San Francisco
Ballpark Assessment
| Category Score (0 to 10) | TOTAL (0 to 50) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location | Atmosphere | Food | Exterior Architecture | Interior Architecture | |
| 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 19 |
Wow, horrible. The A's share Oakland Colesium with the Raiders, and it is clear that the stadium was designed for the NFL team. The stadium is sized to hold 63K people, which makes it look really empty when 15K people show up for a baseball game. The upper deck was completely closed and the seats in that level are covered with Oakland A's signs. The food options are very limited, and you can't see the field from the concourse as it is behind concrete walls that needlessly separate the field from the concession areas. Also, the barbed wire that separated the Oakland Colesium from the railroad tracks and the BART stop was a particularly nice touch.
Despite the poor interior and exterior of the standium, it is easy to get to/from as it is a stop on orange and green lines of the BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) system. That is what I used to travel to the game.
Side note: For what it's worth, the stadium is right next door to the Oracle Arena, Home of the Golden State Warriors.
Game Comments (courtesy of MLB.com)
Game Date: July 25, 2010
Attendance: 17,148
Weather: 63 degrees F, sunny
Length of Game: 2 hours, 46 minutes
Final Score: Oakland Athletics 6, Chicago White Sox 4
Final Score: Oakland Athletics 6, Chicago White Sox 4
After a record nine winless starts following his perfect game on May 9, Dallas Braden had the stuff and got the run support to get back in the victory column and give the A's a series win over the White Sox.
Stories from the Road
I took a late Saturday afternoonflight from Seattle to San Francisco. That night I had decided to stay at a Sheraton Four Points near the airport, which seemed to offer the best value that hotel points could buy. However, I was a little miffed when I had to pay for breakfast the next morning at the hotel when I could I have gotten a free breakfast a nearby Marriott property for a little more hotel points. Oh well. Live and learn.
Sunday morning, after a little bit of exercise at the hotel gym and an unnecessarily expensive hotel breakfast, I met my uncle for the game. We parked in downtown Oakland, next to Lake Merritt, and took BART to the game.
After the game ended in the late afternoon, we walked around downtown Oakland for a bit and then drove around the Bay Area for a couple of hours where I got the abridged version of a Bay Area sight-seeing tour. I was really shocked how cold and windy it was throughout the city. Chicago has nothing on Bay Area wind! We walked across THE Golden Gate Bridge against VERY strong wind and, I suspect, near freezing temperatures. You really feel the brunt of Pacific Ocean wind when you are standing in the middle of that Bay. I now have a greater appreciation of Pacific Coast deep sea fishermen. Afterwards, we headed to Japantown for dinner and passed by some of the city government buildings in downtown before I headed to the airport for my red eye flight to Chicago.
I took a late Saturday afternoonflight from Seattle to San Francisco. That night I had decided to stay at a Sheraton Four Points near the airport, which seemed to offer the best value that hotel points could buy. However, I was a little miffed when I had to pay for breakfast the next morning at the hotel when I could I have gotten a free breakfast a nearby Marriott property for a little more hotel points. Oh well. Live and learn.
Sunday morning, after a little bit of exercise at the hotel gym and an unnecessarily expensive hotel breakfast, I met my uncle for the game. We parked in downtown Oakland, next to Lake Merritt, and took BART to the game.
After the game ended in the late afternoon, we walked around downtown Oakland for a bit and then drove around the Bay Area for a couple of hours where I got the abridged version of a Bay Area sight-seeing tour. I was really shocked how cold and windy it was throughout the city. Chicago has nothing on Bay Area wind! We walked across THE Golden Gate Bridge against VERY strong wind and, I suspect, near freezing temperatures. You really feel the brunt of Pacific Ocean wind when you are standing in the middle of that Bay. I now have a greater appreciation of Pacific Coast deep sea fishermen. Afterwards, we headed to Japantown for dinner and passed by some of the city government buildings in downtown before I headed to the airport for my red eye flight to Chicago.
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