.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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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.

First off I’d like to apologize for the lack of updates. I’ve been working hard at getting a new blog up and running by the new year so I’ve been a little busy with that. But don’t worry though Padre merch fans….this blog here isn’t going anywhere yet the updates might not be as often as they once were for the time being.

Anyways on to the item, here is another gem from the 2003 Farewell to the Q season. A Famous Chicken Bobblehead…..well technically it’s not a bobble-HEAD but it’s more of a bobble-BELLY (according to the Chickens website). Very cool item here. The bobblebelly definitely fits the Chicken more than a bobblehead would (interesting side note: other Padres bobblebelly’s that were made and never released….John Kruk, Paul McAnulty, David “Boomer” Wells, Tony Gwynn & the most recent Heath Bell holding a Nintendo Wii controller bobblebelly). There is also something that makes this item stand out more than almost all the other stadium giveaways that I have listed too……the Padres actually won!! Adam Eaton threw 7 shutout innings & the 4 headed monster known only as Linethews Witafuerte (Scott Linebrink, Mike Mathews, Jay Witasick & Brandon Villafuerte) came in and shut the Rockies down for the final 2 innings. Mark Kotsay had a pinch hit, 2 RBI, double in the 8th to seal the deal. Padres win 5-0.

I made sure to show the back of the bank because it looks like the Friar was struck by a bat or something and split open his head. And why does he have apostrophe eyes like the Friar bobblehead? Plus why is he hiding the baseball behind his back with a huge smile on his face? If I turn my back on him is he going to throw the ball at me? Anyways the game went a little something like this…..Jake Peavy gives up lots of hits (10) yet only gives up 3 ER in 6 IP. Then Bryan Corey comes in and gives up 4 straight singles, Carlos Guevara relieves him and then gives up 2 straight singles and a walk. 4 runs in the top of the 7th=game over. Padres lose to the Mariners 9-2.

PS-How come almost everything I’ve posted for stadium giveaways has resulted in Padres losses??

This bobblehead creeps me out a bit. Yes it’s the Friar but it doesn’t even look like the Friar (the new or old version). It looks more like a Charles Schultz Peanuts version of the Friar. It was sold in 1999 and is made using a pretty solid ceramic that makes it probably the heaviest bobblehead I have.

This is a great book from someone who was around for years in the Padres organization, Mr. Bob Chandler. I miss his presence with the Padres….to bad him Jerry & Ted aren’t doing the radio currently. This is another one of those “must own” items for Padres fans in my opinion (unless you don’t know how to read….then again you wouldn’t be reading this then). Tons of great stories throughout the years. Although one story I totally debunked on my other blog. It’s OK Bob I’ll let that one slide.

As I was browsing eBay today I came across this gem. Now if only I had 250 bucks just lying around! It is a KGB Chicken “Cluck”….as in Clock. The seller says it has a 1977 copyright on it and runs perfectly on a AA battery. Apparently he’s been trying to sell it on eBay for quite some time since there were declined offers going all the way back to March 13th of this year.