SB Nation User Blog: rocketgirl

Season Tickets

rocketgirl — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:05:23 -0000

Hi All,

I am looking for fellow A's fans to share a portion of The 2009 season... I have 2 seats available at the end of the A's dugout. They are in 123 row 11 seat 11-12... The season ticket price is $40 a ticket...

I will gladly sell various portions of the season,

IE: 10 game blocks up to a half season or more...we can definitely work out a generous schedule...

Unfortunately I am unable to purchase the full season by myself this year and am looking to see if anyone would like to join in some great seats... There are 82 games to choose from! I know I am starting early but if there are not enough takers I will need to give my seats up, which is a very sad thought.... :o(

Oh well, thanks and hope to hear from you! Let's Go Oakland!!

What a fun night!!

rocketgirl — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 07:21:36 -0000

This adventure started at about 4pm, with a phone call from my sort of sister-in-law asking if I would be interested in seeing and hanging with Swish tonight.
He was going to be at the Pepsi plant hanging out, touring the facilities and signing autographs for the workers and their families, which her father just mentioned to her about 5 minutes before... Crazy!!!! (memo to self, tell members of Pepsi management to keep us informed of player visits)

I was so incredibly excited I couldn't stand it... of course I said YES! then I thought, hmmm maybe I should check with my husband first... he fully supports my baseball obsession, so we were good to go...
Needless to say we couldn't get there fast enough ...

With getting stuff settled at home and traffic on 880 my S-I-L and I hit the road just after 8pm and got there just before he was walking out the door. We had just a few minutes with him, and we chatted up a storm, had a few laughs and even got a chance to see the September A's magazine layout with a feature article about him fighting off the "sophomore slump".
I have met and chatted with him on previous occasions and this time was no different. Swish was all smiles, joking and laughing, genuinely having a good time with everyone he met, including us... Woo Hoo!!!!

This is only one reason I absolutely adore this team, all the players have a great attitude with the fans and seem to enjoy getting out and having fun....
We were able to get a few things signed, we wished him well, and then we walked out of Pepsi and into the parking lot together... We were the last 2 guests there, so before Swish and his group left we were given the new A's magazine, which was also signed and a farewell wink...
What a way to start a long weekend of baseball....

Lets Go Oakland!!!!

A's Baseball!! Good Times!!!

A's vs Giants Photos....late but better than never

rocketgirl — Thu, 25 May 2006 23:50:24 -0000

Warning... some of these are big...
sorry these are so late... huge computer issues...

WE all know what happened during the Giants series... these shots are from Saturday the 20th...
Hope you enjoy!!
Hope this brings the boys good luck in Texas!!!

Rich during warm-ups

Jay getting some throws in

Huston warming up

Swish catching the first pitch..

Big Hurt stretching

are you taking a picture of me??

a little Zito love..

Rich again...

Frank during the National Anthem

can't have a photo thread without this...

Just for you nimvee...

Lets Go Oakland!!!!

Spring Training recap and Pictures....Baseball is Back!! Good Times!!!

rocketgirl — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 23:12:17 -0000

It has taken me a while to figure out what to post about our ST trip so here goes....Sorry everyone with a slow download... but there are some pictures attached to all of my rambling....

Well, well, well... we have just come back from ST in Arizona... what a fun few days it was... I am totally excited that baseball is back, now I am waiting for April 3rd with baited breath... and of course, camera in hand...
Flying in Thursday night was fairly uneventful, catching dinner and drinks in Tempe, was all we could muster after a long day... The Tavern is my new favorite bar, the drinks were made very well and incredibly inexpensive, not to mention the security guy that carded me and totally adorable bartender, I know carding me was just to be nice, but it made this old girls night....

Friday morning couldn't come fast enough, we headed to the park, and it was beautiful weather... St. Patrick's Day celebrating was in full swing by 10:30... Mark the beer guy at the stadium was in all his garb...and the boys were clowning around during warm-ups...Baseball is Back!!! Good Times!! The A's played a good game but came up short in the 10th... Friday night proved to be just as exciting; who would have thought that a bar named McDuffy's would be so much fun on St. Patty's day... hmmmm. We rode the shuttle from the hotel to McDuffy's with a man we now call "Angry Cubs Guy" who was fairly amusing with his ranting and raving about being "stuck in the desert"... why come to ST just to be miserable?...maybe being angry is a prerequisite for cubs fans??? Who knows?

Saturday was beautiful and sunny with just enough breeze to keep you comfortable, if not a bit chilly... Early entry day was very nice... chatting with Ray Fosse proved to be just as fun as I imagined, he has a really sweet personality and is quick witted... the players were in rare form for warm up, joking and laughing, letting their personalities show... Baseball is Back!! Good Times!!! Blanton started off well, except for a few bad calls from the umpire, which really seemed to irk him to no end. When he left the mound I believe he said something like "Do you even know what a strike zone is?" the umpires rebuttal was something like "Do you"... hmmmm not very nice in my opinion...The game was going well until the 7th when we had a bit of a meltdown; which led to a 9th inning rally but unfortunately we couldn't pull it out... final score 7-17...

Sunday was wet and cold... the tarp was on the field, the boys hiding in the dugout, we didn't know if there was even going to be a game.... But low and behold the field crew marched out and removed the tarp... Baseball is Back!! Good Times!!! The game was very exciting the Cubs were playing well, but our boys were better.... I even got a chance to heckle "Angry Cubs Guy" that I must say was very amusing... There was one highlight of the game for me... The umpire made a really bad call at 2nd and the old man behind me yelled "Disappointed!" it was one of the funniest things I have heard in awhile... it is now going to be my answer for a particularly bad call... that and "Seriously?!?" which I have picked up from Grey's anatomy... The A's pulled it off an won 8-4... it was so good to hear Cool and the Gang...
Baseball is Back!! Good Times!!!

Saarloos fielding grounders

Chavvy breaking for a ball

OOPS!!

Hmmm I am kinda hot aren't I...

Dance Puppet Dance!!

it wouldn't be the same without one of these..

Saarloos..what a guy

I hate it when that happens...

Huston saving the day..

the boys..

Wasn't me!!!

Ellis's home run...

thats all for now.... I have plenty more, I will save them for later... thanks for letting me ramble and ramble...
It was really great to meet a few fellow ANers...thanks for the laughs... Enjoy...

Battle wounds..

rocketgirl — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 23:15:20 -0000

I have become a casualty of a good time...

Yesterday evening at the A's Game, and what a wonderful game it was, I happened to be at the tail end of a line drive foul ball... here is the story... Dan Johnson was up to bat in the 3rd inning and cracked a line drive foul up into the rows just above the A's dugout. I had just finished telling the kids I was with, that they really needed to pay attention to the game down here because where we were sitting is definitely foul ball territory. As I saw the swing, heard the crack of the bat, and immediately saw a whitish object hurling toward me, all I could think of was, OH S..T! it is going to hit one of the kids so I did the only thing I could do, which was stick my hand out and try to deflect the ball if not catch it... Well let me tell you, it smacked my hand so hard that it tore the nail right out of my middle finger... and to answer some of you out there.... Yes they are long and Yes the whole thing came off!! I had to have the damaged nail bed removed this morning...Yuck!!! Now I have this huge gauze wrapped middle finger flipping everyone off!!!

So long story short... does anyone else have any foul ball battle wounds they want to share?????

All in all it was such a good game I really don't care about the finger......

Let's Go A's!!!!!