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Baseball in Oakland has gotten cheaper
When the A’s converted the all-you-can-eat sections in the upper deck to the Value Deck in 2010, it marked a major change in how tickets and concessions were priced at the Coliseum. Prior to 2010, both...
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A River (of shit) Runs Through It
There’s fifty feet of crap. And then there’s us. – Billy Beane, Moneyball Brad Pitt as Billy Beane describing the A’s station in “Moneyball” Figurative turned literal on Sunday, as the A’s and Mariners...
View ArticleWhen meaningless numbers are spun
In the eight-plus years I’ve been writing this blog, I’ve remembered a lot of little details. I’ve also forgotten just as many. Such was the case Thursday, when a John Shea article brought up San...
View ArticleBART, AC Transit strikes to affect A’s fans
By now you’re probably aware of the awful gridlock gripping much of the Bay Area because of the BART employees’ strike, which started this morning of months-long negotiations broke down again over the...
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Talking bobbleheads, giveaways, and expectations
The A’s held a 1973 team reunion on April 27. A raft of greats from that repeat championship team were on hand, including Sal Bando, Blue Moon Odom, Bert Campaneris, and Reggie Jackson, who was honored...
View ArticleOlbermann and Justice give Wolff some good advice
Last night Keith Olbermann took Oakland and Alameda County to task over the continuing sewage problems at the Coliseum. Tonight was Lew Wolff’s turn to be flogged. The clip below is a segment featuring...
View ArticleReaction time
It would be silly to devote a post to every single new tidbit that comes out, so I’ll do one of those rare newswraps here. The East Bay Express’s Robert Gammon reported that the previous group showing...
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Save Oakland Sports meeting with Santana, Blackwell (Updated with Oakland...
Update 7:20 PM – Around 4:30 today, an article by the Trib’s Matthew Artz indicated that Oakland officials apologized to Lew Wolff for erroneously stating that the City and Mayor Jean Quan didn’t...
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World Baseball Classic tickets discounted to as little as $8
Tickets for the championship rounds of the World Baseball Classic at AT&T Park were priced quite heavily when they went on sale in December, often forcing fans to buy three-game strips for hundreds...
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Maybe the 49ers should’ve built a dome instead
Remember the famed groundbreaking for the 49ers stadium in 2012? It was a joyous regalia, with red carpet for VIPs and an artificial turf field where the grass field would eventually be placed. Little...
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