OT: Cupie and the A's Friday, July 9th

From going in June and last season I know…
1. We always get our tickets by walking up. Although we pay for bleachers and then move because our tickets are never checked.
2. I drive in from Davis, but instead of paying the $15 for parking we park at the BART station for FREE and use the walkway which connects the two.
3. Our guys have been extremely friendly when approached pre-game.

Enjoy! Fans aren’t as bad as everyone makes them out to be in my dozen experiences the past 4 years.

1. You have to do Alcatraz—great trip and educational experience
2. the Embarcadero (sp?)—the kids love it, and take the trolley there if you can

Walk ups are cool, Oakland never sells out. You’ll see as many Angels fans there as A’s fans. Depending on the age of your kids, San Francisco can be great. You should certainly tour Fisheman’s Whorf, that’s great for all ages. If you make a weekend out of it, Alcatraz isn’t bad. The PF Changs in San Francisco is my 2nd favorite outside of the one in San Diego. There are tons of good hotels, if you’re looking for something downtown and close proximity to everything, King’s Cross Hotel isn’t bad, and it’s affordable.

You should be able to get any tickets you want…

With Billy Beane selling them to you personally after begging you to watch the A’s in the first place.

Living in Sacramento, I usually only get to see the halos when they’re in Oak-town. I usually take the BART in, it’s very easy. (parking at the colosseum is $17). Seriously, you have to pay seventeen bucks to park your car… In Oakland! They should pay me to feel comfortable about leaving my car in Oakland for three hours.

Also, pay attention to the news, if the verdict on the BART shooting goes in favor of the cop, stuff may get violent in the east bay.

Don’t worry about A’s fans, they’re not from Oakland. They try to act like it, but they’re really from Los Gatos…not mention that there will only be about 5,000 of them there.

Bring a sweatshirt, sit near the Angels bullpen, and have fun!

I went to a game up there a couple years ago so from memory…

2. I bought before but only because I wanted really good seats. Obviously walk-ups won’t be an issue if you just want to be in the park.
3. BART for sure. Cheap and easy and you don’t have to deal with traffic and parking.
4. We’ve been absolutely DYING to get back up to San Fran to check out the newest additions to the Academy of Sciences museum in Golden Gate Park. We spent a few hours there last time we were in the city, but since then they’ve added a 4 story rainforest and a living roof. Sick.

1. You, your family and about 12 A’s fans
2. Best purchase in advance, they haven’t had a walk-up purchase in 11 years, I doubt they still staff the box office at game time
3. Police escort seems prudent
4. Family recommendation? Don’t go to Oakland

(Have a great time, by the way, I’m just jealous)

2) buy tickets before so you dont have to walk around that shit hole to the box office. it is a friday and if no give-away tickets will be available, but a rip off.
3) Fridays in the bayArea are more like a parking lot. You can use car pull but that still will not help. If it is a night game leave early get to game for batting practice and to beat traffic on bart, in a car traffic starts at 3pm and over the bay bridge it last until 10. You will get back late when you take bart but it is best bet if your close to a bart station. Parking at the shit hole is alot too but if you have a large family it maybe cheaper then bart.
4) Go to the golden gate park. the Academy of Science is nice but packed on the weekends. i recommend taking a tour of the city that stops at alot of locations, one of those double decker buses. and if you want to travel go to santa cruz boardwalk.

I want to set up a meet up on the weekend tail gate at the a’s game
have a good time and dont eat the food at in Oakland it is crap get a foot long at subway

They have a couple tunnels you walk through where the water is all around you. Its really cool- especially for kids- when the fish swim over you and you feel like you are underwater.
Chinatown is fun, especially if you go for breakfast and get some dim sum its delicious.
Alcatraz is awesome- go on the night tour, it is way worth the extra couple bucks for the views of SF at night.
Ive always enjoyed old san francisco too- the mission is a pretty cool thing to see (although the neighborhood isnt great)
Have fun its a cool place to visit

about going to the Saturday game. I’m in Vegas so it’s gonna be like a road trip. I’d like to be on the Angels dugout area but I have to study the seating chart to do so.

Locals tips
I also highly recomend the BART when going to the coliseum. There is amazing food everywhere so look up on Yelp for whatever area you are going to be in.

1. I’m going friday night.

2. Walk up are definitely doable. Last time I was there 75% of the stadium was empty. You can pretty much get seats wherever you want.

3. BART is the best option for travel. It’ll be about $10 dollars or so round-trip from downtown.

4. Golden gate park is always a good experience, especially now that the Academy of Sciences and De young museum is there. There’s also the SF Exploratorium, which is a hands-on science museum so to speak. Kids seem to love it. Naturally fisherman’s wharf and Chinatown are always cool too.

and attend the September series at the Coliseum instead. The city of Oakland is bracing for riots pending the outcome of the BART shooting trial.

Info here – http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-bart-shooting-20100707,0,5491234.story

Even the Athletics are warning the Angels –
http://fromthedugout.ocregister.com/2010/07/06/as-ask-mlb-to-warn-angels-of-potential-riots/60527/