The pitcher, er, pitches
The Padres at Petco Park: a Baseball Game, San Diego, California - 31st May 2005
Nosher is in San Diego to help man a stand at the BREW Developers' Conference. Shortly after pitching up at the hotel after an 18-hour journey, it's time to head off to watch local baseball team the San Diego Padres take on the Milwaukee Brewers. Qualcomm provided both the entry ticket and a number of "beer vouchers" which were quickly used to buy beer and foot-long chili dogs with cheese, in that great US tradition of sporting-related health food. In the bleachers were Nosher, plus Nick and Stef from Cambridge, as well as Anwar from London and an assortment of other local Qualcomm employees. Dotted around the ground in the "royal boxes" were all the sales people, schmoozing customers. Luckily Nick happens to hold US citizenship and so actually understood what was going on, which helped. The game ended 8-4 to the Padres after an exciting late-innings comeback. According to the San Diego Union Tribune, it was the third-smallest crowd of the season at just over 23,000.
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Petco Park, home of the Padres
The crowds are ready for the game
Nick, Stefan and Anwar up in the bleachers
Brewers' No. 45 gets a ribbing from the crowd
The peanut girl
Some dude with drinks on his head
The floodlights are on
Nick and Stef head off for food
The Western Metal Supply sign
Tweet, from QIS San Diego, talks to Anwar
Anwar and Stef trade places
Stef holds up his ice-cream tub
Nick brings some beers back
The track is raked during an innings break
Russell McHugh entertains a customer
Some fans peer out over the sign
A boy has brought his own catcher's mitt along
The guy with the balloon hat
A catch occurs
Padres mascots entertain the crowds
Some more scenes of the park
Smoke from celebration fireworks lingers
It's a standing ovation
The teams shake hands
Sal, one of the on-hand guides dotted around
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The pitcher, er, pitches
The pitcher, er, pitches
Petco Park, home of the Padres
The crowds are ready for the game
Nick, Stefan and Anwar up in the bleachers
Brewers' No. 45 gets a ribbing from the crowd
The peanut girl
Some dude with drinks on his head
The floodlights are on
Nick and Stef head off for food
The Western Metal Supply sign
Tweet, from QIS San Diego, talks to Anwar
Anwar and Stef trade places
Stef holds up his ice-cream tub
Nick brings some beers back
The track is raked during an innings break
Russell McHugh entertains a customer
Some fans peer out over the sign
A boy has brought his own catcher's mitt along
The guy with the balloon hat
A catch occurs
Padres mascots entertain the crowds
Some more scenes of the park
Smoke from celebration fireworks lingers
It's a standing ovation
The teams shake hands
Sal, one of the on-hand guides dotted around