The Phallic Road Trip

Up a little early today, about to head out to Santa Monica to meet with Oz and catch the Euro Cup final.

We didn’t get back too late last night. We left for San Diego at around 2, making our way to Petco Park a little after 4. As we drove in, we saw a bar called The Corner with some PBR drink specials, so we stopped by.

Left for the park in time for the start, stopping off to pick up some fish tacos that were actually pretty good. We even got some pretty badass Adrian Gonzalez jerseys as the door gift, which we wore for the game.

Both teams got off to a slow start, but Seattle scored first with two RBI doubles in the 4th. Two more in the 6th gave the Mariners a 4-0 lead, before Clark’s 2-RBI single in the 7th brought the Padres to within two, which turned out to be the final — a Padres 4-2 loss.

All told, the game was really short, lasting only 2 hours and 19 minutes.

Though it was still a decent game to go to, we were really disappointed to find out that the Angels no-hit the Dodgers in an 8-inning, 1-0 loss, making the Dodgers only the fifth team in the modern era of baseball to win a game without getting a hit. Maybe only baseball fans can appreciate how ridiculously rare that is — more rare than seeing a pitcher simply throw 9 hitless innings. We missed it by one night!

Alas, there was no way to predict that, just the way things go.

Today’s soccer game should be done at around 2. Afterwards, we’ll be tourists, most likely checking out Hollywood, Sunset Boulevard and Venice Beach.