2017 San Diego Sports Resolutions
As a lifelong San Diego sports fan, hereās what Iād like to accomplish in 2017. (warning: some of the following may include jokes and/or sarcasm)
ā Wear brown to every Padres’ game I attend
ā Find a section of Petco Park I have not yet watched a game from, buy a ticket for said section, watch a game from said section
ā Attend Jake Peavyās first start back at Petco Park as a Padre
ā Attend the game where Wil Myers collects 30th home run
ā Attend the game where Wil Myers collects 30th stolen base
ā Attend Luis Perdomoās no hitter
ā Research the Padres first round draft pick (about whom I will know next-to-nothing)
ā Write article about how excited I am about Padres first round draft pick
ā Declare Padres first round draft pick as a future All-Star
ā For the first time, attend all three games of a Padres series
ā Attend both games of a double header (if there is one)
ā Continue to be polite and civil when faced with belligerent Dodger fans
ā Continue to be polite and civil when faced with belligerent Giant fans
ā Congratulate Cubs for World Series victory (sorry, but my dadās from Chicago)
ā Make attending a Padres game on Fatherās Day a new tradition (looks like Iām flying to Milwaukee)
ā Attend Trevor Hoffmanās induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame (because it is absolutely going to happen in 2017, darn it!)
ā Leave a bag of dog poo in Dean Spanosā parking spot (figuratively, of course)
ā Have a Chargers memory day (looking at old ticket stubs, programs, etc) when the team announces its move to Los Angeles
ā Figure out how eBay works
ā Sell Chargers gear
ā Draft a poem portraying Dean Spanos as a 1920ās-era villain
ā Learn how photoshop works
ā Photoshop Dean Spanosā head onto the Grinchās body
ā Use Chargers eBay profits to attend more SDSU football games
ā Tailgate at SDSU football game
ā Buy #19 SDSU football jersey
ā Attend at least two SDSU sporting events that arenāt menās basketball or football (thinking soccer and baseball)
ā Attend all three days of the Mountain West menās basketball tournament
ā Attend my first USD Toreros menās basketball game
ā Attend at least two Gulls games
ā Buy Gulls jersey
ā Wear Gulls jersey to Ducks game
ā Attend U.S. Menās National team game vs. Serbia
ā Write article about how much fun I had at U.S. Menās National team game vs. Serbia
ā Argue for MLS expansion to San Diego (by using attendance at U.S. Menās National team game vs Serbia as evidence)
ā Watch a sunset next to my wife at La Jolla Shores wearing a Padres hat
ā Ignore all articles about how miserable San Diego sports fans are
Baseball is the greatest athletic endeavor we have. It is a sport of poetry, beauty and nearly imeasurable levels of skill. The Padres are my team, my only true team. They are the expression of my love for this grand game.