North Maple Rag

I checked Moneyball out from the library a few days ago and was informed by the librarian that I should take advantage of Two-dollar Wednesdays at the Oakland Coliseum (actually, he called it Two-dollar Tuesdays, which created some initial confusion among those of us new to Oakland A's events). So, we went to the game last night, had some dollar dogs, and enjoyed what was a beautiful evening. Despite arriving a little late, we saw Nick Swisher's second inning home run (fun for me since I'd just read the part of Moneyball that describes his draft pick).

Anyway, here's our view of the game (courtesy of KVB's phone). Sure, we were far away, but the seats were two dollars.



As we walked from BART to the Coliseum's ticket line, I heard what became the question of the night from a man walking near us. He turned to his companion and said, "So, uh, what do you think of the Roman Colosseum?" He followed that up with what might be the best statement I've ever heard, "Yeah, their's sure is different than ours."