Baseball

The A’s won their first game today against the Twins, and lead the Division Series 1-0. With any luck, they’ll win Game 2 and will have a solid shot of defeating the Twins when my brother and I go to Game 3 on Friday, thus advancing to the ALCS. Oh, and I also bought a pair of tickets to the ALCS too. I’m still gunning for an A’s vs. Dodgers series.

I have two great seats for tonight’s game in the right-center bleachers, Section 144, seats 20-21. $60 for the pair, or best offer. I’m in North Oakland, very near freeway and Rockridge BART for the next four hours, or can meet you at stadium before gametime. $5 discount if you’re wearing a Dodgers hat, and another $5 discount for blog readers. Email me.

I’m going to the playoffs! The last (and only time) I went to a playoff game was in fall 2003 with my buddy Garett Ng. Today, the 2006 American League Division Series tickets just went on sale, and I snagged a pair of bleachers tickets for Game 1 or 3, and Game 5. Huzzah!

2 BLEACHERS TIX – LA DODGERS VS. OAKLAND A’S – SAT JUNE 17 – $20 I have two bleachers seats to this game and would love to sell them for what I paid, or preferably, trade for like tickets for Friday night’s game (June 16). I live in Rockridge but work in SF, and can arrange pickup in either place.

Anyone interested in seeing a Sacramento River Cats (AAA) or Stockton Ports (A) game with me sometime in June?

2 Tickets Dodgers vs. Giants May 12 Section 144, Row 5 – $50 Update: They’ve been sold.

I realized I can’t go, but would like to go on the 16th or the 18th. Wanna trade or buy my tickets?

ESPN.com: [Russ] Martin spent part of the winter catching Dodgers closer Eric Gagne, who is continuing his comeback from elbow surgery. “He’s throwing very well,” Martin said. “His changeup is as filthy as ever.” The two have spent a lot of time together this spring because they’re battery mates, Canadians and they both speak fluent French. “We speak French all the time, out on the field sometimes, but not when anyone else is around,” Martin said. “We decided that we…

WashPost: [NASA atmospheric scientist] David Rind compared the warming trend to what happens when a major league baseball team owner spends lavishly on players’ salaries. Pumping heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere, he said, produces the same kind of predictable results as boosting a team’s payroll. “When they get into the playoffs, should we be surprised?” he asked. “We’re putting a lot more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, and we’re getting a lot higher temperatures.”

“I still am bitter to a large degree, but then I think about what Jackie Robinson once told me,” [Former Dodgers pitcher Don Newcombe] said. “He said, ‘You’ve got to change one letter in that word. Change the ‘i’ to an ‘e.’ Forget about bitter, try to make things better.’ “ — LA Times, August 28 2005