Temperatures in Oakland reached record highs today (100s inland). Once the sun went down, it was a beautiful night. We had great seats right behind home. Jeff and Ted (our good friends and hosts in Oakland) joined us at the game. The Oakland (McAfee) Coliseum is an older stadium, built in the 60's. It was clearly built for football ... way too much room in foul territory. The upper deck seats, which are filled for football, are not open for baseball season and decoratively tarped over. They had numerous food choices, but the promenade was very narrow. It didn't matter since there were only 15,000 in attendance.
The game was quite good. Lots of action. The A's beat the Florida Marlins 7-6 in 11 innings. For the Marlins, Dan Uggla hit 2 homeruns, one in the top of the ninth to tie the game. The clear star of the game was Oakland catcher Kurt Suzuki. He had 4 hits, and drove in 5 runs including the game winner in the 11th. He probably should have come out of the game earlier. He fouled a foul ball off his foot while at bat and, while catching, took a foul ball off his knee. A real trooper. Here's the link to the boxscore:
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2008_06_20_flomlb_oakmlb_1&mode=wrap
Here's a link to our pictures:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14772189@N03/sets/
We have a "best" rating ... Oakland has the best hot dog buns of any we've tasted. Nancy had their Italian Sausage ... very flavorful, but a bit skimpy on the veggies. I had a standard dog from the regular vendor site. It was good, but sauerkraut was not available as an option. Nancy's rating: "8". I gave mine a "7".
Nancy had a Sierra Nevada Summerfest Light. It was very good and very cold, but no Leinenkugel (does this seem to be a theme?). Ted rated the basic Margarita a "7", but gave the bar-made Margarita a "9".
We had a great time with Jeff and Ted. We've now reached the halfway point in the stadium tour. 15 stadiums down and 15 to go. On to Los Angeles.
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