I still have tons of items from my collection that I haven’t posted yet, but I thought it would be cool to see some items that other people might have in their collection too. Send me some pictures of any of your Padres related (including all the minor league teams of past and present) and any info you can about it and I’ll post some of the best on here.
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Thanks!
Categories: Blogging
This comic bookish Adrian Gonzalez figure must have snuck by me last season. To my knowledge it really wasn’t promoted that much….although this was during the time when I stopped watching Padres games because the team appeared to have given up and weren’t even trying, so maybe it was promoted a bunch and I just didn’t see it. I came across this item at Christmas on the Prado. The Madres had a booth set up in front of the San Diego Hall of Champions and were selling some stuff. I stopped and chatted for a while with the nice ladies. They do a lot for the community and love their Padres so go check out their site and see what they are up to. The item was given away on June 6th last season when the Padres played the Diamondbacks. They were down 2-0 in the bottom of the 6th when they unleashed 6 runs off of relievers Leo Rosales, Daniel Schlereth & Clay Zavada. Padres go on to win 6-4.
*EDIT: .400 in ‘94 user Tim shared this photo with us and clarified that the figure was given away during the whole “Vote for Adrian” push. Thanks Tim!
Categories: Adrian Gonzalez · Figurine · My Collection · Players · Stadium Giveaway
Now I’m not a huge fan of floppy hats. Unless your a fisherman, albino or old man you probably shouldn’t be wearing them too. But I have to admit this one does look pretty cool. Now you’ve heard me rant and rave about how great the 2003 season was for stadium giveaways before but guess what, it ain’t over yet. This item was given away during the fabled (for giveaways….not the team) 2003 season. It is the wonderful brown and yellow that everyone loves and you can even reverse it and wear the Friar side if you want. It was given away on June 21st, 2003 against the Seattle Mariners. The game was a pitchers duel between Adam Eaton & Joel Pineiro in which not single run was scored from the bottom of the 2nd to the end of the game. Of the 6 overall runs scored in the game only 2 were scored off of hits (2 walks, 1 WP & 1 SF). The Padres lost yet again 4-2.
Categories: Clothing · Hats · My Collection · Stadium Giveaway
Ahhh yes…the Garv. This promotional item was most likely given away in stores to promote Padre’s tickets. It is sponsored by both Yago Sant’Gria and TeleSeat. There is no date on it so I’m not 100% sure when it was given away, but since it’s the old Friar logo, the mustard and brown hat & Garvey came to the Pads in 1983, then that only leaves 2 years that it could have been…..1983 & 1984. A great item for any Padres fans.
Categories: Masks · My Collection · Players · Steve Garvey
Pad Squad Amanda is in 2nd place in the Monster.com’s Director of NFL Department of Fandemonium contest. I’ve been voting for her everyday (you can vote once a day) but I forgot to post it on the sites!! I even posted a Pad Squad jersey in the previous post….oh well better late than never. Go vote for her now!
Categories: Blogging · The Pad Squad
Here’s another thing I don’t own but I thought the guys at Gaslampball would enjoy, since everytime I turn around there is something new with the Pad Squad on there. It’s a Pad Squad jersey!! It’s either from a Pad Squad member or my guess it was purchased at the wonderful Padres Garage Sale that I love attending every year. Not a lot of bids yet on it and it’s still pretty cheap. Dex & Jbox get to bidding!!
Categories: Clothing · Jerseys · Misc. Members of the Team · The Pad Squad
Hey everyone I just wanted to let you know that I started up a new Padres blog titled RJ’s Fro. The SDPads1 site is going to still be up but it won’t get updated. The merch-tastic .400 in ‘94 isn’t going anywhere though, as I’m going to start posting stuff here again starting tomorrow. Thanks for your patience!!!
Categories: Blogging
