29 July 2017

Max Scherzer Members Only

It's finally the weekend here in San Diego, so I am trying to get in some sight-seeing before class starts again on Monday. My wife drove down from Idaho to visit me for the weekend, so we're having a bit of a mini-vacation. It's a pretty long drive for her, but it allowed her to drop off the kids at her brother's house in Utah, and she loves long road trips anyway, so really it was a positive thing overall.


After she got her yesterday evening, we walked across the street from the base to go to dinner. We were just going to grab something quick at one of the chain restaurants there, but I saw a sign for the Corvette Diner, which is a place I remembered from my time here fifteen years ago. We decided to go there instead, and it was a lot of fun. It's a themed diner, so they play oldies music, all the waitstaff has big hair or big-hair wigs, and they do all sorts of crazy stuff like throw handfuls of straws at you, make necklaces and big hair bows out of straws, and there is a big choreographed dance every hour or so. The burgers and shakes were excellent, too, and pricewise were comparable to a couple of combo meals you'd find locally. Well worth the visit if you're in the area, in my opinion.


I continue to be surprised at the number of Members Only parallels I've been able to pick up from 2014 Topps Stadium Club. This is my latest addition, a Max Scherzer card from the set. This parallel isn't serially-numbered, but the print run on these was supposedly less than ten, and you only got one Members Only card per case. I got this for pocket change on eBay.


The seller also included the base card in the package. I really like the Stadium Club reboots of the last few years. The formula is pretty simple, based around great photographs, but since the photo is a primary piece of the card it makes for a quality set.

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    1. It is a pretty fun place. I'm glad the sign reminded me about it.

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  2. Nice. It was Max's birthday on Thursday when the Nats did their 4 Back-to-Back HRs in their 15-2 win over the Brewers. Max was the batter who was walked and then batted in on Brian Goodwin's HR that started the 4 in a row.

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    1. That sounds like a pretty good birthday game. I knew they went back-to-back-to-back-to-back, but I didn't know the particulars. Nice when the pitcher can contribute runs during a start.

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  3. i love themed eateries, esp diner style with baseball and musical decor - and oldies of course. it's required. Nice pics of you and your wife, thanks for sharing!

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    1. I like themed diners, but I don't usually go out of my way to find them. Corvette's is over-the-top and fun, especially with my wife along to share the experience.

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  4. I think I'm gonna make my way down to San Diego at some point in August during my summer vacation. I'll have to look up this Corvette Diner. Is it near Petco Park?

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    1. It's about 6 miles west of the ballpark, on the other side of the airport.

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