Came across this gem of a photo recently. I invited some friends & family to come with us to an A’s game because I had a deal on really good lower level seats & Jordin Sparks happened to be holding a small concert after the game. A few rows in front of us, a bunch of friends had a bit too much to drink. Fortunately for us, they’re emotional drunks. One of the few fights that occurred within their group was between this teary-eyed guy & his buddy. Everyone that sat at least four rows behind them were watching intently, a soap opera drama unfolding
It was so entertaining, Clay video recorded a portion of the scuffle, dubbed with their custom audio track.
Flickr: A's games 2009
Bay Area, Photo of the day, baseball, photography, sports
You don’t see this often at the Coliseum: a bride & groom taking their wedding photos in the field level aisle. They couldn’t have chosen a better day—the weather was perfect for such an occasion. Much props to these newlyweds, hardcore A’s fans!
The A’s killed the Texas Rangers 9 to 1 that evening, mainly because of our section’s jeering of the Rangers’s left fielder David Murphy & my sign that took me hours of crafting on illustration board the night before:
I'mma let you finish...
Muuuuuurphy!
Wedding photos at the Oakland Coliseum
Bay Area, Photo of the day, baseball, sports, wedding
Baseball is fun. Playing dress-up is fun. Getting free stuff is fun. Yep, this was a nice way to spend a Sunday afternoon.
The A’s celebrated their 80th anniversary of the 1929 season with Turn-Back-the-Clock Day. They went all out as much as they could with the presentation: the jumbotron was in black & white, people drove on the field in cars of the period, some people dressed up & for the first few thousand fans, they received a replica blue jersey. The jerseys were blue on cream white—colors of the A’s back when they were still in Philadelphia.
The only bad news: Cindy got hit in the head with a batting practice ball at home run depth. We had her checked at the First Aid booth in the Coliseum as a precaution, but it looks like she’ll be fine (maybe just a bad bruise on her forehead).
At least she has a nice jersey.
A's 1929 throwback day
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Cindy’s friend Ivy, a long-time friend from college, wanted to celebrate her birthday outside of the traditional grown-up birthday party: she decided to throw it on the softball field.
It was kinda unusual (for me) at first, but once it began, I’ve realized it’s been such a long time since I’ve played in the dirt. It didn’t take long for me to cut loose & have fun out there. With any softball birthday parties, the game usually wraps up with the game-ending cake:
Happy birthday, Ivy! We look forward to many more softball parties in the future.
Ivy's softball party in El Cerrito
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August 1, 2009 will be special for many Oakland Athletics fans. Rickey Henderson, baseball’s greatest lead-off man, retired his jersey number 24 forever in Oakland. I won’t go into too much details into his stats since it has been mentioned so much on the Internet, so I’ll let this site do it for me. Oakland is so proud to have a home-grown kid as talented as Rickey, which is why they dedicated the month of August 2009 to be Rickey Henderson month.
They laid out a long red carpet all the way from the center field wall to second base, where he met many of his former teammates. What I didn’t realize initially until Rickey lifted the base from its place was that it was plated in gold:
Stealing a gold-plated 2nd base
At the end of his speech, Rickey asked the crowd to chant Run, Rickey, Run one last time. The crowd roared & Coliseum was filled with a unison chant. The experience was magical.
Rickey Henderson Day
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