Alltime Padre tribute...and Father's Day? Actually it makes sense.

What is your favorite Padre moment of all time? Was it when Dave Winfield was elected to the HOF? The Padres first World Series game? Enzo Hernandez establishing the National League mark for most Sacrifice Bunts in a season...? :)

For me, my favorite Padre moment ties into Father's Day weekend. Mine was watching the Padres win all three playoff games against the Cubs in San Diego in 1984 with my Dad. My Dad's legs were not too strong, but we made it to the upper deck to watch all three games. And more specifically, the greatest moment of those games was Steve Garvey's homer against Lee Smith in game 4. The moment when the Flannery ground ball went through Leon Durham's legs in game 5 was awesome (Teddy bears began raining down from the upper deck!), but Garvey's homer still gives me goose bumps to this day. And although I love Jerry Coleman, I still hear Don Drysdale's call in my head (since from my angle I thought Henry Cotto had a chance to catch it), "Deep right field, way back! Cotto going back to the wall...it's gone!!! Home run Garvey, and there will be tomorrow!" (Don Drysdale on ABC-TV). And I saw it all with my dad... :)

MY selection for the All Time SD Padres team

I have recently posted a poll on my Facebook page asking the good folks on Facebook to select their favorite All Time Padre team as a way to celebrate the San Diego Padres' 40th Anniversary. Here I am posting my selection for the All Time Padres' team. My criteria is for performance and stats while the players are with the Padres. Why is that significant? Well, Ricky Henderson played for a few years near the end of his career with the Padres. But he is not my All Time Padre left fielder, since Gene Richards did more for the Padres throughout his career. Ricky Henderson had a FAR better MLB career, but while with the Padres, Gene Richards made more of an impact. (Make sense?) Anyway...above is my choice for the ALL TIME Padre team, and why I voted for each player.

Not ALWAYS a desert dweller!

Now, just because I have spent a lot of time in the Southwest and speak so highly of the beauty of New Mexico and Arizona does NOT mean that I am all about the dry, arid climates! Attached are some pictures I have taken of some beautiful "beachy" spots I have enjoyed. From growing up in "America's Finest City" (known as San Diego, CA), to living a few years on Catalina Island, to a trip to Puerto Rico, I LOVE the ocean and life around the water! So enjoy some of these scenic pictures taken in some of the most beautiful locations I have visited. And I promise to see if I can dig up some old pictures of me with my long hair in my teenage years...! Yikes! I don't know if anyone would really want to see those! :) But I thought it would be fun (if I can find them!) to post some old pictures of beach trips from the early to mid- 1980's...

OH! and since time in the sun usually means a sunburn now and then, I have provided my favorite sunburn picture for you to see...

OH! (Part 2) If you look at the picture of Avalon Harbor and the houses looking down at the pier, you will see an apartment building circled in red. That is the apartment that we used to live in! Wow!...Still trying to remember WHY we left...! LOL :)

Talk soon!