Been a while since I posted, in part because I was out of town last week at a trade show in San Diego. Not a bad place to go for a working vacation, and a week ago we got to take in a game between the Padres and the D-backs. My dad's a rabid D-backs fan, beside which my fandom (or fanhood, as the ESPN ads call it) seems rather small. He brought his own logo-coordinated Arizona hat and shirt, having overcome his anger at their change in colors and logo, which seemed to him (correctly) to be an effort to boost merchandising sales.
Petco Park
2 September 2008
12 June 2008
; The Dodgers won three games in Petco Park in 2006 and three in 2007, and after recording their third win this season in San Diego on Tuesday, the Dodger offense didn’t seem that eager to extend their winning ways.
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11 June 2008
Though only two of their hits went for extra bases at spacious Petco Park (doubles by Young and Ethier that could have been caught or held to singles), the Dodgers mounted excellent attacks in the seventh and ninth innings. Russell Martin was at the center of it all, going 3-for-5 and driving in the tying and winning runs in the seventh inning. The Dodgers also showed some patience at the plate, drawing six walks, three by Loney.
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