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Back on April 21st I noticed that the Padres had painted the bare concrete around the ballpark and in doing so they painted over former owner Ray Kroc’s initials and Jerry Coleman’s star. I can’t seem to find a good picture of what it used to look like, but in the left hand side of this one you can see Jerry’s hanging star.
The painter got a little carried away and now Jerry Coleman's ⭐️ and Kroc's RAK are gone. pic.twitter.com/0RHZugWANP
— Gaslamp Ball (@gaslampball) April 22, 2016
CMO Wayne Partello told us that the painted versions, while gone, would be replaced with fabricated ones. Ok, fair enough.
@Brian_Smith83 @gaslampball @PadresMikeDee Not the painter's fault. Will not be painted anymore. New versions are being fabricated.
— Wayne Partello (@WaynePartello) April 22, 2016
So we waited patiently. At my next game on June 8th, there was still nothing but painted concrete.
Seems like the RAK and Coleman ⭐️ would be fabricated by now. I'll check back in a couple months. pic.twitter.com/tWDFFen6hj
— Gaslamp Ball (@gaslampball) June 8, 2016
On June 13th a fabricated SD appeared. Still no RAK or Coleman star.
Looks like @Padres just hung fabricated SD sign on Press Box. Still waiting on RAK and ⭐️ pic.twitter.com/szDxYen67y
— Gaslamp Ball (@gaslampball) June 14, 2016
Finally over this past weekend Darklighter spotted the new fabricated signs.
@gaslampball RAK and J⭐️C up at the ballpark now. pic.twitter.com/Y7Rv4K1ckx
— Richard (@gdarklighter) June 26, 2016
And Petco Park announced the new signage officially yesterday.
New signage to honor Ray Kroc and Jerry Coleman has been installed just below pressbox #RAK #OhDoctor pic.twitter.com/BEwSN6mX9C
— Petco Park (@PetcoPark) June 28, 2016
So what have we learned? Fabricated signs take a really, really long time to be made.