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Jul 28, 2009 May 30, 2012 1 40747

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McCovey Chronicles AJ Pierzynski



Today the A's had a home game against the Chicago White Sox.  In honor of the 1929 World Series-winning Philadelphia A's, the A's had a throw-back day--1929 ticket prices, throwback uniforms, old time music in between innings, and black-and-white diamond vision for the scoreboard.  They also gave the players nicknames, such as Bing Crosby, Machine Gun Kennedy (initials are AK), and Babyface Everidge.  The best nickname by far belonged to a certain ex-Giant that we all hate:

 

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Enough said.  (image taken from JLaff over at Athletics Nation)

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