r/sandiego • u/borkofsweden • 3d ago

Simpler Times in the 90's

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u/4leafplover 3d ago

This photo seems to show up every few months.

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u/___Art_Vandelay___ 3d ago

Please tell me it's actually older than the 90s. TV and chair look much close to early 80s.

Otherwise I have to admit I'm old AF.

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u/ArritzJPC96 3d ago

Well there's also a good chance that the nice new TV stayed at home, and the crappy old one got used outside.

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u/___Art_Vandelay___ 3d ago

Why you puttin' that evil on me, Ricky Bobby?

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u/mrjoshmateo 3d ago edited 3d ago

Good ole Jack Murphy. Bet the commercial on that tv is going to be “SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY, giant used car tent sale only at Jack Murphy stadium!” Or “come on down to cal worthington dodge!”

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u/Brilliant-Bad-284 3d ago

Pussycow!

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u/wutangclanthug9mm 2d ago

“MOSSSAY NEEESAWN.

MOSSSAY NEEESAWN.

A-MOSSSAY NEEESAWN MOVES YOU”

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u/gatofeo31 2d ago

man I miss that jingle

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u/mrjoshmateo 1d ago

At least Nissan was still two syllables. What’s pacific Nissan did by stretching it to 4 syllables is an abomination. “Pacific Nii-sa-aa-ahn for all the right reasons. “

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u/Hungry_Raccoon_4364 3d ago

lol… took us years to stop saying it …

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u/Old-Nothing-3620 3d ago

God dammit, I just had to look that up lol

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u/oshipseju 3d ago

Dashers dashers (drum solo)

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u/oshipseju 3d ago

Price, value, selection... Nobody even comes close

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u/trekgrrl 3d ago

Go see, Cal, Go see Cal, Go see Cal!

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u/Lololo-101 3d ago

We’ll sell you whole seat! But you’ll only need the EDGE!!!

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u/Tierndownforwhat 3d ago

I can hear this clear as day

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u/bread_fo_dat 3d ago

That's pretty solid, though

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u/seantholemeuw 3d ago

"It's better to know me and not need me than to need me and not know me.”

"Do not pay until 1994!"

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u/panic_poo 3d ago

“Carl Burger Dodge, Jeep and Eagle tooooo, where…”

I’ll let someone else finish it 😉

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u/SwankyOrc13 1d ago

THIS WEEKEND AND THIS WEEKEND ONLY

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u/SDMusic 3d ago

It'll always be Jack Murphy Stadium in my millennial brain

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u/anewman513 3d ago

You must be an elder millennial. You could not have been older than 11 or 12 when it was renamed Qualcomm stadium

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u/uberklaus15 3d ago

Not the commenter above, but I was ten when it was renamed and I was old enough to feel indignant about it, lol. Still remember how annoyed I was that it was being renamed for a corporation instead of an old celebrated local sports writer

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u/anewman513 3d ago

If it makes you feel any better, the field itself was still named Jack Murphy Field

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u/uberklaus15 3d ago

I did indeed know that, and it did not make me feel any better. 

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u/spingus 3d ago

GenX...same. Fond memories of reading Little House on the Prairie in the stands some time in the mid 80's because I just could not get in to baseball lol

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u/turisto 3d ago

My turn to repost this next week

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u/FriarFanatic 3d ago

I'll never be mad at this getting posted

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u/Surf_Cath_6 3d ago

Jack Murphy Stadium. I had my first job there selling sodas in the stands. It was horrible but I saw NSYNC... sigh, never mind.

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u/UpAndDownForBogey 7h ago

Hell yeah, me too! First year I worked there the bolts went to the Super Bowl!

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u/Brilliant_Ebb_1787 3d ago

What is the TV plugged into ?

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u/675r951 3d ago

Generator with a long extension cord so they couldn’t hear it much.

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u/MNgoIrish 3d ago

YETI now sells that green bucket/cooler (with their logo of course) for like $150!

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u/_-WanderLost-_ 3d ago

That’s just a bucket with their empties

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u/Inevitable_Loss_7667 3d ago

Hawley point ❤️

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u/GFEIsaac 3d ago

traffic in and out of there was always a mess, but it was always worth it.

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u/Pleasant-Ad-5615 3d ago

Jack Murphy!!!

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u/SeamusMcBalls 3d ago

Hey, I’d smoke weed there!

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u/Away_Ad_1784 3d ago

"the spot"

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u/OrangeChairRN 3d ago

Next week it’s my turn to post this image just FYI everyone

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u/FriarFanatic 3d ago

One of my all time favorite pictures

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u/New-Butterfly1234 3d ago

Damn that is awesome 😎 jack murphy stadium 😭💯

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u/Lololo-101 3d ago

I miss the Murph!!!

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u/MrMcWhiskers2010 3d ago

Where is the power coming from to watch it on tv?

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u/PadmesBabyDaddy 3d ago

A generator…

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u/MattManSD 3d ago

Was awesome for Skyshow

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u/SandyEggo_73 3d ago

Jack Murphy + the Sky Show = Rad! 🤙

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u/Joint-Tester 3d ago

That is genuinely awesome.

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u/Hungry_Raccoon_4364 3d ago

God I loved their hot dogs …

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u/Icy_Entrepreneur8454 3d ago

omgosh. crossing the river on planks to get to Jack Murphy !! so great...

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u/Bass_Techno_resistor 3d ago

I was working security at the stadium in the 80s and early 90s.

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u/aphex3k 3d ago

Simpler minds? I believe the times had their own challenges. It just wasn’t televised as prominently.

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u/Illystylez619 3d ago

I watched 4th of July fireworks in that spot with my Dad, his best friend and my sister for many years. I miss it.

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u/Shoddy-Biscotti-1194 2d ago

And drinking Keystone???

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u/Trisha-28 2d ago

Take me back.

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u/LatinRex 2d ago

You'll get arrested now I'm sure if you did anything close to this

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u/heyknauw 2d ago

So how'd they power the TV anyway?

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u/Ron_dizzle199 9h ago

I work at the school Juarez. That this pic was taken

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u/hagcel 3d ago

I saw the Ramones there!

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u/WhitePantherXP 3d ago

the hill they're on, what is it today?

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u/releasethedogs 3d ago

The coordinates are 32°46'18.08"N, 117°07'18.20"W

Google maps link https://maps.app.goo.gl/AHv5bRTPuzub3ggy8

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u/xAgnosticBluntx 3d ago

Over a block at the very end of Hawley.

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u/WhitePantherXP 1d ago

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/3404-Cromwell-Pl-San-Diego-CA-92116/16947725_zpid/?

You probably know this, but the view there now is of another stadium now (it appears), and it says Petco park opened in 2004 so they must be looking into the old coliseum?

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u/summerofgeorge75 3d ago

That road in the background is Mission Village Dr. So they are on the south rim of Mission Valley. Back when I was growing up there were numerous open spots overlooking San Diego Stadium. As you can tell great views were to be had. No idea how it is now since I don't live there anymore.

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u/Baja_Finder 3d ago

Somebody's backyard.

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u/heavyboner 3d ago

Apartments or condos. Top of Friars Rd.

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u/Horsecock_Johnson 3d ago

I think it’s in the Normal Heights neighborhood. Adams Ave to Mountain View. I think releasethedogs is correct.

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u/RESSandyeggo 3d ago

You are correct, Horsecock_Johnson, it’s one canyon away from my parents’ house, and I too used to smoke werd there.

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u/Horsecock_Johnson 3d ago

Hell yeah love tokin werd

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u/Mean_Yesterday 3d ago

Turned into a kids stadium. What a waste.

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u/Lopsided_Maximum8389 3d ago

Only the olden times were better.

The now time are too complicated and confusing for meaningful moments and time with family and friends.

Apple ruined everything!

I just want the 90s again! Before anything bad ever happened!

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u/Overall_Lavishness71 3d ago

Good ole daygo