I made the trip down to San Diego on Thursday to see the Dodgers play the Padres on Opening Day. I went with Angry Albert and we met up with Spiegel and two other die hard Dodger fans, Mike & Mike who were staying in SD for the night.
When we got to the Gaslamp District, we noticed a lot of Dodger fans on the streets. I had never been to a game at Petco before, but I heard there was always large presence of Dodger fans at the games. Let me tell you, this almost felt like a Dodger home game. Walking around Petco, we saw so many Dodger fans. We never felt uncomfortable, even the Padres fans were very respectful.
I wish I would have taken more pictures, but I was enjoying every minutes of Opening Day and I just forgot to take the camera out of my pocket. Here are a couple of shots I did take though.
Spiegel stayed in SD. Here's the view from his hotel room.
The Fox broadcast in front of Tony Gwynn's statue
The view from our seats
Opening Day starter Clayton Kershaw about to warm up
As you can see, the I had a bit of an obstructed view, so I didn't see Matt Kemp's homerun go over the wall. The architect of this stadium should be shot!
Closer Javy Guerra warming up in the 'pen.
My boy Dee on the jumbotron
There I am!
If you love the National Anthem like I do, check out the flag ceremony. The Herrier jets that fly over the stadium at the end were awesome!
I had a great time on Thursday, especially since the Dodgers won. I need to thank Spiegel and Mike C for hooking me up with the tickets, I really appreciate it. I can't wait to go to Petco again!
Dodger fans, wanna go to the Dodgers home opener? Angry Albert is holding a contest and the prize is two tickets to see the boys in blue take on the Pittsburgh Pirates on April 10. You can see all the contest rules here.
One of my favorite card blogs is I'm Ballsy! run by the great Arno. Arno took a break from blogging for a few months, but he's back now, along with his guinea pigs and he's busting boxes. You can check out his blog here.
Dave with Mitch Richmond
I want to introduce everyone to a new blog here in the blogosphere, David's Autograph Signings. David is one of the best graphers I know. I actually met him when he won my Duke Snider bobblehead contest last year, but we've seen each other many times at various autograph events throughout SoCal. Dave is blogging about all these events now, and you can you read it all here.
