I grew up an A’s fan in SoCal. All my friends were Dodgers fans and when I wanted to see the A’s I had to brave the buffoons that fill Anaheim Stadium. They as a whole are an unfriendly lot. They get drunk, swear and taunt you, so prepare for the worst. If they lose it will be worse for you. If they win they will ride you like a you are a rented mule.

I have seen some many amazing moments in baseball history at that “belly of the beast” I saw Hank Aaron in his waning days hit a mile high pop up that to my young eyes looked like it could have touched the moon. I watch Jim Abbott’s first game when the very first batter bunted in front of the mound….and he deftly picked it up and threw the runner out. I watched them take the big A down, build it into a big football stadium and then open it back up for baseball yet again.

Good luck my friend! Wear the colors well but my god, these are not A’s fans. They can be real a-holes so be careful!

I see things haven’t improved over the years. I was last there in 1984. My friends and I sat on a patch of grass as we waited for the Big A to open and it didn’t take five minutes for the local gestapo to chase us off. We had no idea that grass was to be looked at but not touched. This was when the Rams still played there and long before they moved the Flintstones into the left-centerfield bleachers. I hear it’s a much nicer stadium since the Rams left and their version of Mt. Davis was torn down.

The fans are mostly docile, but they get much more vocal if their team happens to be beating yours. Also, ever since the story about the rat infestation broke last year in the Register, I just view the place as waiting to be ground zero for the plague so the thought of eating anything there kind of makes me want to throw up.

It’s really too bad because that’s really my main option for local live baseball. Dodger Stadium is really far (I like the atmosphere of Dodger Stadium a lot more as the fans really get into the game – especially in the bleachers).

up to an NRA convention wearing a t-shirt that reads “Guns Kill People”

and not appearing to be played by tiny specks… and you also want to be able to see the ball in play… and don’t want to feel like you’re about to fall right off the steep face of your section…

...don’t sit in any section that begins with the number “5.”

there suck the proverbial donkey schlong (ok, maybe that’s not proverbial…). Here’s my take on it:

http://www.athleticsnation.com/2006/9/29/154550/028

As you can see, I hog-tied the rally monkey, but only a small one, and I was protected by 130 A’s fans. But Angels fans are pretty well-heeled, if zombie-like, reacting only to video footage of monkeys and t-shirts shot out of t-shirt cannons by oversexed junior members of the Crystal Cathedral.

Parking at Nationals Bar and Grill a block away will save you some money and allow you to grab a bite/pint before the game.

I recommend

They will let you bring your own food into the stadium since they found rats in the Aramark kitchen.

If you wait until the first pitch, scalpers practically give away their remaining tickets outside the stadium.

The friends and families of the opposing teams get comp tickets in sections 224 and 225 – great place to watch a game if you are an opposing fan, but they are ticket checking nuts until after the 2nd inning in these sections.

I lived there for a year in the late ‘90’s and went to a few games, including at least one against the A’s. I and/or my then girlfriend always wore an A’s hat and no one ever said anything to us. Of course, this was before the monkey and the “sea of red” nonsense. It is a nice stadium, at least it was 10 years ago.
TIP: If you are going to Disneyland, do not try to get intimate with your dear friend on The Haunted Mansion. They WILL stop the ride and march you both out of the park.

I shared a taxi with you after the game! I was waiting in the parking lot with my friend, who sat in the front seat. We were going to the same conference as your friend, and we were going to the hotel on the same street as you.

I should have thought to ask if you knew about AN! Nice to “meet” you. Too bad I didn’t make it to AN Day yesterday or maybe I would have recognized you. I went today & got the Dave Stewart jersey.