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With a great location in the heart of downtown San Diego, many have boasted PETCO Park as having "the best location in baseball." One thing's for certain, the Italian sandstone and stucco exterior fits right in with San Diego's culture and downtown area landscapes.From the left field foul line, which is literally the old Western Metal Supply Company wall, to the Park at the Park behind the right field wall, PETCO Park is as unique as any other park in the League. The signature piece has to be the left field corner. Why move a historic building just to plop down a new baseball stadium? Just paint the corner yellow, add some seats and call it the left field foul pole. This has to be one of the classiest moves in modern ballpark design, and the effect is flawless. The Western Metal Supply building not only makes up the foul pole, but has been transformed into a four-tier seating section right next to the giant scoreboard in left field. This massive structure gives right-handed batters a nice target to pull long shots towards. I'll go out on a limb and call the left field corner at PETCO Park one of the coolest corners in baseball today.With plenty of advertising, nooks and crannies, and a wonderful view of the San Diego skyline in the outfield, there's a lot of eye candy to take in between pitches. You can probably imagine 72 degrees, a cold brew in your hand, a coastal breeze and some sunshine on your face. Now put that together with America's favorite pastime and the fabulous setting of PETCO Park and you got yourself a pretty nice day off of work.The Padres are hitting the field in 2009, so now's the time to fake a cough, play hooky from work, grab some Padres tickets and get outside for a Padres game at PETCO Park.
What's up everybody???
Beating Boston on Friday, now that’s what I’m talking about. It just killed me last week missing the loss to Cleveland, and I was determined to bring it for this game against the Celtics. These are what I like to call statement games and you always have to go out with the mindset that you need to prove yourself to the opponent and to everybody in the NBA.
We were back in Boston for the first time since May when we beat the Celtics in a Game 7. Not many people gave us a chance that night, and I’m sure they didn’t give us much of a chance again on Friday. But I think we showed people some things with the way we won this game. Coach Van Gundy always told us when we’re not playing well on the offensive end that’s when you’ve got to pick it up on defense. Our defense kept us in this game, no doubt.
This is a big win for us and a real confidence boost. Cleveland came in (last week) and took it to us. This kind of lets us know that we’re still a good team. We didn’t get to The Finals for nothing. We’re still a very good team.
And we’re a team on the same page. There was a lot of talk in the media the last few days about Stan Van Gundy’s negativity towards us in practice and in games. Stan is an intense dude and sometimes he really goes at us. All of that bashing can take a toll on some guys, so Stan said he’s going to try and limit his negativity in the future. (We’ll see how long it lasts!!! Ha ha ha)
On Friday, Stan was positive the whole night. He did do a good job of cutting back on the screaming and yelling. He was doing more coaching in the huddles instead of bashing. Usually he bashes us for the first two minutes of the timeouts and then he’ll coach the game. Last night he was strictly coaching.
I really think that’s going to help us out and let guys feel like they can play looser and not have to worry about being so uptight. Instead of getting mad at coach and going out there playing frustrated this way sort of put our minds at ease. Stan just has to pick and choose his moments and not try to be a nice coach. He still has to stay on top of us because that makes us play harder.
I’m just hoping that by beating Boston we showed people we’re still a pretty damn good team. It seems like the Lakers, Cavs and Celtics get all the pub as being the top teams, but maybe this will make folks remember the Magic.
I also gave away 3 tickets to Angel last night in Boston, whose Dad left me a message on my Saynow # (1-888-9RAWLEW). Stay in touch, may be you next time. Outta here for now, but I wanna hear back as to what you guys think about how we played last night. Ya’ll be good!!! Don't forget to vote for me and my bro's for 2010 NBA All-Star!!!
SHARD
Ireland got the shaft in the recent World Cup qualifier when French star 's obvious handball wasn't called by the referees. The controversy led to this week's Gillette Fusion Power blog post by , recalling some other terrible officiating from other sports. Here's a sample:Jeffrey Maier’s Catch: If replay existed in 1996, no one would know who this stupid douchey Yankee fan that reached over the fence was. Instead, his fan-interference home run helped propel the Yanks past the Orioles in the ALCS and to the beginning of their ’90s dynasty. No one has heard from the Orioles since..