Gaslamp Ball

Get one!

I just found out yesterday that In-n-out makes neapolitan shakes and they are freakin good.

A Whales Vajayjay - July 7, 2007 reply

I think I knew that

and even got one at some point, but had forgotten. I'll have to do that. I wish they used real ice cream though. I think jack in the box shakes are better.

PS -

Quit talking about Jack in the Box and In-and-Out. That's just cruel. I don't have either around here, and I suffer.

Demoira - July 7, 2007 reply

In-n-Out

They do use real ice cream... Or am I not understanding what we're talking about?

Who is responsible for

Khalil Greene's Wikipedia page trivia section? I stumbled on that last night and couldn't stop laughing. Someone deserves some props for that.

A Whales Vajayjay - July 7, 2007 reply

That

had to be someone from here. Pretty funny.

osbug - July 7, 2007 reply

In-N-Out

"Of course, what's a great burger without great fries? At In-N-Out, we know a french fry is only as good as the potato it comes from. That's why we use the highest grade potatoes and ship them fresh from the farm. Then we cut them right in the store, one potato at a time. And cook them in 100% pure, cholesterol-free vegetable oil. To top it all off, we also make our delicious shakes from real ice cream. We wouldn't do it any other way. Because when it comes to burgers, fries and shakes, getting fresh is a good thing."

jbox wrong about something? That's a first.

He doesn't like the shakes

because those tiny little biblical quotes on the cup remind him where he's heading in the afterlife.

On being more positive

I wasn't on here last night, and I won't be on today (yesterday, 'cause I just felt like it, today, 'cause I don't get to watch the game, like Drama). I'm not boycotting, but it may be better for me anyway.

My b/f got on me for being negative. He wasn't wrong, but I was able to explain myself to his satisfaction. I am completely convinced that this offense is underperforming. I don't think we desperately need a big bat, though I wouldn't say no if Big Papi showed up and offered to play for us. What I think is needed is just some good luck, some better at bats, and for the guys to hit like I know they can. And they will. It's just been a rough month so far, and last month wasn't any better.

And it's baseball. As many have pointed out, it's a game based on failure. So it can be hard to stay positive. But I have absolute faith.

Have a great game today, everyone. Enjoy it! Er, I mean, Experience it!

Demoira - July 7, 2007 reply

Fox?

I live in LA, and it looks like the MLB game on Fox is Angels/Yankees? WTF??? Where are the Padres/Braves?

I guess I don't get the whole "blackout" thing.
Do I get screwed because I'm in LA? We get Angels games anyway on Ch. 9, so I don't understand. Can anyone explain?

Mr Meadows - July 7, 2007 reply

this never makes sense to me

when fox picks up a game that i don't actually get on my tv, and then mlb.tv blacks me out.....for a game i can't watch.

anyway. i listened to the radio broadcast today. which was oddly pleasing.

goose1 - July 7, 2007 reply

Tim M. and Joe Buck

put Joe Morgan in there, and I think we should blow up the booth.

joe miller is a good play by play guy though

yes he is

but Joe Morgan is TERRIBLE.

Nice start JoJo

keep it up.

Giles Brothers

that was funny when they announced the line up. McCarver thought it was boring. YOU'RE BORING!

Who cares that Reyes' parents are taking his friends out to dinner!

Fox "Game of the Week"

About the only two cities that are getting SD/ATL are SD and ATL. The rest of us are stuck looking at NY and ANA. Clemens is probably so excited.

Robot love!

KG loves the national (regional) attention.

hooray khalil!

He's my favorite.

YES, KHALIL!!!

I hope Clemens gets his ass handed to him

And "F" Fox, too.

Not that I miss listening to McCarver. Lietner's better than Timmeh, but it still would have been nice to see the Padres on TV, since it's a rarity. At least I got to see it last night on TBS, even though it wasn't the best game.

Doesn't ESPN have tomorrow's game?

Mr Meadows - July 7, 2007 reply

yeah

Yes.

ESPN game tomorrow night. But I heard that if Clemens pitches well today they're going to switch the start of the Angels-Yankees game to tomorrow night for ESPN. That way they can promote "The Bronx is Burning" even more.

WOOOOhoooooooo Khalili!

alohabing - July 7, 2007 reply

i mean khalil. blame the keyboard not the typist;)

alohabing - July 7, 2007 reply

I thought "Khalili" was...

...his Hawaiian Name.

Me, Tarzan

ukulele

Still don't get

why ATL and SD are the only areas in the country getting this game? Don't they get their respective team's games ANYWAY? (Braves on TBS, Padres on Ch. 4?)

Screw it. I'm just going to have to quit my job and move to SD.

Mr Meadows - July 7, 2007 reply

Well, WG and I can speak for Texas

Clemens is God here so with him pitching it's a no-brainer.

I thought

Tony Romo was god in Texas?

Not yet

Romo's more like Jesus.

I thought Mack Brown was Jesus.

Vince Young and Tony Romo are close, though.

Mack Brown

Mack doesn't get much run up here in Dallas for some reason.

Probably because he won't be playing in the soon to be built 1 billion dollar stadium.

He's huge here.

And we get just about every Titan's game on TV here for Vince.

Mack's a decent guy

I mean, as decent as college fball coaches can be.

I apologize

For my contribution to the cussing and complaining, however, I only promise to cut out the cussing.

I stated my case for my frustration on an earlier thread. I am tired of this team just 'making it' to the playoffs. I KNOW this current team will make it. They are GOOD. But - they WILL lose in the post season IF someone does not figure out how to get more production from this lineup. It is appalling to me when I can watch 9-10 year old Little Leaguers move runners along and have 'quality' outs and drive in runs with 2 outs and know that the Padres cannot do it. Chronically cannot do it. And that nobody other than us seems to acknowledge that or seem to care.

See how the Braves just tied it? When we do it - it's a fluke.

Meanwhile, I wont participate anymore today. Guess I should give my negative self a time out.

GO PADRES - there is a little boy in Sweden who wants to come home to a first place team in 3 weeks.

Christina - July 7, 2007 reply

Oh man...not cool.

Christina...no time outs for you. You just got frustrated, I'm a total jerk. There's a big difference. Please stay.

Plus

your teeth hurt. Everyone's in a bad mood when their teeth hurt. It's to be expected.

Excellent point.

Sledge is on the DL

they say its a "sprained thumb" but I thinks its a case of "suckinitous".

that must be contagious

lol at that bradley catch

Out of Bradley's way Cameron!

The new man in town doesn't need his glove.

MAN

I only have radio. I wish I could've seen that. Milton Bradley's my favorite.

This blackout is killing me.

Nothing against Teddy and Andy...but I pay good money for MLB.TV...if the game isn't on televison in my cable area...it should NOT be blacked out.

Totally agreed

My buddy is at the game

in seats just below the Fox booth. They can hear McCarver and Buck just like if they were watching on tv. Just texted me this:

"I came to the game so I wouldn't have to listen to McCarver. This sucks."

GODDAMMIT

STUPID UMPIRES.

what the hell

that pitch was about 4 inches off the ground, and he hits a homer.

what is going on now

nooooooooooooo

what the hell?

THE ONE GAME I DON'T GET TO WATCH!!!

JESUS

wells

Seriously, how many years does he have left? Just let him kick the blue's ass.

Wells deserved it.

he kept after the ump.

OMG

PLANETJEFFY ROOTS FOR UMPS!

C'mon....umplover?

Wellsy kept after the ump when he turned his back. You just can't do that these days.

CRAAAAP!!!

What's he doing?!

The umps is an iInconsistent....

stuck-in-the-60's-asscock!

thats ridiculous

The ump pulled the trigger WAY too fast.

sdpads24 - July 7, 2007 reply

the umps this year

seem to be looking for a fight, and have very quick triggers. What happen to just walking away?

AAA ump

Why do the fill-in guys get the plate? Makes no sense to me.

Uh-oh...

Brocail.

Mr Meadows - July 7, 2007 reply

Leitner is so great

Just ripping the ump. Love it.

Who got sent down for Brocail?

sdpads24 - July 7, 2007 reply

Fine - one more comment

(And thank you to my friends who understand where my crankiness is heightened, but I still stand by my point on the Padres at this moment)

That umpire was way too quick on the trigger AND he was wrong on those two pitches.

And now I am leaving for about an hour for an appointment. PLEASE TRY to get this team up! I would love to believe that we can come back from a 2-run deficit. RIGHT?!!

Christina - July 7, 2007 reply

maybe because sledge got put on the DL?

Roster moves....

Bradley and Brocail were both activated from the DL. Sledge went on the DL...and Hampson was sent to Portland.

Hampson was?

Wow. Didn't see that coming.

Me either.

Wrong "Justin" as far as I'm concerned. ;)

That really surprises me

He'd been the long reliever - in games like this, I might add - and a lefty. Kinda hard to figure.

Seriously...

Who in the hell is our long reliever now? Don't we already have like 5 Doug Brocails?

And

it was nice to see a lefthander out there once in awhile, too.

I'd assume since Broken Heart's in right now that's who we're gonna see for the forseeable future.

They send Hampson down

after a long relief. Then they will call him up after he rests.

not this single single single single business agin

A-Go signing autographs July 21

I think we should send jbox over to get that t-shirt back.

YES

He should also apologize.

jbox's apology

Dex, PLEASE let me write his apology. PLEASE??

wtf?

Why? What are you going to say other than tell him ridiculous exaggerations?

You have seriously turned into Jonny Dub with better grammer.

Lol

osbug - July 7, 2007 reply

Nice Job, Doug.

I thought at least one of those baserunners would score with no outs.

Mr Meadows - July 7, 2007 reply

Does anybody else

feel good about the situation right now? With Bradley in, and KG hitting I have so much more confidence in this lineup.

very good

I always feel good about the situation

When you keep the faith, there's nothing that can disappoint you.

Uh...YES

WOOOOHOOOOOO!!!

CAMERON comes through!!!

That will shut up the Fox

announcers. Thanks Mikey.

Stupid Fox wienies

Who cares about Reyes and his family visiting?

I don't like this Milton Bradley

Throwing stuff at fans. I am no longer a fan.

I like this Reyes kid.

keep him in.

MB

got mad skillz

I agree

Huge pickup.

and

he gives KG someone else to throw Rap Lyrics with.

We need to see

Bobby Cox get tossed.

See ya, Jojo

Wow. Both pitchers leave in the 3rd inning (for different reasons.)

Kinda sucks for the Reyes kid, but hey...trial by fire. He'll be okay.

Meanwhile, we've got a game to win. Let's hope "the best bullpen in baseball" can come through.

Glad to see our offense working tonight. Are the Fox guys really being dicks? (Oh yeah, it's McCarver...dumb question.)

Mr Meadows - July 7, 2007 reply

lol

MB just walked home

sdpads24 - July 7, 2007 reply

nice AB for brocail

This is like the best padre inning ever

Brad @ Gaslamp Ball - July 7, 2007 reply

and then they get out of it...

I need to shut the fuck up.

Brad @ Gaslamp Ball - July 7, 2007 reply

Holy Cow

Wells tossed in the 3rd, Greene and Cameron homers (Mike's a 3-run for the lead), Milton's Padres debut (and a crazy bare-handed catch in the outfield that saves runs), Doug Brocail's first hit since 1995...

...now I'm REALLY steamed I can't get this game on Fox!

Oh, well...GO PADRES!!!!!!

Mr Meadows - July 7, 2007 reply

Yeah

Who'da thunk Brocail would keep the inning alive with 2 outs, and Brian Giles would end it with a pop up?

Mr Meadows - July 7, 2007 reply

Nice Base Hit by Brocail

But do we have anyone else we can put on the mound? He makes me nervous.

Mr Meadows - July 7, 2007 reply

Never Mind.

:-)

Mr Meadows - July 7, 2007 reply

Maybe

someone should tell these Fox announcers that Batting Averages means absolutely nothing. I hate to see them hurt themselves trying to figure this one out.

Jermaine Dye for

KG and Liney. Proposed by White Sox. So sayeth Tim and Joe

who would our shortstop be?

That sounds kinda like a lot, even if Dye is just having an off year.

Geoff Blumm

of course. Just kidding. I guess that's why the Pads turned the deal down.

Dye

is just being Dye this year, his last two years were more of an abiration than this year is.

Maybe he meant Kevin Garnett and Linebrink

MistaSnowman @ Gaslamp Ball - July 7, 2007 reply

that trade is borderline insulting

not that liney and khalil don't have their, ahem, troubles...but i'd rather keep them. if we trade them in that sort of deal we might as well pick up juan pierre while we're at it. and give him a raise.

goose1 - July 7, 2007 reply

Mike Hargrove

give him credit? My daddy taught me this was quitting, he makes a lot of money to manage that team, and he should be there for the entire contract.

Gee

Why didn't Doug Brocail make the All-Star team?

Mr Meadows - July 7, 2007 reply

I really hope we can add on to the lead

These Braves have the ability to equalize the score really quick. Let's get some more runs.

Have to say, though: I'm happy with Milton Bradley so far...

Mr Meadows - July 7, 2007 reply

I am really happy with this Ump

what

the hell is wrong with this guy??????

shittttttt

.199 hitter breaks out in Petco.

is this what jbox is up to today?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/kgtv/20070707/lo_kgtv/13637192;_ylt=AmegT.SafKbg0_pYOenDrD4E1vAI

"failure"?

Leitner spent the last 5 minutes talking about how Bell was getting crazy squeezed and when it's finally too much, Heath has somehow "failed"?

That's just mean.

Wow!

A-Go makes his own luck.

Based Loaded by MB

Mr Meadows - July 7, 2007 reply

This is the kind of baseball

I love to watch.

A Whales Vajayjay - July 7, 2007 reply

Khalil: tie game, bases loaded, 1 out, national TV

but you know, no pressure.

Mr Meadows - July 7, 2007 reply

This is the kind of baseball

I WISH I could watch.

Mr Meadows - July 7, 2007 reply

nice baserunning to make the throws harder

Adam Dunn

becomes a free agent at the end of the year, mr. joe buck, way to do research about the points you want to make.

add

he becomes a free agent if traded.

KOUZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

KOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOZ!!!!!!!!!

Love that kid!!!!

Mr Meadows - July 7, 2007 reply

if Bochy was still here

he would have about 60ABs right now and Blum would be the starting 3B.

What's all this bullcrap

about "no offense"???

Mr Meadows - July 7, 2007 reply

Crushin' Russian

Mashin' Macedonian

Kouz is good times.

was

that a twat shot?

are you allowed to say that?

Maybe

it is a made up word.

tell that to google image search

hehe

I will take your word for it.

I'm not allowed.

My girlfriend would kick my ass.

Personally, I prefer "buffalo shot".

Mr Meadows - July 7, 2007 reply

Teixeira to Dodgers?

A-Rod to Giants? Who do we get?.

abreau

for linebrink straight up. That's a rumor that I just made up.

I'll take it.

and this win too.

Trevor Time!

Although...well, I won't say what I'm thinking just yet.

Mr Meadows - July 7, 2007 reply

Bong........

Bong...

nice win

I WAS going to say...

...doesn't Trev have a tendency to choke during nationally televised games?

But I didn't, and--thankfully--he didn't! SWEET WIN!

Cool that a national audience (except LA, durnit!) got to see the Padres at their best. AND they got Wells putting on a show, as well as Trevor Time! I envy them, but I'm happy for the Padres!

Let's take the series!!!!!!!!

PS: GO MARLINS!!!!!!!!!

Mr Meadows - July 7, 2007 reply

Fox gives game ball to

entire Pad offense. Funny.

dumb fox announcers

That's how little they care about actually learning the names of our guys.

Let's hope this is the beginning of a trend,

offensively.

Mr Meadows - July 7, 2007 reply

Only downside...

...poor Wells might have finally gotten a win! He's probably in the clubhouse throwing stuff, a'la Milton Bradley.

Mr Meadows - July 7, 2007 reply

Amazing!!

I think I will give myself a time-out more often :->

Gotta love this team - drive me nuts, make me crazy, then rise from the ashes. Love how the Fox crew gave the whole offense the Player of the Game!!

Christina - July 7, 2007 reply

It is especially funny

since they were talking about how bad they were the whole game.

Bradley....nice

M. Bradley lf 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 .333

I'm Digging Uncle Milty So Far

It's like his mere presence boosted our offense. Maybe he threatened to slap the guys around if they didn't start producing.

Mr Meadows - July 7, 2007 reply

I Like the Dueling Headlines

on the official Braves site.

For today's game, it simply says "Braves Lose As Bullpen Falters". For yesterday's game, it screams "Braves Bash Padres in Series Opener."

In both games, the winning team won by 3 runs, but for some reason, I guess the Padres win today didn't qualify as a "bashing".
;-)

Mr Meadows - July 7, 2007 reply

Dude, I wish I'd gotten to see that game

Feeling good about, well, everything. Though sucks that Wellsey got thrown in th third. And this I didn't see this game. Did I mention I didn't get to watch this? Sigh

Go Padres!!

Demoira - July 7, 2007 reply

You should have seen it

it was awesome!