Thursday, March 13, 2008
It's Red Sox Nation, we're just visiting it.
Sports Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 3:28 PM
It was announced Wednesday that it's not enough that the Oakland A's have to open their home season in Japan against the world champion Boston Red Sox, but now the Athletics have to change the time of their home closer against the Beantowners as well. Just what the $200 million Sawx need, a little consideration.
The season hasn't even started and we're already behind.
How exactly does opening the season in the Far East against the Eastern division champs count as an Oakland home game? Is the fact that two of the Red Sox pitchers hail from Japan likely to influence the crowd just a little? Unless there's unexplored Tokyo love for Travis Buck, it seems the "home" crowd is going to be roaring support for the visitors for our first two games of 2008.
Apparently the baseball world stops spinning if there isn't a Red Sox or Yankee story line to follow, so if letting Boston play a few more games in front of friendly crowds greases the skids to get Big Papi, Manny and the fun bunch back in the post-season who gets hurt?
Other than Oakland fans who might have liked getting tickets to real opening day and now can't, because y'know their boss won't give them the day off to travel to Japan. Or maybe the ones who spent money expecting to enjoy April 2nd's night game only to find it a late April fool's joke?
The best revenge of course, will be to beat Boston and send them home on a losing streak. But to make sure that won't occur we await major league baseball's next idea to unbalance the playing field, maybe telling the A's that they won't be allowed to use bats or wear gloves for the four game series.— Kibby Kleiman
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Well, Kibbles 'n Bites to you! Back in the day when Oakland was a championship team, did the fans there appreciate their team? Did the networks and anybody else realy care? Things are much different now-most of us have been priced out of attending a game in the first place, and if you can get tickets, as a previous comment stated, you have to hang in a virtual waiting room for long periods of time. In Boston, we have to enter a drawing for the opportunity to MAYBE be able to purchase som of the most desirable tickets (some seats, some standing room). We as fans don't like this Japan trip, either. I don't really want to get up at 6:00 A.M. to watch a game, and then have to go to work late, either, but I probably will, unless the games are replayed at a normal time of day/night.
But, Kibby, please stop whining-at least Oakland fans didn't have to wait 86 years for a champion-let us enjoy the ride.
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Who is this Kibby Kleiman with the big crocodile tears? I was expecting to hear that he (or is it she?) wet his?or her? pants/panties from all that bad
news that those nasty old Red Sox and MLB had foisted on him? or her?
Go home to your mommy Kibby, she'll make you all better.
Sheesh!
I have to say that this 4/2 game time change is a major drag and i am a Red Sox fan. Now my guests can't make it, my husband can't make it, and I can only see the game if I take a day of vacation AND my boss is willing to let me go. I've been looking forward to this since i sat on the A's web site for 90 minutes weeks ago to score the tickets. any red sox fans out there who don't work during the day and want to come with me? i have 4 tix.
OH PULEESE!!!! The mad-genius had decontructed and reconstructed the A's in his image...Oops, I meant rebuilding... a team that had so much unfilled promise and potential now looks like a AAA team. On the upside, seats are easy to find except when the Yanks and Sox are in and relatively cheap.
BTW, the Sox are travelling half-way around the world. I am sure they are thrilled with playing in Japan. The only thing to look forward to this year is Barry. He can set the fine tradition started by Giambi, Canseco, and Tejada and all the other A's juice heads. Can't wait to hear Ray, a guy who payed the game the right way, call the game....
