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I was just wondering if anyone here got anything A's related for Father's Day. Personally, I recieved 2 tix to the game at Baltimore on August 11. That's the closest the A's come to North Carolina, and I have always wanted to see them in person. I am super excited about going. Baltimore is my 2nd favorite AL team, and they have a great ballpark that I look forward to visiting again. Anyone else get anything?

If you have just spent $1.5 billion on a new stadium, you should have the foresight to have it enclosed. Whether it be a retractable roof, or just a dome, that amount of money should take care of things like that. This goes for all teams getting new stadiums. The fans pay good money to go see games, and rainchecks are not practical for everyone. If you have do get off work early, or a take a day off, plus fly, drive, or take a train/bus/taxi to get to the game, you want to see a game.

The Yankees' front office has been complaining of the winds blowing routine fly balls into homeruns out in right field. If you think this is the problem, on especially windy days, you could close the roof (if you had one!).

I personally prefer the retractable roof to a dome, but either is better than nothing. With a retractable roof, you can leave it open and enjoy the fresh air and sunshine, and if the weather turns, it can be closed, and the game goes on. The temperature is also controlled, and you end up having better baseball, because the players aren't fighting the elements. This is the same reason the NFL went to having the Superbowl in domes and warm weather venues, better games=more fans=more revenue.

go to www.oaklandathletics.com and click on the link

I saw it earlier today and I am about to go to the link. I am sure many of you guys know about this already, but for those of you who don't, 12 noon PST, or 3 pm EST (which is where I live). Go to www.oaklandathletics.com and it will be in the flasher on the left of the screen. It was page 1 while ago. Not sure what it will be in a few, but all are invited to come on in!!

Gaudin must have really done something to tick Geren off, seeing how he gets pulled with 2 outs in the 7th and the pen blows the win for him. Gaudin had success against Klesko so far, so why not let him get one more out. I hate the "specialty" pitcher status of some players. Mainly for the fact that it isn't nearly as effective as you think, case in point, hits by Klesko and Bonds, both are whom....LEFTIES.

    Jeff Passan has a column on Yahoo! Sports mentioning the top overpaid collective team, as in one person per position, and the top underpaid or bargain team. A few of our current A's, as well as some familiar faces make the list.

    http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_yl...

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    Does anyone out there subscribe to MLB.TV?  I subscribed to watch the Amazin' A's, b/c I live in North Carolina and there aren't any live broadcasts here unless Oakland makes the playoffs or ESPN. The problem is that b/c I live in the Baltimore "area" (I'm 400+ miles away), The Orioles are blacked out, therefore, I can't see the A's.
    I was wondering if anyoneout west has an MLB.TV account so we could trade off username and passwords. That way I can still watch the A's when they are over here, and you can see the A's if they are at home, but the game isn't televised to you.
   I called MLB and all they could do is tell me there was nothing they could do. I thought about cancelling altogether, but then I would never see an A's game, as there are none scheduled for ESPN this year.
   At 4:40 (my time) the A's are up 2-1 over the O's and Swisher is out. Gameday says ankle injury, ESPN says hamstring. Which one is it?