News & Events

8/12/2010
Padres Outing at Petco Park

Fortune smiled on 37 La Costa Gleners on Thursday, August 12. The weather was perfect at Petco Park, and the Padres beat the Pirates 3 to 0.

The bus picked us up at 1:45 pm with Jen and Kori riding shotgun. We were deposited and picked up at the main entrance to Petco Park and then returned to La Costa Glen without incident by 7:00 pm. Ah you prospects who say "I'm not ready yet" to move into La Costa Glen; you don't know what you're missing when it comes to going places and doing things the easy way.

It was "Throwback Thursday" at Petco Park and both teams wore their retro uniforms. The Padres dressed up in their brown jerseys from 1978. What a trip back in time. In addition, there was much sharing of “retro” salted roasted peanuts which were pronounced by George Evans to be greatly superior to those at the Phillies' ballpark.

The Padres completed a three-game sweep of Pittsburgh behind the four hit pitching of Jon Garland. The victory kept the Padres 2 1/2 games in front of the Giants. Newcomer Ryan Ludwick hit a two run homer which gave him three homers in the series against the Pirates.