The Day Before FanFest

Since Friday and Saturday are the Padres FanFest days, I wanted to post more Padres items on the blog. This has been a good exercise for me because I didn't realize how much Padres merchandise I have. Next week I'll try to focus on the NHL.

This is the first Padres jersey I purchased. It's a Majestic Athletic Padres Away Batting Practice jersey. I bought it about two years ago for less than forty dollars at Ross.

Since I have the jersey, I may as well have a matching cap to go with it. This is a Padres Batting Practice cap that I bought from Ross a few years ago for less than twenty dollars.

 

This is a Padres New Era cap from the All Star Game in Minnesota. I found it at Ross and paid less than twenty dollars for it. It's interesting how the SD logo has red outline to it.

This is a Snapback Adjustable Hat that I bought on clearance few years ago on MLB.com. I like how San Diego pops out on one side and the Swinging Friar is prominent on the other side. 

This is a Kyle Blanks Player Shirt I bought at the Petco Park on clearance for twenty dollars last season. I bought it because in MLB: The Show 2014, he would be the only player in Road to the Show to hit home tuns off me consistently.

One more thing before I go, Mitchell & Ness, the company that produces all the great throwback jerseys and merchandise, produced a map of each states top selling jerseys. The most surprising thing about it is that Muggsy Bogues has the top selling jersey in Wyoming.

Padres FanFest 2014

Before I write about Padres FanFest 2014. this year's is taking place on April 1st and 2nd during the exhibition series vs. the Chicago White Sox. Information can be found here: http://sandiego.padres.mlb.com/sd/fan_forum/fanfest.jsp.

When I went to Angels Garage Sale in 2013, I wondered if any other teams did the same thing. I emailed the Padres and they told me that they do before the season starts. After checking social media and their website many times during the off season, they scheduled it for February before they left for Spring Training. 

 When I went to San Diego, there were many Padres fans enjoying the different activities on and off the field.  Many of them were buying merchandise too.

I followed this sign and saw hundreds of people looking at different Padres wares for sale. They had jerseys, shirts, pants, helmets, bats, balls, hats from the Padres and other MLB teams, and everything else under the sun. I headed towards the racks and boxes of jerseys. I wanted an alternate blue jersey and another one of a different style.

They were charging different prices depending on the jersey. Non throwback jerseys were about $125 and throwback and signed jerseys were $200, if I remember correctly.

 I saw Jason Marquis pitch for the Padres in 2013. He went 8 innings against the Marlins and only gave up 5 hits. He had a decent career and pitched for many different teams. This is an Alternate San Diego Padres Authentic jersey. I like the navy blue color and the SD interlocking logo on the front. I probably paid $125 for it. I have worn this to most of Padre games I've been too.

This is a Mike Thompson Authentic Home Jersey. I like it because it is not a Cool Base jersey, so in someways it is a throwback jersey. I just looked at the style of the jersey and the name on the back and decided to buy it. After I purchased it, I was happy to find out he was a reliever because you know how much I love relief pitchers that people forgot about..

Word of warning, make sure the jersey fits comfortably before you buy it. This jersey is a bit snug on me and I should have tried it on before buying it. I don't regret buying it. I probably spent $125 on this.

The line to buy merchandise was long and I might have spent an hour in it. If you use cash, the line is shorter. I am not sure how things will be this year. 

I'll end with a picture of All Star Mickey from the All Star Game in Anaheim. It's in the outfield concourse in Petco Park.

Happy St. Patrick's Day. This is a green post.

Good news, I'm updating several old posts with new pics and I'll be done next week. I didn't like how some of them came out. I'm still working on a logo. 

I don't have many green jerseys. I posted about the green Dodgers Spring Training jersey I bought a couple of years ago.

I own a couple New York Jets jerseys.

Chick's Sporting Goods was a California regional retail store. They were going out of business and I bought this for $50 and I regret it.

Okay I wanted a Brett Favre jersey and they didn't have his Packers jersey. The number is heat pressed on the material and the four on the back is starting to fade.

 This is a Tim Tebow Nike Green Limited Jersey that I bought on clearance from NFL Shop. I paid less than $50 for it. I like it because it looks authentic, the numbers aren't heat pressed. and I thought Tebow was a serviceable quarterback.


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This is a Jets knitted cap that I bought from Ross awhile ago. It has a black exterior with Jets logo sewn on it. I would have made it all green.

Last but not least.

My dad bought me this Tebow McFarlane figure. I know what your thinking. "McFarlane made a Tebow Jets figure?" "Yes, they did.

Padres Finds

As of 3/16/2016, this blog has over 450 hits since I started it in late December. This is most successful blog and I like writing about sports apparel and related items. Tomorrow, I will post better pictures in some of the previous posts.

Padres FanFest will be April 2nd but tickets for the event haven't been released yet. I think they're trying to sell all the All Star Game FanFest tickets first before their own FanFest.

A few months ago I went to Ross and found two Padres tops I wanted. They were a little pricey for me and my thought was that they would go on clearance in a few weeks because there aren't many Padres fans in my area. Turns out I was right.

This is a Nike Pro Combat undershirt. I believe this what the players use as an undershirt because of the Nike logo on the collar. If you look at any players' headshot, you can see the Nike logo on their necks.

 Ross says the value is $40. They were selling it for $20 and it was $14 on clearance.

This is a Majestic Athletic Therma Base shirt. It's a thick sweatshirt with the SD sown into the chest. Ross says it was originally $50 and they were selling it for $25 before clearance.  I paid $17 for it.

Angels' Yard Sale

This is the first baseball jersey I ever purchased. It is a replica home Angels Majestic Athletic home jersey without a name on the back. I got in a sports apparel store for around $60 many years ago. It is worn out because I went to a lot of games wearing it.

Three years ago before the baseball season started, I received an email from the Angels promoting a game used yard sale that was going to be at Angels Stadium. They were going to have jerseys, balls, bats, and other things on sale. I wanted a new jersey because I admired fans at the Stadium wearing their replica or authentic Guerrero, Anderson, or Figgins jerseys. Also my replica jersey had seen better days.

I got to the Stadium gates about the same time they were about to open. There was a small line forming outside leading to the plaza near the team store. Through the gates I could see what was for sale. When I saw this, I couldn't believe it, I didn't know the team still had these, and I knew I was going to go home with one. I kept hoping the people ahead of me didn't have the same idea.

This is an Anaheim Angels Authentic Road jersey issued/possibly worn by Mark Lukasiewicz.

After their World Series win in 2002 and the ownership of the team changed hands, Artie Moreno, the current owner of the Angels re-branded the team the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. These road jerseys went away and the ones that replaced have Angels word mark on the front just like the home jersey on top of this post. I love the old Anaheim jerseys because I like when team font spells out the home team city like Los Angeles with the Dodgers' script. This jersey reminds me of when they won the World Series.

When I saw these few classic road jerseys on the racks outside the stadium, I thought to myself, "I'd spend $200 for one of them". I believe the team charged me less than $150.

After grabbing one of these, I wanted to get an alternate red jersey because I didn't have one and I may as get something a little more modern. I should mention with these yard sales teams are getting rid of jerseys of players that aren't on the roster. That means 75% of jerseys on sale are of middle relievers of days past that most people won't buy. Oddly enough there were a few people at the event excited to buy the Bat Boy jersey.

I found this jersey on the rack and I had to buy it because I liked the player cause he was a reliable and consistent reliever for the Angels and the other teams he was on. 

This is a LaTroy Hawkins Authentic Alternate Angels jersey. There isn't much to say about it. I paid less than $100 for it. The Angels had different prices depending on jersey. I believe the lowest price for a jersey was $75. I bought these two jerseys and a few unused line up cards.


Last year the Angels had their Yard Sale before a game on the Saturday before Mothers' Day. I went again because I was hoping to snag another Anaheim jersey or possibly a Disney Angel jersey. There was also a particular player I wanted because I know no one else would wear his name.

Joe Blanton. If you're a fan of the Angels, you know who he is. If you aren't completely sure just click the link to Baseball Reference. Blanton earned $6.5 million for one season with the Club and he went 2-14 with a 6.04 ERA. His tenure with the Angels was a disaster but he rebounded with the Royals and Pirates. Currently, he's with the Dodgers.

I bought another jersey because whenever I do this I buy in twos. 

This is my first Authentic Angels Home jersey. Hank Conger was a fan favorite backup catcher for the Angels. He is currently with Houston Astros. The interesting thing about the jersey is Velcro strips next to the word mark.

This is the only Angel jersey that I own that has any Velcro on it.
 The Angels were selling jerseys for $50 each. I also bought this bat for $50.

This is a game issued Raul Ibanez bat. Ibanez was great player who spent the twilight years of his career in an Angels uniform. I am tempted everyday to take it a batting cage but I don't want to break. It could have cork in it. :)

The Angels nor the Padres have announced when they are having this season's yard sales. I will post it on here when I have exact dates. These events I went to were open to the public.

Let's Go Ducks

A few months before I started this blog, I went to Burlington Coat Factory to browse through the active wear. I spotted this and I couldn't believe it.

This is an Anaheim Ducks' replica Bobby Ryan jersey. Ryan was drafted after Sidney Crosby in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft. He was traded to the Ottawa Senators a few seasons ago.

 The Ducks don't wear this jersey anymore. They changed styles and wear home and away jerseys with a webbed foot shaped like a D. I paid forty dollars for this jersey and this was a great deal considering NHL jerseys are expensive. It's rare that I find NHL jerseys at Ross, Marshalls, or Burlington.

In the upcoming weeks, I'll post more of my NHL collection.

Retail Store Finds

Bed, Bath, & Beyond sells a lot of licensed items for a place known for cookware, bedding, and other odds and ends. During football season, they sell throws with different NFL team logos. With the Rams moving to Los Angeles, I knew this would be my last year to purchase a St. Louis Rams throw.