Something felt comfortably familiar about last night’s game at Petco Park between the Rockies and Padres. Sure, the crowd was small, and neither team is likely for a playoff spot, there are only a couple of players you come out to see on the Pads…wait, that’s it! (cue harp music for memory flashback).
When I came to San Diego to stay in 1990, the Padres had a couple of decent teams and a few terrible ones. But going to the Murph to watch a game was a pretty fun experience. The sightlines in the upper deck were pretty good for a $7 ticket, and with so few people there on most nights you could find a better seat later if you wanted. The fans who were there were real, true fans of the team, and in all of San Diego there were about 12,000 of them. The rest would come from time to time when there was a giveaway.
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