It was perfect timing. Last night, not long after talking about things I’d like to see and not like to see in the A’s new stadium, a tweet was sent out by a CBS Sports journalist. I should mention, I said the A’s should have some of the same features in the new stadium as their current one.
I love the O.co. It may not be the best stadium in use, but by all means, it’s not the worse. And yet, people feel the need to talk badly about it. I don’t come to your house and talk shit about it, so don’t do that with my stadium. That’s like my other home, well my other, other home. I would much rather go to a game in Oakland than San Francisco. I dislike ATandT Park so much that in my baseball bat collection, I’m paying somebody to pick up my bat from there so I don’t have to ever go back.
In case you somehow missed it, Jon Heyman of CBS Sports, felt the need to send this tweet out last night:
Tweet from Jon Heyman of CBS Sports
Somebody has some brass stones. It’s one thing to think stupid thoughts like that, but to actually type them out and hit send. Whoever said there’s no such thing as bad press is sadly mistaken. I’d rather be a nobody than be hated by thousands of people. I was planning on going to bed early last night after many of late nights recently, but I couldn’t stop refreshing my Twitter feed on my phone. Everybody rallied behind the A’s and the coliseum. Proving once again, we have the best fans in baseball.
We might not sell out every game, but that’s not the point. Even with 15,000 fans in the stands, it sounds like a sell-out. Plus, people are there to see the GAME. It’s a crazy concept. That’s what I don’t like about going to games in San Francisco. There are way too many people who are more interested to being at the game to say they were at the game than the game itself. Take tonight for example. The people sitting behind home plate, not one of them has a Giants jersey on, and there is a total of 3 SF hats. Plus they’ve been carrying on like they’re hanging out at a restaurant, chatting away.
Something that came out today that was worth a chuckle though was CJ Wilson’s comment. If you remember, Wilson when he was with the Rangers, talked major smack about the coliseum and is now booed every time he pitches in Oakland. Somebody mentioned him in a tweet with Heyman that they must be ‘friends’ hating Oakland to which Wilson responded with “hell no that guy sucks”. I still don’t like you CJ Wilson, but I don’t like you a little less.
Something I loved even more than the fan support was that the players even chimed in. Sean Doolittle made some good points and hilarious comments back. Heyman’s only response was that the thought the players wanted a new stadium. Of course they do, but until that happens, O.co is their stadium, their home.
Let’s Go Oakland! See you out at the O.co soon, but not soon enough.
Out of Left Field 