From time to time I will digress to cover something other than the Padres.  Today is one of those cases.  Yesterday afternoon the boys and I snuck down to SDSU after my class at Concordia University in Irvine.  Usually school makes for a wasted weekend but with a 3pm start at SDSU on Sunday, we caught a break in getting to see an afternoon game together.

We picked up Grandma C on the way down and after arriving at the stadium everyone had a BLAST!  Once we got in the gates, the boys and Grandma allowed me to take the picture on the left and then we went to our seats near the home plate area courtesy of our friend Brad.

I must share with you that the joys of going to a baseball game have changed with the arrival of our boys.  First of all I seldom get to watch the game, as I typically have to keep an eye on the boys and go to the bathroom several times more often than normal due to an addition of two small bladders.

Once seated we made several food runs.  Hot dogs, pretzels,
sodas, Red Vines and Coldstone Ice Cream.  All were extremely yummy.  We went to the souvenir stand and surprisingly enough I came away with money still in my wallet as the boys only desired  a big red Aztecs #1 finger and black eyeblack patches as seen in the picture to the right.

In the middle innings, RB High School Head Baseball Coach Sam Blalock came over to our seats and sat down to catch up for a few minutes.  Many years ago I was very fortunate to be on his staff when he started the baseball program at RBHS.  I have been out of the high school baseball loop for a few years but I do know that Coach Blalock is one of the winningest HS baseball coaches in the nation, which still turns out professional prospects on a regular basis.  I was flattered that he took the time to come over and meet my family after so many years had lapsed.

After the boys annoyed a man with frantic running, dancing and screaming for a few innings on the concourse between the upper and lower seating levels, we moved to a grassy area down the right field line.  The boys played on the grass for a few minutes and then found the yard tractor pictured on the left.  Cal got a bit of a scare when he turned a key that was left in the engine but amazingly enough no one was harmed before or after the shooting of this picture.   And oh by the way the Padres won a spring training game yesterday!