The Oakland A’s Won the AL West, Prepare For “Balfour Rage” on a National Scale
The Oakland A’s won the American League West on the final game of the season. It was a hell of a ride for A’s fans as they came back from as many as 13 games back in June. The greatest part of the ride was Grant Balfour and his 24 saves this season. Each of Balfour’s 75 appearances began with the driving drum beat of Metallica’s One which caused fans to rage – specifically in the Right Field bleachers.
As you can see, the bleacher creatures aren’t the only Oakland residents who get metal during games.
Here is a picture of the Balfour Ragefest-ers.
And here is Balfour spraying fans with a hose following yesterday’s win. This has been Yardwork.
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October 4th, 2012 at 2:15 PM
terms of enrampagement > balfour rage
October 4th, 2012 at 2:18 PM
That picture reminded me of a great tweet last night from a Red Sox writer (don’t remember who):
“The Red Sox finished 20 games worse than last year. The A’s finished 20 games better than last year. Josh Reddick is worth 20 games.”
October 4th, 2012 at 2:18 PM
NO IT HASN’T.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:20 PM
nice to see A’s fans pack the house. i’ll be pulling for them this postseason. O.co coliseum is a dump though.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:20 PM
Please direct all Oakland A’s movie-related jokes to @thesportshernia. Best Tweet gets a 3/4 full bottle of L.A. Looks Hair Gel.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:21 PM
Good for Balfour.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:21 PM
All hail Yardwork. LONG LIVE YARDWORK.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:22 PM
I am raging like this at my desk as we speak; mainly because my craft beer order came in. Gonna be a good weekend.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:22 PM
a’s fan in my yoot. will not jump back on
October 4th, 2012 at 2:23 PM
Rooting for an A’s-Giants WS.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:24 PM
As was I
/Team Bash Brothers
October 4th, 2012 at 2:24 PM
This has been
Yardwork.kinda sorta like the 1/3 that most of you come here for so just be happy and quit your bitchin’./Fixed
October 4th, 2012 at 2:24 PM
After the A’s fell behind 4-1 yesterday, I got a chuckle out of this tweet.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:26 PM
Prepare for Ingesanity! His leadership on the bench will take the A’s to the WS.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:26 PM
nice to see A’s fans pack the house and brave the walk back to their cars.
Fixed. Keepin’ it truthed.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:27 PM
A’s fans = cool. Fun to attend games at the Coliseum (last time I was there was 2006 ALCS, Game 2).
Raiders fans = psychopathic assholes. Not fun to attend games at the Coliseum (buddy of mine took his GF’s 8-year-old son to the Coliseum, and a bunch of fans in the parking lot seriously ripped on the kid for not wearing a Raiders jersey).
October 4th, 2012 at 2:27 PM
It’s not Yarwork unless Timmy is the captain of the ship
October 4th, 2012 at 2:27 PM
+ 1/6 sports 1/6 sports 1/6 media 1/6 media 1/6 pop culture 1/6 pop culture
October 4th, 2012 at 2:27 PM
Fixed. Keepin’ it truthed.
Turner field ain’t exactly in Alpharetta either holmes.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:29 PM
In order of preference: Yankees, Nationals, Reds, Athletics, Giants, Orioles, Tigers, Rangers, Braves, Cardinals.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:30 PM
In order of preference:
Yankees, Nationals, Reds, Athletics, Giants, Orioles, Tigers, Rangers, Braves, Cardinals.golfI doubt I watch more than 5 hours total of playoff baseball.
/tries to pour one out for the Red Sox
//realizes the pitching staff already drank it all
October 4th, 2012 at 2:31 PM
One of the best MLB games I ever experienced was Indians-A’s at the Coliseum in 1986. It was unfortunately a month before McGwire made his debut. Fewer than 1,000 fans. Great bench-clearing brawl. Dave Stewart put Pat Corrales on the canvas.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:35 PM
Each of Balfour’s 75 appearances began with the driving drum beat of Metallica’s One which caused fans to rage – specifically in the Right Field bleachers.
Sort of ruins the mental picture I had of this being played as background music during every A’s game.
It’s a PROCESS!
October 4th, 2012 at 2:36 PM
One of the best MLB games I ever experienced was Indians-A’s at the Coliseum in 1986. It was unfortunately a month before McGwire made his debut. Fewer than 1,000 fans.
My favorite Brewers games were the ones when they were awful with Greg Vaughn and Fernando Vina… less than 10K in County Stadium. Just a good time watching baseball. Now Miller Park is littered with drunk assholes.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:37 PM
Let’s go O’s & A’s and I guess of the NL…Reds?
October 4th, 2012 at 2:39 PM
Bravos!
October 4th, 2012 at 2:39 PM
I know lots of people say “money ball” doesn’t work, etc… but what the A’s did this year (albeit in not total moneyball fashion) needs to get some credit. Texas is loaded with talent… now go look at the A’s roster. How many times has Beane reinvented that team while KC and Pittsburgh remain losers?
Cocoa Crisp!!!!
October 4th, 2012 at 2:40 PM
/// And ate your fried chicken when you weren’t looking
October 4th, 2012 at 2:40 PM
The Brewers are a fucking joke until they bring back the mug of beer for Bernie to slide into.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:41 PM
If the Pirates didn’t remain losers, JMonk would not know what to write about when it comes to baseball.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:42 PM
Never thought they would pull this one off. I am really going to be rooting for them during the playoffs.
/Nats too.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:42 PM
I suggested to my marathon-training wife (who is currently starving 99% of the day) that we go to KFC for once and eat crappy greasy food. I then changed my mind when I realized it was a half-hour drive to get to one. Didn’t go over well.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:42 PM
Remember going to a summer game there with my GF and having to leave in the 8th inning because she was freezing. Game ended up going 16 innings.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:42 PM
Would love to see Reds vs A’s rematch. 22 years in the making: The Johny Gomes Bowl.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:43 PM
The Brewers are a fucking joke until they bring back the mug of beer for Bernie to slide into.
That McDonald’s playland slide he uses now is an embarrassment. Worst decision ever. Borderline national tragedy that This is not still used.
/you can still go see it on if you go on a Lakefront Brewery tour, thank God they didn’t toss it
October 4th, 2012 at 2:43 PM
Stoops to Boston!
October 4th, 2012 at 2:43 PM
The balloons that floated out of the Chalet after Bernie slid down it were just a perfect Minor league touch.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:44 PM
KFC is not fried chicken. Popeye’s, Bojangles, Church’s … now that’s fried chicken.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:44 PM
Getting trashed at Lakefront and going to a Brewers game is #1 on my list for next time I’m in WI.
Private jet tracker or it never happened.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:45 PM
Rather light myself on fire…can’t cheer for any of the NL East teams.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:45 PM
Remember going to a summer game there with my GF and having to leave in the 8th inning because she was freezing. Game ended up going 16 innings.
It had it’s grimy charm, but yeah, a roof was definitely needed. Miller Park is super nice… just feels a little too much like watching baseball in a Wal Mart when the lid is closed.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:46 PM
Turner field ain’t exactly in Alpharetta either holmes.
NO doubt.
I have a friend that works for the Braves and late on a Sunday my son (10 at the time) and I stayed after the game talking with him and getting some pics on the field. When we left, all of the gates in the stadium were locked, dark, no lights in the parking lot.
Unsettling, it was.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:46 PM
The fans in the upper deck were going nuts… Tigers in 4.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:46 PM
Fuck you Ryan Suter.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:47 PM
Watching fat kids get stuck on the Coke bottle slide at AT&T was half the fun of going to Giants home games.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:48 PM
I have a friend that works for the Braves and late on a Sunday my son (10 at the time) and I stayed after the game talking with him and getting some pics on the field. When we left, all of the gates in the stadium were locked, dark, no lights in the parking lot.
Unsettling, it was.
Yeah… it’s very odd how DARK it is walking back to your car in that sketchy neighborhood. You get a block away from the stadium and you’re in the hood. It’s a shame it doesn’t look like the braves/city has done anything to re-invest in that area. Couldn’t have put that ballpark in an area with less charm. How very Atlanta.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:49 PM
There’s a few Church’s around here… but there is a Popeye’s closer than the KFC. May be on the menu after a medium run.
Went to this famous Southern/family style restaurant (Monell’s) in Nashville, really well known for hand-battered/fried chicken, among other entrees with butter as the primary ingredient… after a 20 mile run. Just about the worst my GI tract has ever responded to anything.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:49 PM
so my last comment came across as totally racist. whoops. Meant…dark as in “no light” ….
oops.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:50 PM
We had some restructuring in my company, that doesn’t have any effect on me directly. I just got an introductory e-mail from my new boss’s supervisor’s boss…or something like that.
Anyway, is it bad that I am prejudging her as a bitch because she has a hyphenated name? I say no.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:50 PM
Especially if he really had talked about staying in Nashville, but then his fiance/wife decided she wanted to move to MN. Enjoy your in-laws, assface.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:50 PM
Looking forward to the Nats losing in the NLDS. Hopefully to the Braves.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:50 PM
Anyway, is it bad that I am prejudging her as a bitch because she has a hyphenated name? I say no.
judge away.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:51 PM
You guys ever been to Shea/Citi? If you ever do, don’t drive a car with nice rims.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:51 PM
I thought the whole point of a hyphenated name was so that people knew ahead of time, and didn’t have to spend time trying to figure out if you were a bitch.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:52 PM
At least Minnesota will be paying Suter and Parise about 30-40 million dollars this year for not playing.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:52 PM
I’m using this, and I’ll probably pass it off as my own.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:52 PM
The “Come See The Hole Formerly Known As Fulton County Stadium” hasn’t really drawn the tourists like city planners expected it to.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:53 PM
No, well within bounds.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:54 PM
$26 mil for Weber in 13 months… I feel like I should go buy a few jerseys. Ooof.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:54 PM
Turner Field is leaps and bounds better than the Launching Pad. But yes, it’s not in the greatest part of town. Still, I’ve never been sketched out there. Granted, I haven’t been to a game there since the early 2000s so maybe it’s gotten worse.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:54 PM
The “Come See The Hole Formerly Known As Fulton County Stadium” hasn’t really drawn the tourists like city planners expected it to.
Are you saying the infield outlined in the parking lot is not a big draw?!
October 4th, 2012 at 2:55 PM
Of course, he’ll be locked up long-term with a reasonable cap hit, and even more reasonable salary, so in a year or two, that $26 million could be used to ‘buy’ draft picks/prospects, if they trade him (no NTC, I believe)
October 4th, 2012 at 2:56 PM
Atlanta found a way to screw up the placement of the freaking Olympic Torch (middle of an empty, depressing parking lot)! Not surprised they whiffed on the stadium placement.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:56 PM
Not until the day it has a tepee and Chief Noc-a-homa.
/ Raycess, I know
October 4th, 2012 at 2:57 PM
The As are going to be in a lot of non-save situations when are getting beat by Detroit.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:57 PM
Those have been known to produce happy endings.
/ TBLAD sex tales’d
October 4th, 2012 at 2:58 PM
some of my earliest baseball memories are from County Stadium, I recall lots of drunk assholes.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:58 PM
Turner Field is leaps and bounds better than the Launching Pad. But yes, it’s not in the greatest part of town. Still, I’ve never been sketched out there.
the stadium itself is nice. nothing fancy or architecturally eye opening, but it works. just dont park in the neighborhood around it unless you want to get accosted by bums.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:58 PM
(Monell’s) in Nashville
This place is incredible. Ate Christmas morning breakfast there. Literally just pass bowls of food around. Fried Chicken was included.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:58 PM
We visited Atlanta in 2009… for no reason, just our first road trip together, to go to a stadium neither of us had visited.
Parked right outside the hotel in midtown, then walked everywhere (some art museum-y thing, a few parks, the burger place with the skull…) We had both run a half marathon recently, so were in great shape and never moved the car once, probably walked 10+ miles Saturday alone.
Then it came time to go to the game, and it was so far away from everything we just packed up and drove to the game, and left town from there, instead of being able to go out after and walk back or whatever. Developing infrastructure around your sports (eg Pittsburgh and Boston) is great.
Even Xfinity live in Philly, which isn’t around anything, has built up some bars and stuff, to the point people go out there even when there isn’t a game.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:59 PM
some of my earliest baseball memories are from County Stadium, I recall lots of drunk assholes.
easily avoided when you had whole sections of seats to yourselves. 10K<35K
October 4th, 2012 at 3:00 PM
Yeah… it’s very odd how DARK it is walking back to your car in that sketchy neighborhood.
If you ever notice the big marble building down the street from the stadium with no windows – that’s the archives building. The State of GA Data Center is in the basement of that building (or was?). I had my first job there.
There’s a parking garage under it – access from Fraser street. We had some crazy instructions for arriving at night – driving through 2 doors – with strict instructions to not get out of the car outside the garage.
October 4th, 2012 at 3:00 PM
First time I went to Shea, got off the train, looked at the arena and said, “Wow, stadium’s a lot smaller than I thought.” Then realized I was looking at the tennis complex.
Might as well have had the word “rube” stenciled across my forehead.
October 4th, 2012 at 3:01 PM
Neither of us really loved it like everyone else in the world. I think after running, it just wasn’t the right type of meal. The fried chicken was fine, but not life-changing. I wish the fried chicken and waffle’s place on Clarksville Pike was still around.
October 4th, 2012 at 3:02 PM
Turner field has a HUGE capacity… that was what surprised me the most when I went there. Enormous upper deck. I think it can seat like 52K. Marlins Park is about 35K.
October 4th, 2012 at 3:03 PM
I’m interested to see if the Braves sell out a game that starts at 5 on Friday… I doubt it.
October 4th, 2012 at 3:05 PM
Last time I went to Turner Field, sat along the 3B line next to a Hassidic fellow and his son who were attending their first MLB game. Had a great time discussing baseball all afternoon with him.
October 4th, 2012 at 3:06 PM
Most overrated fried chicken ever is at Coop’s Place on Decatur in New Orleans. Same for the red beans and rice.
October 4th, 2012 at 3:08 PM
I can’t wait to see the game on TV, with the stadium half full. It’s a sellout, but there’ll be 20,000 pour souls stuck on the connector and 400 until the 4th inning.
Marta blows.
I just hope Medlen is still unhittable.
October 4th, 2012 at 3:09 PM
WWOS, there’s a place on 8th and Wedgewood called Fish & Grits I believe. Very sketchy area, and completely ethnic (no raycess. It’s open til 4 am and a great drunk food place. Never had fish and grits before but it was pretty awesome.
October 4th, 2012 at 3:10 PM
It’s a sellout, but there’ll be 20,000 pour souls stuck on the connector and 400 until the 4th inning.
Marta blows.
Yep. It’s a shame. Getting to the South Side of town at 4 o’clock on a friday can take up to 2 hours. That was my first thought when I saw the time of the first pitch.
October 4th, 2012 at 3:15 PM
Thanks. I got it wrong yesterday. Wrong as two left boots.
October 4th, 2012 at 3:28 PM
If the Braves get the boot I’m fully behind the A’s. Anyone that enters to anything Metallica is alright in my book.
October 4th, 2012 at 3:29 PM
Never heard of it, but may have to try it. I usually run through that area, and out towards the fairgrounds/4th ave/Lafayette area, so I know it pretty well. It’s not really too sketchy in the day, and everyone always moves over so I can get by on the sidewalks without jumping into the street, as opposed to Vandy where kids will stare at you coming and not move at all.
October 4th, 2012 at 3:44 PM
The Braves game is sold out, with SRO in the left outfield the only option. Tickets are only available on StubHub. I’m going to the game.
October 4th, 2012 at 3:50 PM
Never heard of it, but may have to try it.
Not a date place by any means. Cool what the hell let’s eat fish and grits late night kind of place
October 4th, 2012 at 3:53 PM
At first glance, I read that as “SROD in the left outfield” and thought, “That ol’ SOB, trying to sabotage the Bravos!”