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Padres play dead ball
My apologies--you are correct. I just went off of opening day line-ups for 1999.— July 22, 2014 11:26 a.m.
Padres play dead ball
More baseball statistics--The Padres total team batting average; that is the average for all 7,264 games they have played through Sunday, is .251. That is the 2nd lowest of all 30 current major league franchises. The lowest is the New York Mets, with a .250 team batting average. I would not be surprised that by the end of the season, the Padres have an average lower than the Mets. And what is Tony Gwynn's effect on the Padres historical average? Take out Tony's stats, and the Padres average drops to .247.— July 22, 2014 10:02 a.m.
Padres play dead ball
The players (among others) the Padres got rid of before the 1999 season were: Kevin Brown (hired gun), Steve Finley (CF), Greg Vaughn (LF, with 50 HR's), Ken Caminiti (3rd B), and Carlos Hernandez (C). Total payroll dropped from $53 mil in '98 to $45 mil in '99. I believe the doctor you are trying to remember is Dr Charles Steinberg.— July 22, 2014 8:53 a.m.
Padres play dead ball
Don: I don't remember the exact year both leagues counted game attendance the same, but I do know it was before interleague play began. Correction--now I know the year. It was 1993.— July 21, 2014 3:25 p.m.
Padres play dead ball
Wow--what a "vibrant" downtown Toledo. The scary thing is, I went to the auto show a few years ago at the convention center, and parked on the street in the area around Petco Park and saw similar "activity". End of December, with temperatures in the low 70's. A beautiful day. However, the only people out in the area were people who had parked in the same area that were headed to the auto show. Nothing open in the area, and none of the (alleged) thousands of people who live in the East Village area were out at all--no one walking their dog. There weren't even any homeless in that area that day (at least not out in the open). Businesses still come and go in the area around Petco Park and have since the ballpark was opened.— July 21, 2014 9:30 a.m.
Padres play dead ball
Moores bought the club in December 1994. You are correct--Petco cannot hold close to 50k, but the biggest crowds are 42k-45k, and are for---giveaways. Currently, the Padres are 21st in attendance in MLB with an average of 26,848/game.— July 21, 2014 9:09 a.m.
Padres play dead ball
The above response from me should say visiting TEAMS.— July 20, 2014 8:56 p.m.
Padres play dead ball
Years ago, the National League only announced the actual "turnstile" count, while the AL announced tickets sold. That was changed some years ago--visiting get a percentage of the gate receipts, and MLB wanted all teams to play by the same set of rules. As for the attendance figures at Qualcomm, once Moores (and more importantly, Lucchino) took over the club, they began the "Baseball Night in San Diego" promotion, which ensured giveaway nights would be on Saturdays, and that everyone would get what was given away. Attendance figures were greatly padded by many a crowd over 50k--and many over 60k--by people getting their "free" hat, towel, bag, or whatever else was being given away that night.— July 20, 2014 7:32 p.m.
Cartmill for Sweetwater board — get real
Hopefully he spends lots of his own money on his campaign.— July 17, 2014 10:28 p.m.
Who owns Rancho Tembabichi?
It seems PIR has finally made their payment.— July 13, 2014 1:26 a.m.