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I met Brian Giles ...

... or his cardboard cutout, anyway.  Earlier this month, I was in San Diego for a conference.  My hotel happened to be right next to Petco Park, so I wandered into the Padres' gift shop after lunch one day.  (With the (near) life-size cutout of Brian Giles and his power swing beckoning me inside, how could I resist?)  Alas, I didn't have any film for my camera at that time (film cost $17.50 for one roll in my hotel's store!), and the cardboard cutout was nowhere to be found the other three days I was there....

Star-divide

And thanks for the restaurant recommendation, Charlie, but I never did make it out of the 'Tourist Central' downtown area.  But for a 'business' trip, San Diego was really nice, and my wife and I will have to return as tourists sometime.

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Which cardboard cutouts of famous people have you met?
Dimebag Darrell (Pantera)
0 votes
Elvis!
0 votes
Brian Giles (former Pirate)
1 votes
Jimi Hendrix
1 votes
Angelina Jolie (as Lara Croft)
1 votes
Mario Lemieux
0 votes
The Ramones
1 votes
Paul Stanley (Kiss)
0 votes
(other)
0 votes
Terry Bradshaw
1 votes

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I've often hoped I would run into Giles, but it hasn't happened. (Then again, as I told Humbucker, I religiously avoid the neighborhood around the ballpark unless I'm going to a game.) I'd like to buy him a beer, just to say "Thanks for being the only thing that made the Pirates worth watching during my college years."

by Charlie on Feb 22, 2007 2:51 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

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