I haven’t posted anything in over a week. I have an explanation.
On Saturday, I bowled snowballs. Here. In the Bay Area.
Today, I went ice skating. Again, here. In the Bay Area.
And as I write this, it’s pouring outside. It’s been raining all month. Rain rain rain. We’re about to meet our monthly precipitation average for March, and March isn’t half over yet.
It’s clear what is happening. Without Bill King’s voice, spring does not know that it’s time to return. Winter just keeps going and going and going…
There are rumors that the A’s have played some Cactus League games. I have no evidence that would lead me to believe such speculation. Not a single A’s game has been on TV. I’ve only heard one game on radio, and I was kinda busy at the time, so I wasn’t really listening. The 25-man roster is pretty much set, so there’s nothing really compelling about following who’s doing what in the Cactus League. I have seen Kiko Calero and Huston Street throw, but they weren’t wearing A’s uniforms. I’m loving the WBC on one hand, but on the other hand, it’s just adding to the list of strange things this March.
All the usual signals of spring are missing. Maybe I need to pull out my Bill King bobblehead, and say a prayer.
1. Sorry to take the first post totally off the topic of snowballs, but can anyone give me advice on seats in McAfee Coliseum? I've never seen the A's play at home, and right now, the best tickets through mlb.com are in section 108B Row 32. Will my view of popflys or anything else be obscured? Are they too far from the field? Weirdness! There, the post is relevant.
2. There are 36 rows in the lower deck. You'll be under the overhang, so the really high popups might be obscured a bit, but I doubt it would be too bad. The overhang isn't all that low compared to some other ballparks I've seen. The right field corner might be obscured a bit, too.
The worst thing about those seats is probably that the seating bowl is so far away from fair territory.
If you go to this url:
http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/oak/ballpark/seating_chart.jsp
and click on the upper 108 section, you can see a picture of what your view will be like.
3. Thanks for the info! You're right about the distance from fair territory; I don't like missing the popups. I'll try ebay and craigslist for closer seats. Thanks again, Ken.