This series itself has increased our fan base. I think there are people in Monterrey and in the towns around here that care about the Padres.
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From the moment I landed I was signing autographs. Even while I was waiting for my flight to Monterrey, Mex., people started coming up to me with 49ers hats and photos of me.
Yes it will, and I think Monterrey is just over an hour away by air. We felt it was very important to have an association with a Mexican team and we've created this Rio Grande Plate. We have a two-year agreement for 2006 and 2007 -- we expect that it will be a much longer lasting agreement than that, but we wanted to kind of put our toe in the water and see how it looks. I think it's going to be very positive.