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TheThirdGonzalez

Mar 23, 2008 May 06, 2012 42 8022

I've dug the Padres since '88 when I went to kindergarten and Andrew Kruk (John's nephew) was my classmate. I've been a depressed devotee ever since. My second love is music- a bit of everything; from Social D and Springsteen,
Johnny Cash and the Clash, Bouncing Souls and Blitzkid, Descendents and Dio, Tech N9ne and Tiger Army, to Hank Sr. and the Hank the Third and nobody in between the two...

My original incarnation was as The Third Giles. I'd perused GLB without signing up for some time and had just gotten out of the shower and was watching the Padres game wearing nothing more than a hat. My wife came downstairs to get a midnight snack (East Coast time, mind you), took one look at me and asked "Who do you think you are, the third Giles or something?" With that, a legend was born. As we all know, Marcus went the way of the buffalo and then we picked up Aid's bruddah Edgar so I became a brand new TTG...

...but you can just call me Joe.

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San Diego Padres Major League Baseball Team

West Virginia Mountaineers NCAA Men's Football Division 1A Team

West Virginia Mountaineers NCAA Men's Basketball Division 1 Team

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Mike Ness Boxer(s)

Austin Lemley Cyclist(s)

Me on Wii Tennis Player(s)

San Diego Chargers National Football League Team

Dick Trickle NASCAR Driver(s)

Adam Schindler (look him up!) Mixed Martial Artist(s)

The Bouncing Souls- Noone can beat us; We drink beer and wear Adidas Soccer Team

Whoever's playing the Yanquis, D-Bags, or the filthy fucking Dodgers. Oh yeah, and whoever's playing Michigan in any sport. Fuck them. Other Team(s)

Minnesota Wild National Hockey League Team

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Gaslamp Ball Open Game Thread: Padres @ Pittsburgh 09/21

I'm not too surprised that neither Dex or Mr. box (or, for that matter, Kev) put up a game thread. I figured that at least 'tec would have put up one of his "blah blah blah" pieces or perhaps jodes would have created a coherent one. Oh, well, I guess ol' TTG has to do everything for you people...

It's the top of the second; Adrian hit a two run blast and Garrett Jones responded in the bottom of the first with a solo shot, his twentieth of the year.


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Gaslamp Ball Game Thread: Friars vs. Filthy Effin' Dodgers 09/05


Oh, look... the one time I decide to show up for a game thread, there isn't one. I've been missing in action for the past couple of weeks since I've been compromising all that is holy to me and letting a beautiful young gal monopolize my time that I ordinarily devote to the Padres- what an effin' sellout!

So, it's pretty retarded that Latos is back out there, huh? That's what I thought, too.

Enough words yet?

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Somehow, I missed this when it went up on Pearlman's blog. It's a pretty scathing indictment and commenter 34 Ray Wills has an even more disgusting claim about Jeffrey Jay Gowan's biggest mistake.

almost 3 years ago A_tiny TheThirdGonzalez 1 comment 3 recs

Gaslamp Ball Emergency Game Thread 06/08

Mr. box and Dexter are slackin'. Me, I've been awake since the seventh inning of yesterday's game and am hoping my "new" hat is lucky for us... Wooo! Go Padres! Do mean things to snakes!

 

Peavy is done with his half of the first now...

 

Jeez, I still need twenty six words... roster changes, huh? What do you guys think about that? Am I done now? Nope? Here are five more.

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Aid is not just a dull man; he's a dull man who likes shitty music.

almost 3 years ago A_tiny TheThirdGonzalez 2 comments

Gaslamp Ball We're Streaking!

Man, I am still so amped up about our latest W and it's been over an hour since it went in the books. I'll be the first to admit that I wasn't too optimistic about our chances against the Reds after our dead week in Houston and Chicago; I just figured the Pads would stay at home dead- the last time I was anywhere near this happy to be wrong was probably ten years ago when it turned out that the head cheerleader did want to waste her time with some mohawked loser... This is the part where I say "but I digress" and get back to my original streak-related shpiel so anyway, I can't even narrow down my list of adjectives that describe this stretch; there are so many! These past four games have been- among other things- astounding, rad, killer, swell, nifty, badass... well, you get the idea. Every piece has been falling in place; guys who have been struggling have stepped it up, Bud has somehow avoided sabotaging us, our arms have shined both starting and relieving, and even luck has been on our side- it seems like we'd been getting jobbed by the umps and bad hops all year but the past few games we have caught every wicked break. I don't know how long this will last but I do know that I'm gonna enjoy every second of it!

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The gist of the story is that they're both underrated. I'm pretty sure he was just baiting us and I fell for it.

about 3 years ago A_tiny TheThirdGonzalez 2 comments

Gaslamp Ball FINALLY... the Gaslamp Ball tattoo

It's been about a year since I told you guys about the San Diego tattoos I got that day and the GLB piece I'd be getting the next day. I got all three from a close friend who had been shadowing/ apprenticing under me. He's a tremendous artist but unfortunately when it comes to tattooing he- well, did I mention he's a really nice guy? Turns out that some people are just incapable of finding their touch with a tattoo machine in their hands and my boy Sheezy happens to be one of those who are way too timid and nerve-addled which resulted in me living a year of my life with three dubious tattoos that I finally got around to getting fixed today.

The first two are on my left hand:

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but I'm sure you already saw those in the (victorious!) game thread and are interested in one thing and one thing only. So, with no further ado, here it is:

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The pic looks kinda crummy due to both the freshness of the ink and my ineptitude at photography. The piece itself will look better once it heals; the redness of blood and swelling will dissipate and the graywashed areas that look way darker than they should be (banner, smoke) will fade out to subtle accents as opposed to how dark and distracting they are now. A couple of weeks from now when they're all healed up I'll have my homeboy Vinny bust out his lights, shades and cameras that cost more than my car- I'll put those up then but for now I figured I'd go ahead and post the shots I have since you guys have already waited long enough too long already...

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Gaslamp Ball Who Should Be The Padres Team Captain?

This has been addressed before (and that was recycled, too) but it's perpetually pertinant since nobody has really stepped up to claim the role since T decided to give his knees a rest. It's especially valid now that previous favorites like Trevor, Cameron, Bard and Dave Roberts have moved on and yet another was found to be fond of flogging and flinging the fairer sex.

Heat "The Cartographer" Bell's stock has risen recently; he was apparently led to believe that the closer job entailed being the team spokesman as well and hasn't disappointed in either role. He speaks as a confident leader, whereas Gerut's comments are the musings of a neurotic dissident- equal parts Bouton and Khalil with a twist of Che Guevara. Adrian's the star but he doesn't strike me as much of a take charge guy; I suppose he could be one of the "lead by example" types. If this were three years from now, Nick Hundley might very well be top candidate...

What says you?

 

Poll
Well?
Heat Bell
65 votes
Jody Gerut
4 votes
Brian Giles
9 votes
Adrian Gonzalez
53 votes
Scott Hairston
2 votes
Kevin Kouzmanoff
7 votes
Jake Peavy
58 votes
Chris Young
15 votes
Somebody Else
8 votes

221 votes | Poll has closed

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He'll miss at least the first four games of the season.

about 3 years ago A_tiny TheThirdGonzalez 0 comments

Yeah, this is shameless self-promotion. I created FoC about a month or so ago but figured I'd wait to hype it on here until I was sure I'd stick with it. It started out kinda slow but I've been posting once a day lately.

In case it doesn't go without saying, it's a baseball card blog consisting solely of Padres cards (new and old).

about 3 years ago A_tiny TheThirdGonzalez 4 comments 3 recs

Heat Bell on ESPN's FirstTake talking about and demonstrating his weight loss methods on the Wii Fit

over 3 years ago A_tiny TheThirdGonzalez 6 comments 3 recs

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My little brother's first tattoo.

It's a little over a year old but I figured you guys would like it...

By the way- awesome site, guys! I'm glad there's finally a West By God SB*N blog.

over 3 years ago A_tiny TheThirdGonzalez 1 comment

Bisexual twin sisters Rikki and Vikki, known as the "Ikki Twins," will star on spin-off A Shot at Love, MTV announced in a statement on Friday...

Their favorite date activities? "I like to watch the Padres at Hooters and have the date take care of the bill," Rikki has said.

over 3 years ago A_tiny TheThirdGonzalez 9 comments 4 recs

He's pulled a page from Matt Bush's playbook- why is this a theme among our former #1s? I can only imagine that Khalil is working on his changeup as we speak...

over 3 years ago A_tiny TheThirdGonzalez 3 comments 2 recs

Thanks for the memories, Matty.

over 3 years ago A_tiny TheThirdGonzalez 1 comment 1 recs

Jaysonwerth

Hahahahahahahahahaha

over 3 years ago A_tiny TheThirdGonzalez 16 comments 9 recs

Dude stole a uni and was wandering around the field...

over 3 years ago A_tiny TheThirdGonzalez 2 comments

Gaslamp Ball Taste it, you baby bear lovers!

As a few of you know for sure and everyone else guessed, I've been a busy guy lately. I have enough time between my two corporate whore jobs, my constant down-time tattooing, and the everyday blackout liver-killing that inevitably happens even when I don't want it to to where I only get to see about one Padres game per week.  Luckily for me I got to see the conclusion of the Chi-town series on WGN (at the dive bar that my as well be my address) with my friend Shizzle who is a lifelong Cubs fan... it's the first time we've watched our teams face off and we made a series of bets that garnered me no currency but yet made me wasted to no end because he doubted both Gregory The Bladder and the all-time saves leader...  I mean I've got punchlines but who doesn't?!??...

(In another by the way, I have no picture of it yet, but the other day I got two tattoos;  a switchblade running down the side of my pinkie and hand and the one that you guys actually care about, the Chargers bolt on my thumb. Today my apprentice is going to do his first actual piece- I'm having him put the fighting unicorn with a banner saying "Gaslamp Ball" on my upper leg. Yeah, I know I'm way rad; you don't have to tell me.)

And in case I happen to DIACF, I'd like to say I love you one and all... yes, even you, sdsuaztec4.

 

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...it just makes perfect sense for this to be a fanshot as opposed to a diary fanpost. You won't even notice the extra click in the grand scheme of things...

about 4 years ago A_tiny TheThirdGonzalez 1 comment 2 recs

Seems like the White Sox aren't the only ones who ripped a page out of our uni book...

about 4 years ago A_tiny TheThirdGonzalez 0 comments

Gaslamp Ball Why does the national media still piss me off?

All day yesterday, the only thing I heard on both ESPN and Fox Sports was the same tired shid about Trevor needing to retire or be demoted. Today he tosses a perfect fuggin' inning and not a word is to be heard. I don't understand the rabid minds that demand this sort of knee-jerk sensationalism. In today's media the only triumphs that are documented are the ones that have a nice, even number attached... or happen in New York or even farther north. It's the same old bitchfest that we have all been crying for years but I just needed to vent on the unadulterated absurdity of a time-old quandry.

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Gaslamp Ball Jake's shoulder

[Note by Dex, 04/01/08 9:17 AM EDT ] Just confirmed on ESPN this morning. They were slightly more optimistic, but it looks like we won't see him again till the All-Star Break at best. Mark Prior better get his butt in gear!

According to Fox Sports, the reason Jake got pulled had nothing to do with either his commanding lead or pitch count; apparently he tore his rotator cuff. At best, he'll be back for the stretch run although that is somewhat doubtful. I'm pretty much thinkin' we might be screwed. This just completely makes me sick to my stomach. If anyone needs me, I'll be wandering the earth like Kane in Kung-Fu.

 

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Gaslamp Ball GLB Fantasy Baseball League, Continued...

The last diary is still getting commented and is about to fall off the front page; besides, all of the information was getting annoying to sort through so I thought I'd start a fresh diary with what we know now. Sheesh, that was a long sentence!

Anyway, as things stand now, five teams (including Phantom and sdsuaztec4) are registered, one of which is Cal Penal's team and he said he'd have a rookie co-manager. Rob also said he'd take a teammate and Demoira wants to know if she can get in on the action. At this point, there's been enough buildup to make it first-come, first served basis. If you haven't already, get those e-mails in to CaliforniaPenal (raistrick@gmail.com) so we can all know who our enemies are...

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Gaslamp Ball GLB Fantasy Baseball League?

I suck at fantasy baseball. However, I keep stepping back into the ring (like some sort of Barroom Hero) and I figured if I'm gonna get my ass kicked, why not lets it be at the hands (well, feet, I guess) of you guys? That and it doesn't look like the book/movie/blog club thing is going to pan out so... does anybody else think this is a good idea? I figure there's at least a dozen of you who'll be up for it; of course we'll probably all end up hating each other before the season (maybe even the draft!) is over...

Poll
Well?
I'm up for it.
29 votes
I don't care for the whole fantasy baseball thing.
3 votes
Fantasy baseball is okay but this is a stupid idea.
2 votes

34 votes | Poll has closed

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