Game #162: A's 11, Angels 10
THE LAST GAME OF THE REGULAR SEASON
• After three hours and 45 minutes, the A's win. The last game of the regular season and it's not even televised in the Bay Area for crying out loud.
• The A's face the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday at 10 AM PST. I didn't want it to be the Twins, but perhaps this is a hump we have to get over, now or never. Oops, I don't mean the "never" part.
• My devotion as a fan will be tested with the playoffs. I have a difficult time following day games when I'm at work. I know that's not the right thing to say, but it's true.
City of Oakland's A's banner, originally uploaded by gohlkus.
And finally, THANK YOU for reading this blog. While I knew I could keep a journal for the whole season, I didn't realize how difficult it would be at times. Thanks for being with me.
Many thanks to Tanner Boyle for covering for me when I went on vacation. Thanks also for generously inviting me to games with seats right behind the A's dugout.
Thanks to Al for being my editor behind the scenes. He and I had an arrangement where I could call him late at night when I needed a more experienced baseball fan to make sure I got my description of plays right. I should be so lucky to be as knowledgeable about baseball as he is.
Thanks to Joker/Gabe for teaching me some ins and outs of blogging. Thanks for the encouragement, the feedback, and the links to useful sites.
Thanks to No. 19, Celeste, and GeneralChiang for consistently commenting. Thanks for sharing your points of view. You don't know how much satisfaction it gives me to have your thoughts and memories of these games recorded with mine.
And thanks to everyone else who's read the Oakland Athletics Journal, whether you stayed for one blog post or more. While it was easier to pretend I was only sharing this with a small group of friends, that wasn't always the case. I appreciate that people visited (at all) and that some even came back.
Go A's!
(Game experience: KYCY 1550 AM)
A's record: 93-69 | streak: W-1 | well-A-meter: 4.75
posted by blank book at 9:58 PM
2 Comments:
The 10:00 am PDT starts for games 1 and 2 are somewhat nice. During the lunch hour, I can watch the end of the game at a restaurant with a TV.
BTW, great job blogging the entire season.
Why did I think these games would start at noon?
I tell ya, these awkward start times are very annoying.
I might time my lunch hour to go to a sportsbar nearby for the last couple of innings.
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