Petco Park, graced by the best weather in the country, is right in the heart of downtown San Diego.  The park has both a modern and old school feel to it.  Besides lacking a big variety of food, it has some really cool features.  In left field, there is a warehouse similar to Camden Yards, but it is actually park of the stadium, as the Padres added seats on the balconies and top of the building.  Also, in center field, there is a picnic area where families can watch the game from a grassy hill.  The downtown buildings nicely fill in the rest of the view, and the the odd wall dimensions add a cool twist.  Also, there are towers on both sides of the park which have sky box seats in them. 

While on the field during BP, we got to meet Ricky Henderson and talk to a few players, including Shawn Green.  Neal got a ball and had Green sign it, and Alon got his autograph on his ticket.  Alex knew the lady who does the pregame show for the Padres, and set us up with a cool live on field interview before the game.   It was awesome!

The game itself was all Mets from the start, as they scored 1 run in the 4th, and that was all they needed.  El Duque went 7 innings, let off 2 hits and no runs and even stole second base!  During the game, Chrissy Russo, the lady who interviewed us, called us and asked us to come down to the Fox 6 news station the next day for another live interview on their morning show.  After the game, we went to Neal's cousin Jess's apartment to sleep.  See you tomorrow, early morning, in the TV studio, and then on a 12 hour drive to Utah!