Tag Archives: 'athletics'

• NL

  Just now, via work IM… reyonthehill: Holliday was traded. reyonthehill: St. Louis for three players reyonthehill: National Leaguers co-worker: saw that this AM. It was in the works since opening day, as far as i’m concerned reyonthehill: I didn’t realize the NL was still in business. co-worker: yes, still in business co-worker: apparently, letting pitchers [...]

• White Elephants

  Live, right now, on NBC in the bay area: SF Giants vs. Oakland A’s, played in Oakland. By rule, er, by law, all games of the bay series should be played in San Francisco and their beautiful waterside ballpark, AT&T Park (formerly and still locally known as Pac Bell Park), not simply for the sake [...]

• First Come, First Served

  The A’s have tried almost everything. They offer $2 tickets on Wednesdays (along with $1 hot dogs, although they are not regular-sized hot dogs; I also believe there is a limit of 10 per person per transaction). They have an all-you-can-eat section (a true-blue value of $35). But still their seats remain empty, thousands of [...]

• Dot-Me

  Inspired by a heated discussion at work today — on the topic of Jason Kendall, no less, the worst player in Oakland A’s history; I think I won that debate — I am thinking of starting a baseball-themed website. Unfortunately, every domain known to man has been squatted, so I was left with either thenineteenthbestbaseballwebsite-dot-com [...]

• A’s Superfan Network: Phillies 4, A’s 0

  The A’s Superfan Network was on-air during last Wednesday’s much-hyped A’s / Phillies game in Oakland, a heated rivalry that goes back decades. Will Carter co-hosted. Special Guests: Aly Roth and Dev Millstein. And here’s a view from the perch where the podcast was conducted… $2 tickets and $1 hot dogs; bring the family.

• Superfan Interview

  A photo of an in-game interview during the most recent A’s Superfan Network podcast… These are the four things I like about this photograph… 1. Technology. I am podcasting effortlessly from the upper-deck of a decades-old stadium. With ease. I’m using my cellphone, and it works effortlessly. Thank you, Cisco, you started all of this. [...]

• A’s Superfan Network: Blue Jays 2, A’s 1

  The A’s Superfan Network returned to air during last Wednesday’s A’s / Blue Jays game in Oakland. The only thing that was not dull about the 2-1 game… was the podcast (co-hosted with Will Carter). Special Guests: Aly Roth and Rhys Jones.

• Thomas Returns, No Money Down

  In baseball news, my Oakland Athletics landed a shadow of a slugger in Frank Thomas today. Thomas had been with the club a couple years ago. I would say that Thomas is now the most overpaid player in team history (after Jason Kendall, that is), but the A’s will only pay the designated hitter $337k. [...]

• Kendall Plain Sucked

  I have been so happy since I learned that my beloved Oakland Athletics traded the worst player in baseball — Jason Kendall — to the Cubs. Words do not describe it. (Almost every edition of the A’s Superfan Network included a conversation on the disaster that was Kendall’s time in Oakland.) From my local paper… [...]

• In the News

  - Although it may be somewhat undemocratic, a smaller group of presidential aspirants in the debates would be more beneficial. – Politicians who once showed off their support for Bush are now hoping he stays away come election cycle. This hypocrisy should be covered in the media. The president was once a darling of the [...]

• Philadelphia, My Second Home

  Being all but displaced from my hometown, Buffalo (well, actually, a suburb northeast of Buffalo), my second home has become Philadelphia. I had spent time there courting my future wife after college before moving to California. My wife’s family is nearby, just over the border in New Jersey, and her sister lives in Center City [...]

• Teams I Follow

  There are now officially three teams that I follow in major sports. They are Buffalo Sabres hockey, Oakland A’s baseball, and Syracuse Orange basketball. And that is it. I am still a fan of the Buffalo Bills, even if their uniforms do make me sick, but pro football is the absolute worst sport to follow. [...]

• A’s 1, Giants 0

  Barry Bonds hit one hard line drive to left and one relatively deep fly ball to left-center (on a hit where the anti-Giants and anti-Bonds fans suddenly turned into rooting and hollering Bonds home run 714 lunatics) in a two-hit shutout loss handed by the rival Oakland Athletics. With two outs in the top of [...]