Uncategorized January 21, 2025 – Rickey Henderson 2025-01-212025-01-21 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…
Uncategorized September 27, 2024 – Oakland Athletics – In Memoriam 2024-09-272024-09-26 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…
Uncategorized August 31, 2024 – Oakland Ballers 2024-08-312024-09-10 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…
Uncategorized May 2, 2024 – SELL 2024-05-022024-05-02 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…
Uncategorized March 24, 2024 – Field of Dreams 2024-03-242024-03-24 "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…
Uncategorized March 30, 2023 – Opening Day 2023-03-302023-03-30 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…
Uncategorized August 3, 2022 – Vin Scully 2022-08-03 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…
Uncategorized May 8, 2021 – The Game of Ball is Glorious 2021-05-082021-05-08 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,…