OT: The Pads' "Victory Bell"

by sectionop92 on Jul 19, 2008 4:20 PM PDT

Yesterday afternoon I was out and about as the Padres' pregame show hit the airwaves. Usually I don't care for the fluff-fest, but they had a real news update so I kept it on for a few minutes longer to edumacate myself to the events of the day.

As the stock market recap is given, the closing market bell ringing goes off. I thought nothing of it; it should be like the closing bell ringing I've always heard on every newscast before. Not today though. Right after the closing bell's ringing stopped, the pregame announcer proclaimed that the news man had "rung the Padres' victory bell". After I heard that, some part of me laughed and then died inside.

I just don't know if it's me or why the Padres seem to drag a lot of real life issues onto the field with them now, things that might seem to push an agenda more past being profitable (i.e. the camouflage jerseys). In a time when the economy is in the crapper, using the Dow's closing bell as a "victory bell" kind of smacks like a John McCain joke.

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Well...

they are a wee bit conservative down there.

by Merope on Jul 19, 2008 6:54 PM PDT reply actions

Actually....

Where Petco is, it’s pretty liberal around that whole area. The conservatives are where I am, that’s the northern inland part of the county. It’s just that this area produces some of the more notable neo-cons that like to apply lipstick to that of many pigs.

it's always noonan somewhere

by sectionop92 on Jul 19, 2008 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions

The thing about the Padres is:

They’re lame.

yeah, well, the whole world stinks, francine -- so get used to it!

by satyricrash on Jul 19, 2008 8:05 PM PDT reply actions

At a Fireworks Night in San Diego a few weeks back, they had the usual patriotic music spliced together with famous Presidential Quotes being read. Lincoln, Roosevelt, Kennedy and W. Which one of these is not like the other, which one of these really deserved a bullet to the head.

Without killing anyone
We've won it 3 times

by ChrisHero on Jul 19, 2008 9:49 PM PDT reply actions

Stop the violence.

Proud father of Eric Surcamp! I sure hope we sign him.

by The Thrill on Jul 19, 2008 9:50 PM PDT up reply actions

Careful, violence is the national past time of the GOP. Cheney makes Yosemite Sam look like a showgirl.

Our computers might be tapped…because who can tell whom is a terrorist when you talk baseball? I mean, what would happen if there was a star Muslim baseball player? This place might be ground zero because of McCovey Cove’s proximity to Berkeley!!!!

it's always noonan somewhere

by sectionop92 on Jul 19, 2008 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions