Jack Murphy Stadium (San Diego Padres)

Blanks are shredded bits of the plastic stadium seats mixed with complementary team-colored resin.

Available Sizes:

• Pen Blanks: Minimum 3/4" x 3/4" square
• Bottle Stopper and Ring Blanks: 1-1/2" round
• Full Pen Blocks: 6" x 5" and a minimum of 7/8" thick
• Knife Scale Pair: 2@ 5" x 1-1/2" x 3/8" minimum

All blanks include one Certificate of Authenticity (COA) per blank—a 4" x 6" card stock with foil-embossed seal, protected in a hard-shell plastic sleeve. Full Pen Blocks come with 10 COAs.

Most blanks are cut to order for freshness. Pen Blocks require a 2-3 week turnaround.

Jack Murphy Stadium: Padres' San Diego Shrine of Slugger Supremacy

Jack Murphy Stadium, nestled in San Diego's Mission Valley, served as the sun-soaked sanctuary for the San Diego Padres from its inaugural pitch. Originally San Diego Stadium, groundbreaking ignited in 1960 on a $27 million blueprint to lure the expansion Padres westward, and it burst open on April 18, 1969, with the Padres falling 4-2 to the Astros before 26,543 fans—heralding Southern California's baseball dawn and instantly etching its Balboa Park-adjacent vibe into MLB lore. Renamed in 1981 for sports editor Jack Murphy, whose columns championed the venue, it symbolized San Diego's spirited surge to pro sports prominence.

Swelling from 47,000 seats to a raucous 59,022 capacity on AstroTurf (grass by 1998), Jack Murphy encircled a hitter-friendly diamond (330-foot foul lines, 405 center)—fostering fly-ball frenzy with those quirky upper decks and canyon views. Expansions roared: 1971's south stands to 49,000, 1982's $20 million Murphy memorial surge to 59,022, and 1998's $27 million grass and seating glow-up—blending beachy bones with fan-favorite fury via city-county bonds.

Padres' pounding ground for 35 seasons, Jack Murphy cradled the 1984 NL pennant pulse, Tony Gwynn's .394 magic (1994), and Trevor Hoffman's saves amid 1,500+ home wins. Record roars hit 59,022 for 1998's All-Star Game, pulsing with "Charge!" chants and fish taco traditions. Demolished in 2020 for Snapdragon Stadium's gleam, Jack Murphy endures as a valley testament to tenacity, triumphs, and timeless Padres in MLB's west.