A's will remove tarps and add seats for playoffs

[fan_since79]

They sold out their first round playoff games in 2 hours, so they're adding 12,000 seats, for a capacity of 48,000.

 

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/athletics/2013/09/17/oakland-athletics-as-oco-coliseum-alds-al-division-series-playoffs-stadium-tarp/2829263/

 

 

[AngelsLakersFan]

Who knew?

 

Good for them!

[Brent Maguire]

And yet none of them are showing up to the ballpark right now. Typical.

[Docwaukee]

Years of suffering and blind devotion and just like that, Tarpy is cast aside like a stale piece of gum. 

[Glen]

This would be a good time for somebody to bring back the tarpy pics.  Those were good.

[Taylor]

This one isn't relevant anymore, but...

 

[YouthofToday]

This is good for baseball.

[mancini79]

Angels could use those tarps

[ELEVEN]

[tdawg87]

I hear Tarpy was shanked 4 years ago and they replaced him with a lookalike. Wake up people!

[Ohtaniland]

MONEYBALL + Playoffs = Arte is going to be mad again.

[Glen]

I hear Tarpy was shanked 4 years ago and they replaced him with a lookalike. Wake up people!

 

 

Why can't we get a foreign tarp?

[yk9001]

I love beating down on an opponent's fanbase like the next guy.  But from what i see on tv, the A's crowd rocks.

[HaloCory22]

The A's average what like 500 people a game yet those 500 are louder than our entire sold out stadium. I'd be ripping on our fans before looking to attack them.

[ScottT]

Air horns, drums, and other noise makers help. It is annoying on tv and radio.

[ELEVEN]

Its like $30 to park for an A's game there because of the Raiders bullshit deal. No wonder they can't draw.

[DW711]

Its like $30 to park for an A's game there because of the Raiders bullshit deal. No wonder they can't draw.

 

If you park at bart..most of the time they dont charge you.

[steveuk]

I went there by car in 2006 while driving the west coast. Timed our visit to coincide with an Angels series.

 

Paid a fortune to enter the parking lot only to discover the usual shitty 10,000 fan average had swelled to a sell out as it was a firework show night! We didn't have tickets as didn't expect it to be necessary. My fault, but who'd have thought so many extra people would show up because of fireworks!

 

Eventually managed to get a parking lot refund after a lengthy discussion and watched the game back at our hotel! Missed the fireworks though 

Edited September 18, 2013 by steveuk

[katie]

This one isn't relevant anymore, but...

 

i wish

[DW711]

I think I went to that series cause I believe the magic number was around 2-4 at that point.

 

The stadium is bad (because of Al Davis) and the neighborhood around it is garbage. We all know that!

 

Again, just park at bart!

Edited September 18, 2013 by DW711

[Taylor]

The A's need a new stadium. The Oakland Penitentiary is not good for baseball. 

[Bashbrothers]

I like going to the games... It adds character

 

It does look gross, but going to the games are totally fine.  Everyone is really chill.

Edited September 18, 2013 by Bashbrothers

[ELEVEN]

Sewage issues strike again at Oakland Coliseum

Posted by Mike Florio on September 18, 2013, 9:56 AM EDT

Something stinks in Oakland. So far this season, it’s not the football team that plays there.

For the second time in 2013, however, the baseball team that shares a stadium with the Raiders has experienced sewage problems in the building. Via Jorge L. Ortiz of USA Today, the term “seventh-inning stretch” acquired a very new and unwelcome meaning on Tuesday night.

In June, sewage invaded both clubhouses. Last night, it backed up into the dugout.

“There’s no carpet down there [in the dugout], so it’s a little bit better, but it’s still pretty gross,” A’s infielder Jed Lowrie said. “It’s kind of repulsive, honestly.”

While the current situation was isolated to one toilet (does Bartolo Colon have an alibi?), there’s a concern that things could get interesting during the playoffs, when capacity swells from 35,000 to 48,000.

Raiders owner Mark Davis has made it clear that he wants to build a new stadium in Oakland. Those concerns surely will intensify if/when the Black Hole ever becomes a brown mess

[Vegas Halo Fan]

MONEYBALL + Playoffs = Arte is going to be mad again.

 

Mr. Cano, here is your locker, right between Mr. Hamilton's and Mr. Pujols'.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Something stinks in Anaheim. So far this season, it’s the baseball team that plays there.

 

Fixed.