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The NFL is brutal out here. Try watching the Ravens at 10am. Beer and breakfast food don't mix very well, especially when you're already hungover. So I guess it evens out.

Anyway, I don't particularly hate the A's. That stadium does kinda seem like a crypt on TV, but it could be worse (TORONTO).

And as for the city of Oakland, it's actually very similar to Baltimore.

I guess it depends on your lifestyle. The times I have been out to MT for elk hunts, it was really nice to go for a morning hunt and come back for the 11:00 game (I realize the is MST time not PST) and then have enough time to get back out for the afternoon hunt! Of course that probably doesn't apply as much to most of CA.

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I hate them now. But seriously, I lived in the East Bay during the late eighties and early nineties and became a fan of the Bash Brothers (Oh how naive and innocent I was then !). I would go to all the games in that dreadul stadium whenever the O's were in town. I think the O's and A's...as well as their respective cities....share a few things in common, such as living in the shadow of a flashier, sexier, and richer neighbor. I sort of thought of them as kindred souls to my beloved O's and it was the start of my long standing hatred of the Giants!

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I hate them now. But seriously, I lived in the East Bay during the late eighties and early nineties and became a fan of the Bash Brothers (Oh how naive and innocent I was then !). I would go to all the games in that dreadul stadium whenever the O's were in town. I think the O's and A's...as well as their respective cities....share a few things in common, such as living in the shadow of a flashier, sexier, and richer neighbor. I sort of thought of them as kindred souls to my beloved O's and it was the start of my long standing hatred of the Giants!

At least at that time there wasn't a Mount Davis in centerfield. I went to a lot of games during that same period and always thought it was a pretty cool stadium, if not exactly top-tier. The bleachers were great... And it was definitely superior to Candlestick, which didn't have easy access, was in one of the worst (crime-ridden) sections of SF, and was perpetually cold and windy and had some of the worst sight lines of any ballpark I'd ever been to.

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At least at that time there wasn't a Mount Davis in centerfield. I went to a lot of games during that same period and always thought it was a pretty cool stadium, if not exactly top-tier. The bleachers were great... And it was definitely superior to Candlestick, which didn't have easy access, was in one of the worst (crime-ridden) sections of SF, and was perpetually cold and windy and had some of the worst sight lines of any ballpark I'd ever been to.

Yeah I suppose the place does have some subtle charms. The BART access is a plus, and the Oakland fans are a down to earth, fun loving and knowledgeable bunch…at least they were back then. Plus how can you not love Banjo Man:

[video=youtube_share;bdC4ig-XwQ8]http://youtu.be/bdC4ig-XwQ8

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Yeah I suppose the place does have some subtle charms. The BART access is a plus, and the Oakland fans are a down to earth, fun loving and knowledgeable bunch…at least they were back then. Plus how can you not love Banjo Man:

[video=youtube_share;bdC4ig-XwQ8]http://youtu.be/bdC4ig-XwQ8

Ha. I'd forgotten about banjo man - thanks for sharing. And you're right about the fans, who are often just as interested in seeing the best players on the opposition as in their own.

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