Comments on: Tonight’s ticket

By: Nicosan

Nicosan — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 19:22:11 +0000

@ML If Baseball Oakland or Save Oakland Sports folks were really, really serious about Coliseum City coming to fruition, they would push the issue in the public with the candidates both for council and for BOS since both populate the Authority. Get a commitment from both as to what steps they will take to make it happen post election. But I don’t think they are savvy enough to do that. I just welcome IDLF being out of elected office because the very little I know about East Bay politics, he has had his hands on so much FAIL that has come to hurt the A’s staying in Oakland for so many years.0

By: Sid

Sid — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 19:19:37 +0000

@Anon- My pleasure, since I can only go to a handful of games a year from San Jose I figure why pay a little more $$ and get better seats.

Your right on the traffic along with PJK. It is terrible going from San Jose to Oakland at night.

35 miles may as well be 70 with the traffic, even taking BART is still not very fast as you still have to drive to Fremont.

That distance is the only reason why I do not have some sort of season tickets for the A’s and Giants for that matter, I would for sure invest into 20 games on the left line if either team was in the South Bay.

By: Anon

Anon — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 05:45:45 +0000

@ pjk – i was there tonight as well and made the horrendous trek from sunnyvale through 237 to 880N right in the middle of rush hour. Excruciatingly painful in bumper to bumper traffic, but it’s the price we SBers pay to see the A’s! To me crowd wasn’t bad (i’ve seen worse) and we stayed into the end (with everyone doing the wave nonetheless) even after Shields absolutely baffled us….

By: pjk

pjk — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 05:07:35 +0000

Anon: My son (pre-driving age) and I constitute a “carpool.” It was a clunker of a game, both on the field and in the stands, with the sparse crowd. FWIW, anybody who thinks the A’s can market to Silicon Valley companies even if the team is 35 miles away needs to try out the one-hour-plus, rush hour drive from San Jose to Oakland for themselves. Absolutely inconvenient for businesses looking to lease suites…

By: Anon

Anon — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 01:16:05 +0000

@ Oakland Fan – depends….did 2006 do anything to bolster Oakland’s chances? Not really. If anything, the next year attendance declined (for various reasons).
@ Sid – thanks again for your accounts. Just got some field level seats and heading out now with some buds…

By: Oakland Fan

Oakland Fan — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 01:09:03 +0000

If the A’s make a deep playoff run this year, say ALCS or World Series, does that help or hurt Lew Wolff’s case for San Jose? On the one hand, it would be impossible to make the argument that the A’s can’t compete in a market like Oakland. Alternatively, Wolff could highlight the fact that despite having an incredible season, the A’s barely drew an average of 20,000 fans a game. Thoughts?

By: hecanfoos

hecanfoos — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 01:04:04 +0000

Damn it ML, I wish I would have known. My sons, their friends and I were just a few rows behind you, row 31. Too bad you weren’t sitting with us, I think the young blonde lady w/the #69 A’s jersey, short shorts and cowboy boots was was a bit behind you. Quite the sideshow.

By: Anon

Anon — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 00:41:49 +0000

@ Sid – thanks for sharing your accounts. I’m tempted to go tonight just to grab some MVP seats myself!
@ PJK – hope you avoid 880N traffic by going early with carpool. It can be terrible during rush hour!

By: Sid

Sid — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 21:31:28 +0000

Also, $50 bucks a seat out the door for a Monday night game against a good team 3 rows back from the visitors dugout is a steal and a half……$50 would not get me no where near that close at the Giants game last night.

By: Sid

Sid — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 21:30:15 +0000

At the game last night too, 3 rows back from the visitors dugout, MVP Box 114.

Left end of the 14th inning because of taking the train back to Fremont and then driving home to San Jose.

Wish I snuck in a flask of Jameson to get me by. LOL!

Hicks hitting that HR off Price in the 7th shows how this team is going right now. Who would have thought the A’s would have a better record than the Giants on 7/31??