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A statue of Jerry Coleman was installed at San Diego's Petco Park, in the U.S. state of California, in 2012. [1] [2]
Petco Park's official address is 19 Tony Gwynn Way, in honor of the eight-time National League batting champion who wore that uniform number during his major league career. A 10-foot (3.0 m) statue of Gwynn was unveiled July 21, 2007, on the stadium grounds.
The bronze statue is 9.5 feet tall. An inscription on the front of the statue's base reads, "Tony Gwynn, Mr. Padre". The reverse side of the base has an inscription by Gwynn's father: "If you work hard, good things will happen." [1]
The Padres named their press box at Petco Park "The Jerry Coleman Broadcast Center" in Coleman's honor. Coleman was known as the "Master of the Malaprop" for making sometimes embarrassing mistakes on the microphone, [24] but he was nonetheless popular.
Petco Love, formerly The Petco Foundation, [96] was created in 1999 to help promote and improve the welfare of companion animals, and spends more than $30 million to support this cause annually. [ 97 ] [ 98 ] An independent nonprofit organization, Petco Love works with local animal welfare groups across the country to host in-store adoption ...
In 2015, both events were moved to Petco Park. [44] ESPN held their inaugural Moto X World Championships at the stadium in April 2008, [46] and has previously used the stadium parking lot and surrounding streets as a venue in the X Games Street Luge competition. On May 4 and 18, 2013, the stadium was used as a racecourse by the Stadium Super ...
Gallagher Square (formerly Park at the Park) is a 2.8-acre (1.1 ha) park located outside the outfield fence of Petco Park in San Diego, California.A public park during stadium off-hours, it includes a viewing terrace, playground, and off-leash dog park.
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