SB Nation User Blog: sqrunt

Guess The Attendance and Win a Brian Giles Auto'd Ball

sqrunt — Sun, 24 May 2009 06:48:17 -0000

So, Mrs. Sqrunt and I went to the game today and boy was it a blast!

We went to get her a Frequent Friar card because she just has to have one. I redeemed a voucher for some ~~sweet~~ swag that'll will eventually end up in the closet.

The Guest Relations girl behind the counter asks me if I'd like to guess the attendance tonight. I'm standing there trying to guess how many people are in attendance and my wife elbows me and says "YES!, He will'!

What just happened?

RIGHT FIELD, SECTION 129

via i2.photobucket.com

So I meet up with Pad Squad Chris(?) at the bottom of the 6th, was so hoping to meet Pad Squad Kendra, and he takes me up to the media deck where we meet up with John Weisbarth. Nice guy Weisbarth. He was distracted trying to text his sister. I ask him to do a shout out to the GLB, did anyone else hear the GLB shout out?, and we get on to the business of guessing the attendance. Now, I didn't know what the prize was until they brought it out. When Weisbarth tells me I'm playing for one of Giles' balls, I get this feeling in my gut. The kind of feeling you get when you've had too many Friar Franks and the restroom in section 123 has a line out the door. Yeah, that bad. Being a good sport, I guess the attendance and win Brian Giles' ball. It doesn't even have an MLB hologram for authenticity. WTF?!

I have this Greg Maddux auto'd ball, MLB hologram included, I've been meaning to get a cube to put it in. Now, thanks to Brian Giles, I have one.

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GLB Tweetup TONITE 25 April, 2009

sqrunt — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 23:37:33 -0000

So tweets have been flying around all day about the possibility of a tweet up at tonites game. I'll be there, as well as a few other GLB Friar Faithful.

Any suggestions on where to meet and when? I say we meet at Tony the Gwynn's statue at the 7th inning stretch.

Keep this rec'd so it stays atthe top please!

And now for the obligatory 75 word minimum. I wish this had a counter tool thingy ...blah blah blah

"The only club in your bag guaranteed to keep you out of the woods!" via UroClub Unfortunately, I...

sqrunt — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 16:09:57 -0000

"The only club in your bag guaranteed
to keep you out of the woods!"

via UroClub

Unfortunately, I didn't see this at the merch tent during my recent trip to the US Open.

2008 Cheese-Rolling at Cooper's Hill Gloucester

sqrunt — Wed, 28 May 2008 05:29:03 -0000

2008 Cheese-Rolling at Cooper's Hill Gloucester

Cheese rolling is an annual event. This year injuries were kept to a minimum thanks to torrential downpours during the previous day.

Pictorial Diary: What I Did On My Mini Vacation

sqrunt — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 07:21:40 -0000

I originally posted a diary explaining how my trip to Denver came to be in the first place here.

We arrived in Denver on Friday around noontime and proceeded to our hotel. I didn't know that Denver was so flat. I was about to call BS on the whole Rocky Mountains thing. I didn't learn until later that the Rockies were covered in fog.

After a brief stop to unpack and get our Padres gear in order. We headed out to the ballpark. As we approached, I could hear the faint sound of unicorns and cats.

Good to see some things haven't changed since we left home.

The Purple Row marks one mile above sea level. It goes all the way around Coors Field.

If the Rockies can have fountains, I say the Padres build a tank for Shamu under the batters eye.

Instead of fountains, a waterfall and trees; maybe a tank large enough to hold Shamu and his/her friends. I suppose the foilage would be a great place for unicorns to romp.

I did get a chance to meet some of the fellas and at the same time got a few signatures during BP. I asked Miles about his knee and said he was feeling great. He came off the DL on Sunday. Scott Hairston came off the DL on Saturday and says he's ready too. Termel Sledge didn't talk much.

Here's one for the 17yo Girl Possy

Some of the Friar Faithful stuck in Denver.

The Rockies Mascot "Dinger". Knocks small kids over with its tail leaving a path of destruction in its wake. Stupid Dork.

Petco has the hat game where you try to guess which hat the ball is under. Coors has garbage trucks. Garbage trucks? Only thing missing is the flies and stench.

Trevor Time at Coors Field (Saturday Night)

Pepe Negro bragging about Saturday's game.

After the game, Kouz stuck around to sign and converse with family and friends. I asked him if he ever got a chance to go home and vist. He said that he didn't have time and that there'll be plenty of time in the off-season. What a guy.

Ever wonder where dog food comes from?

Even though the Padres didn't take the series, we still had a great time and I would do it again in a heartbeat.

Thanks for checking out my pictorial.

sqrunt

Turning Lemons into Lemonade

sqrunt — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 01:17:20 -0000

This weekend will be my first trip to Coors Field. It was originally planned as a business trip, but that got cancelled last minute. After working myself up for the trip, I was totally bummed. I had 3 pairs of tickets that I had to dump and fast.

The missus has this saying, "When you've got a bunch of lemons; make lemonade, or something like that".

So, I went and planned a mini-vacation. Does anyone realize how hard it is to get a hotel room a few days prior to the weekend? All rooms within walking distance of Coors Field were spoken for. I was pretty dang lucky to get a room at the Airport La Quinta Inn. Not really, I just happened to pick up the same rooms that were cancelled previously by our company-travel-planner-lady. Here's to you miss company-travel-planner-lady. I felt like a vulture, an eBay sniper, a cancelled-hotel-room-scooper-upper. VICTORIOUS.

I told Mrs. sqrunt what I had done. After all, she was the inspiration that brought me to log-on to travelocity.com in the first place. I wasn't prepared for what came next.

"YOU WHAT?!", "You went and did WHAT!?" Uh-oh, I just opened up a can of whoop ass. Then, she says, "When do we leave?", "What should I pack?", "I'm so excited!" Ooookaaaaay, turns out I'm not in the dog house this time. I'm sure many of you know that feeling of bewilderment.

So I'm going take the missus to Denver to experience the Padres at Coors Field, since it was her inspiration. Lucky for me, she wants to "experience it" at Coors Field too.