baseball – Cruesbreck Flags

January 21, 2025 – Rickey Henderson

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Today, the flags of the United States and the flag of the City of Oakland fly at half staff in memory of the life of Rickey Henderson, who died on…

September 27, 2024 – Oakland Athletics – In Memoriam

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Today, the flag of the Oakland Athletics baseball team flies at half staff in remembrance of the team's fifty six years in the City of Oakland, which came to an…

August 31, 2024 – Oakland Ballers

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Today, the flag of the Oakland Ballers professional baseball team flies. The team, founded in response to the Oakland Athletics' disingenuous campaign to leave Oakland and its approval by Major…

May 2, 2024 – SELL

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Today, the flag of the Oakland Athletics and the SELL flag fly. I have been an Oakland A's fan since I was a kid. The team has had good years…

March 24, 2024 – Field of Dreams

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"If you build it, He will come" is the immortal phrase spoken by The Voice in W.P. Kinsella's book Shoeless Joe, which was later adapted in to the movie "Field…

March 30, 2023 – Opening Day

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Good Morning, baseball fans! Today is opening day of the 2023 season! I fly my A's flag in the hopes that the season will be a good one, the A's…

August 3, 2022 – Vin Scully

Today, the flags of the United States and the state of California fly at half staff in memory of Vin Scully, who served at the announcer for the Brooklyn and…

May 8, 2021 – The Game of Ball is Glorious

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In my sun-down perambulations last night, through the industrial parts of Oakland, I observed several parties of youngsters playing ‘base,’ a certain game of ball…. Let us go forth awhile,…