Let's Go Oakland

Lately, I've been obsessed with the Oakland A's. I like to see them in the newspaper. I like to watch them on TV. I like to look at my baseball cards. But, most of all, I like to go to the stadium to see them play. On Saturday, Daddy and I were watching an A's game, and I asked when we could go again. Daddy came up with a good idea---tomorrow. So off we went to see the A's play the Devil Rays. It was Eric Chavez backpack day, so I got a cool backpack in yellow and green with Eric Chavez's picture on it. I really like it.

The game was great. I had cotton candy and lemonade. I also led a lot of the cheers. I would start yelling "Let's go Oakland" and then clapping and soon our whole row was joining in the chant. The game was exciting too. After falling behind 1-0, Frank Thomas (aka "stick guy" since he uses a steel rebar to warm up in the on-beck circle) got a single. Then Eric Chavez hit a soaring home run to right. The A's added a run in the 8th and Huston Street closed out the 9th for a 3-1 win.

When we got home, we replayed the game with "balloon baseball". In this sport, the balloon is the ball and a piece of cardboard from a wrapping paper tube is the bat. It's a really fun game. I like to pretend to be sitck guy when batting and Danny Haren when pitching. My fascination with Danny Haren comes from a bobble-head I have of him. Apparently, the Oakland A's general manager, Billy Beane, was kind enough to send it to me.

Here are some photos of me in my A's gear as well as some wine country photos from Grammy's current visit. Click here to see.