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Our friend Jonny Dub went down to Petco Park yesterday after his kids refused to go to the zoo again. He took some pictures of some of the changes at Petco Park. He's adamant that the new Sun Deck thing in centerfield is going to obstruct the view of the field for people out in the Park at the Park. Especially when people are standing on the deck, he doubts fans will be able to see anything but the infield. CMO Wayne Partello tweeted in December that it would not hinder the view and was built with sight lines in mind. I'm not sure who to believe.
View from Gwynn statue. View will definitely be obstructed with people standing at the new pier area. @gaslampball pic.twitter.com/QNexYwMSlG
— J Dub (@JonnyDubSD) March 31, 2016
He also took a picture of the new Padres Ring of Honor, which is barely visible from the Park. This is where Mike Dee decided to paint the retired numbers after he sold the ad space on top of the batter's eye.
If you zoom in and squint your eyes you can see the #Padres retired numbers painted in "more prominent" place. pic.twitter.com/2XuOGSrHIQ
— Gaslamp Ball (@gaslampball) March 31, 2016
I like my Ring of Honor to be as thin as possible.
— William Lybarger (@LybargerBrewery) March 31, 2016
That prominent space on the batter's eye now belongs to Sycuan Casino until 2020, then it goes to the highest bidder again. Jon knows the decision infuriates me.
Just for you JBox @gaslampball ... pic.twitter.com/pbPRi5uulo
— J Dub (@JonnyDubSD) March 31, 2016
What we really need is to call up Hunter Renfoe and have him knock it down with baseballs.
If Renfroe had done that at Petco Park, the Sycuan sign would've been in deep doo doo.
— Dennis Lin (@sdutdennislin) April 1, 2016
As an obvious afterthought the Padres decided to put the physical retired numbers on the ground near the home plate entrance.
The numbers are going up! @gaslampball pic.twitter.com/jH1GXTUC92
— Rob (@RobBishopSD) March 31, 2016
The weird thing is that they don't even appear to be in numerical order.
@SacBuntChris yup pic.twitter.com/tX7z55aWF1
— Rob (@RobBishopSD) March 31, 2016
I can't make sense of how they are arranged.
— Rob (@RobBishopSD) March 31, 2016
And I still haven't seen Garvey's retired number, which I'm sure will lead to comments about how it never should have been retired in the first place.