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Black Friday suggestions for Padres fans!
If you're not out shopping right now, you're either avoiding the Black Friday crowds, or you're home now from the maniacs at the mall and you're trying to relax by reading up on one of the more frustrating baseball teams in existence, in which case, I wonder about your sanity. Maybe you were one of the maniacs at the mall. In any case, you may be looking at this and you may realize that you actually wanted to buy something for somebody, but you forgot all about it and now you want Gaslamp Ball to bail you out. Fine! If I were you...  Here's what I'd consider getting them... If I were you and you and I were

"They have another first baseman in Kyle Blanks. I think if they believe they can improve...
"They have another first baseman in Kyle Blanks. I think if they believe they can improve themselves at three or four spots by trading me, I'm going to be traded." 1B Adrian Gonzalez, on his future in San Diego. San Diego Padres - Team Report - MLB - Yahoo! Sports

Thanksgiving Eve Poem
On Thanksgiving Eve we have reason to be thankfulOur Padres team improved with its embarrassingly low payrollEven in the off-season they keep us entertainedBy teasing a trade of Adrian for a player to be named In Spring they played nearby rather than going to ChinaIsn't it weird that Moores ran off with a doctor of vagina?Though the sale of the team threw us for a loopWe benefited from a bearded CEO and his mysterious ownership group Jeff Moorad is bearded but no Rip Van WinkleHe brought us salvation in Tom GarfinkelThinking about it now we must say it was a great hire,