Petco Park

The San Diego Padres need to get butts in their seats so they are offering all kinds of deals on tickets. Derek and I paid $12 each which included: the seat, a hot dog, and a soda, pretty good deal. We decided to try out the public transportation and took the Coaster (train that runs the length of the coast in San Diego county) to the game. We don't get many opportunities to ride this train because the last train leaves around 9pm most Saturday nights. On game nights it goes till 50 minutes after the last pitch or midnight whichever comes first.


The Coaster on game day is a party train. We didn't see hardly anyone without an alcoholic beverage riding the train. Funny because as we stood in the station the guy at the loudspeaker said riders were not allowed to drink on the train. Two guys then pounded the wine they had with them before boarding. Transit police saw everyone drinking and didn't say a word so I guess there are just too many people to try and fight it.
Anyways the game was fun. Their mascot is this guy:This was the only time we saw the Friar, before the game started. We never saw him in the stands or on the dugout, the O bird is so much better.

Seats were nosebleed, but the view was incredible. This is the Coronado bridge from the walkway up to the seats. This was the view directly behind our seats. It is the convention center at the end of the Gaslamp district.We could also see the planes coming into to the airport. I didn't get a photo of that. Here is the wave going around the stadium. It was actually a pretty good one, but it is hard to get a photo of it.
Since it is Petco Park they had great signs all around the stadium. This is the only one we got a picture of though. Should have tried this shot while the sun was still out. The game went into 16 innings! I have never been to a game with some many pinch hitters and pitching changes. We left after the ninth inning, but the Padres ended up winning in the end.