Game #44: A's 0, Giants 6

May 21, 2006 | A's vs. San Francisco

I'm feeling lucky that the one game of the Bay Bridge Series that I miss is the one where it rained during the game, the A's lost in a shut out, and no historic home runs took place. As much as I love baseball, I'm glad that this afternoon I had better things to do.

More notes about yesterday's game:

• There was a surprising lack of signs at the Coliseum. I wonder if one of the extra security precautions included confiscating signs. There weren't any disparaging Bonds; neither did I see any in support of him. Of course the left field bleacher denizens had their usual display of crude, undersized, homemade signs: "A's Let's Do This;" "Payton's Playaz;" "Street Thugs;" etc.

• There is a new snack vendor roaming the stands and he's quite good-looking. He's young, tall, slender, blonde, and he has good facial hair. I've seen him the last three games either wearing a Ben & Jerry's sky blue shirt and selling ice cream or selling Starbucks coffee. Kinda distracting.

• Trivia question on Saturday on Diamond Vision: Which team will be recieving AARP cards first, A's or Giants?

(Game experience: Somewhere a TV was tuned to FOX Sports, but I wasn't watching it.)

A's record: 22-21 | streak: L-2 | well-A-meter: 3