Oct 12, 2012
I’m a local. By some stroke of luck, I was fortunate enough to grow up in what I think was the golden era of sports in Oakland: the A’s won 5 straight division titles and 3 world series starting in ’71; the Raiders were a perennial powerhouse,...
Oct 4, 2012
As I write this, it will be 41 years tomorrow that my dad extracted my brother and I from school to attend a baseball game. October 5, 1971 was a warm Indian summer morning in the bay area. That afternoon, game 3 of the 1971 American League playoffs would take place...
Jul 5, 2012
Family night at the Coliseum – 9th inning drama to down the Red Sox, capped with a fireworks display viewed from the playing...
Jul 4, 2012
I suppose it’s jealousy, but only to a certain degree. Oakland fans and Boston fans: 2 distinctive breeds. For a variety of reasons, the Oakland A’s draw the largest crowds when three teams are in town: the Giants, Yankees and Red Sox, and at times, it might seem...
Jun 11, 2012
Natalie, member of the class of... 
