BART Introduces Baseball Card Fare Tickets

by gotgreen on Jul 12, 2005 11:49 AM PDT

BART is going to be issuing a series of tickets featuring players from the A's and giants through the rest of the baseball season! the tickets will look like a baseball card but will work like regular BART tickets.

pretty nifty idea! i like it!

The July tickets, now available, feature Giants Kirk Rueter and J.T. Snow and A's Bobby Crosby and Barry Zito.

Giants Jason Schmidt and Ray Durham and A's Mark Kotsay and Nick Swisher will appear on the cards in August.

In September, the last month of the regular season, Giants Moises Alou and Pedro Feliz, and A's Rich Harden and Eric Chavez will be on the cards.

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here's a sample of one of the tickets

by gotgreen on Jul 12, 2005 11:52 AM PDT reply actions

Okay, that's just plain cool.

"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." ~Rogers Hornsby

by Kyli on Jul 12, 2005 12:10 PM PDT reply actions

Except for

the big-lettered word "AMPLE" running across it.

"Look what we did!"

by ArakSOT on Jul 12, 2005 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions

Sample

The S is on Bobby's Crotch. Thats all.

Change is for the better. For both the A's and in life.

by WhiteElephantGuy on Jul 12, 2005 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions

<thud>

by Jennifer on Jul 12, 2005 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions

Note to self:

In next life, be reincarnated as the letter 's'.

"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." ~Rogers Hornsby

by Kyli on Jul 12, 2005 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions

Word

I'm right there with ya, girl

by MooseKnuckle415 on Jul 12, 2005 7:07 PM PDT up reply actions

::shriek::

<thud>

Amazing...

"I think there's some closet sickos on this team, just waiting to bust out. Even Huston; you can't be a closer and not be a little off." Zito said.

by GreenNGoldGirl on Jul 12, 2005 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions

Honestly, I didn't even intend

to call out to AN boy-crazy girls. I was thinking innocently when I said it. Whatever floats your girls boats. hehe

Change is for the better. For both the A's and in life.

by WhiteElephantGuy on Jul 12, 2005 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions

uh huh, sure

Bobby Crosby and crotch in the same comment. That's innocent alright

Pssst. Over here....i don't bite i promise :)

by ChavysGrl3 on Jul 12, 2005 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions

LOL.

So true.

"I think there's some closet sickos on this team, just waiting to bust out. Even Huston; you can't be a closer and not be a little off." Zito said.

by GreenNGoldGirl on Jul 12, 2005 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions

Shouldn't you girls

be in summer school or softball camp? That was a fast reply. Of course I shouldn't be talking...but at least I'm getting paid to post on AN hahah...

I'm going to call him Bobby Crotchby from now on.

Change is for the better. For both the A's and in life.

by WhiteElephantGuy on Jul 12, 2005 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions

College girls

get the summer off. Thus, lots of time to post dirty thoughts on AN. Woo.

Mmm...Crotchby...

by rookieoftheyear on Jul 12, 2005 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions

I wish I was still in college

then again, Summer in davis blows. Which college you go to?

Change is for the better. For both the A's and in life.

by WhiteElephantGuy on Jul 12, 2005 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions

I am finishing up some GE classes

at community college. After that maybe SF State? Haven't been able to decide yet. :)

by rookieoftheyear on Jul 12, 2005 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions

No better place than the bay during the summer

Thats cool, SF State is pretty good depending on what you're studying. And community colleges are a bargain price for pretty much the same diploma (assuming you transfer). Only thing you pay for in the fancy shmancy 4-year university is better facilities and social programs like the dorm. Transfers have a hard time meeting friends. Education-wise I think they're about the same.

Change is for the better. For both the A's and in life.

by WhiteElephantGuy on Jul 12, 2005 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions

Eh. I visited SF State

recently and wasn't overly impressed. But I guess comparing it to So. Cal schools isn't really that fair. I really do like the Bay Area but I'm just not sure if I want to live there. Community college has worked out financially and the degree will be the same once I transfer. I don't know what these "friends" you speak of are. ;)

by rookieoftheyear on Jul 12, 2005 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions

Seriously

Who needs friends when you have the A's and A's fans? Theres good Northern Cali schools! Stanford for one, and having traveled a lot, I must say NorCal is one of the best places to live. It is different from So.Cal, but California is just a great state to live in all around.

Change is for the better. For both the A's and in life.

by WhiteElephantGuy on Jul 13, 2005 12:21 AM PDT up reply actions

ample

... no doubt.

by Brian in 317 on Jul 12, 2005 9:19 PM PDT up reply actions

Hey now...

why limit the fun to just the girls? :-P

by MooseKnuckle415 on Jul 12, 2005 7:10 PM PDT up reply actions

at least ...

... "AMPLE" isn't on Crosby's crotch ...

Cosby + crotch = Crotchby

Laugh while you can, monkeyboy!

by monkeyball on Jul 12, 2005 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions

Booby Crotchby.

Now THERE'S a name the Croz should use to check into a hotel anonymously.

"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." ~Rogers Hornsby

by Kyli on Jul 12, 2005 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions

So you're saying

Crosby is the result of a black comedian and someone with some hoopla in his plumbing?

Change is for the better. For both the A's and in life.

by WhiteElephantGuy on Jul 12, 2005 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions

Ha!

Aiyeeee! The typo police! They got me again!

Laugh while you can, monkeyboy!

by monkeyball on Jul 12, 2005 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions

I would make the obligatory joke

but this seems more like a High Socks Crew thing.

by Apricot on Jul 12, 2005 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions

Ample Crotch?

Does this mean Bobby Crosby has an ample crotch?

Food for thought.

2nd favorite team: WHOEVER IS PLAYING THE GIANTS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by ConcordFanSince1968 on Jul 12, 2005 5:22 PM PDT up reply actions

bingo

nice idea.

"Bobby Crosby is the MAN!" -Matthias

by burnone on Jul 12, 2005 12:29 PM PDT reply actions

are they available at every station?

or do we have to specifically ask for them somewhere???

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Jul 12, 2005 12:36 PM PDT reply actions

yeah, how do we get them?

i rode bart yesterday and the ticket was distinctly normal and boring.

"...the plate won't move. The mound is going to feel the same. The strike zone, with slight variations, is going to be right where it has always been." -Huston

by sabriel on Jul 12, 2005 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions

i got one on Friday

but it was a Giant's one :( I think I got it from the Lafayette or Orinda BART station, I can't remember which one.

Pssst. Over here....i don't bite i promise :)

by ChavysGrl3 on Jul 12, 2005 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions

I think

they're dispensed randomly at all the stations.

by kat on Jul 12, 2005 8:28 PM PDT up reply actions

Does BART get something out of this?

I like it but if you wanted to keep the ticket, you would have to leave funds on it, right?

by easyraider on Jul 12, 2005 12:38 PM PDT reply actions

Ooo!

My Bart ticket is gonna be big pimpin!

by ElephantLove on Jul 12, 2005 12:53 PM PDT reply actions

I already got my Barry Zito Card

Just buy a ticket like normal. Got mine at Bay Fair BART.

I'm the guy with the Carney/Jared Lansford jersey

by gojohn10 on Jul 12, 2005 12:55 PM PDT reply actions

Choice?

Are you given a random card or do you have a choice?

"Baseball is dull only to dull minds."
Red Barber, announcer

by Furious George on Jul 12, 2005 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions

random card

I'm the guy with the Carney/Jared Lansford jersey

by gojohn10 on Jul 12, 2005 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions

maybe it has to be on the east bay?

i was going from millbrae to sf... maybe they just hate peninsula people. damn.

"...the plate won't move. The mound is going to feel the same. The strike zone, with slight variations, is going to be right where it has always been." -Huston

by sabriel on Jul 12, 2005 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions

Hey SportySpice

They do make A's ones!!!! (We we're grousing at Nico's when we thought they only made Giants ones.)

"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King

by batgirl on Jul 12, 2005 1:06 PM PDT reply actions

I want an exchange!

On Saturday (on my way to Chez Nico) I was, against my will, issued a BART card picturing Kirk Rueter. I was forced to use it. Yuck!!

by SportySpice @ Athletics Nation on Jul 12, 2005 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions

BART is killing me!

First the threatened strike, now this.

After I saw this diary I left my desk and went straight to BART.

Found out that these things are RANDOM. You have to keep buying tickets until you hit Crosby (which is what I want).

I must've had a crazed look on my face because the BART agent said she'd give me a couple of tickets. "You want a souvenir?"

Then she gave me two... of Kirk Rueter.

"Um, do you have any of the Oakland A's?" I asked, pushing my luck.

No go.

BTW she snipped off the edge of the Rueter cards so I couldn't use them.

I proceeded to play the BART ticket machines like they were slot machines.

This is getting to be an expensive habit.

At this rate BART workers will never have to strike.

I have faith.

by BillybUcko on Jul 12, 2005 1:20 PM PDT reply actions

eww, not rueter! =P

by gotgreen on Jul 12, 2005 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions

Rueter cards ...

... only work on the left-hand side of the stalls, and they stop working after 5 round-trip rides ...

Laugh while you can, monkeyboy!

by monkeyball on Jul 12, 2005 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions

good luck

hahaha that was hilarious...btw sorry about the rueters

by Gene Nelsons Mullet on Jul 12, 2005 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions

they were worth 30 cents and $2.25

until they were snipped.

Regardless, they're worthless to me.

I have faith.

by BillybUcko on Jul 12, 2005 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions

They snipped you're Rueter?

Dude, you're Rueter got neutered!

Hey, that could be a business for Roto-world cards.

Call Roto-Neuter
That's the name
And away go genders
Down the drain

Roto-Neuter!

Picker of Nits since '63. Or so I thought until I discovered AN. Now I feel like a nitpiker.

by McFood on Jul 13, 2005 9:11 AM PDT up reply actions

funny!

That is one of the funniest posts I have ever read, because when I BART to the game on Sunday I will do the same thing. I usually BART from Fremont, maybe BART will load more A's tickets in the East Bay? I dont care how many I have to buy, screw the Giants tickets, I am playing the BART slot machine to win the green! (and gold)

by sactowncharles on Jul 12, 2005 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions

soon

we'll be like those guys hanging out at BART stations asking, "You have any old BART tickets? Any old BART tickets?"

I have faith.

by BillybUcko on Jul 12, 2005 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions

don't forget to ...

put a few cents more than you need for a trip or else the cool bobby crosby or barry zito BART ticket will get sucked into the machine after the trip!

by gotgreen on Jul 12, 2005 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions

that was the funniest thing i've read in a while!

that's so going to be me on my way to the game Sunday...

"...the plate won't move. The mound is going to feel the same. The strike zone, with slight variations, is going to be right where it has always been." -Huston

by sabriel on Jul 12, 2005 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions

Can someone scan the Zito one?

Also... anyone going Thursday for Z's figurine day?

"My motto is I'm fat, but you're ugly, and I can diet." - David Wells

by JLaff on Jul 12, 2005 1:35 PM PDT reply actions

SUNDAY

I mean... where did Thursday come from?

"My motto is I'm fat, but you're ugly, and I can diet." - David Wells

by JLaff on Jul 12, 2005 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions

You were talking to ME on AIM.

And I'm going Thursday. So you must've remembered my game when you were typing in that post. :)

"I think there's some closet sickos on this team, just waiting to bust out. Even Huston; you can't be a closer and not be a little off." Zito said.

by GreenNGoldGirl on Jul 12, 2005 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions

I am.

My Eck figurine is lonely and needs a friend.

I was gonna drive, but now... looks like BART's gonna be my transportation. Their plan really DOES work.

"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." ~Rogers Hornsby

by Kyli on Jul 12, 2005 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions

Where are you sitting?

I think I may just get bleachers, per usual

"My motto is I'm fat, but you're ugly, and I can diet." - David Wells

by JLaff on Jul 12, 2005 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions

Not sure.

I'm going with someone from my family, who got the tix for me as a present, so I haven't seen 'em yet -- somewhere in 124, I think.

"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." ~Rogers Hornsby

by Kyli on Jul 12, 2005 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions

On Friday

I'll be in 125.... oh well... we could've met.

Everything's cocoa and cookies once again--M. Urban, on A's win

by streetfan on Jul 12, 2005 8:54 PM PDT up reply actions

i am!

with a couple friends. not sure where we're sitting, but i'll let you guys know.

"...the plate won't move. The mound is going to feel the same. The strike zone, with slight variations, is going to be right where it has always been." -Huston

by sabriel on Jul 12, 2005 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions

If I don't get a Zito one....

I'll go insane at the BART station and proceed to kick the machine while yelling obscenities. Just watch me.

"I think there's some closet sickos on this team, just waiting to bust out. Even Huston; you can't be a closer and not be a little off." Zito said.

by GreenNGoldGirl on Jul 12, 2005 1:38 PM PDT reply actions

She's not joking!

I fear for BART machines everywhere

"My motto is I'm fat, but you're ugly, and I can diet." - David Wells

by JLaff on Jul 12, 2005 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions

Wear an AN shirt while you do so!

That way, it'll be advertising for AN when you get on the news. :-)

"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." ~Rogers Hornsby

by Kyli on Jul 12, 2005 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions

sunday

I will be in RF bleachers with my AN shirt...see you guys there....

by sactowncharles on Jul 12, 2005 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions

I'll be LF

I lack an AN shirt at the moment, but I shall try to find you

"My motto is I'm fat, but you're ugly, and I can diet." - David Wells

by JLaff on Jul 12, 2005 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions

sunday

my dumb question of the day....do most of the AN faithful sit in LF bleachers?

by sactowncharles on Jul 12, 2005 2:37 PM PDT reply actions

I'm for...

official BART latex gloves that resemble green and gold batting gloves so that you don't have to think twice about touching any railing throughout the station...

I'm easily distracted by those AVP advertisements

by franks a lot on Jul 12, 2005 2:55 PM PDT reply actions

OH MY...

I haven't been able to concentrate at work this afternoon.

I've been upset that these Crosby and Zito cards are now available from BART and I don't have one!

I spent my lunch break at BART figuring out how to get them and all I have to show for it is Kirk Rueter.

Like I said, I've been upset. Especially because this morning I needed a new BART ticket and I bought one for $20. If I only knew about this before, I would buy my tickets one at a time...

Then it occurred to me to look at the $20 BART ticket I bought this morning.

It's been in my pocket all day.

Lo and behold...

It's Bobby Crosby on the back.

I've had it in my right pocket all along.

Praise the Lord!

I have faith.

by BillybUcko on Jul 12, 2005 3:43 PM PDT reply actions

Thanks for your post!

I was pissed becuase I just bought a $10 ticket a couple days ago and now I was going to have to go out and buy a lot more in hopes of getting an Oakland one. After reading your post I dug out my BART ticket and low and behold, it's Bobby staring at me. Sweet. Now I just need to get the Zito one.

by casey. on Jul 12, 2005 7:21 PM PDT up reply actions

How do you guys

manage to miss the fact that there is a picture of the A's on your card? Don't you even look at it after it comes out of the machine? I'd imagine that a different design on the card would be very noticeable ;)

by Melody on Jul 12, 2005 11:24 PM PDT up reply actions

Yeah, I guess not

I guess I didn't pay much attention. On the other hand, the picture of the A's is on the back side of the card. So unless you actually flip the card over, you won't notice. Thh front of the card (which is the side you see when it comes out of the machine and the side you see when using it) is no different.

by casey. on Jul 13, 2005 7:48 AM PDT up reply actions

yup

At least I only went 8 hours without checking the other side of my BART card. :)

I have faith.

by BillybUcko on Jul 13, 2005 9:07 AM PDT up reply actions

So, earlier this afternoon

I called my boyfriend at work, and after assuring him that nothings wrong, I didn't set the apartment on fire, I'm not sick, and I didn't run over a cat, I quietly asked him to pick me up a BART ticket on his way home...stupid machine gave him (and thus me) a JT Snow one... sigh

I'm taking my change collection to the BART station tomorrow and playing until I get what I want!!

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Jul 12, 2005 9:56 PM PDT reply actions

Ahhh

The slotmachine theory. Works every time.

"so what was it? the pork chop or the booty???" -rly723

by secret ASian man on Jul 13, 2005 1:04 AM PDT up reply actions

And here's how to do it

Put in the minimum fare of $1.25.

Print card. Check the back to see if it's Crosby or Zito.

If not, put card back into machine.

Add 5 cents.

Print new card.

Repeat until you get the card you want.

Not sure how much it'll cost you.

I have faith.

by BillybUcko on Jul 13, 2005 9:13 AM PDT up reply actions

screw Vegas...

this is way better..... must get BART ticket fix.....

by high street on Jul 13, 2005 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions

nice strategy

I'll have to do this when I go to the game on Friday.

by MissUsagi on Jul 13, 2005 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions

Bart tickets

I was at the Coliseum BART station this morning and got two tickets. One had Barry Zito on the back and the other had Bobby Crosby.

From the looks of things I'd guess that FSN is paying for the tickets as they ahve the FSN A's game schedule for about the next two weeks. So there should be newer cards in a few weeks. Perhaps other players will be featured?

by skwid on Jul 13, 2005 7:15 AM PDT reply actions

yes

Kotsay and Swisher next month. See the last paragraphs in the diary again.

I have faith.

by BillybUcko on Jul 13, 2005 9:08 AM PDT up reply actions

FSN- glad you like 'em!

SO glad you're all enjoying the FSN Bay Area / BART ticketbacks. We worked really hard to get these out... so get them while you can!

Each month, until September, FSN and BART will be dispensing 500,000 tickets (2 A's and 2 Giants) at Bay Area stations. BART's informed me the FSN A's tickets will be concentrated in the East Bay. Next month you'll see Kotsay and Swisher, and September we'll debut Harden and Chavez.

You can see samples on our webpage-
http://www.fsnbayarea.com/bart/

PS- love the "slotmachine" theory...

Jen- Marketing Manager, FSN

by fsnbayarea on Jul 14, 2005 9:28 AM PDT reply actions