Game #21: A's 5, Rangers 6
April 25, 2006 | A's @ Texas
Part of me doesn't want to dwell on the A's too much. It's like being manic-depressive. Our fortunes rise and fall from one day to the next. We don't have any real streaks going one way or the other. And these one-run games can toy with my emotions!
"Bradley left the game in the middle of the fourth after jamming his right knee when he slid back to first on a pickoff attempt. Bradley is day-to-day with a slightly sprained knee." [espn.com]
One more thing: When Bradley hurt himself during the game, I found myself very, very concerned. An eye-opener for me as I didn't realize how much I like him.
I'll keep this short as I want to insert a Special Edition. Is everyone as pissed as Al is that the A's games aren't always on TV? More to come...
(Game experience: KYCY 1550 AM )
A's record: 9-12 | streak: L-1 | well-A-meter: 2
Part of me doesn't want to dwell on the A's too much. It's like being manic-depressive. Our fortunes rise and fall from one day to the next. We don't have any real streaks going one way or the other. And these one-run games can toy with my emotions!
"Bradley left the game in the middle of the fourth after jamming his right knee when he slid back to first on a pickoff attempt. Bradley is day-to-day with a slightly sprained knee." [espn.com]
One more thing: When Bradley hurt himself during the game, I found myself very, very concerned. An eye-opener for me as I didn't realize how much I like him.
I'll keep this short as I want to insert a Special Edition. Is everyone as pissed as Al is that the A's games aren't always on TV? More to come...
(Game experience: KYCY 1550 AM )
A's record: 9-12 | streak: L-1 | well-A-meter: 2
posted by blank book at 10:13 PM
4 Comments:
I estimate that over 90% of A's games are televised. While that may not count as full coverage, it's still adequate to follow the team. I remember a time when less than 30% of the games were on TV. Home games weren't televised at all because owners feared that local TV coverage would hurt attendance. I had to wait until the 11:00 O'Clock news to watch highlights of games. And as recently as 1996, you had to pay $10 a month extra to get SportsChannel (now Fox Sports Bay Area) which broadcast home A's, Giants and Warriors games on cable. So we have it pretty good today with greater than 90% coverage.
Ah, generalchiang. Always looking at the glass half-full...
Here's the thing, generalchiang. We've actually not seen 6 of 21 games so far. I don't think it'll stay at that high percentage, but that's more than 25% of games unseen.
And of all people, you know that "better than it used to" is not setting the bar high enough. :)
I guess I should've said he was looking at the glass three-quarters-full.
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