Battered in Oakland

The San Francisco Giants are not a pretty sight right now. We went to their game against the A’s in Oakland to witness a 16-nothing drubbing. The Giants’ pitching staff looked like they had stayed out far too late last night, their hitters were completely lost at the the plate, and the A’s young pitcher, Rich Harden, was at the top of his game, ending up allowing only one hit over seven innings.

We had fun nonetheless. The train ride was great. The Coliseum station platform has only been open a couple of weeks, and the person who collected our tickets had no idea we were expected to stop there. But all got sorted out, though we four ended up being the only ones left on the train to get off at that stop. It turned out to be a fast game, too—it wasn’t much of a dilemma skipping out to catch the early train home.