Regular season is FINALLY here! Life Has Meaning Again!
Yes, the Oakland A's had a good spring, yes they beat the World Champion Giants two out of three in last weekend's Bay Bridge series, but the real omen for their success in 2013 was found unexpectedly in a Walmart in San Leandro where yours truly and his girlfriend went for a new A's hat.
As my relatives, friends, clients, and fellow denizens of coffeehouses & saloons will find, that prominent symbol of white, gold and green will be evident every day for the next six (and hopefully seven!) months through this season. So spotting a bright adjustable hat in Walmart for $14.97 (maybe twenty bucks less than at the Coliseum) was a pretty good sign. And when it went through the register for $3.28 (!!), that was definitely an omen of great tidings. No questions, just a smile and "good luck" from the register girl.
Yes, after last year's amazing season, we've said goodbye to Johnny Gomes and Brandon McCarthy, and seen the backs of Cliff Pennington, Brandon Inge and Chris Carter, but our team is hitting Opening Night against the Mariners in high gear. The Cactus League saw the A's win 17 and lose 13. While that is normally pretty meaningless, it's worth noting what the A's did in their last 10 games - they won 8, tied one and lost one, including playing three games in front of 113,000 fans at the Giants AT&T Park (where they won 7-3 and lost 3-1) and at our dusky old Coliseum, where Yeonis Cespedes hit another tremendous home run for a 4-3 victory.
Tough to see Jemile Weeks go down to Triple-A, glad newcomer Hiro Nakijima has time to recover from his sprained hamstring, and a Big welcome to -- Jed Lowrie, Chris Young, John Jaso, Chris Respo and Nate Freiman -- may you be infused with the spirit of Moneyball!
Play Ball! See if you can get one of these A's hats for $3.28 - what a way to start the season!
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