ah, off-season drama
I am, um. Torn.
Fremont, hm? Fremont is oh, twenty miles south of Oakland. We used to go to the drive-in out there before it closed. You could watch a double-feature and once I tripped on the gravel coming back from the bathroom and ripped the absolute shit out of my hands and knees.
Did they steal our team? Is it possible to consider the team stolen when it's really only fifteen minutes farther away, and there's a BART stop and it's actually closer to where I grew up than either the Coliseum or SBC. If I can still make it to twenty games a year, do I have the right to be upset?
I am kinda upset. Not so much about Fremont as about no longer Oakland. Oakland! Black-sheep city by the bay. Or, not the city, the town! The T-shirts on the BART platform with the Ice Walkers in silhouette. The stadium only a mother could love. Tailgating. Passing the Coliseum on the freeway and blowing kisses at it for good luck. Hmm.
I was planning on posting a story today, fitting right in the with the theme of things, revolving as it does around irrational and dangerous behavior. But these library computers won't let me get into my iPod. Gavin Newsom wants the whole city to have wireless access, more reasons to love him, but that's far in the future.
So, story tomorrow. Confusion today. Fremont?
What the fuck are they gonna call them? The Fremont A's? Because I can't begin to tell you how dumb that sounds.
I was planning to post the new story today, which is terribly appro
Fremont, hm? Fremont is oh, twenty miles south of Oakland. We used to go to the drive-in out there before it closed. You could watch a double-feature and once I tripped on the gravel coming back from the bathroom and ripped the absolute shit out of my hands and knees.
Did they steal our team? Is it possible to consider the team stolen when it's really only fifteen minutes farther away, and there's a BART stop and it's actually closer to where I grew up than either the Coliseum or SBC. If I can still make it to twenty games a year, do I have the right to be upset?
I am kinda upset. Not so much about Fremont as about no longer Oakland. Oakland! Black-sheep city by the bay. Or, not the city, the town! The T-shirts on the BART platform with the Ice Walkers in silhouette. The stadium only a mother could love. Tailgating. Passing the Coliseum on the freeway and blowing kisses at it for good luck. Hmm.
I was planning on posting a story today, fitting right in the with the theme of things, revolving as it does around irrational and dangerous behavior. But these library computers won't let me get into my iPod. Gavin Newsom wants the whole city to have wireless access, more reasons to love him, but that's far in the future.
So, story tomorrow. Confusion today. Fremont?
What the fuck are they gonna call them? The Fremont A's? Because I can't begin to tell you how dumb that sounds.
I was planning to post the new story today, which is terribly appro