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      <title>Any A's fans near Charlotte, NC?</title>
      <link>http://www.athleticsnation.com/2009/2/20/765505/any-a-s-fans-near-charlott</link>
      <author>polytician</author>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:58:23 -0000</pubDate>
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&lt;p&gt;I moved to the Charlotte, NC area early least year, and am in danger of going insane without a major league club here.&amp;nbsp; In addition,&amp;nbsp;I haven't had any luck finding any A's fans.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Would love to meet up with some A's fans&amp;nbsp;and take over a bar for a game.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Or if nothing else, have folks&amp;nbsp;come over, have a BBQ,&amp;nbsp;and watch the A's at my place, with the Direc TV Baseball package.&amp;nbsp; (Assuming my wife approves, of course.)&amp;nbsp; :)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So, are any of you out there?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

  
  


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      <title>Yay!  We're 1st!  Anybody else worried?
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      <link>http://www.athleticsnation.com/2007/4/25/103839/069</link>
      <author>polytician</author>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2007 14:49:24 -0000</pubDate>
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&lt;p&gt;I love our A's, and over the past few years they've followed a pattern. &amp;nbsp;THey start bad, look horrible, and I lose all hope. Then, just before the break, they start winning, and continue that streak all the way until the playoffs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I've become accustomed to that pattern. &amp;nbsp;I cherish it. &amp;nbsp;It gives me comfort.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But now, our guys are 1st. &amp;nbsp;And they're doing it with 5 (maybe 6) starters on the DL?! &amp;nbsp;Is something wrong here? &amp;nbsp;Doesn't anybody else see it? &amp;nbsp;Does this mean we're going to stay strong all season long? &amp;nbsp;Or will we start losing during the break??&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;AHHHH!! &amp;nbsp;I don't know what to make of all this winning early in the season! &amp;nbsp; Anybody else feel this way?? &amp;nbsp;:)&lt;/p&gt;



  &lt;p&gt;I love our A's, and over the past few years they've followed a pattern. &amp;nbsp;THey start bad, look horrible, and I lose all hope. Then, just before the break, they start winning, and continue that streak all the way until the playoffs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I've become accustomed to that pattern. &amp;nbsp;I cherish it. &amp;nbsp;It gives me comfort.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But now, our guys are 1st. &amp;nbsp;And they're doing it with 5 (maybe 6) starters on the DL?! &amp;nbsp;Is something wrong here? &amp;nbsp;Doesn't anybody else see it? &amp;nbsp;Does this mean we're going to stay strong all season long? &amp;nbsp;Or will we start losing during the break??&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;AHHHH!! &amp;nbsp;I don't know what to make of all this winning early in the season! &amp;nbsp; Anybody else feel this way?? &amp;nbsp;:)&lt;/p&gt;


  


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      &lt;h5&gt;It's great and they'll stay strong!&lt;/h5&gt;
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      &lt;h5&gt;It's bad -- a slump is coming&lt;/h5&gt;
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      &lt;h5&gt;They're in 1st place?  My universe is falling apart!&lt;/h5&gt;
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      <title>Any A's fans on the East Coast??
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      <link>http://www.athleticsnation.com/2006/4/7/94825/45104</link>
      <author>polytician</author>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Apr 2006 13:48:25 -0000</pubDate>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Do you live on the East Coast between Baltimore, MD and Richmond, VA?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Are you sick and tired of being surrounded by fans of teams that bite?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Do you want to hang out with others who love the A's as much as you do?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Yes? Then post below!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I live in the DC area, and I want to get a bunch of us together to take over a local bar and root for our favorite team... The Oakland (soon to be Freemont?) A's.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So, who's with me??&lt;/p&gt;



  

  


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      <title>Bill King CD?
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      <link>http://www.athleticsnation.com/2006/4/4/143135/0203</link>
      <author>polytician</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Apr 2006 18:31:35 -0000</pubDate>
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&lt;p&gt;I wrote the A's asking if I could get a copy of the Bill King video tribute shown at the coloseum last night, since I wasn't there. Here's what the A's responded with.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&quot;We are not making this clip available to the public as of yet. There will be a produced CD with radio highlights coming out soon.&quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;WOO HOO! I can't wait!&lt;/p&gt;



  

  


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      <title>Opening Day w/o Bill King
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      <link>http://www.athleticsnation.com/2006/4/4/94529/88076</link>
      <author>polytician</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Apr 2006 13:45:29 -0000</pubDate>
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&lt;p&gt;Yesterday was opening day, and there was no Bill King to tell me so. So, I've been trying to find a &quot;Holy Toledo&quot; MP3, or the video tribute to Bill shown last night at the Coloseum, but to no avail. &lt;i&gt;Any idea where I can get one or both of these?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I knew I missed him, but it wasn't until I was watching the game on ESPN, and didn't hear his voice over my computer that it really hit me.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thanks,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Polytician&lt;/p&gt;



  

  


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