Gaslamp Ball is headed to Peoria for Spring Training

by jbox on Mar 12, 2008 12:06 PM PDT in News

Kev and I are headed out to Peoria, Arizona this Saturday. This will be my first Spring Training trip ever. If I may quote Sandy Alderson "There is only one first". That is unless I get laid out there, then it will be two firsts.

I don't think Kev's been to Peoria yet, but he went to Yuma back in the day. I'm excited. We'll be attending the Padres / A's game and rooting for the Pads and Brooks Conrad.

I keep fantasizing about one thing though. I'm hoping some HUGE Padres story will break in Peoria and all the major news sources that follow the Padres are in China. There we'll be... Gaslamp Ball, with the story all to ourselves. I just hope that Kev and I are paying attention at the time and not shoving hot dogs into our faces and putting sun tan lotion on each other.

I told Dex about my fantasy and he had this to say: "it's like if WWIII broke out and all of our military forces were incapacitated except for the girl scouts".

Exactly... I can't wait.

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hmmm.

I would have assumed that Dex's response to your fantasy would have commented more on you and Kev putting suntan lotion on each other.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

by pjbno4 on Mar 12, 2008 12:26 PM PDT reply actions

Weird Visual

Two men in girl scout uniforms putting suntan lotion on each other in the desert.

by Wonko on Mar 12, 2008 12:28 PM PDT reply actions

I smell another Vlog!

by pjbno4 on Mar 12, 2008 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions

you're just testing them now...

by pjbno4 on Mar 12, 2008 12:38 PM PDT reply actions

8 minutes

Over/Under on how long this post stays up.

by TheGrandHatching on Mar 12, 2008 12:41 PM PDT reply actions

I'm taking the under.

by Drama on Mar 12, 2008 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions

hard to say exactly

but it looks like the winner was around 20-22 minutes.

by pjbno4 on Mar 12, 2008 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions

Guess what I just got.

A M'ing CORNED BEEF. That's right, Cs, delicious F'ing corned beef. You wish you had that S, don't you? Also, I have a F'ing cabbage to go with it. Yeah, I've had that B sitting in my fridge, waiting for the moment those juicy M go on sale. I got me five of those hos in the freezer now, and one's waiting for me to cook it right now. I can't wait to rip into that S. Enjoy your S meals at Peoria; today I'm eating some M'ing Corned Beef and Cabbage, M's, and watching a super-delayed Gameday presentation. I'd love to go to Spring Training, but I don't have any friends who are interested in the B variety of B. Please don't delete this.

by Dex on Mar 12, 2008 12:59 PM PDT reply actions

This is even worse than playing the digderidoo.

It's a time for men, men who are friends.

by elan on Mar 12, 2008 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions

What was wrong with

"base variety of balls"?

by TheGrandHatching on Mar 12, 2008 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions

The censor casts a wide net

base variety of balls

by Dex on Mar 12, 2008 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions

Basically...

Don't want to have references of snorting drugs off of male genitalia.

by Dex on Mar 12, 2008 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions

Hey!

I never involved male genitalia.

www.PadsAndEnds.blogspot.com
"jbox does not drink coffee, as it makes him clean house big time." ~Kev

by TheThirdGonzalez on Mar 12, 2008 11:33 PM PDT up reply actions

I think what he's really saying

is that he wants Jbox and Kev to be his friends and invite him on their spring training odessey, even if he has to wear a girl scount uniform and rub you guys down with suntan lotion.

by pjbno4 on Mar 12, 2008 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions

even if?

you make Spring Training itself sound like a perk.

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by elan on Mar 12, 2008 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions

Even if?

That's the part that makes me really want to go.

www.PadsAndEnds.blogspot.com
"jbox does not drink coffee, as it makes him clean house big time." ~Kev

by TheThirdGonzalez on Mar 12, 2008 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions

Questionable minds

think alike.

www.PadsAndEnds.blogspot.com
"jbox does not drink coffee, as it makes him clean house big time." ~Kev

by TheThirdGonzalez on Mar 12, 2008 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions

Perhaps we could exchange emails some time

unless your dad has an email address, I'd take that.

Gaslamp Ball :: A San Diego Padres blog... Only more so!

by elan on Mar 12, 2008 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions

What I wouldn't do

to get that invite!

by Jonny Dub on Mar 12, 2008 11:27 PM PDT up reply actions

Minor league spring training ...

Uh, this doesn't quite fit the tone of the comments so far ... but ... an option for those in Peoria starting March 14th is to go to the minor-league games which are played on the back practice fields ...

http://www.springtrainingonline.com/teams/san_diego_padres_4.htm

It's my understanding (from the UT) that Giles will be playing in one these games on Friday.

by LynchMob on Mar 12, 2008 1:11 PM PDT reply actions

Giles

always plays in the back practice field.

by TheGrandHatching on Mar 12, 2008 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions

Ahem!

After reading through this diary I'm a little nervous to mention that I will be in Scottsdale this weekend for a workshop and definitely plan to catch a game there and at Maryvale.
Please don't misinterpret this as me volunteering for anything... 'sides dex has my girl scout uniform anyway!

by ABY on Mar 13, 2008 1:20 AM PDT reply actions

Have fun, you two.

I just got back from Peoria, I was there for the Sunday-Tuesday games. It was a blast. Good luck on that big story, if you need a comment from Kevin Towers you can find him sitting in the first row directly behind home plate. We sat behind him on Sunday, he's one sexy old man. Oh, and don't forget the sunscreen.

by ILuvSDPadres on Mar 13, 2008 7:24 AM PDT reply actions

You guys are in for it!

As a Padres fan, being stuck out here in the desert with the d-bags sucks but spring training is the best time of year. I pretty much take the whole month of March off, there's just too much to do. Nice weather, cheap tickets, good baseball, and ASU coeds EVERYWHERE!!!

REMMIE

by Remmie on Mar 13, 2008 7:34 AM PDT reply actions