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^^^Thats the game i bought also. it can still happen, that would be game four of the series. i also bought tickets to the wild card game so i should be getting my refund soon
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and the Rangers (namely Josh Hamilton) have no heart either. They're the worst. The Yankees are cheesy but I understand why they get all the love. A team can't ride that same strategy forever. How else can you build as a team and improve? The A's showed that you really do need heart to fucking win and get something you want. They have the talent, they really did just want it more, as cliched as that is. They also never gave up, despite the many many injuries to the pitching staff and some injuries that could have crippled out fielders too. (Coco, Yoenis, Inge, etc.)
And as for Josh Hamilton, he's a bitch. Look how he played in today's game against the orioles. Guys selfish, isn't interested, and unstable. How else can you explain a manager openly arguing and later ripping (deservedly so) your "team leader," and no one gives a shit. Hamilton also said that being the wild card team was okay because then they would be just like the Cardinals last year. Yeah right! I'm no Cardinals fan but look how they fucking played in the World Series AGAINST Hamilton's team?!!! thats bitchmade shit right there! you guys BLEW winning the division and you're playing it off like its cool? No wonder the team isn't resigning him. I feel sorry for Ron Washington.
And as for Josh Hamilton, he's a bitch. Look how he played in today's game against the orioles. Guys selfish, isn't interested, and unstable. How else can you explain a manager openly arguing and later ripping (deservedly so) your "team leader," and no one gives a shit. Hamilton also said that being the wild card team was okay because then they would be just like the Cardinals last year. Yeah right! I'm no Cardinals fan but look how they fucking played in the World Series AGAINST Hamilton's team?!!! thats bitchmade shit right there! you guys BLEW winning the division and you're playing it off like its cool? No wonder the team isn't resigning him. I feel sorry for Ron Washington.
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Athletics’ fans are Bay Area breed apart
Funny article I stumbled upon, gives you an accurate description of the differences in atmosphere at A's/Giants' games.
By TED SILLANPAA
The Oakland Athletics and their unique fan base are best appreciated from a seat in the Oakland Coliseum. No way to understand what’s happening in Oakland from a seat in the press box.
Comcast’s telecasts of Giants games are nothing like what Comcast does with the A’s. Spend an afternoon in Section 123 at the coliseum and you can see that the cutesy crowd shots that Comcast makes a staple of Giants’ telecasts from AT&T don’t work in Oakland because A’s fans are actually watching the game.
Comcast feeds the Giants TV crew Mike Krukow and Duane Kuiper crowd shots of guys dressed like milk men or people wearing panda hats. The shots of young, upscale families keeping the kids busy during the game are hard to find in Oakland. The A’s fans are keeping score, a lost pastime at today’s game. They’re biting their nails and paying close attention to the game.
The A’s have a blue-collar crowd with roots that run deep. Oh, there are bandwagon jumpers who don’t know the names of the former A’s who’ve had their numbers retired. But, the bulk of the fans in Section 123 have clearly lived with the A’s and never questioned why they’ve had to do it the much maligned coliseum.
Crowd shots in San Francisco are like advertisement for the latest Giants’ merchandise. (Oh, they’re selling Hunter Pence jerseys?) A’s fans throw on their A’s gear that reflects the history of a franchise … one that shuttles players in and out of Oakland at an alarming rate. Giants fans pay full price for the new gear. A’s fans around Section 123 wore jerseys with names like LaRoche, Suzuki, Dye and others long gone from the Oakland roster. How often does Comcast catch a Giants fan in a faded, old Giants’ tee shirt with Uribe on the back?
In Oakland, it’s the name on the front of the gear that counts. In San Francisco, the gear itself is most important.
Mike Krukow makes a lot of soccer moms who show up at AT&T with signs aimed at getting themselves on TV. Four women in their 20s or early 30s waltzed down the aisles in Oakland Sunday, carrying beer, mixed drinks and a horn that one woman blew to get the folks who all seemed to know each other going in what was the A’s latest must-win game. Not sure the Giants would want to sell those hard-drinking gals, dressed for a hot day at the park, in full team gear with that infernal horn … right in the middle of season ticket holders.
A’s fans talk to one another like pals, buddies. That comes from spending time at the ball park when there are 5,000 or 8,000 in attendance. Easier to make friends in Oakland because the same folks are in the same seats most every night.
You won’t see A’s fans messing around online during a game, not now especially … not with one game separating them and the first-place Rangers. It’s nearly impossible to get any time of sweeping crowd shot at AT&T without wondering why a guy would go to the ball park to scan the internet.
It helps keep the serious, score-keeping, horn-blowing A’s fans involved because tickets are more affordable in Oakland than in San Francisco. They’re there come hell, high water or one of those seasons where Billy Beane turns the entire roster over out of the blue.
It’s just the type of fan interest and ball park experience that doesn’t lend itself to entertaining folks watching at home. No slides. No baseball glove-as-art in the outfield concourse. No beautiful view of the bay. Just baseball, the most interesting bunch in the playoff race and fans who love that team.
Athletics' fans are Bay Area breed apart | Overtime
Funny article I stumbled upon, gives you an accurate description of the differences in atmosphere at A's/Giants' games.
By TED SILLANPAA
The Oakland Athletics and their unique fan base are best appreciated from a seat in the Oakland Coliseum. No way to understand what’s happening in Oakland from a seat in the press box.
Comcast’s telecasts of Giants games are nothing like what Comcast does with the A’s. Spend an afternoon in Section 123 at the coliseum and you can see that the cutesy crowd shots that Comcast makes a staple of Giants’ telecasts from AT&T don’t work in Oakland because A’s fans are actually watching the game.
Comcast feeds the Giants TV crew Mike Krukow and Duane Kuiper crowd shots of guys dressed like milk men or people wearing panda hats. The shots of young, upscale families keeping the kids busy during the game are hard to find in Oakland. The A’s fans are keeping score, a lost pastime at today’s game. They’re biting their nails and paying close attention to the game.
The A’s have a blue-collar crowd with roots that run deep. Oh, there are bandwagon jumpers who don’t know the names of the former A’s who’ve had their numbers retired. But, the bulk of the fans in Section 123 have clearly lived with the A’s and never questioned why they’ve had to do it the much maligned coliseum.
Crowd shots in San Francisco are like advertisement for the latest Giants’ merchandise. (Oh, they’re selling Hunter Pence jerseys?) A’s fans throw on their A’s gear that reflects the history of a franchise … one that shuttles players in and out of Oakland at an alarming rate. Giants fans pay full price for the new gear. A’s fans around Section 123 wore jerseys with names like LaRoche, Suzuki, Dye and others long gone from the Oakland roster. How often does Comcast catch a Giants fan in a faded, old Giants’ tee shirt with Uribe on the back?
In Oakland, it’s the name on the front of the gear that counts. In San Francisco, the gear itself is most important.
Mike Krukow makes a lot of soccer moms who show up at AT&T with signs aimed at getting themselves on TV. Four women in their 20s or early 30s waltzed down the aisles in Oakland Sunday, carrying beer, mixed drinks and a horn that one woman blew to get the folks who all seemed to know each other going in what was the A’s latest must-win game. Not sure the Giants would want to sell those hard-drinking gals, dressed for a hot day at the park, in full team gear with that infernal horn … right in the middle of season ticket holders.
A’s fans talk to one another like pals, buddies. That comes from spending time at the ball park when there are 5,000 or 8,000 in attendance. Easier to make friends in Oakland because the same folks are in the same seats most every night.
You won’t see A’s fans messing around online during a game, not now especially … not with one game separating them and the first-place Rangers. It’s nearly impossible to get any time of sweeping crowd shot at AT&T without wondering why a guy would go to the ball park to scan the internet.
It helps keep the serious, score-keeping, horn-blowing A’s fans involved because tickets are more affordable in Oakland than in San Francisco. They’re there come hell, high water or one of those seasons where Billy Beane turns the entire roster over out of the blue.
It’s just the type of fan interest and ball park experience that doesn’t lend itself to entertaining folks watching at home. No slides. No baseball glove-as-art in the outfield concourse. No beautiful view of the bay. Just baseball, the most interesting bunch in the playoff race and fans who love that team.
Athletics' fans are Bay Area breed apart | Overtime
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I can write an article about how pathetic and fair weather A's fans are too. Numbers don't lie. AT&T is sold out game 1 to the World Series. Can't say the same for Oakland.
"The champ is here"
"The champ is here"
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prodigy91
Looks like Harbaugh's personality is starting to rub off on the fans now...you WIN (the fucking WS no less), and yet find something to bitch about with another team. Priceless.
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What? I was responding to the article. Lol it's a forum where you read and respond. Get it? And what the fuck does Harbaugh have to do with this thread?
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prodigy91
Where are you getting anger from? Do you have a sixth sense or superpower of being able to read emotions online? I was responding to that horrible, biased article.
"The champs are here."
"The champs are here."
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^^^how is it horrible and biased? its fucking true. Everything about the Giants is money motivated. I love the Giants to death and have been to dozens of games at the Stick and 100s more at AT&T. But 6 years ago, no one gave a shit. When the Giants won in 2010, everyone bought a panda hat and a fake beard and acted like they had been fans forever.
Unbiased, trust me- the SF Giants are now up there with the Lakers when it comes to fairweather fans.
And just because people didnt go to A's games during the regular season, can you fucking blame them? I love the Coliseum but people want to spend money on a "nice" experience, as evidenced by AT&T park
and BTW, plenty of Giants fans came out for those A's games too. and were smug faggots about it.
Need I list again all the things the A's have done for the Giants and how close the Giants came to being the St. Petersburg Marlins?
Unbiased, trust me- the SF Giants are now up there with the Lakers when it comes to fairweather fans.
And just because people didnt go to A's games during the regular season, can you fucking blame them? I love the Coliseum but people want to spend money on a "nice" experience, as evidenced by AT&T park
and BTW, plenty of Giants fans came out for those A's games too. and were smug faggots about it.
Need I list again all the things the A's have done for the Giants and how close the Giants came to being the St. Petersburg Marlins?
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He's angry because the focus was taken away from the Giants World Series win. It is amazing, and I love it too. But it only took 56 years to win the first one.
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