Entries from February 2010
February 20, 2010 · 1 Comment
.400 in ’94 reader Tim submitted a couple items…..everyone else must have missed the memo apparently. First up is a wall clock that was given away on August 23rd…….in, you guessed it….2003. It shows good ‘ol Qualcomm/Jack Murphy/San Diego Stadium in all it’s packed glory. To top things off there’s a familiar signature on there. The game was actually quite a really good pitcher’s duel between the Padres Adam Eaton and the Expos Javier Vazquez. Eaton went 7.1 IP, striking out 5, while giving up no runs. Vazquez went 9 innings, striking out 10 and also giving up no runs. Jay Witasick & Mike Mathews shut down the Expos the rest of the way and in the bottom of the 10th with Rocky Biddle taking over for Vazquez and 2 outs Gary Bennett singles, Gary Mathews Jr singles, Sean Burroughs is hit by a pitch & then Mark Kotsay walks with the bases loaded. Padres win 1-0 in 10 innings.
Next up is the Rockstar mini bobblehead set that was given away during the 2006 season. It featured then-Padres manager Bruce Bochy, pitcher Jake Peavy & shortstop Khalil Greene. They were given away on August 18th in a game against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Woody Williams had a strong game on the mound pitching into the 8th. But the stars were on offense as Mike Cameron went 2 for 4 with a double & a 2 run shot in the 7th. Dave Roberts, Geoff Blum & Josh Barfield each collected 2 hits a piece as well. After this game the Diamondbacks & Padres were tied for 2nd place in the NL West, both sporting 61-61 records. The Padres would go 27-13 the rest of the way winning the NL West. The Diamondbacks on the other hand would go 15-25 the rest of the way to finish in 4th. The Padres won this game 8-2.
If you have any items that you’d like to submit for this site shoot me an e-mail!
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Categories: Bobble Heads · Bruce Bochy · Clocks · Jake Peavy · Khalil Greene · Misc. Members of the Team · Players · Reader Submission · Stadium Giveaway
Ummmm……really? This is classified as a “rally mask”. It was sold in the year…..ahhhhh does it really matter? I found this on ebay and it’s both dumb and actually terrifying.
Categories: Masks · eBay
February 16, 2010 · 1 Comment
This is now the 7th awesome item from the 2003 season that I have listed here on this blog. After looking at some of the 2010 giveaways at the Fan Fest Saturday, I was let down a bit. Yes the bobbleheads look cool & the throwback floppy hat will surely draw some fans, but other than that it’s the usual boring stuff. Look at the Giants they have skateboards & snuggies for god sakes! We have a cheap “replica jersey” with the Padres logo on the belly button & a plain ‘ol slinky. Anyways enough complaining, it still IS a lot better than things have been the past couple of seasons. Here we have an Ozzie Smith Action card. I tried my best to capture the entire play in photos. I think the thing that made the 2003 giveaways is that almost everything was throwback brown & yellow. The Winfield, RJ & Chicken bobbleheads, the floppy hat, Gwynn Russian Nesting Dolls, the mini Qualcomm & now this card, were all throwbacks in one way or another. Ozzie Smith was drafted by the Padres in the 4th round of the 1977 draft. He made his major league debut in 1978 & would go on to play 4 seasons with the Padres until he was traded to the Cardinals for the 1982 season. I’m not quite sure what he did after that though. This was given away on May 17th in a game against the Braves. Carlton Loewer started for the Padres in his 5th to last game ever. It was actually a close game too until Luther Hackman & Mike Bynum came in and gave up 8 runs. X Nady & Ryan Klesko were the 2 bright spots on offense. Another interesting note….Shane Victorino played in this game and would go on to play in only 3 more games with the Padres before being shipped back to the Dodgers. Oh yeah Padres lose 12-2.
Categories: Baseball Cards · My Collection · Ozzie Smith · Players · Stadium Giveaway
So as some of you may have noticed there has been very little non-link related posts on RJ’s Fro lately. Don’t worry that will all be changing next week. We’ve got a lot of things planned already. A HUGE interview, FRIARfest, our first ever Fro/Counter-Fro, giveaways and we are planning on making the trip to Spring Training. I forgot to mention I was on vacation last week. But while on vacation I came across numerous antique stores and found some Padres stuff and this was one of those items. It was a pin given away for Tim Flannery “FLAN” Appreciation Night. Tim Flannery was a Padre fan favorite for years. Not only did he play in San Diego from ’79 to ’89, but he also coached & was a radio voice after his playing career was over. This pin was given away on September 30th, 1989 and despite it being his appreciation night, he sat the bench the whole game. In fact he sat the bench the whole following game too (which was the last game of the season & his career). But he DID play the day before on September 29th. He had 2 plate appearances and went 0-2 with a foul ball flyout & a ground out to SS in his final AB against the Giants Mike LaCoss before being pulled for Bip Roberts the rest of the game. The game in which the pin was given away (on September 30th) saw the Padres beat the Giants 11-5 with Mark “Mud” Grant coming on in relief and throwing 5 innings of 1 run ball while striking out 6.
Bonus item: 
Here is a card from the 1990 Classic Baseball set titled NL Hit Kings. This final series was also the series in which Tony Gwynn and Will Clark were fighting it out for the NL batting title. Will went into the series batting .333 & Tony went into it batting .332. Tony went 7 for 13 in the series & Will went 4 for 12 in the series. Tony finishes at .336 & Will finishes at .333. Hello NL batting title #4.
Categories: Baseball Cards · My Collection · Pins · Players · Stadium Giveaway · Tim Flannery · Tony Gwynn
February 10, 2010 · 1 Comment
OK, OK, shameless self promotion time! Here is an RJ’s Fro shirt. These are selling a lot better than I expected and I’m actually on the verge of printing up another batch soon. Get yours today at the RJ’s Fro Shop or I’ll be dropping off some shirts to people at the Fan Fest on Saturday so if you want to save on some shipping shoot me an e-mail so we can arrange it. Keep in mind though I will not be selling these at the Fanfest. I am only dropping off the shirts to people who have already paid. I don’t want to piss off anyone at Petco Park.
Categories: Blogging · Clothing · My Collection · RJ's Fro · T-shirts
Dude this jacket is satin, looks like Elton John threw up on it & the seller is named bidoncoolstuff…..how could I NOT want this jacket?!?! Oh yeah it’s going for 200 bucks. Awesome.
Categories: 1992 All-Star Game in San Diego · All-Star Game · Clothing · Jackets · eBay
Wow this was really the 2nd to last bobblehead given away at a Padres game? I just shudder to think that the last 2 bobblehead giveaways were a tri-fecta of magnetized mini bobbleheads & this a baseball player in a NASCAR car. Well at least Padres President Tom Garfinkel has said repeatedly this off-season that the bobbleheads will be returning. There will be 5 different ones given throughout the season. Gaslamp Ball user “schwing and a miss” reported on GLB that those 5 players would be David Eckstein, Kyle Blanks, Everth Cabrera, Chase Headley & Clayton Richard. No Adrian & no Heath, meaning they didn’t want to be stuck with thousands of bobbleheads in their storage if they just so happened to be traded. Anyways back to this item….it’s a Jake Peavy NASCAR bobblehead that was given away in 2005. It has a button on the back that once pushed Jake starts singing a lovely rendition of the “Go Cubs Go” song……either that or the sound of an engine revving up, I really can’t remember. It was given away on August 27th against the Rockies. Jake Peavy did not start that game but Brian Lawrence did. He made 1 big mistake the whole game giving up a grand slam to Todd Helton in the 5th inning. Rockies win 4-2.
Categories: Bobble Heads · Jake Peavy · My Collection · Players · Stadium Giveaway
February 4, 2010 · 1 Comment
Weird I didn’t even know they still made VHS’s in the 2000′s. I found this wonderful item just the other day at a thrift store. It was marked 50% off of the original price of $1.00. Wow what an amazing deal!! HAHA so I’m not 100% sure what the deal with this Padres Fans’ Favorites VHS is. Was it a stadium giveaway? Was it sold at Office Depot? Was it given away at Office Depot? The world may never know. But apparently they held a fan vote in the summer of 2002 for 8 categories.
1. Greatest Player
2. Greatest Pitcher
3. Greatest Moment
4. Greatest Feat
5. Greatest Individual Season
6. Greatest Single-Game Pitching Performance
7. Greatest Personality
8. Greatest Game
I haven’t watched it yet but I will bust out the old VHS player tonight and see what the fans voted and update this thing tomorrow.
Categories: Movies · My Collection · VHS
