2 questions for fellow ANers

by Spidz34 on Apr 3, 2007 5:24 PM PDT

1st, I was wondering if there was anyway to cheat the MLB ticket blackout restrictions on MLB.com for games like tomorrow. I've tried a number of things but none have seemed to work.

2nd, i was also wondering if anyone has ever seen A's hats in a solid blue color or if they know of a good hat website with some unique A's hats.

Sorry for this boring diary but I've been looking for answers to both these questions for a while and this was a last resort. Anyways, hopefully Blanton picthes well tonight and the bats wake up a little... well, I cant really blame any hitter for yesterdays preformance, hopefully Felix doesn't pitch like tat against us again. I believe were due for a win tonight

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solid blue A's caps

Dunno where/if they're available online, but I have a solid navy blue A's cap with the "A's" in white lettering circled by "Oakland Athletics 1968" (IIRC). I bought it a couple years ago at the Coli. The cap is all cotton and has the standard buckle-strap-snap adjustable band.

I believe the cap is a standard MLB-wide model, available for every team in the same format/color.

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by monkeyball on Apr 3, 2007 5:31 PM PDT reply actions

telegraph avenue

if it exsists, its on telegraph. i recently saw a red hat with the Athletics elephant in black..... yeah it was weird, i bet they have something there

That's what grown men do, This ain't my first rodeo. ...

by OAKobsession on Apr 3, 2007 6:55 PM PDT up reply actions

sometimes on the BART bridge

by OaklandSi on Apr 3, 2007 8:34 PM PDT up reply actions

And only $5!

by easyraider on Apr 4, 2007 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions

set up a proxy

go to a site like www.publicproxyservers.com or just google "public proxy servers" and go down the list of the anonymous ones.

go to tools ---> internet options ---> lan settings --> set up proxy or something like that order for Internet Explorer.

for Firefox, go tools --> options ---> network tab ---> settings ---> manual proxy

copy and paste the public proxy and port in there and try it out. its trial and error til you find one that works smoothly or at all. it will probably take you 15-20 minutes, so do so before the game.

by fadedash on Apr 3, 2007 5:49 PM PDT reply actions

dude that worked man

Im watching the A's game right now on MLB.com. Hahaha!!! fuck you Selig!!!!
On a side note, do you know whats funny about MLB.com games, is that when the game goes to commerical, it shows this "Pong" type animation. that bounces a ball around the screen hella slow...

"I Will Not Relent, I Am Driven"... Clutch

Bring Back The Bash!!!

by Shippee33 on Apr 3, 2007 7:05 PM PDT up reply actions

thx

it worked. huge favor!!! now i can see Harden pitch tomorrow!

by Spidz34 on Apr 3, 2007 7:22 PM PDT up reply actions

Google is thy friend...

At first, I thought it sacrilege to have an A's hat that was not green and gold (I'm looking at you, pink!).

Then I remembered that the A's of long ago wore blue, and did a search for "Philadelphia A's hat". Here are a couple places selling blue A's hats:

http://www.dugout-memories.com/kanat...
http://www.mickeysplace.com/index.ph...

by calgbear on Apr 3, 2007 6:00 PM PDT reply actions

The place to go for vintage hats

is The Cooperstown Ballcap Company. These people make amazing hats -- out of soft, tough wool and genuine horsehide.

They can make any major league hat that has ever been worn, and virtually any minor-league hat. The A's' colors were blue and white in Philadelphia and in KC until the mid-60s, and it looks like there's about 20 blue hats with an "A" on them that you can buy.

Click on the link above, and pick "Athletics" on the "Team" drop-down menu.

Also, check out the Oakland Oaks caps (or, if you're in Sacto, the Solons caps).

Warning: you can waste hours at this site!

"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s

by Nick on Apr 3, 2007 6:12 PM PDT reply actions

I also like

Ebbets Field Flannels, from whom I got this Cuban League replica cap I like a lot.

"He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man." --Dr. Johnson

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Apr 3, 2007 6:17 PM PDT up reply actions

I just saw this on Cooperstown Ballcap

It's the 1972 USSR amateur team.

Now that is a logo!

BTW, does Ebbets use historically-accurate cuts for their old caps? The pix on the website make it look like all the caps have a modern cut.

"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s

by Nick on Apr 3, 2007 6:27 PM PDT up reply actions

Man, that's sweet!

I'm the proud owner of this replica Vladislav Tretiak hockey jersey, which I break out every May Day.

As to "historically accurate cuts" for caps, I'm a bit out of my depth, but Ebbets Field Flannels touts its commitment to authenticity very convincingly.

"He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man." --Dr. Johnson

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Apr 3, 2007 6:50 PM PDT up reply actions

See below

I think Cooperstown wins the authenticity contest hands down.

"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s

by Nick on Apr 3, 2007 6:54 PM PDT up reply actions

Oh, and that is a GREAT jersey!

Does it have anything on the back?

"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s

by Nick on Apr 3, 2007 6:57 PM PDT up reply actions

Tretiak's #20

White numbering on red back, with the white stripes on the bottom continuing around on the back. No name.

"He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man." --Dr. Johnson

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Apr 3, 2007 7:12 PM PDT up reply actions

Very Cool

I notice that they also have a couple from the short-lived 1910-11 Central California League (class D) in the East Bay: the Berkeley Clarions and the Alameda Alerts. Pricey, but still tempting.

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by andeux on Apr 3, 2007 6:38 PM PDT up reply actions

They are pricey

($44 bucks) but they will last forever, and they're great caps. And I just checked on the Ebbets Field Flanels site about their cap design. Here's what they say:

By now you have seen dozens of so-called "vintage" or "throwback" hats by our competitors. These usually fall into one of two categories: Completely modern caps with an old logo embroidered on it, or "fashion" slouchy cotton hats with a hole in the back.

Well, that ain't Cooperstown Ballcap. Authentic designs, hand-made in wool flanel and horsehide.

By comparison, our ballcaps are exact reproductions of the finest professional hats worn historically. We used an early-50s original Cleveland Indians cap as our template. Fabric is wool broadcloth. Crown is soft with goat hair buckram backing. There is satin taping between the panels. Lettering is faithfully reproduced, whether embroidery or felt.

(emphasis added)

So, they used a 1950's Indians' hat as their template for every cap they make? What the hell kind of sense does that make?

Ebbetts is cheaper ($25) but I think you get what you pay for. And those Alameda and Berkeley caps on Cooperstown look really cool.

"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s

by Nick on Apr 3, 2007 6:52 PM PDT up reply actions