There Are Those Who Call Me Tim's Ticket Stubs

What was the worst part of this game? It was having to watch the Yankees celebrate winning the World Series. That was awful. Other than that, what a game. We took the trolley from Dad's office to Qualcomm Stadium. At every stop along the way, more and more fans got on. It felt like a party trolley by the time we got to the stadium. During the game, it was the loudest I ever remember Qualcomm getting. I guess 65,427 people can do that to a stadium. Mark McGwire, sitting front row down the third base line, made a barehanded play on a foul ground ball hit his way. I nearly caught a practice ball that Greg Vaughn threw up into the crowd. Andy Pettitte started for the Yankees and was dominant, besting the Padres Kevin Brown who was pitching on short-rest. After the Yankees were done celebrating, no one went home, so the Padres came back out and saluted the crowd.

Labels: 1998, Baseball, Padres, Stub, Ticket, World Series, Yankees

Brian's birthday, and we went to a Padres game to celebrate! Matt Clement, making his second major league start, pitches almost 6 innings, allowing 1 run en route to his first major league victory. He did throw 2 wild pitches though. Trevor Hoffman notched his 51st save of the season. That's about it for this game.

Labels: 1998, Baseball, Padres, Qualcomm Stadium, Rockies, Stub, Ticket

This was the 1998 NASSCO company game. They put on a huge tailgate party with all kinds of great food before the game started. Dustin Hermanson, the Expos starter, was facing the team that originally drafted him a few years earlier. He was apparently holding a big grudge against the Padres. Not only did he pitch almost 8 innings allowing only 1 run, but he also homered off Padres starter Sterling Hitchcock. Vladimir Guerrero also homered for the Expos in this 3-1 win over the Padres.

Labels: 1998, Baseball, Expos, Padres, Qualcomm Stadium, Stub, Ticket

It was 1970's night at Qualcomm Stadium. The Angels and Padres both wore uniforms from 1978. The Padres looked great in their brown with yellow trim uniforms. Cecil Fielder crushed a towering 3-run homer off of Padres starter Kevin Brown, but those would be the only runs he allowed. The Padres got 6 runs off of Angels starter Jason Dickson, including a Ken Caminiti home run. A lot of fans dressed for the occasion, making this look more like a massive disco party than a major league baseball game.

Labels: 1998, Angels, Baseball, Padres, Qualcomm Stadium, Stub, Ticket

Wow, not much happened in this game on the field. The Padres won 6-3 behind a strong start from Andy Ashby. Greg Vaughn hit his first of 50 home runs that season, a Padres single-season record. To wrap things up, Trevor Hoffman notched his second save of 1998. We got the NASSCO seats for this game, but dad couldn't go. Our friend Mr. Bill Knight was in town, so he took me. The best part of the night was when I asked the camera guy below us to put us on the jumbotron. A few seconds later, there we were. I also remember on the way home, Bill's really crummy rental car could barely make it up the hill out of Mission Valley on the 163.

Labels: 1998, Baseball, Padres, Qualcomm Stadium, Reds, Stub, Ticket