{"id":5052,"date":"2024-09-22T21:29:29","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T04:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/?p=5052"},"modified":"2024-09-22T21:29:29","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T04:29:29","slug":"oakland-alameda-county-coliseum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/oakland-alameda-county-coliseum\/","title":{"rendered":"Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum"},"content":{"rendered":"

My turn for this, I suppose.<\/p>\n

The last A’s game I went to was September 2, 1996.\u00a0 It was the Yankees vs. The A’s, and David Cone was coming off a stint on the DL\/IL.\u00a0 he pitched 7 innings of no-hit ball against the A’s but he was on a pitch count so he was taken out of the game.<\/p>\n

The last time I was in the Arena was for a preseason exhibition game with the newly-formed San Francisco Spiders hockey team.\u00a0 I can’t recall who they played, or the exact date, but it must have been in September of 1995.<\/p>\n

The last time I visited the area was April 4th, 2021, for my first COVID-19 vaccination.<\/p>\n

I recall other baseball and one basketball game I’d attended.<\/p>\n

We were there the weekend in 1981<\/a> when the A’s opened the season with 11 straight wins.\u00a0 I don’t recall if we were there for the 10th win on Saturday, or the 11th win of the first game of a Sunday double header.<\/p>\n

My gaming group surprised our DM on his birthday by getting tickets to a A’s-Tigers game, as he was a big Detroit Tigers fan.<\/p>\n

As for basketball, the one Warriors game that I attended at the Arena (the other was at the Shark Tank, of all places) was a Lakers-Warriors matchup where the only thing I really remember was that we had seats above and behind a backboard, and Magic Johnson scored on a breakaway right at us.\u00a0 It might have been a slam dunk, too, but my memory fails me.\u00a0 It probably was, though.<\/p>\n

So those are my few stories about the Oakland-Alameda County Stadium.<\/p>\n

And even though I’m not an A’s fan, I will miss them and the Bay Area rivalry with the Giants.<\/p>\n

I’ve felt that feeling of loss, when we almost lost the Giants after the 1992 season.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, I don’t see a last minute save by local investors to keep this team where I feel they belong.<\/p>\n

My heart goes out to A’s fans everywhere, but especially to the ones who live around the area and\/or have been loyally attending games for years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My turn for this, I suppose. The last A’s game I went to was September 2, 1996.\u00a0 It was the Yankees vs. The A’s, and David Cone was coming off a stint on the DL\/IL.\u00a0 he pitched 7 innings of no-hit ball against the A’s but he was on a pitch count so he was … <\/p>\n

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