Johnny Damon was also a BART rider when he was on the A’s. As I recall he would ride his skateboard to BART from his mansion in some upscale East Bay suburban area.

I can see Damon doing that.

RA Dickey, Ryan Rowland-Smith & Sean Green asked me what train they needed to get on to get to the coliseum from San Francisco.

I love it when players stay down to earth… like Jay-z says “Treat your first like your last and your last like your first” – stay humble. I always BART to games to get out of there faster than waiting in the parking lot… I think if they got rid of the urine smell, a lot more people would be willing to take BART.

also take BART. In fact, when Boston is in town, if you get there before 3 or 4 in the afternoon (when the game is at 7), you will see atleast three or four players walking on the ramp to the coliseum.

Andrew Brown had a car when he first got here (I got his autograph a day or two after his debut when he was leaving the players lot), but my friends have seen him on BART frequently.

the only A’s player who rides BART.

also a lot of players commute together, as well.

I guess it’s their attempt to off-set the damage they do by driving around in Hummers and such.

used to live at South Beach and walk to the park in his first giants stint. That was about the only walks he could manage at the time… and the only thing I ever liked out of him as a player.

I saw A’s manager, Tony La Russa taking BART to the game. I barely said hello cause I could tell he was trying to be low key.

and now that I read all your comments, it seems like a few players do it, too.

I think I read a few years back about how all the teams get hotels in SF, and that a very few players rode BART, usually like three-four bullpen relievers (LOOK! I got autographs from Carmen Cali and Julio DePaula!!...???) together, but this is the first report I’ve seen about anyone since Damon.

also interviewed R. Sweeney who said he has ridden Bart and said that a lot of the players do as well.