I like my options with the Angels a half an hour up I-5 and the Padres 25 min. down the I-5. I've gone to more Angel games because of their offence and it's more of a home field with few transplants cheering for the visitors, plus they seem more committed to putting a winning team on the field. The Padres used to be real fun when they where at Qualcomm stadium and owned by John Moores. Moores was a committed owner who had the ticket prices low and a quality team on the field. Moving to Petco was fine for the first few years, then the prices went up a bit. Then last year Moores had to sell the team to a business group(John Elway and his partners). The new owners have done nothing but get rid of good players and raise the ticket prices, that sucks. Now they're talking about getting rid of Bell(the lone All Star), they're just raping the fan by giving us a team with sub par hitting and high ticket prices. I hate John Elway now. Ryan Ludwick as a clean up hitter, come on. I still like the Pads but won't go to a game until Elway and Co. are out. The Angels are a better option for me even if I live in North San Diego County. They are just 5 more minutes of a drive. Even if I do prefer NL ball.

John, I hope your family and you had a good time. I would like to see the Os. To see Wieters, Scott, Reynolds and Jones would be cool. I used to see the O's in the 80's when I would go out to D.C. to stay with my Grandparents. My Grandpa took my to see the O's against the Twins(My Grandpas home team when he lived in Minnesota)in 84. I got to see both Ripken and Puckett as rookies, Puckett hit a HR.

The Royals would be cool to see also, they have a good team this year. MELKY!