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during the baseball season at Francesco's Restaurant in Oakland. Invited are a player and/or coach as well as an MC. Previous
MC's have been A's announcers, Ken Korach and Vince Cotroneo. Each luncheon also has a raffle full of baseball and A's memorabilia! The 2012 Luncheon Dates Friday, September 14 Francesco’s, 8520 Pardee Drive at
Hegenberger, Oakland Doors open 11:00AM Lunch - 12 Noon Attendance Fee: $ 20 per person
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segment: A's Beat!! See
below or click on the A's Beat tab in the menu bar on the left for past editions.
****************************************************************************************************************************** The Oakland A's Booster Club Sunday Ticket Package for the 2012 season is NOW available! Includes Opening Night and all 12 home Sunday games. You must be a current 2012 Oakland
A's Booster Club member to order this package. A deposit of $75 per seat is due by December 1, 2011 to hold seat requests.
Contact Candi for availability: OaklandAsBooster@comcast.net, or 510-276-1382.
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 January 24, 2012 Three years ago, when the Oakland A’s played the Boston Red Sox in
Japan, I was so excited. I set my alarm clock for 6am, got up and watched the DVR’s replay on T.V.
I believe the actual contest for the two games started at 3am. It felt like a playoff game to me,
although, granted, a faraway playoff game. This
year the A’s open their season in Japan, playing the Seattle Mariners on March 28 and 29. However,
they play two preseason games against the Yomiuri Giants (on March 25) and the Hanshin Tigers (on March 26).
I don’t believe these preseason games will be broadcast locally, which is unfortunate. Would I like to journey to Japan to watch all four games? You
betcha. However, that’s not happening, not only due to the money but also due to the timing.
And the deadline for purchasing tickets for the Japan Series has passed. But I will be there at 3, 4 or 5 am, whatever it takes, to watch the games
unfold, the beginning of the 2012 season for the Oakland Athletics and the Seattle Mariners. We may not
know what kind of team we’ve got (and, frankly, we don’t quite know who’s on the team), but during these
games, we’ll be closer to finding out.
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Burnett, catattack77@hotmail.com, with your correct e-mail address. Some of you receive the
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Click here to read the beautifully written tribute to Bill King by
A's Broadcaster Ken Korach:
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