Two of San Diego’s most beloved citizens are being remembered at the San Diego History Center in Balboa Park: Jerry Coleman and Tony Gwynn, a pair of Padres legends.
The museum’s Inside|OUT exhibit behind glass in the atrium contains artifacts honoring the memory of two all-time San Diego baseball heroes.
Both Jerry Coleman and Tony Gwynn were a big part of my youth. They helped develop my own love for the San Diego Padres.
They were two amazing people, whose positive influences were greatly missed by all of San Diego when each passed.
I attended the memorial services of both. If you’d like to relive the services at Petco Park, where so much love was expressed, click here and here.
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A super fun offsite activation at Comic-Con 2026 takes place outside the Hilton San Diego Bayfront hotel. It promotes the upcoming release of the Nintendo Switch Sports Resort video game!
The wait wasn’t too long today, made more entertaining by competition between Comic-Con fans on a big outdoor screen.
Once inside, we could sample playing the twelve sports featured in Nintendo Switch Sports Resort. Friendly staff show you how.
From archery to thumb wrestling to 100 pin bowling, the motion control sports are a lot of fun!
When you exit, you score a cool visor, too!
Some pics to provide a taste…
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An artistic soccer goal that celebrates the upcoming World Cup was being set up today in San Diego’s Balboa Park!
Noted Mexican artist Betsabeé Romero and some helpers were creating the outdoor installation in the Plaza de Panama, in front of the San Diego Museum of Art. They got started at nine this morning. What you see is their progress by early afternoon.
This unique public art is being created in partnership with the General Consulate of Mexico in San Diego.
The colorful goal is half the size of a regulation goal. Its woven nets contains colorful Aztec and soccer motifs made of metal, as you can see in one of my photos.
Betsabeé (smiling in my final photo) told me that the goal and the space in front of it can be used as a sort of public performance stage.
Many similar goals are being created around the United States, where World Cup teams will be based or where games will take place. There’s also an artistic goal in Tijuana, Mexico that faces this one in San Diego, forming a “vast field of play” that includes both international border cities!
UPDATE!
A couple days later, I noticed this sign. It shows how these goals have been erected in Canada, the United States and Mexico.
The art connects soccer with migration, native cultures and the diverse fans who enjoy the popular international sport.
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A football player has run through the shelter at a City Heights bus stop for a touchdown! Now he simply must leap over a trashcan!
This unexpected sculpture stands at the eastbound bus stop on University Avenue near 45th Street.
I asked someone who works on the same block about the strange sight. He indicated the football player statue was placed here by the nearby taco stand. A few weeks ago there was a moose on the sidewalk!
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Alexandra Morgan Carrasco played in four FIFA Women’s World Cups, was named U.S. Soccer Female Athlete of the Year for 2012, and was awarded the 2022 NWSL Golden Boot as the league’s top scorer while playing for San Diego Wave FC. She was named one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People in 2019 and 2022.
Alex Morgan was a role model for countless young women in San Diego and around the nation during her outstanding career. She retired in 2024.
I happened to spy this mural for the first time during my walk yesterday.
SAN DIEGO FOREVER
THIRTEEN FOREVER
While walking around the building, I noticed another mural near the entrance to Mike Hess Brewing. It depicts the Georgia Street Bridge, the iconic North Park sign and water tower, and what appears to be a historic streetcar coming down University Avenue!
The fun mural was painted by @inkredibledesign.
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An exhibit inside downtown’s Central Library remembers the Pacific Coast League San Diego Padres. Photographs and memorabilia fill a display case on the Eighth Floor, in a corner of the San Diego Ted Williams SABR Chapter Research Center.
Before the San Diego Padres became an expansion team of Major League Baseball back in 1969, the minor league Padres competed in the Pacific Coast League. Between 1936 and 1957 they played at Lane Field near downtown’s waterfront; they would later play at Westgate Park in Mission Valley from 1958 to 1967, and San Diego Stadium in 1968.
The display case might bring back fond memories for old-timers. In addition to many fun, historical photos, there’s a Padres home jersey and cap (1954-1968), old game tickets and other ephemera.
The display items are courtesy of Bill Swank, Tom Larwin, and the San Diego Padres.
The Sullivan Family Baseball Research Center at the San Diego Central Library is a mecca for baseball fans. It’s the largest baseball research collection outside of the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York!
Padres fans should go check it out!
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Did you know San Diego has a professional ultimate frisbee team? They’re called the Growlers! And they play fast-paced, super exciting games that will have you stomping your feet and cheering!
This evening the Growlers played at their home stadium–Mission Bay High School’s football field. I simply had to go check it out. I’d never been to an ultimate game before.
Ultimate is played with a frisbee and has elements of both soccer and football. Speedy athletes run about the field, trying to pass a frisbee between team members without it dropping or being intercepted. Catch in the end zone, win a point!
The games, played in four quarters, are easy to follow and wildly exciting. Huge breakaway throws into the end zone are like soaring Hail Mary passes! One scoring catch was made with 1.3 seconds left in the first quarter!
Most of the team members are college age and come from local schools like SDSU and UCSD. The game involves constant running, twisting and diving. You’ll see amazing athleticism.
I loved how kids in the stands were having a blast, banging their thunder sticks and having fun with Growler the mascot. Growler would stomp his feet on the metal floor of the stands when our team was on defense. Fans would join in. Boom, boom, boom!
During halftime, kids were invited onto the field to attempt long, running catches!
It was also cool to see how, during a meeting of the Ultimate Frisbee Association (UFA), Growler was awarded best team mascot! I snapped that last photo as he was presented with a trophy!
Interested in going to a game? Check out the Growlers website here! This is their eleventh year in San Diego.
Most of these photos were taken before nightfall and before the game started. The stands would eventually fill up with a large number of cheering fans!
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