"The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing."

                --Archilochus

Glenn Reynolds:
"Heh."

Barack Obama:
"Impossible to transcend."

Albert A. Gore, Jr.:
"An incontinent brute."

Rev. Jeremiah Wright:
"God damn the Gentleman Farmer."

Friends of GF's Sons:
"Is that really your dad?"

Kickball Girl:
"Keeping 'em alive until 7:45."

Hired Hand:
"I think . . . we forgot the pheasant."




I'm an
Alcoholic Yeti
in the
TTLB Ecosystem



Wednesday, April 05, 2006

In Which I Patiently Remind Gentleman Farmer That San Francisco and San Diego are Different Cities Approximately 600 Miles From One Another

The top photograph from the most recent post, snarkily entitled "San Fran, My Man!", is a photograph of Barry Bonds playing in the Giants' regular-season opener at Petco Park, home of the San Diego Padres. This would be a home game for the Padres, indicated in the photo primarily by Barry wearing the Giants' road uniform.

Just so there's no confusion here, the San Diego Padres play their home games in San Diego.

San Diego is a city in Southern California, about 600 miles south of San Francisco.

Here in San Francisco, where the San Francisco Giants play their home games, there is a 20-foot-tall billboard with this photograph on it:

There is also a significant number of crazy-looking people on drugs wandering the streets. Some things never change.

Comments on "In Which I Patiently Remind Gentleman Farmer That San Francisco and San Diego are Different Cities Approximately 600 Miles From One Another"

 

Blogger Gentleman Farmer said ... (8:48 PM) : 

They're both west of Chicago, right? Same difference.

 

Anonymous Anonymous said ... (10:09 PM) : 

Does that mean he'll get a standing ovation at home, because he's following in the "enhancement friendly" tradition of San Francisco?

 

Anonymous Anonymous said ... (10:12 PM) : 

Gray syringes away, white ones at home?

 

Anonymous Anonymous said ... (10:19 PM) : 

Barry looks like he's about to pop up in that pic.

 

Anonymous Anonymous said ... (11:14 PM) : 

Why can't we all just get along?

 

Blogger Hired Hand said ... (3:40 AM) : 

whitey -

that's his 600th home run.

(145th on the juice)

as an afterthought, your hard-working oakland athletics defeated the evil empire tonight, 9-5. yours truly was there.

 

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