On the end of a great trip to visit friends in Santa Cruz, several of us cruised over the hill to Oakland to catch an A's game. 3rd year in a row for this group and it was just as amazing as always. Great weather, barbecuing out in the parking lot before the game, bleacher seats where you can sit wherever you want and a A's win made for a grand trip. For such a large concrete monstrosity surrounded by parking lots, I'm a fan of the Oakland Coliseum. Quite a fun crowd despite the top seats covered off, you always have a good view of the baseball diamond and can get pretty close to the fielders.
A highlight is of course the classic mascots racing around the track. Ricky Henderson, Dennis Eckersley and Rollie Fingers, with their ginormous heads, race from left field underneath us, out around the bases to right field. We had prime seats for the start of the race, and Eckersley gave me a shout out as seen in this picture. I didn't tell him that Kirk Gibson hitting that infamous World Series home run over him is one of my favorite moments in Dodgers history.
And you know we went to In N Out after. California!
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