6 down...24 to go

This past week I was able to check another stadium off my list as Poppy K and I hauled our burnt beach bums down to San Diego to watch the Padres get trashed by the Braves.

Petco Park was strange. I don't know how I feel about my experience there or where it ranked in my list of parks for the following reasons:1. Padres fans = lame. Yell a little. Stand up and cheer. Know the names of your players for gosh sakes. Oh and buy tickets...the stands are empty. I know you are rooting for a terrible team but that shouldn't stop you from being fabulous. Look at the Raider's fans.
2. Petco is surrounded by a giant hotel. You can see the lights but when you get there the park itself is shrouded in classy hotel-esque buildings. I didn't come here for the Holiday Inn...show me some baseball.
3. The have a beach. It is outside the outfield. I get it, it's San Diego, it's a beach...but is sand really necessary at a baseball game? It's just gonna get all up in my hot dog.
4. They make you pay for parking. Heck no am I paying to park my car in the ghetto to go see a crappy team play "baseball" in a hotel lobby.
5. Their mascot is crazy. What monk do you know that is running around thrusting his giant fabric pelvis and acting a fool? Not OK Padre. Not OK.
Now, I want you all to know that I am not just being cranky for no reason but that I am cranky because I expected great things.. The reason I wanted to go to Petco is it is ranked in the top 10 of all the new stadiums built...and pretty high up there. Someone musta been on crack when they wrote that article because Petco...I am UN-IM-Pressed...

That said....they did pass with high marks in two areas.#2 Best Hotdogs and Snacks (Second to Fenway)
#3 Best Sunset (#1 AT&T, #2 Fenway)

...and we all know it's about the food anyways :)