AN Day V - The Tailgate - UPDATES!

by baseballgirl on Jun 11, 2008 10:47 AM PDT Comment 49 comments

I am pleased to announce to AN this morning that we have received an anonymous donation from an AN user who has covered the entire cost of renting a tailgate area in the parking lot, so we now have a reserved section for July 12th's game!

Thank you very much. Everyone appreciates your kindness.

This section is located in a different area than the normal parking lot, so it is now more of a 'walk up' event, which we hope will be easier to find. We still need a couple of tables, and some chairs, and the BBQ's I was promised, but we have our own bathrooms (in the loose definition), and a place to dump our coals.

This is just a reminder: I am ordering tickets to this event within the next two weeks, so if you would like to purchase a ticket for $22 (regularly $30), to sit with AN during the game, please PayPal me ASAP at baseballgirl1976 at hotmail dot com for $22 a ticket or email me if you would like to send me a check (tickets will be mailed as soon as I receive them).

Anything extra you guys can bring (especially my Oakland residents) would be appreciated, since this event is 'bring your own tailgate stuff', which means we are looking at tables, chairs, coolers, buns, condiments, meat, drinks, etc. etc, and hopefully we can have enough extra to share with out-of-town ANers. I have a short list of people who have emailed me with offers to help, and I will get an email out coordinating some of this soon.

But BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW!!!!! And let me know if you're coming to the great AN tailgate!!!! (Poll below for a rough count)

Poll

I am coming to the AN tailgate:

and I bought/will buy tickets with the group

20 votes

coming alone, with my own ticket

5 votes

coming with 1 guest, with our own tickets

3 votes

coming with 2 guests, with our own tickets

1 votes

coming with 3 guests, with our own tickets

6 votes

there are 5+ of us (specify), and we have our own tickets

4 votes

39 votes | Poll has closed

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We take this food challenge with the utmost gravity

Oh yes, very seriously. I will be there with my smoker for baby back ribs, plus a fresh salmon I can wink out of Half Moon Bay, I have people there.

A standard grill for chicken and kabobs, cocktails, fine wines and beer, a table, many chairs, and an extra cooler. Superlative fresh green salad offered with the standard potato salad, that’s very important.

Please join us, cooks hate it when no one is around to eat. Come feast with us and have a great time, there is nothing to bring but yourself.

by paradox on Jun 11, 2008 11:02 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

This is going to be great...thanks!

So, bring on Bonds! Or, not... then, bring back Langerhans!! -One won lost one

by baseballgirl on Jun 11, 2008 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

just remember, no handling salmon under suspicious circumstances ...

Why does such a wonderful man like such terrible things? @('.')@

by monkeyball on Jun 11, 2008 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I have it on good authority that it was Joke Line

Why does such a wonderful man like such terrible things? @('.')@

by monkeyball on Jun 11, 2008 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

uh ... AN 3.0 strikes again ...

Weird. It retroactively changed my post.

Riposte was supposed to be: “Remember, no handling of salmon under suspicious circumstances.”

Why does such a wonderful man like such terrible things? @('.')@

by monkeyball on Jun 11, 2008 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wow....that is top notch...

Very impressive.

Bring back Hammer.

by OaktownPower on Jun 11, 2008 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Man

You’re a beast with this spread. Nice!

by Tyler Bleszinski on Jun 11, 2008 6:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wow Paradox!!!

Let me be sure that I understand. You’re bringing all that food?

"We get two outs, and I was sure, and I had a plan, and I shook Tek off," Schilling said. "And I get a big 'What if?' for the rest of my life."

by Imaseasonticketholder on Jun 11, 2008 11:07 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Yes

I’ve been watching the Food Channel for far too long, it’s finally time to show those punks up.

by paradox on Jun 11, 2008 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I bet it was

Michael Scheuer who paid for the tailgate area.

The A's colors are green and gold.

by mikeA on Jun 11, 2008 11:33 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I have it on good authority that it was Joke Line

Why does such a wonderful man like such terrible things? @('.')@

by monkeyball on Jun 11, 2008 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Joe Kleine?

I generally bemoan the profusion of Mr Sabermetric Sporks in the Scrabble ranks who don't know the meaning or usage of 50% of the words they use. -monkeyball

by JediLeroy on Jun 11, 2008 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Question

Is going to an AN tailgate five days before you first child is due a bad idea?

So it goes.

by jeepers on Jun 11, 2008 11:40 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

No. I'm sure we could find a midwife in the crowd if needed!

Story Time: Mr. Poppy & I went to a big Ultimate Frisbee thing with his friends while I was about 8.85 months pregnant (he played in the Frisbee game, obviously, not me). Someone asked me when I was due… I said, “Wednesday.” They moved away from me like I was about to explode.

AN 3.0's Search Function is *hawt*!

by Poppy on Jun 11, 2008 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hahaha...

Are you guys coming to the tailgate?

So, bring on Bonds! Or, not... then, bring back Langerhans!! -One won lost one

by baseballgirl on Jun 11, 2008 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

LOL

So it goes.

by jeepers on Jun 11, 2008 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

If anything, my wife's a Doula

I generally bemoan the profusion of Mr Sabermetric Sporks in the Scrabble ranks who don't know the meaning or usage of 50% of the words they use. -monkeyball

by JediLeroy on Jun 11, 2008 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I had to look that up.

Cool. I’d be an amazing anti-Doula. I’ve got lots of terrifying stories.

AN 3.0's Search Function is *hawt*!

by Poppy on Jun 11, 2008 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Is she from Missoula?

Cotton Candy

by Ice Cream on Jun 11, 2008 10:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

or Pascagoula?

Is it prurient? I don’t know what to tell you. I think it’s odd and interesting. It’s part of life. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Jun 12, 2008 12:11 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I have a pleasant surprise for you

Why does such a wonderful man like such terrible things? @('.')@

by monkeyball on Jun 11, 2008 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

By the way,

when does the MTBNL arrive?

AN 3.0's Search Function is *hawt*!

by Poppy on Jun 11, 2008 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oct 15 is the due date

We’ve pretty much (95% confidence interval) settled on the TBNL part.

Why does such a wonderful man like such terrible things? @('.')@

by monkeyball on Jun 11, 2008 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm pleasantly surprised.

So it goes.

by jeepers on Jun 11, 2008 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

prepare to be even more so

You may likely be about to have a near-namesake.

(How’s that for a hedged bet?)

Is it prurient? I don’t know what to tell you. I think it’s odd and interesting. It’s part of life. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Jun 11, 2008 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's possibly awesome!

So it goes.

by jeepers on Jun 11, 2008 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

How possibly awesome is it …

< / Fosse >

Is it prurient? I don’t know what to tell you. I think it’s odd and interesting. It’s part of life. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Jun 11, 2008 5:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks, BBG and Anonymous Tailgate-Area-Reserving Donor!

I was having second thoughts about promising to get there early enough to help stake out some spaces… :\

AN 3.0's Search Function is *hawt*!

by Poppy on Jun 11, 2008 12:06 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Oops...yes! Yay!

So, bring on Bonds! Or, not... then, bring back Langerhans!! -One won lost one

by baseballgirl on Jun 11, 2008 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

:-D

AN 3.0's Search Function is *hawt*!

by Poppy on Jun 11, 2008 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

First Aid

First Aid Offices:
Emergency treatment may be administered at the First Aid Office behind section 109 (inside C Gate). For larger attendance games, there is an additional First Aid Office at section 143 on the Main Concourse behind centerfield

Children Age Requirements
All guests 24 months or older must have an appropriate ticket for entry. Toddlers under 24 months do not need a ticket to enter the Coliseum, but they must sit on the lap of an accompanying adult.

Diaper Changing Tables – Women’s Restrooms:
Main Concourse: 107/108, 112/113, 122/123, 127/128
Club Concourse: 207/208, 226/227

"We get two outs, and I was sure, and I had a plan, and I shook Tek off," Schilling said. "And I get a big 'What if?' for the rest of my life."

by Imaseasonticketholder on Jun 11, 2008 12:08 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

No diaper changing tables in the men's restrooms?

I think I just got myself bAnNeD from the Coliseum for the next 24 months. Shame that the free admission will go to waste.

So it goes.

by jeepers on Jun 11, 2008 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hunh. Really?

I’ve changed my own diaper in the Coli men’s restroom numerous times, and no one’s ever hassled me about it.

Why does such a wonderful man like such terrible things? @('.')@

by monkeyball on Jun 11, 2008 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

There definitely are....

I saw some dude changing kid at a changing station in a bathroom this weekend

Bring back Hammer.

by OaktownPower on Jun 11, 2008 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The above response is for Jeepers.

"We get two outs, and I was sure, and I had a plan, and I shook Tek off," Schilling said. "And I get a big 'What if?' for the rest of my life."

by Imaseasonticketholder on Jun 11, 2008 12:10 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Hahahaha!!!!!

So, bring on Bonds! Or, not... then, bring back Langerhans!! -One won lost one

by baseballgirl on Jun 11, 2008 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

"bathrooms (in the loose definition)"

NACHO RUNS!

Why does such a wonderful man like such terrible things? @('.')@

by monkeyball on Jun 11, 2008 12:43 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Olestra!

by CoryC123 on Jun 11, 2008 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks to the anonymous benefactor!

I’m so PSYCHED! Nice story about Daryl Rasner being a local Cali boy who used to watch a lot of A’s games. And I also noticed that Duke is leading the AL in ERA but hasn’t pitched enough innings to be on the leader board. Hope he kicks butt tonight!

by A'sfansince1970 on Jun 11, 2008 12:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs