Hey, lots of baseball players have boobies. Babe Ruth had a pair, let me tell you.

(NOTE: this is not an invitation to show the Hugh Hewtits.)

Rox rule! Padres suck!

Tell Casey her hands are a little to high and not far enough back. Also, turn that back foot in. She probably will just laugh because she is grown up and plays soccer.

I gotta admit, my fondest memories of pro baseball were Thursday afternoon businessman specials at the Murph.

Haven’t had the chance to hit Petco yet, but it’s gotta be a lot more comfortable than the Murph on a 90-degree day with no wind and no shade, then again, that’s why god invented beer.

Also, is anyone else surprised that L&TC bats left?

So is there I ask for a moratorium on all “Royals suck!” jokes (including from myself) until they, you know, actually lose a few games?

Or is sweeping the 2nd highest payroll and alleged murder’s row of sluggers not quite enough yet?

That was supposed to read:

“So is this where I ask for blah blah blah … “

Huked onn fonix werked fore mei!

AND HERE HE COMES. . . (Cue Hell’s Bell’s)

No sympathy from me, pal.

I’m a Giants fan…

HA … SNORT …. HAHAHAHAA …. CHORTLE GASP SNORT …. GUFFAW …

I love being the fly in what is pretty much a big bowl of Giant soup up here in paradise.

Everybody with me now…

LET’S GO PIRATES!!!
LET’S GO PIRATES!!!
LET’S GO PIRATES!!!

No?

No one at all?

(Slinks off to record-tying 16th consecutive losing season in shame)

I’m with you, Cliff. And as a Giants fan, no matter how bad things get, there’s one thing I can always say:

Our park kicks your park’s ass. (Although I do hate the new name. At least “Pacific Bell Park” had two decent nouns, so if you ignored the fact that it was a phone company, it was OK. AT&T Park? Not so much.)

HA-HA!!!

That’s where we’ve got you!

Jim Caple and the espn.com Page 2 staff rated PNC Park in Pittsburgh the best in the nation.

http://espn.go.com/page2/s/ballparks/pncpark.html

Suck on that, winners!

Bullshit. PNC Park could be the fucking Taj Mahal…

But it’s in Pittsburgh.

So sorry…

Okay, so the outfield at PETCO is slightly over sized and we could certainly use a big power guy to reach the fences with more regularity….but we will NEVER have snow on the field during the season (Pittsburgh maybe?) or a -20 temp with the wind chill coming off the bay (SF anyone?)….so we win hands down for best park. Sorry guys.

And because the Taj Mahal is in India…

Provincialism…gotta be some kind of refuge for some type of scoundrel.

This is not my opinion.

Serious sports guys with an expense account to travel to every major league park came up with this, not me.

And when you Padre fans come up with a World Series title, you let me know.

At least we’ve got five. I even remember the last one in ‘79.

Pthbbbbbt!!!

Jim Caple lived in Humboldt up until last year, then he left.

He never said goodbye.

I’m so sorry for your loss.

Did he say where he was going?

That’s Candlestick weather. (I have a Croix de Candlestick around here somewhere.) Death Star Phone Co. Park has far fewer Arctic nights than the old place.

And to comsympinko, I refer you to the nearest dictionary, where you may learn the meaning of the word “metaphor”.

Whoa.

Was just kidding there, big…uh…human.

No need to go all dictionary on me.

All in good fun…?

Can’t we all just get along…and hate A-Rod?

Let’s just all be glad we live in cities with equally nice baseball parks and teams that sometimes even have winning seasons. Otherwise we’d be stuck watching soccer all year….

Hate A-Rod…

Kumbaya, my lord, kumbayyyaaahhh…!

Absolutely.

Soccer isn’t that bad, though.

Got me through 2 1/2 years in the UK.

You guys are missin’ out, sheesh. For 52 games every summer, I get to sit in a downtown ballpark, eating locally made, absolutely delicious hot dogs, quaffing locally brewed beer cheering on the local Nine.

For 63 years, the Humboldt Crabs have played summer ball here in paradise on a field of the deepest emerald green cut with origami-like precision by the dark brown earth.

The band (yes, band, as in the World Famous Crabgrass Band) belts out a tune and the crowd dances in between innings.

Thye Giants blow.

I’m trying to leave a comment on the post “Daddy Black Bucks” but can’t for the life of me do it, so I’m commenting on this post about baseball which is only good for napping with a hangover in my opinion, but you are correct about Big Tent Dorkocrat. Between Talk Left & The Democratic Daily, I do wonder if they have been recruited by the Pentagon to blog. That’s probably to rough, but they drive me crazy. So there, Mr. Tbogg. I await the Bassetts.

Actually I love watching soccer….but don’t tell anyone!

Hate A-Rod? Just A-Rod? Can’t I hate the Yankees en masse?

[pats comsympinko on the shoulder] All in good fun, aright.

Uh, I think your secret’s out, milady.

The wind is not that bad at all at PacBell (it’ll be “PacBell” in my book until it gets its real name — Willie Mays Field). The wind can be howling out on the walk ways (I’m an upper deck guy) with only a light breeze in the stands.

Candlestick was a motherfucker. I’ll never forget the two pennant-type flags, atop poles about 20 yards apart above the top deck in center field, that pointed at each other…Wicked swirling winds in that joint.

That view of the Bay and the east Bay from first base side of the upper deck at PacBell is stunning. You may not go to a baseball game for the views, but then you don’t follow a team that’s “rebuilding” with starting position players averaging 33 years of age…

We flew up to San Francisco two years ago to see the Padres play the Giants in a day game and PacBell is a beautiful park. We sat press level third base side.

San Francisco is mrs tbogg’s favorite city.

Love it up there as does the L&T Casey.

Actually I love watching soccer

What about cricket? Now there’s a cracking game! Where else do they say stuff like, “He stroked a wicked googly over deep square leg for six!”

Next time ya’all in town try the upper deck first base side for a few innings. There will be plenty of poachable seats everywhere in the ball park, I’d predict.

I’m going to opening day on a sail boat. McCovey Cove will be empty of Bonds ball chasers. As I usually do when management goes bad, I stopped getting season tix. On week-night games I’ll end up poaching for a ten-spot the very same seats I used to pay $26 a pop. The advantage of following a bad team is…You can sit anywhere!

We call that: Everyone Gets A Foul-ball Night

I love San Fran. And yes, i play every sport left handed/footed except tennis. Somehow I can only hit a tennis ball with my right hand. It’s kind of strange.

I’m a southpaw too, except for ping-pong. Very weird. And I love Petco Park, although I’ll always have fond memories of sitting upper deck at the Murph, behind home plate. Tickets probably cost $5 and the view was perfect.

Got tickets to see three gamesat Petco in June when the Twins come to town. Any suggestions on other things to see and do?

Very few things in professional sports compares to dusk at Kauffman Stadium, with the sky lit in soft hues behind the waterfalls and that massive scoreboard (which now has the world’s largest [IIRC] Hi-Def screen).

Picture “>Picture here(though not great).

Once all the $250 million of upgrades are done, it’ll easily remain one of the top stadiums for another 30 years.

The team, on the other hand, still has some work to do. They seem to be getting better and making smart decisions (i.e. spending some money without going nuts), so there is some hope.

It was only last year that Glass started spending any of the welfare money (luxury tax) from the Yankees/Red Sox etc. to improve the team. And this was only after the other owners started complaining.

Under Kaufmann they had one of the best minor league systems. Of late, besides letting some of their better players leave or trading them, they’ve been content to offer up a declining Sweeney…and that was about it.