For Love Of The Game

My worship of baseball began early in life around the age of 4 or 5. That is the age when my father took me to my first game. Then to be quite honest it was all abut the chocolate malts, the pretzels and the fun. Back in the day the Oakland Athletics had a play place called Lego Land that my best friend and I would beg our fathers to take us to. They would begrudgingly finish their beers and leave the game so we could color and ride plastic elephants. Then I didn't even fit in the seats of the stadium and a hot dog was longer than my hand. The seats of the coliseum were blue not green, and tickets and beer were actually affordable. I loved going to games even if for all the wrong reasons. My father continued to take me to games and as I got older I began to appreciate the game for what it truly was.
I will never forget when my father gave me my first score book for one of my birthdays. I was immediately in love with my score book and every year since have received one on my birthday. Even more clearly I remember the first game I ever scored on my own and the fact that the A'S lost to Roy Halladay. In the past 6 years I have not missed a single Fanfest, been to most Oakland playoff games feigning illness or funerals(a lot of people I know die during the playoffs ok),met many of my favorite players and been to spring training once.

Throughout the years the game has become a part of me. Baseball is in my blood for better or for worse. (I say for the better) Not a day goes by without checking up on my team even if it's the dead of winter. (Beane is a busy guy and I am a worried girl when it relates to him.) When my team looses I say "We lost the game today" because I do consider myself a part of the team. My father's father took him to games in Seal stadium and my father has taken me to games at the coliseum since I was a child. This blog will chronicle my love for my father, the game, and most importantly The Oakland Athletics!!!!!! I hope you enjoy this MLBlog written by an Oakland baseball gal! I know it's a long season and I hope you stay with me.

"It's a long season and you gotta trust. I've tried 'em all, I really have, and the only church that truly feeds the soul, day in, day out, is the Church of Baseball."- Annie Savoy, Bull Durham