The scene at today's game

by Grich4mvp on Jul 13, 2008 10:12 PM PDT Comment 10 comments

Several things worth mentioning after being at today's game:

- The boos rained down loudly on Street after he gave up 2 runs in the 9th inning. Lots of four letter words uttered toward him in my section.

- At the end of the game, before the last pitch, the stadium scoreboard had the Suzuki count at 3-1. When K-Rod struck him out to end the game, the entire crowd instead thought the count was really 3-2. Lots of confused A's fans.

- Nothing will compare to seeing Reggie surprise a "huge" oakland crowd of 29,000 by scoring the winning run from second base. Reggie's hustle sure silenced the drum beating crowd.

- Watching the A's players try to lay down a bunt is comical. I'm not sure they've ever practiced that.

- After the game the oakland fans were walking out of the stadium like complete zombies. Very little was heard on the courcourse. It was a funeral-like atmosphere for the A's fans after the game. Which I didn't mind one bit.

Anyway, a big win that truely exemplifies Angels' style of baseball.

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Man I wish I was there to see it!

Light up the Freakin Halo!

by marshgr on Jul 13, 2008 10:46 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Did it shut up the air horns, too?

One of the few parks that hasn’t banned those damned things.

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by scareduck on Jul 13, 2008 11:46 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I hate those horns

they were blaring incessantly… until Rivera, Reggie and K-rod quieted them down.

by Grich4mvp on Jul 14, 2008 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks for the report

Yeah, the TV broadcast mentioned that the scoreboard was wrong during Suzuki’s AB.

29,000 fans to see their supposed arch-rival? Wow. The place must’ve looked a quarter full!

by yeswecan on Jul 14, 2008 12:20 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

It was pretty full actually

Remember, in an effort to boost demand, they limit supply there by covering the entire upper deck (which is bigger than the old upper deck at the Big A pre-97 makeover) with an ugly green tarp. It hasn’t worked, as Oakland is near the botton in attendance.

Capacity is only 34,000… so it was pretty full. They were giving out Dave Stewart repica jerseys, too, which may have impacted turnout.

by Grich4mvp on Jul 14, 2008 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs