Look whose field is going to be trampled by 300-lb. linemen soon? Pic from Wikipedia Commons/Eric Chan AT&T Park, one of those baseball-only-first facilities. As part of renovations to Cal’s Memorial Stadium, Cal’s football team will temporarily play their six home games of the 2011 season at China Basin. The schedule is as follows so [...]

Over Mother’s Day weekend, I decided to give my beautiful wife a day away from her four kids (our three daughters and me). I thought it would be fun to make this day away from Mom an economic experiment of sorts. The question: Could we sit in the Value Deck, bring our lunch but still [...]

What a game. So efficient. Such great control. Do your thing Dallas, and fans, please give it up for the 209. Pic from the Trib BTW, the hug with his grandma made me a little verklempt. Braden lost his mother to cancer in high school, and his grandmother raised him. I lost my mom to [...]

Now here’s something you won’t see given to A’s fans for a long time. It’s the Giants’ current ticket pricing list, with different prices set per series or even per game within a series. Don’t worry that the resolution of the table is too low to be legible, click it to get the PDF. As [...]

A day later, there’s a bit of squawking from the media about the rather pitiful turnout Monday night, coupled with Jorge Leon’s mongoose to Lew Wolff’s snake. I didn’t know about the Leon-Wolff exchange until Tuesday morning, but yeah, I was there for the game. I hadn’t noticed it previously, but this season the A’s [...]

In the world of salesmanship regarding cities and stadia, there are lots of documents. Some are required, such as the environmental impact report. Others, such as economic impact reports, are often little more than glorified press releases. EnvIR’s have well-detailed rules and process, whereas EconIR’s don’t have rules and tend to be written for a [...]

This morning I’m at Peralta Elementary School for the community meeting. Jane Brunner is running the show. Here’s a pic of the nice turnout so far. Brunner is explaining how as much of a fan she is, the real reason she supports an A’s stadium is economic development. Nina from KQED arrived to grab audio [...]