PM PDT reply actions

There you go

Eastlake High representing well.

by Dex on May 29, 2007 7:12 PM PDT up reply actions

I just voted once

Gaslamp Ball Experience It Point for jbox!

by jbox on May 29, 2007 7:11 PM PDT reply actions

pitiful

by Dex on May 29, 2007 7:12 PM PDT up reply actions

Three times now!

Dude I just started. I voted at the game. How many votes did you cast at the games?

by jbox on May 29, 2007 7:13 PM PDT up reply actions

Have they always voted like this?

Not online but is this the way they always chose all stars? Cuz it sucks.

by jbox on May 29, 2007 7:16 PM PDT reply actions

WTF

Who the EFF is voting for BARRY? #$%&

I've voted 25 times for all 4 of my email addresses. Nothing on that page is validating email address (as far as I can see) so I'm sure you could just write whatever with an @ in the middle and it'll accept.

by Gone Savage on May 29, 2007 7:22 PM PDT reply actions

Don't worry A-Go!

jbox is voting! I'm not going to let you down!

by jbox on May 29, 2007 7:24 PM PDT reply actions

Darn

I just realized that I left Kooz off the list for about 15 votes. Okay I gotta concentrate, don't get sloppy!

by jbox on May 29, 2007 7:25 PM PDT reply actions

C'mon jbox

Concentrate for A-go!

by Stephy08 on May 29, 2007 7:40 PM PDT up reply actions

I'm trying

but I keep seeing this picture of Justin "Sweetheart" Hampson staring back at me and I get all flustered!

by jbox on May 29, 2007 7:41 PM PDT up reply actions

That

happens to me all the time too!

by Stephy08 on May 29, 2007 7:43 PM PDT up reply actions

dude

she's been staring at that picture as well... we're talking on the phone and keeps on talking about Justin Hampson =]

Laura

by padparazzi on May 29, 2007 7:43 PM PDT reply actions

Voting

Right now. Thanks for the Action Plan :-) Oh, and Alex pointed out that in addition to my 3 emails, his dad has one we can use too!

Christina

by Christina on May 29, 2007 7:44 PM PDT reply actions

i already

voted 50 times. =] i'm going to keep on voting!!

Laura

by padparazzi on May 29, 2007 7:51 PM PDT reply actions

Yay Laura

Keep on voting!

by Stephy08 on May 29, 2007 7:53 PM PDT up reply actions

Do you guys ever day dream

about your wedding with Justin Hampson?

No? Oh! Me neither! Me neither...

by jbox on May 29, 2007 7:57 PM PDT reply actions

Actually....

Laura made me a funny wedding photo of me and Khalil last year!haha This year she made me a Clay hensley wedding photo for my birthday.

by Stephy08 on May 29, 2007 8:01 PM PDT up reply actions

I smell a rat!

I am part of a team within a team. And the MVP of my team is named Kory.

by Dalton on May 30, 2007 8:02 AM PDT up reply actions

This has nothing to do

with what you all are talking about but I see you added photos to your comment. How do you do that? an the little link.

by padresgirlforlife44 on May 29, 2007 8:05 PM PDT up reply actions

Pictures and Links

For pictures:

except use the link to the picture you want

For links:

<a href = "http://www.gaslampball.com">Gaslamp Ball</a>

by jbox on May 29, 2007 8:08 PM PDT up reply actions

Sorry this is going to be dumb

Im not very tech savvy...I type that in but put the name of my picture instead?

by padresgirlforlife44 on May 29, 2007 8:11 PM PDT up reply actions

Well you have to host the picture somewhere

for the other pictures they sent it to me and I uploaded them to gaslamp. You can do that or use your own hosting site like http://photobucket.com/. Once you upload it to photobucket it will give you a link.

Does that make sense?

by jbox on May 29, 2007 8:14 PM PDT up reply actions

Ya it does

I think I will just make a photobucket then..thank you very much

by padresgirlforlife44 on May 29, 2007 8:16 PM PDT up reply actions

But

If I want to send it to you, I do through email and you make it like you did for Stephy08. Like in the grey box and all. Sorry Im new to this people.

by padresgirlforlife44 on May 29, 2007 8:27 PM PDT up reply actions

it's okay

I just put it in a gray box, because I was quoting her email. You wouldn't need to do that since you wouldn't quote yourself.

But just in case you were wondering:

If you were going to write something and put up some pictures I'd recommend posting a diary. It's under the menu in the upper right hand corner of your screen.

or you can send it.

by jbox on May 29, 2007 8:33 PM PDT up reply actions

Cool

That was the last quesiton I promise. I get it now and THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ;)

by padresgirlforlife44 on May 29, 2007 8:34 PM PDT up reply actions

15 Minutes

Did 50. More tomorrow. I was not, in good conscience, able to vote for Sledge, though. So Cheo got 50 write ins.

And we're gonna need to see those wedding photos.

by Winfield's Ghost on May 29, 2007 8:04 PM PDT reply actions

Winfields Ghost

I knew I liked you for a reason.

I just did 75 votes...with Cheo getting every write in vote. Sweet.

by Drama on May 29, 2007 8:15 PM PDT up reply actions

sure...

i believe you jbox

who doesn't day dream about getting married to Justin Hampson??

thanks stephanie!! you're really motivating!!

and yeah.... i have too much free time that i make wedding pictures for Stephanie

Laura

by padparazzi on May 29, 2007 8:04 PM PDT reply actions

yeah

just send it to jbox. i sent him my pictures today and i've sent him some pictures of stephy08 before.

Laura

by padparazzi on May 29, 2007 8:34 PM PDT reply actions

I saw you guys

On sunday...your friend was wearing a Hensley jersey right? Hes so cute. Im a teenage girl too, 17 and class of 08 as well! 'Cept my boy is Jake..
Did you guys go to the Celebrity Pour last year?

by padresgirlforlife44 on May 29, 2007 8:37 PM PDT up reply actions

You have very good taste in players.

Jake really is the hottest baseball player. Seriously.

by Demoira on May 29, 2007 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions

UH HUH

I have met him a few times, he has the most GORGEOUS blue eyes I have ever seen, Im not kidding. I have a picture with me and him, the eyes are just striking.

by padresgirlforlife44 on May 29, 2007 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions

Omg I know

When I went to the game a couple of weeks ago he was like right in front of me. Although I didn't talk to him, I took some great pictures. He's so cute!!!

by Stephy08 on May 30, 2007 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions

Ha

Where do you go for him to be right in front of you?

by padresgirlforlife44 on May 30, 2007 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions

I went

to the game and he was showing a family to their seats. He was standing by the dugout talking to them and then he went to the side where a bunch of people tried to get his autograph. I just got some pictures.

by Stephy08 on May 30, 2007 8:49 PM PDT up reply actions

how early do you get there?

by padresgirlforlife44 on May 31, 2007 9:27 PM PDT up reply actions

I get

there about 5.

by Stephy08 on Jun 1, 2007 7:13 PM PDT up reply actions

I sit above the dugout

and I get there at 5 too..I will say hi if I see ya

by padresgirlforlife44 on Jun 1, 2007 10:10 PM PDT up reply actions

100 votes done!!

Christina

by Christina on May 29, 2007 8:39 PM PDT reply actions

really??

Yeah she was wearing the Clay Hensley shirt! He is pretty cute. =]

That's so cool. Stephanie and I are also 17 =]

No =[ We didn't go to the Celebrity Pou last year. We had this plan that we weren't going to go to school that day and our parents were ok w/ it but a day before the event neither of our parents wanted to take us...

By the way... Jake is really, REALLY cute. Who doesn't love Jake?

Laura

by padparazzi on May 29, 2007 8:42 PM PDT reply actions

sorry, haven't been around in a while...

are we still trying to put together the ultimate AL flop team? i'm sitting on 90 ballot cards and a 1/2 dozen email addresses and was curious if we ever made any progress on that front. that is, did we ever decide on which crappy AL players are so overrated to be viable all-stars?

"At the end, excitement maintained its hysteria." - Jerry Coleman

by TheGrandHatching on May 29, 2007 8:44 PM PDT reply actions

We all talked about it and liked it

but we never actually did any thing about it. Which is surprising. ;)

by jbox on May 29, 2007 8:45 PM PDT up reply actions

All-Suck Team

Yeah, I thought we were going to get that going. I will have to plan it out further ahead next time. Maybe I will just make the list and turn it into a handy PDF for people to print out next year.

by osbug on May 30, 2007 6:07 AM PDT up reply actions

yeah

he is... Jake is on my top 5 hottest baseball players list. My list is up to 63 baseball players... I have way too much free time.

Laura

by padparazzi on May 29, 2007 8:49 PM PDT reply actions

You know

I was going to make a comment about how cute you young whippersnappers are talking about the hot players and saying your hands and knees were shaking when you took your pics on Sunday. But then I remember that last year MY knees were shaking and *I* nearly fainted and then was grinning like a fool for about two weeks after photo day myself courtesy of Mike Piazza. And I was 41 :-> Once a giggly teenager, always a giggly teenager I guess!

Christina

by Christina on May 29, 2007 9:01 PM PDT up reply actions

I can't beleive what this thread has come to

At the very least, I expected our den mother to turn the discussion back on topic.

It's like 8th grade recess.

by RBS on May 30, 2007 8:11 AM PDT up reply actions

Double Dog Dare

I double dog dare yah to ask Christina out, I hear she likes you.

by osbug on May 30, 2007 8:22 AM PDT up reply actions

Dude STOP!!

...she's looking!

by ABY on May 30, 2007 8:42 AM PDT up reply actions

I would have

...but I am also unfailingly honest and ... well...Piazza...wobbly knees...had to confess!

Otherwise - would you people please simmer down and just make up some fake email addresses and VOTE?!!

Christina

by Christina on May 30, 2007 9:01 AM PDT up reply actions

100 votes

100 votes for today... 100 more votes tomorrow. i'm going to use any email address that i have on my contact list. i'll do anything to get A-Go on the team.

Laura

by padparazzi on May 29, 2007 9:01 PM PDT reply actions

hahaha

yeah... guys in school aren't worth our time... especially the guys at eastlake high... they're pretty bad looking and jerks. i would had looked like a fool infront of Mike Piazza last year if i would had gone to photo day... i don't know why on earth i didn't go... i don't think i'll ever stop being a giggly teenager and i have the worst giggle when i'm nervous... but the shaking that was a first. =]

Laura

by padparazzi on May 29, 2007 9:10 PM PDT reply actions

Diddo

The Celebrity Pour was one of the best days of my life. I talked to Jake and he signed my Jersey. It wasnt just like a signature, he wrote a message and everything. He got me a special drink, one for me and one for him, called the Alabama Slamma. Then I got interviewed by Outta Left Field (Troy Johnson). It was really quiet and intimate in there. There were only about 100 people. You should go next time, Clay was there. It was absolutely worth the $20. Like I actually had a conversation with Jake. Sometimes I think Im obsessed...but I cant help it.<3

by padresgirlforlife44 on May 29, 2007 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions

What's in the Alabama Slamma?

Or should I not ask?

by jbox on May 29, 2007 11:06 PM PDT up reply actions

lol

Well its this Strawberry Smoothie Drink thats all. Me being 17, of course it was a virgin. Anyways, Troy said I wanted one and I had no idea what it was and Jake was like.."whats that", then the bartender lady told him and he said to me "wait right here ill be right back" then he went across the resteraunt for 5 minutes and brought back one for me and one for him. then i took a picture with him and told him he is my favorite and then he said "whats your name sweetie" then he signed my jersey and it was wonderful.

by padresgirlforlife44 on May 30, 2007 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions

Aww...

i wish i could had gone to the Celebrity Pour!! i was so mad at my parents for not letting me go... but what can i do about it now?? is there going to be one this year?? because if there is i'll make sure i attend! don't worry you're not the only one who's obsessed w/ baseball players or jake peavy.

stephy08 & i saw you on sunday. i remember seeing the jake peavy jersey w/ his autograph and the message. =]

Laura

by padparazzi on May 30, 2007 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions

thats cool

You guys saw me..I was with my dad. I might introduce myself next time or something.

I am praying there is another this year..it was kind of the down low cuz most of my friends didnt know about it. I was lucky enough to see it on a commercial. It was one of the best days of my life but it was all kind of a blur. I was in my own little world. To this day, my dad tells me stuff that happens and I dont remember because I was amazed that I talked to Jake and Clay and Liney and Troy and everyone.

by padresgirlforlife44 on May 30, 2007 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions

we should meet each other

its nice to see another girl our age that loves the game of baseball as much as we do.

i can imagine it being a blur. it would be a blur for me aswell if i would had been there.

i believe stephanie told me that she was sitting like on the 3rd row in the field lever... not sure... i wasn't there so i can't really tell you. i just saw the great pictures she took of jake.

Laura

by padparazzi on May 30, 2007 7:03 PM PDT up reply actions

Definitely

If I see you guys again Ill say Hi. I am always wearing my Jake jersey so look for me...:)

by padresgirlforlife44 on May 31, 2007 8:23 PM PDT up reply actions

Ok we will

by Stephy08 on Jun 1, 2007 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions

I would

have LOVED to have that drink!Hopefully there's another one with both Jake and Clay.

by Stephy08 on May 30, 2007 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions

It's SoCo...

with sloe gin, amaretto and oj... if anybody ordered it from me when I was working I would immediately card them!!! (long island iced tea too!)

by ABY on May 30, 2007 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions

Peavy

I have a Red Sox magazine signed by Peavy. When I went to the Padres games in Boston, Peavy was one of the few players that actually came over and signed for the Padres fans (which there was a pretty good amount of). Even so, it was much easier for my friend to get his signature, being a female and all.

by osbug on May 30, 2007 6:09 AM PDT up reply actions

Votes

I have used all my main email addresses, and generally create a new one every day to use. I have been doing this for a few weeks now. I am going to have to start deleting old email addresses soon, so I hope they don't verify them. I have also been voting for an all-suck AL team, even though I am probably the only one. It has been mostly Royals.

by osbug on May 30, 2007 6:11 AM PDT reply actions

wow, all this support is great.

How many gaslamp ballers are there? 1000? Each putting through 100 votes? 100,000 votes total? And last year the NL 1st baseman was Albert Pooholes receiving 3.4 million votes?

I'm not sure we quite have the voting muscle to stuff the ballot box like we need to...

by pjbno4 on May 30, 2007 6:50 AM PDT reply actions

About 600 from what I can tell

People in the lurker thread yesterday who said they had just signed up were in the 590s.

Christina

by Christina on May 30, 2007 9:00 AM PDT up reply actions

100 votes?

Why setting the bar so low? With the time left it should be easy to do way more than 100 votes. I think I am sitting about 500 votes so far.

by osbug on May 30, 2007 7:15 AM PDT reply actions

you better have

20 Email Addresses!

by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on May 30, 2007 8:23 AM PDT up reply actions

Aye

I make a new one everyday. I think I can create up to 100, so why not use them?

by osbug on May 30, 2007 8:27 AM PDT up reply actions

i haven't voted YET...

cause my internet sucks at home and i can't do it right now here at work, but i definitely will vote and use all 10 of my email addresses to vote :)

this is a sweet plan.

by freelunch on May 30, 2007 10:47 AM PDT reply actions

Lets make Khalil Greene our American Idol Sinjiyah

A new hairdo every week and he is a shoe in. If I had any photoshopping skills I would put some recommendations together myself...

by Rob @ Gaslamp Ball on May 30, 2007 1:27 PM PDT reply actions

Dex

You should've called some MLB people up and found out Adrian's actual count and see if one blog can actually affect his standing. It would be even better if one blog could send Khalil to the All Star Game! Then we could sell high on him! Hehe...

by Rob @ Gaslamp Ball on May 30, 2007 3:20 PM PDT reply actions

Did anyone hear Mike?

Cameron on xx this morning? Says veeery disappointed that a-go not in the top five for the all-star game... says he deserves to be there and fans should stop complaining about run production and focus on voting (paraphrasing). [ps. love the leggo comment!]

by ABY on May 31, 2007 8:55 AM PDT reply actions

Maybe

Cameron should stop worrying about A-Go and start worrying about run production.

What was the leggo comment?

by jbox on May 31, 2007 9:01 AM PDT up reply actions

Mike

was whining a bit about Petco but then said he wasn't going to complain, he says he plays in a graveyard...

Leggo: people in the thread of yesterdays game were waffling on over a-gon or a-go, a-go seemed to win out then, a glb-er said leggo my a-go. Tickled me that's all!
Will the real culprit stand up!

by ABY on May 31, 2007 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions