The tme has come

[SoxHop]

I lived on the corner of Oak and Ashbury 2001 - 2002.

 

That's an amazing area.

 

I lived in the financial district, then Little Manila (forget the town name), then Walnut Creek, then the last few years right between the Chinese and Tenderloin and Union Square. I could hear the cable cars at my apartment, I think it was Bush street.

 

I left SF in 2002 or 2003, so I was there when you were. I had a blast living there, and although it wasn't the Red Sox, it was fun to be around the A's and the Giants at the time.

[SoxHop]

Glad to see you're helping Keep Austin Weird! It's one of the favorite cities I've ever been to. I went on a tour of UT, but thought it was too far from home so I didn't apply. My brother lives in Houston, and for my birthday, he's taking me to see the Longhorns play West Virginia on the gridiron in October.

 

Yea, Austin is alright. It's changed a lot even over the just 10 years I've been here. That's cool you're going to see a UT game. There is some epic tailgating when they are in town, you wouldn't have to walk more than 10 feet before someone offered you some BBQ.

[SoxHop]

Glad to see you're helping Keep Austin Weird! It's one of the favorite cities I've ever been to. I went on a tour of UT, but thought it was too far from home so I didn't apply. My brother lives in Houston, and for my birthday, he's taking me to see the Longhorns play West Virginia on the gridiron in October.

 

Houston is an underrated city. It has much to offer. It's super culturally diverse. If you get a chance, take time to explore it. Make sure not to miss the funeral museum. I know that sounds strange but it's amazing.

[Thunder]

Yea, Austin is alright. It's changed a lot even over the just 10 years I've been here. That's cool you're going to see a UT game. There is some epic tailgating when they are in town, you wouldn't have to walk more than 10 feet before someone offered you some BBQ.

 

Houston is an underrated city. It has much to offer. It's super culturally diverse. If you get a chance, take time to explore it. Make sure not to miss the funeral museum. I know that sounds strange but it's amazing.

 

I'm looking to make a big move when I get done with school and both Austin and Houston are high on my list. I feel like the Texas culture resonates well with me. As an accountant, I could literally live anywhere I want, so the world is quite literally my oyster

[mvp 78]

That's an amazing area.

 

I lived in the financial district, then Little Manila (forget the town name), then Walnut Creek, then the last few years right between the Chinese and Tenderloin and Union Square. I could hear the cable cars at my apartment, I think it was Bush street.

 

I left SF in 2002 or 2003, so I was there when you were. I had a blast living there, and although it wasn't the Red Sox, it was fun to be around the A's and the Giants at the time.

 

I definitely went to more A's games than Giants games. Probably saw every game the Sox played in Oakland during that time. All with just walk up tickets!

[SoxHop]

I definitely went to more A's games than Giants games. Probably saw every game the Sox played in Oakland during that time. All with just walk up tickets!

 

I saw more Giants games, but liked going to A's games way more. Also there was a buzz around SF about how big an a-hole Bonds was. But, every time Bonds was up to bat the entire city stopped, people in bars stopped talking, I'd pop in to a bar or cafe just to watch his at bats.

 

The A's were super fun. I still want to join those drummers out in left field for a season. I loved those guys.

 

One of my favorite moments was seeing a game where Pedro and Hudson pitched, 20 dollar ticket, 20 rows up just left of home plate. How amazing is that.

[Thunder]

My only trip to the Bay Area featured a trip to the Oakland Coliseum back in August 2010, when the Rays were in town and both teams were a flaming pile of garbage. My experience was similar to MVP's in the sense that we walked right up to the gate at like 7:15 (so after first pitch) and got seats right behind the A's bullpen, in the front row. And I really enjoyed the drummers as well, but in my mind, A's fans will always be portrayed like this:

 

[SoxHop]

My only trip to the Bay Area featured a trip to the Oakland Coliseum back in August 2010, when the Rays were in town and both teams were a flaming pile of garbage. My experience was similar to MVP's in the sense that we walked right up to the gate at like 7:15 (so after first pitch) and got seats right behind the A's bullpen, in the front row. And I really enjoyed the drummers as well, but in my mind, A's fans will always be portrayed like this:

 

 

ahahah!!!! That walk up song is awesome.

 

A's fan are pricks. They are a small market club that will totally give opposing fans crap if they pull off a win. And they seriously know their baseball. And they seriously know that their team has no money and their stars will leave as soon as they hit free agency. I had a good time watching the A's and enjoyed their fans.

 

I now have a few friends that are Houston fans, those dudes are learning the art of the spin and mis-direction right now. Ranger fans are loving it.

[mvp 78]

I saw more Giants games, but liked going to A's games way more. Also there was a buzz around SF about how big an a-hole Bonds was. But, every time Bonds was up to bat the entire city stopped, people in bars stopped talking, I'd pop in to a bar or cafe just to watch his at bats.

 

The A's were super fun. I still want to join those drummers out in left field for a season. I loved those guys.

 

One of my favorite moments was seeing a game where Pedro and Hudson pitched, 20 dollar ticket, 20 rows up just left of home plate. How amazing is that.

 

This was a fun one: https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/OAK/OAK200105060.shtml

 

This one was the hottest I've ever felt at a baseball game: https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/OAK/OAK200108090.shtml

[mvp 78]

ahahah!!!! That walk up song is awesome.

 

A's fan are pricks. They are a small market club that will totally give opposing fans crap if they pull off a win. And they seriously know their baseball. And they seriously know that their team has no money and their stars will leave as soon as they hit free agency. I had a good time watching the A's and enjoyed their fans.

 

I now have a few friends that are Houston fans, those dudes are learning the art of the spin and mis-direction right now. Ranger fans are loving it.

 

So much trash talk going to and from BART. They were better behaved in the stadium.

Edited March 25, 2020 by mvp 78

[SoxHop]

So much trash talk going to and from BART. They were better behave in the stadium.

 

They wouldn't needle you bad, but always felt in good nature. They did love beating big market teams though and they would let you know it.

[mvp 78]

Back then it was all "1918" vs "see you in Santa Clara next year."

[Thunder]

Back then it was all "1918" vs "see you in Santa Clara next year."

 

What was in Santa Clara?

[mvp 78]

What was in Santa Clara?

 

The A's have been possibly moving out of Oakland for over 20 years now. I'm surprised that they are still in that horrible stadium. Part of it is the Giants owning rights to most of the more desirable parts of the Bay Area.

[SoxHop]

The A's have been possibly moving out of Oakland for over 20 years now. I'm surprised that they are still in that horrible stadium. Part of it is the Giants owning rights to most of the more desirable parts of the Bay Area.

 

That park is the biggest s*** hole of a stadium. It fits their team perfectly. I loved it.

[mvp 78]

That park is the biggest s*** hole of a stadium. It fits their team perfectly. I loved it.

 

It was great before 9/11 when you could bring bags and coolers in the stadium.

 

I never liked Pac Bell/At&T/whatever the Giants stadium is called now. The big glove in the outfield is so hokey that it didn't make the stadium feel authentic. Middle aged doofuses paddling around in McCovey Cove is the lamest thing ever.

 

Chanting 666 in a bar when Bonds hit number 666 was cool though.

[SoxHop]

It was great before 9/11 when you could bring bags and coolers in the stadium.

 

I never liked Pac Bell/At&T/whatever the Giants stadium is called now. The big glove in the outfield is so hokey that it didn't make the stadium feel authentic. Middle aged doofuses paddling around in McCovey Cove is the lamest thing ever.

 

Chanting 666 in a bar when Bonds hit number 666 was cool though.

 

I can't stand Pac Bell. I think it opened right around the time I moved there. No one knew what the hell was going on in a game and too many people had their pinkies out drinking their wine to notice or care what was going on. Give me crap hole Oakland stadium any day of the week.

 

On another note. The Texas Rangers will have a new domed stadium this year. I visited the old stadium last year and it is actually awesome, kind of had me thinking I'm confused why they are building a new one as this one is incredible. But it wasn't a 110 degree day so I might not have gotten the big picture.

 

Houstons stadium suck balls.

[Thunder]

The Oakland A's team that finished 13 games in front of the Red Sox last year?

 

And who have a better cumulative regular-season record than the Red Sox over the past two seasons?

 

Oof. I missed our resident Debbie Downer

[Bellhorn04]

The Oakland A's team that finished 13 games in front of the Red Sox last year?

 

And who have a better cumulative regular-season record than the Red Sox over the past two seasons?

 

Personally I don't care about those things. What I care about is that we have crushed them, and virtually every other team, in postseason success this century.

[harmony]

The A's have been possibly moving out of Oakland for over 20 years now. I'm surprised that they are still in that horrible stadium. Part of it is the Giants owning rights to most of the more desirable parts of the Bay Area.

Plans for a new Oakland stadium keep hitting legal snags:

 

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/A-s-propose-jewel-box-ballpark-for-13426272.php

 

https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2020/03/17/oakland-athletics-ballpark-howard-terminal-lawsuit/

[moonslav59]

Plans for a new Oakland stadium keep hitting legal snags:

 

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/A-s-propose-jewel-box-ballpark-for-13426272.php

 

https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2020/03/17/oakland-athletics-ballpark-howard-terminal-lawsuit/

 

I doubt a new stadium helps much. They should move to Sacremento.

[Thunder]

Personally I don't care about those things. What I care about is that we have crushed them, and virtually every other team, in postseason success this century.

 

Well the A's, as well as the Twins, are the personal postseason bitches of the Yankees. It would be nice if we had some H2H history with them in the postseason so that we could say that we're better than the Yankees at beating up on the A's in October

[Bellhorn04]

Well the A's, as well as the Twins, are the personal postseason bitches of the Yankees. It would be nice if we had some H2H history with them in the postseason so that we could say that we're better than the Yankees at beating up on the A's in October

 

We beat the A's in the 1975 ALCS and the 2003 ALDS. They beat us in 1988 and 1990. So we're square.

[Thunder]

We beat the A's in the 1975 ALCS and the 2003 ALDS. They beat us in 1988 and 1990. So we're square.

 

I'm doing something right now, so I'm not going to look up the history between OAK and NYY, but it's far more lopsided

[harmony]

I doubt a new stadium helps much. They should move to Sacremento.

The thriving East Bay may be overshadowed by the San Francisco peninsula and Silicon Valley, but the region has more people than metropolitan Sacramento. The Athletics have experienced regular-season success despite playing in an outdated stadium (where I saw Pedro Martinez pitch a gem in 2000):

 

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/OAK/OAK200007280.shtml

 

Sacramento has an impressive Triple A stadium:

 

https://www.sutterhealthpark.com/

 

... where two years ago I saw a pitching start by then 28-year-old Casey Kelly, the former top Red Sox prospect traded in a 2010 package for Adrian Gonzalez:

 

https://www.milb.com/gameday/aces-vs-river-cats/2018/04/28/543354#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=543354

[Bellhorn04]

I'm doing something right now, so I'm not going to look up the history between OAK and NYY, but it's far more lopsided

 

Yeah, don't even look it up, it's ugly.

[harmony]

Yeah, don't even look it up, it's ugly.

The conspiracy theorists would cite the relative sizes of the New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Boston television markets versus the Oakland and Minnesota markets in MLB's revenue-hungry postseason.

 

I am not a conspiracy theorist.

[Bellhorn04]

The conspiracy theorists would cite the relative sizes of the New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Boston television markets versus the Oakland and Minnesota markets in MLB's revenue-hungry postseason.

 

I am not a conspiracy theorist.

 

And I am comforted by the fact that the Yankees haven't made it to the World Series since 2009.

[Kimmi]

And you just called (Denny) Galehouse Dewey.

 

You think you have OCD!

 

LOL Good catch.

 

The things we OCDers go through.

[Thunder]

And I am comforted by the fact that the Yankees haven't made it to the World Series since 2009.

 

My roommate, a Yankees fan, reminds me that each of the last 3 postseasons, the Yankees have been knocked out by teams that have since been caught cheating