10/2: Rally Monday

by OaktownIn06 on Sep 30, 2006 3:50 PM PDT Comment 18 comments

The A's are throwing a party, and you're invited.
From the A's website:

"Monday, October 2 at 5 p.m.@ Oakland City Center for Rally Monday with the A's
Presented by Bank of America Hosted by the A's TV announcer Glen Kuiper
Festivities begin at 5 p.m. with live entertainment from Wonderbread 5, Q & A session with former A's players, and a beer garden at Max's Bar and Diner. By attending the event, you'll receive a 2006 postseason rally towel and have the chance to enter a raffle drawing with prizes including ALDS tickets, game-used memorabilia, and autographed items from current & former players."

http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/oak/fan_forum/rally_monday.jsp

Looks like a blast. Who's going?

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I have a meeting

that I HOPE ends by 5 pm. If it doesn't drag on too long I'll go downtow to the rally...

(oh, and note to Lou Wolff: Oakland has a downtown.World Series parades have been celebrated there four times. So your comment to Fosse during Thursday's game as you got up that you don't know where you'd have a victory parade betrays at the very least some ignorance about the city of Oakland...)

by OaklandSi on Sep 30, 2006 4:38 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Lew Wolff doesn't care about Oakland

Wolff lives with his wife, Jeane, in the Westwood section of Los Angeles.

Lew's thinking: Los Angeles doesn't have a downtown.

by freddy on Oct 1, 2006 3:19 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

if he thinks that

he doesn't know Los Angeles -- which does have a downtown.

by OaklandSi on Oct 1, 2006 7:14 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Lew Wolff knows Oakland...

it's just that he's thinking of having the parade in Fremont.

Or San Jose.

by booya on Oct 1, 2006 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I was being charitable

I know damn well why Wolff isn't mentioning Oakland

by OaklandSi on Oct 1, 2006 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

lew wolff

yeah i heard him say on the telecast earlier this week w/ fosse, "we'll have to figure out where to put the parade."

'72, '73 and '74 there were parades down broadway in downtown oakland. in 1989 i dont think they had a parade because of the earthquake but i do believe there was a celebration rally at jack london square.

by uci anteater on Sep 30, 2006 4:44 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

you're right about 1989

there was some serious damage on Broadway because of the quake...which has long since been fixed.

by OaklandSi on Sep 30, 2006 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

i'm going to head over there after work!

by gotgreen on Sep 30, 2006 5:27 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Good thing it starts at 5 pm

That way everyone can still get a good night's sleep and get up early enough for the flippin' Tuesday morning playoff game.

Thanks, MLB, for putting us in oblivion for the playoffs. 10 AM Tuesday, 10 AM Wednesday, 1 PM Friday. It would be much better if they just played later in the day, even if it meant having 2 or 3 games going on at the same time.

by socal on Oct 1, 2006 2:05 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

On the bright side, I'm glad it's

only a Friday day game, instead of Tuesday/Wednesday. We have a slight chance of getting better attendance on Friday than we would've otherwise (see Minnesota series in '02 for typical midweek day game turnout)

by Rickeyfan on Oct 1, 2006 11:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

yeah, I have tickets

but no way I'd be able to make a Tuesday day game, and Wednesdays are also tought. Friday is the only weekday that I can easily arrange to take off.

by OaklandSi on Oct 1, 2006 11:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I would have had to literally BEG...

...possibly with actual tears... to get tomorrow and/or Wednesday off work. Friday was much easier... :)

"I miss taking showers with Kendall" ~ Brian Giles

by Poppy on Oct 2, 2006 6:59 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

So I guess instead your employer gets

the sort of high productivity on Tuesday and Wednesday that he's come to expect from you during ultra-crucial A's day games.

Same here. If I'm still employed by this time next week it'll only be because of inertia.

The Green and Golden Road to Unlimited Devotion

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Oct 2, 2006 8:38 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

it sounds like fun...

and its on the way home for me as I work in SF... c u there!!!

by curlichick on Oct 1, 2006 4:44 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I won't be there.

I'm in Minnesota right now.

"it's like an alarm clock, WOOT WOOT!" -Bubb Rubb

by secret ASian man on Oct 1, 2006 10:04 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Are you going to the games?

"I miss taking showers with Kendall" ~ Brian Giles

by Poppy on Oct 1, 2006 10:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'll be there:

The old timers are Vida Blue and Campy!!! Those are two guys who's "Grit" we could sure use in the Twinkie DOME!!

"I think we just feel that now is our time." - Nick Swisher

by saint on Oct 2, 2006 8:39 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm going to rally monday!!

4 blocks from my office!

Bill James on Duane Kuiper: "It's absolutely incredible that a player this bad could be given 3000 at bats in the major leagues." -- Baseball Abstract, 1982

by blueconversechucks on Oct 2, 2006 9:26 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs