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"content": "\u003cp>Everybody knows that baseball — the dominant sport in America for two-thirds of the 20th century — excluded Black players from its major leagues for decades, from the turn of the century until Jackie Robinson broke through in 1947. In most tellings, Negro League stars like Buck O’Neill, Josh Gibson and Satchel Paige are tragic figures: They were robbed of the opportunity to compete against Joe DiMaggio, et al, and to join the firmament of household names on the sports pages, in the record books and at Cooperstown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A parallel history of baseball from a Black point of view, Sam Pollard’s fleet-footed, feature-length \u003cem>The League\u003c/em> offers a perspective that acknowledges segregation and racism — yet is closer to a house party than a lament. Meshing the recollections of numerous players and Negro League umpire Bob Motley (who died in 2017), a wealth of splendid vintage footage and interviews with young Black historians, it’s a solid double in the gap that fans of the game will enjoy even more than devotees of American social history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13931370\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 604px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/2.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13931370\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/2.png\" alt=\"in a black and white photo an umpire leaps up into the air in the middle of the field calling a play\" width=\"604\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/2.png 604w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/2-160x127.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Umpire Bob Motley in the air, in a still from ‘The League.’ \u003ccite>(Byron Motley, courtesy of Magnolia Pictures)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The League\u003c/em> is not as kinetic and enthralling as the prolific Pollard’s recent \u003cem>Sammy Davis, Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me (2017)\u003c/em> or last year’s \u003cem>Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power\u003c/em>. 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Off the field, the effects were even more significant: Black communities proudly embraced their teams to such a degree that churches moved their Sunday services up an hour in deference to highly anticipated games. Meanwhile, the teams hired hundreds of ticket-takers, vendors and ushers, fueling the local economy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Foster was disabled by gas poisoning in a hotel accident. His 1930 death, combined with the Great Depression, doomed the Negro National League. Pittsburgh Crawfords owner Gus Greenlee launched the second iteration in 1933, the same year he signed the likable catcher Joshua Gibson.[aside postid='arts_13875504']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pittsburgh, which was on the main train line connecting East Coast cities as well as points west, was able to support another terrific Black team: The Homestead Grays, who signed away Gibson after four seasons with the Crawfords. (A career .365 hitter, Gibson’s mental health issues and premature death robbed him of a shot at the Major Leagues.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As one would expect, \u003cem>The League\u003c/em> weaves important Black social movements into the narrative. The great migration of Southern Black Americans to northern cities after World War I was key to the success of the Negro National Leagues. During World War II, the \u003cem>Pittsburgh Courier\u003c/em> spearheaded the Double Victory campaign, which highlighted the contributions and bravery of Black soldiers fighting to free people overseas and lobbied for expanded freedoms at home — less discrimination and segregation — for Black Americans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13931371\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/6.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13931371\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/6-800x1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/6-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/6-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/6-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/6.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sam Pollard, director of ‘The League.’ \u003ccite>(Courtesy Magnolia Pictures)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Batting cleanup in \u003cem>The League\u003c/em> is executive Effa Manley. She made her first mark leading a 1934 boycott of a Harlem department store until it hired Black salesgirls, and became co-owner of the Newark Eagles upon marrying its owner, Abe Manley, the following year. Effa excelled at managing the club’s business operations and advocating for all Negro League players.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you harbor the notion that Branch Rickey is a hero for integrating Major League Baseball when he signed Jackie Robinson from the Kansas City Monarchs for his Brooklyn Dodgers, listen to Effa Manley. She was outspoken about Rickey’s crass failure to pay the team that developed him. (In contrast, Cleveland Indians owner Bill Veeck paid Manley a small sum for Larry Doby, who was the first Black player in the American League.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Manley is perhaps the most fascinating figure in \u003cem>The League\u003c/em>. She is among the roughly three dozen Negro League greats inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame since 1971, and is still the only woman in the Hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13931374\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/5-1.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13931374\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/5-1-800x635.png\" alt=\"a black and white photo of a Negro League baseball team\" width=\"800\" height=\"635\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/5-1-800x635.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/5-1-160x127.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/5-1-768x610.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/5-1.png 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 1942 AA Marines in a still from ‘The League. \u003ccite>(Library of Congress, courtesy of Magnolia Pictures)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Bay Area baseball fans will encounter surprisingly few local connections in \u003cem>The League\u003c/em>. Willie Mays played 13 games in 1948 for the Negro League’s Birmingham Black Barons — when he was 17 — and he makes a cameo appearance via a couple-decades-old videotaped interview and his unforgettable catch of Vic Wertz’s blast to deep centerfield in the opening game of the 1954 World Series. The Negro League will take a turn in the spotlight at the Black Barons’ ballpark, Rickwood Field, on June 20, 2024, when the Giants and Cardinals play a nationally televised regular season game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While neither the filmmaker nor his cohort of learned interviewees express any regrets about the integration of Major League Baseball, it obviously led to the demise of the Negro Baseball League. Black fans preferred to see Robinson, or Doby, or Paige, or Monte Irvin, or Roy Campanella playing against and alongside white players rather than all-Black teams in all-Black leagues. 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She made her first mark leading a 1934 boycott of a Harlem department store until it hired Black salesgirls, and became co-owner of the Newark Eagles upon marrying its owner, Abe Manley, the following year. Effa excelled at managing the club’s business operations and advocating for all Negro League players.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you harbor the notion that Branch Rickey is a hero for integrating Major League Baseball when he signed Jackie Robinson from the Kansas City Monarchs for his Brooklyn Dodgers, listen to Effa Manley. She was outspoken about Rickey’s crass failure to pay the team that developed him. (In contrast, Cleveland Indians owner Bill Veeck paid Manley a small sum for Larry Doby, who was the first Black player in the American League.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Manley is perhaps the most fascinating figure in \u003cem>The League\u003c/em>. 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He said the league had such a rich talent pool where players played with in a “bold, brash way” and was “fast and daring.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not to disparage Jackie at all, but this is how great the talent was in the Negro Leagues,” Kendrick said. “I tell people all the time that the talent in the Negro Leagues would not take a backseat to any league. We’re talking about some of the greatest athletes to ever put on a baseball uniform. And unfortunately, the majority of the public, they don’t know these names. But they should, both from a baseball perspective as well as a historical perspective.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13925671']Sony’s San Diego Studio will donate $1 to the Negro Leagues Museum for every \u003cem>MLB The Show 23 Collector’s Edition\u003c/em> is sold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kendrick said having the Negro League storyline in the game will hopefully inspire young Black kids and others of color to learn more about their heritage. 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"content": "\u003cp>There are a few key \u003ca href=\"https://www.mlb.com/rule-changes-2023\">rule changes\u003c/a> coming to Major League Baseball this season, but one in particular is already throwing players for a curve.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13913451']Spring training games underway in Florida and Arizona have featured a new pitch clock, which gives pitchers a set amount of time before they have to throw the ball.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The timer is set to 15 seconds if the bases are empty or 20 seconds if there are runners on base, and the hitter has to be in the batter’s box with eight seconds left on the clock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13925672\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13925672\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/ap23057819581580_custom-898009c6a9eb2c69915918be1956924ff0fb2b52-scaled-e1677530743150-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/ap23057819581580_custom-898009c6a9eb2c69915918be1956924ff0fb2b52-scaled-e1677530743150-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/ap23057819581580_custom-898009c6a9eb2c69915918be1956924ff0fb2b52-scaled-e1677530743150-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/ap23057819581580_custom-898009c6a9eb2c69915918be1956924ff0fb2b52-scaled-e1677530743150-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/ap23057819581580_custom-898009c6a9eb2c69915918be1956924ff0fb2b52-scaled-e1677530743150-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/ap23057819581580_custom-898009c6a9eb2c69915918be1956924ff0fb2b52-scaled-e1677530743150-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/ap23057819581580_custom-898009c6a9eb2c69915918be1956924ff0fb2b52-scaled-e1677530743150.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Home plate umpire Jim Wolf waits as the pitch clock counts down during the first inning of a spring training baseball game between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Los Angeles Dodgers, February 2023. \u003ccite>(AP Photo/Morry Gash)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>MLB officials say the pitch clock can help reduce the \u003ca href=\"https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/misc.shtml\">length of games\u003c/a>, which have averaged more than three hours long in recent years. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Oakland Athletics are used to the departure of big personalities: Reggie Jackson. Rickey Henderson. Barry Zito. Yoenis Cespedes.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yet it’s not always the big-name players whom fans are saddest to see go.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Next season, \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13914585/hal-the-hot-dog-guy-oakland-coliseum-hella-hungry\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hal Gordon\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> — better known as “\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ashotdog\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hal the Hot Dog Guy\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">” — will not return as the stadium’s most well-known food vendor. Gordon \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/AsHotDog/status/1585008321811320832\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">first shared the news on Twitter\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to his loyal cadre of fans last week, announcing his decision to depart from the A’s after six seasons. As a graduate student in the process of earning his PhD in Economics at UC Berkeley, Gordon will transition away from the role that has brought him local fame and adoration: hawking hot dogs and being a friendly jokester.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Along with his well-known shticks, like shouting “Let’s ketchup!” in late innings whenever the A’s were losing, Gordon also cared for the fans and the city, often bringing \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13914585/hal-the-hot-dog-guy-oakland-coliseum-hella-hungry\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">his own array of extra condiments\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> that are otherwise unavailable at the Coliseum — such as jalapeño mustard and capers — and supporting local charities by donating a portion of his tips.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Since he’s working to complete his degree, Gordon had been hoping that the A’s would hire him long-term at closer to the salary that a PhD economist would make — \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/AsHotDog/status/1585717211489935361\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">perhaps as the team’s in-house data scientist\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. But he knew it was a long shot.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“Creating this character and hearing people tell me I’ve become part of their experience [at the Coliseum] was just som\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">ething that kept me going during grad school,” Gordon says. “I get it, I understand [the A’s] are in a tough spot. I was never an employee of the team. I’m the employee of a subcontractor. I’m sure the organization is more worried about keeping employees who have been there much longer than me. I gave my all and it just couldn’t be.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fans have resorted to tweeting out their frustration, even asking A’s owner, Dave Kaval, to reconsider.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/MrChris80/status/1585721540506574848\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">For those who have no connection to the Oakland A’s community, it may seem farcical to see fans getting so emotional about losing a food vendor. But if you’ve sat in the Coliseum, endured the recent onslaught of \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/aug/31/feral-cats-few-fans-and-lewd-acts-is-the-as-era-in-oakland-over\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">ridicule and scrutiny in the media\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and ridden the rollercoaster of on-field disappointment that the Oakland A’s have embarrassingly served up, then you’d know how it feels to be losing out on a rare bright spot — even if it’s something as seemingly unremarkable as a fun-loving, community-focused hot dog server.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gordon isn’t the first beloved doggie slinger to win the hearts of green and gold fans. In 2019, Jimmy Graff, whom Gordon praised as his mentor and inspiration, \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2019/12/29/giants-athletics-popular-hot-dog-vendor-jimmy-graff-dies-49/2769223001/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">passed away at age 49\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, leaving the A’s community distraught. In his place, Gordon rose in popularity and proudly continued Graff’s legacy as a goofy, carefree and passionate vendor — even dressing up in an old-timey striped uniform that Graff created — at one of \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://ballparkdigest.com/2022/06/02/we-knew-things-at-the-coliseum-were-bad-but-the-as-say-theyre-worse/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Major League Baseball’s notoriously “worst” venues\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Despite the many flaws inside East Oakland’s dilapidated baseball cathedral, it’s the diehard fans and workers like Gordon — as well as Graff and many others before them — who have kept the experience vibrant over the years. This season, in particular, \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHZR75QjAIA\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gordon’s well-known love for hot dogs and pranks\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> has given attendees something to look forward to in an otherwise dismal campaign that ended with a last-place finish. By going beyond the call of duty to bring extra condiments on BART and creating his own chants, Gordon has gained the undying support of the Bay Area’s underdog baseball team — and those who call its stadium home.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I grew up at the Coliseum, so I’m familiar with hot dog vendors. When Hal came around, he was another one of those Coliseum charms. The position isn’t going away, but I will always remember those moments he gave us as a hawker with the A’s,” says Bryan Johansen. He’s the co-founder of \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://lastdivebar.com/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Last Dive Bar\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, an online A’s apparel shop independently run by him and his two friends, Carl Moren and Paul Bailey, since 2019.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[pullquote size=\"large\" align=\"right\"]“Over time, Gordon’s Twitter feed has become a live photo gallery of real faces at the Coliseum. He is, quite literally, a man among the people.”[/pullquote]In 2020, Last Dive Bar teamed up with Gordon to create shirts with slogans like \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://lastdivebar.com/products/gimme-an-a-tee\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“Gimme an A!”\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and “Hal’s My Pal” — all phrases popularized by Gordon and his fans during his tenure. Each tee is illustrated by \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/AsFanByDesign\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A’s Fan by Design\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, with proceeds going to the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.accfb.org/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alameda County Community Food Bank\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“It’s all a reflection of your experiences [at the Coliseum],” Johansen says. “It’s about people’s connection to being a fan of their favorite team and their baseball stadium. Hal is a part of those aspects.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/AsHotDog/status/1585433381122473984\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gordon embodies a sense of organic community that is strong among A’s fans, who’ve arguably endured more suffering than any of the remaining Bay Area sports franchises. Over time, Gordon’s Twitter feed has become a live photo gallery of real faces at the Coliseum in a way that sports media would never be able to portray. He is, quite literally, a man among the people. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.foxnews.com/sports/athletics-likely-leave-oakland-las-vegas-mlb-commissioner-says\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">dramatic turmoil surrounding the future of the Oakland A’s\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> has allowed figures like Gordon to become even more noticeable. There’s a reason Gordon was embraced in Oakland and not, for instance, in San Francisco — where Gordon would occasionally vend as well.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“The blessing of being an A’s fan and working for the A’s is that there was so much room and oxygen to try new things and do new things,” he says. “I’ve gotten to know so many people there by name and by face, and have made so many friends. I know every single season ticket holder. That wouldn’t have been possible at almost any other stadium. It’s a blessing.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">For Gordon, it’s about the friendships he’s made and the good memories he’s been a part of, especially during a time of negativity surrounding sports franchises in Oakland. It fueled him to do what he did during his time behind the proverbial food plate — especially when it came to younger fans.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[pullquote size=\"large\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Hal Gordon\"]“I know every single season ticket holder. That wouldn’t have been possible at almost any other stadium.”[/pullquote]“Hal created lasting moments for my son and for the future generation of fans,” says Johansen. “My son knows his name. He’s not super into baseball, but he remembers names: Ramón [Laureano], [Tony] Kemp, Hal. Hal took the time to make the moment special for him and other kids.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">One of the ways he has done that is by gifting homemade prank ketchup bottles that shoot out red string — another Gordon signature — to excitable young fans, including \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SandLot408/status/1585720636885696512\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Johansen’s son\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Gordon also gives away Hal the Hot Dog Guy trading cards, which kids and adults alike have been known to collect. (I have a few stashed away with my lifetime A’s memorabilia.)\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/mushlederman/status/1587117212627742721\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">When the games were over and the lights turned off, Gordon was often one of the last workers to leave the Coliseum. Often, he could be found at community events throughout the East Bay, too.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“He helped organize a great Fan Fest earlier this year with the Oakland 68s,” \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/AlexEspinozaIV/status/1587537588310589440\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">tweeted Alex Espinoza of 95.7 The Game\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. “Won’t be the same without him!”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside postID='arts_13914585,arts_13920345']Mike Delia — \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/blog/transit-driver-appreciation-day-meet-mr-boston\">a San Francisco public transit operator\u003c/a> — credits Gordon as the inspiration behind him creating his own MUNI-themed baseball cards. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another fan started \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/jstemily/status/1587536959248793600\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">an online petition to keep Gordon at the Coliseum\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> that has more than 250 signatures so far.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">For every game of the A’s season, there’s a story about Gordon’s kindness or goofball antics to be told. 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Those friendships, the people, the fandom — it’s bigger than the politics and whims of any one person.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Who can’t rally around that?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12904247 aligncenter\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"39\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-160x16.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-240x23.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-375x37.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A curated selection of photos were submitted by Oakland A’s fans in response to \u003ca 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Oakland Athletics are used to the departure of big personalities: Reggie Jackson. Rickey Henderson. Barry Zito. Yoenis Cespedes.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yet it’s not always the big-name players whom fans are saddest to see go.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Next season, \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13914585/hal-the-hot-dog-guy-oakland-coliseum-hella-hungry\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hal Gordon\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> — better known as “\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ashotdog\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hal the Hot Dog Guy\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">” — will not return as the stadium’s most well-known food vendor. Gordon \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/AsHotDog/status/1585008321811320832\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">first shared the news on Twitter\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to his loyal cadre of fans last week, announcing his decision to depart from the A’s after six seasons. As a graduate student in the process of earning his PhD in Economics at UC Berkeley, Gordon will transition away from the role that has brought him local fame and adoration: hawking hot dogs and being a friendly jokester.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Along with his well-known shticks, like shouting “Let’s ketchup!” in late innings whenever the A’s were losing, Gordon also cared for the fans and the city, often bringing \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13914585/hal-the-hot-dog-guy-oakland-coliseum-hella-hungry\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">his own array of extra condiments\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> that are otherwise unavailable at the Coliseum — such as jalapeño mustard and capers — and supporting local charities by donating a portion of his tips.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Since he’s working to complete his degree, Gordon had been hoping that the A’s would hire him long-term at closer to the salary that a PhD economist would make — \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/AsHotDog/status/1585717211489935361\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">perhaps as the team’s in-house data scientist\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. But he knew it was a long shot.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">For those who have no connection to the Oakland A’s community, it may seem farcical to see fans getting so emotional about losing a food vendor. But if you’ve sat in the Coliseum, endured the recent onslaught of \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/aug/31/feral-cats-few-fans-and-lewd-acts-is-the-as-era-in-oakland-over\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">ridicule and scrutiny in the media\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and ridden the rollercoaster of on-field disappointment that the Oakland A’s have embarrassingly served up, then you’d know how it feels to be losing out on a rare bright spot — even if it’s something as seemingly unremarkable as a fun-loving, community-focused hot dog server.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gordon isn’t the first beloved doggie slinger to win the hearts of green and gold fans. In 2019, Jimmy Graff, whom Gordon praised as his mentor and inspiration, \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2019/12/29/giants-athletics-popular-hot-dog-vendor-jimmy-graff-dies-49/2769223001/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">passed away at age 49\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, leaving the A’s community distraught. In his place, Gordon rose in popularity and proudly continued Graff’s legacy as a goofy, carefree and passionate vendor — even dressing up in an old-timey striped uniform that Graff created — at one of \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://ballparkdigest.com/2022/06/02/we-knew-things-at-the-coliseum-were-bad-but-the-as-say-theyre-worse/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Major League Baseball’s notoriously “worst” venues\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Despite the many flaws inside East Oakland’s dilapidated baseball cathedral, it’s the diehard fans and workers like Gordon — as well as Graff and many others before them — who have kept the experience vibrant over the years. This season, in particular, \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHZR75QjAIA\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gordon’s well-known love for hot dogs and pranks\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> has given attendees something to look forward to in an otherwise dismal campaign that ended with a last-place finish. By going beyond the call of duty to bring extra condiments on BART and creating his own chants, Gordon has gained the undying support of the Bay Area’s underdog baseball team — and those who call its stadium home.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I grew up at the Coliseum, so I’m familiar with hot dog vendors. When Hal came around, he was another one of those Coliseum charms. The position isn’t going away, but I will always remember those moments he gave us as a hawker with the A’s,” says Bryan Johansen. He’s the co-founder of \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://lastdivebar.com/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Last Dive Bar\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, an online A’s apparel shop independently run by him and his two friends, Carl Moren and Paul Bailey, since 2019.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>In 2020, Last Dive Bar teamed up with Gordon to create shirts with slogans like \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://lastdivebar.com/products/gimme-an-a-tee\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“Gimme an A!”\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and “Hal’s My Pal” — all phrases popularized by Gordon and his fans during his tenure. Each tee is illustrated by \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/AsFanByDesign\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A’s Fan by Design\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, with proceeds going to the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.accfb.org/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alameda County Community Food Bank\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“It’s all a reflection of your experiences [at the Coliseum],” Johansen says. “It’s about people’s connection to being a fan of their favorite team and their baseball stadium. Hal is a part of those aspects.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gordon embodies a sense of organic community that is strong among A’s fans, who’ve arguably endured more suffering than any of the remaining Bay Area sports franchises. Over time, Gordon’s Twitter feed has become a live photo gallery of real faces at the Coliseum in a way that sports media would never be able to portray. He is, quite literally, a man among the people. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.foxnews.com/sports/athletics-likely-leave-oakland-las-vegas-mlb-commissioner-says\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">dramatic turmoil surrounding the future of the Oakland A’s\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> has allowed figures like Gordon to become even more noticeable. There’s a reason Gordon was embraced in Oakland and not, for instance, in San Francisco — where Gordon would occasionally vend as well.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“The blessing of being an A’s fan and working for the A’s is that there was so much room and oxygen to try new things and do new things,” he says. “I’ve gotten to know so many people there by name and by face, and have made so many friends. I know every single season ticket holder. That wouldn’t have been possible at almost any other stadium. It’s a blessing.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">For Gordon, it’s about the friendships he’s made and the good memories he’s been a part of, especially during a time of negativity surrounding sports franchises in Oakland. It fueled him to do what he did during his time behind the proverbial food plate — especially when it came to younger fans.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Mike Delia — \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/blog/transit-driver-appreciation-day-meet-mr-boston\">a San Francisco public transit operator\u003c/a> — credits Gordon as the inspiration behind him creating his own MUNI-themed baseball cards. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another fan started \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/jstemily/status/1587536959248793600\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">an online petition to keep Gordon at the Coliseum\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> that has more than 250 signatures so far.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">For every game of the A’s season, there’s a story about Gordon’s kindness or goofball antics to be told. Still, he knows the magic will remain, with or without his hot dogs.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“The most important part is that we were just having fun. Those of us at the stadium just had fun together,” says Gordon. “This East Bay community isn’t going anywhere. 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"content": "\u003cp>It’s 1943, and Carson Shaw is running as fast as she can.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Specifically, she’s running to catch a train that will take her to Chicago for the tryouts of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, meant to fill a gap in baseball created when men who played professionally went off to war. This is how we begin the new Amazon series \u003cem>A League Of Their Own\u003c/em>. Carson is played by Abbi Jacobson, late of \u003cem>Broad City\u003c/em>, who co-created the series with Will Graham, a writer who’s worked on projects as varied as\u003cem> Onion SportsDome \u003c/em>and \u003cem>Mozart In The Jungle\u003c/em>. It’s a loving descendant of the 1992 film of the same name, as well as an ambitious effort to address its conspicuous gaps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While this is the same baseball league as in the film (which existed in real life from 1943 to 1954), and the team is still the Rockford Peaches (can’t give up those iconic pink-and-red uniforms), this is a separate story. Characters don’t map directly from one version to the other. Where there were sisters Dottie and Kit (Geena Davis and Lori Petty), their hard-drinking coach Jimmy (Tom Hanks) and teammates like Mae and Doris (Madonna and Rosie O’Donnell), there’s a wholly new set of characters here. Two sets, actually.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13914585']Carson is married and her husband is deployed, leaving her free to pursue baseball—at least for the time being—when she lands a spot with the Peaches. Their manager is a former player named Dove (Nick Offerman), and while there are superficial similarities between him and Jimmy Dugan (Offerman could have played the heck out of Jimmy had that been the direction they went), the character is used differently. His arc has the effect of keeping more of the focus on the team’s women—and, perhaps, facing more straightforwardly the dismissive attitude the men in the league have toward the women who are playing. (Men in the world of baseball are, in general, reduced in prominence in this version.) With less of the manager than in the movie, there is more of the team’s chaperone, played with sneaky kindness by Dale Dickey as an enforcer whose strictness exists alongside respect for the Peaches and what they’re trying to do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The series also tells the story, in parallel to the Peaches, of Max (Chanté Adams). She’s a gifted Black pitcher local to Rockford who can’t join the team, because the AAGPBL doesn’t accept Black players. So Max, with the help and support of her best friend Clance (the positively sparkling Gbemisola Ikumelo), has to figure out where baseball fits into her life when the Peaches do \u003cem>not \u003c/em>represent a world of possibility but another closed door. Her best opportunity seems to be a company team in Rockford—but it’s also hostile to her, because it’s a team of men representing a company of men.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Striking this balance—in which the AAGPBL is legitimately a life-changing opportunity for some women and a mechanism of racist exclusion for others—is not easy, even though the dynamic is very common in schools and workplaces and other organizations. The obvious cheat would be to have the Peaches magically integrated, but that would be a fantasy that is (fortunately) not pursued. Instead, the show sits with this tension and, at least in this season, doesn’t particularly try to resolve it. 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And when Greta treats her to a haircut, the energy between them is a surprise to Carson, perhaps a little bit less of a surprise to Greta.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13915838']There was much reason for skepticism about this adaptation. Attempts to take a property from the ’90s and make it feel relevant—even a period piece—can feel tired or, worse, tiresome. Stick too close to the original and it feels like there’s no reason to do it at all; stray too far and it feels like you should have just written an entirely new story instead. But what Jacobson and Graham are doing here is keeping the spine of the piece (the baseball), the aesthetic of it (the big-band feel of the early 1940s), and some of the \u003cem>emotional \u003c/em>notes—about self-discovery, sacrifice, bonding with teammates, learning what you can accomplish that you didn’t necessarily know you could, and loving people deeply. They then apply those notes to a broader set of characters and experiences, while adding more straightforwardly painful moments that make this lean more toward comedy-drama and less toward sports comedy than the film.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, there is a loyalty to the original that gives its fans a series of tips of the cap, including a small but lovely role for original cast member O’Donnell. Her character (whom you should encounter yourself in due time) seems intentionally created to acknowledge history, to thank the people who came before you, and to acknowledge who Doris was and was not allowed to be in 1992.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s fair to note that there are beloved elements of the film that are muted in the show, particularly the baseball itself. It’s still there, but the high-energy baseball montages full of slides and great catches and big moments do feel less prominent, as do the powerful joys of sequences like Mae dancing at the roadhouse. 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"content": "\u003cp>This month marks 30 years since \u003cem>A League of Their Own\u003c/em> first hit movie theaters. Starring Geena Davis and directed by Penny Marshall, the movie introduced 1992 audiences to the \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-American_Girls_Professional_Baseball_League\">All-American Girls Professional Baseball League\u003c/a>, put together in 1943 when male athletes were in short supply because of World War II. In the movie, the league’s story is told through the eyes of a fictionalized version of the Rockford Peaches—a real-life team that, in their day, won more league championships than any of their peers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three decades on, \u003cem>League\u003c/em> remains worthy of repeat viewings because of how much heart it has. It’s a story about how working on a team can make you a stronger and more empathetic person. It’s about female solidarity and women supporting women—something mainstream cinema does not have a great track record of portraying. It’s a film that’s imbued with a gratitude for the female athletes who broke boundaries in the 1940s, and did so with grace. The movie also remains steeped in wish fulfillment, because women’s professional baseball existed for such a short period of time. (The AAGPBL was cast aside in 1954 despite five new teams joining the league as soon as the war ended.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZihpHXsGLE\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>League\u003c/em> somehow also succeeds in highlighting the appalling sexism female ball-players faced, but in a humorous way. Quite a feat given that the women of the AAGPBL were subject to mandatory attendance in charm school, makeup and hair length requirements, and a deeply impractical uniform that consisted of a mini dress and satin shorts. In the movie, the women simply roll their eyes, grit their teeth and get on with the task at hand, eyes trained on the bigger picture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='pop_28980']If there is a criticism to be leveled at \u003cem>A League of Their Own\u003c/em>, it’s in its lack of diversity. The movie failed to reflect the number of queer women who played for the AAGPBL, and it failed to adequately explain why women of color were excluded from the league. (It’s worth remembering that legendary pitcher \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamie_Johnson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mamie Johnson\u003c/a> was rejected because she was Black. She wound up playing alongside men in the \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negro_league_baseball\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Negro Leagues\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003cem>League of Their Own\u003c/em> reboot coming to Amazon Prime this August, courtesy of \u003cem>Broad City\u003c/em>’s Abbi Jacobson and producer Will Graham, promises to fill in the gaps left by the original movie. Hopes are already high for the series. Penny Marshall was consulted and gave her blessing, and Rosie O’Donnell—who originally played third baseman Doris Murphy—returns in the new series as a bartender named Vi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwp_N4CPZpU\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In revisiting the story of the AAGPBL, it’s impossible not to think about the bold individuals who made up the teams. In its 11 years of operation, the league introduced America to 600 female ball-players from all over America (as well as from Canada and Cuba)—including a handful from the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was Dorothy “Dottie” Stolze from Alameda who, in 1942, left her office job to work as an aircraft mechanic as part of the war effort. She was later recruited to the AAGPBL after grabbing headlines while playing softball with her Alameda team. In her pro baseball life, Stolze played with the Muskegon Lassies (1946–1949), Racine Belles (1949), Peoria Redwings (1950–1951) \u003cem>and\u003c/em> Grand Rapids Chicks (1952). She is considered one of the most versatile players in AAGPBL history, playing every position on the field except pitcher. After her retirement from baseball, Stolze became a P.E. teacher and lifelong supporter of the Oakland A’s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was also Jerre DeNoble from Oakland, an outfielder who played for the Peoria Redwings and Grand Rapids Chicks. 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She helped the Peaches take home the AAGPBL Championship Title in ’48. After her retirement from pro baseball, she returned to softball, playing for the Stockton Vikingettes and Los Gatos Elliots. Lobrovich married a semi-professional ball player named John Kumpotich in 1951, and lived to be 88.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13876835']Finally, there was Dolores “Dodie” Wilson from Stockton, an outfielder for the Peoria Redwings and Chicago Colleens in ’47 and ’48 respectively. She played 79 games with a respectable batting average of .217, and was a fan favorite thanks to her stunning good looks. Wilson was inducted into Stockton’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 1977, and the west diamond in Stockton’s \u003ca href=\"https://yellow.place/en/oak-park-pony-baseball-softball-stockton-usa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oak Park Softball Complex\u003c/a> is named after her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A League of Their Own\u003c/em> is a story that remains worth telling. And not just because the women who played professional baseball in the 1940s will always deserve a spotlight. It’s a story worth telling as long as female, trans and nonbinary athletes continue to face sexist and discriminatory battles. (\u003ca href=\"https://www.lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/sports_participation_bans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sixteen states\u003c/a> are currently enforcing bans on transgender students from participating in sports.) It’s a story worth telling as long as women’s teams are being paid significantly less than men’s. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003ci>¡Hella Hungry! is a weekly conversation with Bay Area foodmakers, exploring the region’s culinary culture through the mouth of a first-generation local.\u003c/i>\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the Oakland Athletics’ losing record and a ruthless cycle of bashing the team’s paltry stadium this season in \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/15/sports/baseball/oakland-athletics-attendance.html\">national\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2022/06/01/cat-feces-cobwebs-moths-oakland-as-complain-about-coliseum-conditions/\">local media outlets \u003c/a>(sorry, Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire, but you’ve been out-bashed), there’s at least one statistic where the A’s remain undefeated: hot dogs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s because the A’s, who can’t seem to win back their fans, are currently being sustained by Hal Gordon, an all-star hot dog vendor with an entire lineup of nicknames. He’s Hal the Pal, Hal the Hot Dog Guy and Hal the Hot Dog Economist—\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/AsHotDog/status/1519352157308293121\">he even has a set of trading cards\u003c/a> and sponsored pins he signs and gives out to fans. It’s no stretch to say this red-and-white-stripe uniformed food purveyor is more popular than the current players on the field. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/AsHotDog/status/1529963148492476416\">Hal even brings his own extra condiments\u003c/a> like jalapeño mustard and capers to serve fans, since they aren’t provided otherwise, making him a beloved fixture with A’s diehards and first-timers alike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101889374/for-oakland-as-fans-its-not-been-a-field-of-dreams\">Hal recently appeared with me as a guest on \u003ci>Forum\u003c/i>, hosted by KQED’s Alexis Madrigal\u003c/a>, to speak with baseball experts and fans about the team’s dire situation. (He is a PhD student at UC Berkeley studying economics, after all). But besides the drama surrounding this team, there’s a playfulness to Hal and what he delivers—and it’s served from a 53-pound steamer he lugs around for approximately 8,340 steps each game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I caught up with him while the Boston Red Sox were in town to discuss his favorite style of dogs and his love for Bay Area food. Here’s what baseball’s celebrity food slinger had to say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>This interview has been edited for length and clarity.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>********\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>KQED: What are your early memories of hot dogs at baseball games?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’m from Chicago, so I remember being a kid at Wrigley Field. There are weird rules around hot dogs [in Chicago]. Kids are allowed to have ketchup on the hot dog. But once you turn 13, you’re supposed to get rid of the ketchup.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13914588\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13914588 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/hotdoghal_dog-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"woman holds a hot dog with jalapenos, onions, and ketchup at a baseball game\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/hotdoghal_dog-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/hotdoghal_dog-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/hotdoghal_dog-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/hotdoghal_dog-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/hotdoghal_dog-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/hotdoghal_dog-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/hotdoghal_dog-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An Oakland A’s fan shows off her hot dog with speciality toppings like capers, mayonnaise and more \u003ccite>(Briana Chazaro)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>What differentiates your hot dogs from the concession stands?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hot dog itself starts the same. But when it’s delivered in the steamer, the hot dogs are plumper than when you cook them. Steaming allows water to get into the hot dog and puffs it up as opposed to grilling it. When most people vend hot dogs, they are already pre-rolled. The hot dog is in a bun and rolled up in foil. Those lose their temperature, and the buns also get soggy. Besides that, the differences are mostly the condiments I offer. And bringing the service right to your seat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Hear Hal the Hot Dog Guy in action:\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003caudio controls=\"controls\">\u003c/audio>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Can you list off each condiment and topping you offer? How many varieties of hot dogs can you prepare? \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’ve got ketchup, mustard, relish, mayo, Sriracha, onions, sauerkraut, jalapeños [and] capers. Of the mustards, I have four right now. 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The vending company reimburses me, so it’s not exactly on my dime. But I go to the restaurant supply stores myself and bring big cases of condiments myself. At the beginning of the last homestand I ran out of some ingredients, so I grabbed my backpacking backpack and filled it with the giant gallon bottles of sauerkraut and took BART.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>What are some of the less popular hot dog styles you’ve dished out?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rarest thing is when someone only orders toppings and no sauce. Someone once asked me to pile on onions only, all my onions. Another guy only orders the spicy items: Sriracha, jalapeños, jalapeño mustard, with extra of each. One fan brings her own gluten-free buns because she’s gluten intolerant. She’ll pull out a sandwich baggie with a bun and hand it to me. Some of the hot dog pros will ask me to put the condiments first and the dog on top. There’s less spillage. I know when someone knows their way around a hot dog when they ask for that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/AsHotDog/status/1529963148492476416\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>You’re famously vegetarian. Why don’t you serve veggie dogs?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’m hoping to get veggie dogs soon. The problem is the steamer; it’s a pan with a small flame beneath it and about an inch of water. The steam water gets meaty, full of dissolved hot dog fat. If you put a veggie dog in the same steamer, it would get covered in animal fat. Recently, I’ve been working with a welder to try and design a pan that has a water tight divider. Normally, I can fit 40 hot dogs in my steamer. In this pan we’re designing, I could fit maybe 35 regulars and 5 veggies, with a separate compartment. I’m hoping that I’ll have that pan sometime in the next month. In the Bay Area, I bet I could sell a couple a game. 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Shout out to all those vendors who work with those flat tops making fresh bacon dogs. It’s a good hustle. It just ticks me off when I see stories about the cops harassing those guys. That’s part of the Bay Area culture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Besides hot dogs, what do you most appreciate from the Bay Area’s food spectrum?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13914042,arts_13913985']The burrito is the best food here. Growing up in Chicago, getting a burrito for me meant going to Taco Bell. And I can still remember the first time they opened a Chipotle in my suburb. I haven’t been to a Chipotle since moving here. Fifty years ago, if you were to say what’s the iconic American food, you’d probably say the hot dog or maybe the cheeseburger. But now, honestly, I think there’s an argument to be made that a burrito from the Mission is a more iconic American food. Vallarta in the Mission has a killer eggplant or nopal veggie burrito.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>What do you enjoy about serving hot dogs at baseball games?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Going to sporting events is so evocative of all our childhoods. It’s about remembering what we remembered as kids and getting excited about it. A while back there were only two vendors: hot dogs and beer. The steamer I use, it’s definitely older than me. I actually tried looking it up before, and it’s made somewhere in New Jersey; I can’t find any evidence of that company even existing anymore. That makes it fun. It used to be how hot dogs were sold decades ago in this Coliseum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>I almost forgot to ask: ketchup or mustard only?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Listen, like any self-respecting Chicagoan, I don’t put ketchup on my hot dog. But like any good server, there’s no judgment from me. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003ci>¡Hella Hungry! is a weekly conversation with Bay Area foodmakers, exploring the region’s culinary culture through the mouth of a first-generation local.\u003c/i>\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the Oakland Athletics’ losing record and a ruthless cycle of bashing the team’s paltry stadium this season in \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/15/sports/baseball/oakland-athletics-attendance.html\">national\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2022/06/01/cat-feces-cobwebs-moths-oakland-as-complain-about-coliseum-conditions/\">local media outlets \u003c/a>(sorry, Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire, but you’ve been out-bashed), there’s at least one statistic where the A’s remain undefeated: hot dogs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s because the A’s, who can’t seem to win back their fans, are currently being sustained by Hal Gordon, an all-star hot dog vendor with an entire lineup of nicknames. He’s Hal the Pal, Hal the Hot Dog Guy and Hal the Hot Dog Economist—\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/AsHotDog/status/1519352157308293121\">he even has a set of trading cards\u003c/a> and sponsored pins he signs and gives out to fans. It’s no stretch to say this red-and-white-stripe uniformed food purveyor is more popular than the current players on the field. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/AsHotDog/status/1529963148492476416\">Hal even brings his own extra condiments\u003c/a> like jalapeño mustard and capers to serve fans, since they aren’t provided otherwise, making him a beloved fixture with A’s diehards and first-timers alike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101889374/for-oakland-as-fans-its-not-been-a-field-of-dreams\">Hal recently appeared with me as a guest on \u003ci>Forum\u003c/i>, hosted by KQED’s Alexis Madrigal\u003c/a>, to speak with baseball experts and fans about the team’s dire situation. (He is a PhD student at UC Berkeley studying economics, after all). But besides the drama surrounding this team, there’s a playfulness to Hal and what he delivers—and it’s served from a 53-pound steamer he lugs around for approximately 8,340 steps each game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I caught up with him while the Boston Red Sox were in town to discuss his favorite style of dogs and his love for Bay Area food. Here’s what baseball’s celebrity food slinger had to say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>This interview has been edited for length and clarity.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>********\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>KQED: What are your early memories of hot dogs at baseball games?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’m from Chicago, so I remember being a kid at Wrigley Field. There are weird rules around hot dogs [in Chicago]. Kids are allowed to have ketchup on the hot dog. But once you turn 13, you’re supposed to get rid of the ketchup.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13914588\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13914588 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/hotdoghal_dog-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"woman holds a hot dog with jalapenos, onions, and ketchup at a baseball game\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/hotdoghal_dog-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/hotdoghal_dog-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/hotdoghal_dog-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/hotdoghal_dog-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/hotdoghal_dog-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/hotdoghal_dog-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/hotdoghal_dog-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An Oakland A’s fan shows off her hot dog with speciality toppings like capers, mayonnaise and more \u003ccite>(Briana Chazaro)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>What differentiates your hot dogs from the concession stands?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hot dog itself starts the same. But when it’s delivered in the steamer, the hot dogs are plumper than when you cook them. Steaming allows water to get into the hot dog and puffs it up as opposed to grilling it. When most people vend hot dogs, they are already pre-rolled. The hot dog is in a bun and rolled up in foil. Those lose their temperature, and the buns also get soggy. Besides that, the differences are mostly the condiments I offer. And bringing the service right to your seat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Hear Hal the Hot Dog Guy in action:\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003caudio controls=\"controls\">\u003c/audio>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Can you list off each condiment and topping you offer? How many varieties of hot dogs can you prepare? \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’ve got ketchup, mustard, relish, mayo, Sriracha, onions, sauerkraut, jalapeños [and] capers. Of the mustards, I have four right now. Regular yellow, golden brown, and on the super secret menu I have two more—one is a hot jalapeño mustard, and the other is called Coney Island mustard, which is honey mustard with chunks of onions and tomatoes. That last one is shipped from Oregon. Oh, and I have sweet relish and dill relish. That’s 13 different condiments. That’s about [\u003cem>takes a long pause, mumbles calculations\u003c/em>] 8,192 ways to serve a hot dog. Right?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>You bring your own condiments to the games. How did that start?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When I started out, I used whatever the Coliseum had. We had yellow and brown mustard, ketchup, sweet relish, sauerkraut, jalapeño and onions. I added some mustards for variety, and one day someone asked for mayo, so I brought that. It grew from there. Last year when COVID hit, the Coliseum wasn’t able to provide any condiments, so I wanted to make sure the fans got what they need. The vending company reimburses me, so it’s not exactly on my dime. But I go to the restaurant supply stores myself and bring big cases of condiments myself. At the beginning of the last homestand I ran out of some ingredients, so I grabbed my backpacking backpack and filled it with the giant gallon bottles of sauerkraut and took BART.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>What are some of the less popular hot dog styles you’ve dished out?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rarest thing is when someone only orders toppings and no sauce. Someone once asked me to pile on onions only, all my onions. Another guy only orders the spicy items: Sriracha, jalapeños, jalapeño mustard, with extra of each. One fan brings her own gluten-free buns because she’s gluten intolerant. She’ll pull out a sandwich baggie with a bun and hand it to me. Some of the hot dog pros will ask me to put the condiments first and the dog on top. There’s less spillage. I know when someone knows their way around a hot dog when they ask for that.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>BJ Boyd is soaking up his last few days in Palo Alto on a recent May afternoon. Two-year-old daughter Bria is climbing on daddy while he’s on the phone. When wife Tatiana returns in the evening, the family will enjoy a walk around the neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once he finalizes his dual citizenship documentation, Boyd plans to return to Mexico for the regular season with the \u003ca href=\"http://acereros.com.mx/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Acereros de Monclova\u003c/a>, a team of former MLB All-Stars, Gold Glove winners and castoffs. It’s the first time the Palo Alto High School graduate has ventured outside of the United States during an athletic career that includes stints with the Oakland A’s and Minnesota Twins organizations, broken up by a season playing football at Foothill College in Los Altos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A week earlier, Boyd was playing preseason games in the Mexican League, a rough equivalent to Triple-A baseball. On his Acereros roster were Pablo Sandoval, the 2012 World Series hero for the San Francisco Giants; Chris Carter, the former Oakland A’s prospect who led the American League in home runs in 2016; and Bruce Maxwell, the former A’s catcher who in 2017 was the first MLB player to kneel during the national anthem in protest of police brutality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13910698']After a recent team photoshoot in front of the Monclova stadium, Boyd got a glimpse of the steel town (Acereros translates to “Steelers”) while riding in the back of a truck. Monclova, a three-hour drive south of the Texas border, is a long way from Palo Alto, where Tatiana is expecting the couple’s second child in September. She recently resigned from her job with the school district to care for Bria full-time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It takes a special family dynamic to want to go through this,” said Tatiana, who plans to visit BJ in June and July. “The 2-year-old takes it hard when Dad leaves. I was excited because I wanted to visit and experience something new. You only live once, and why not?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/CdeJadEOWxh/\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘I Have to Leave the States to Make More Money’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Mexican League contract is the biggest of Boyd’s career. The team provides players with shared apartments—humble dwellings for professional athletes looking to jump-start careers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If I can play with these big leaguers here, I can play with them in the States,” said the burly left-handed hitter who batted .319 with 15 homers in Double-A last season with the Minnesota Twins organization. “Some of my teammates ask, ‘How did you not get a shot?’ It is what it is.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The “shot” Boyd seeks is in the majors, where a declining percentage of Black players—from a high of 18% in the 1980s to around 7% last season—leads Boyd wondering if more than stats have kept him from opportunities. He isn’t alone. In 2020, after police killings of unarmed Black civilians led to national protests, a group of Black baseball players formed the \u003ca href=\"https://www.playersalliance.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Players Alliance\u003c/a>, aimed at growing diversity and equity in the game. MLB has pledged to donate up to $150 million over 10 years to the organization. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It doesn’t add up for me as an African American player that I have to leave the States to make more money,” Boyd said. “There’s a reason Bruce is in the (Mexican) league. He took a knee.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13913456\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/BJBoyd.TraderJoes-800x571.jpg\" alt=\"A sign mounted at Trader Joe's across from Palo Alto High School in 2012, congratulating BJ Boyd on his signing with the Oakland A's.\" width=\"800\" height=\"571\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13913456\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/BJBoyd.TraderJoes-800x571.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/BJBoyd.TraderJoes-1020x728.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/BJBoyd.TraderJoes-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/BJBoyd.TraderJoes-768x548.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/BJBoyd.TraderJoes-1536x1097.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/BJBoyd.TraderJoes.jpg 1574w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign mounted at Trader Joe’s across from Palo Alto High School in 2012, congratulating BJ Boyd on his signing with the Oakland A’s. \u003ccite>(Nina Thorsen/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>A Brush With the A’s, and a Return to Football\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>After being drafted by the A’s in 2012, Boyd proved a consistent hitter during his first five seasons in the lower minor leagues—taking buses from town to town, living with host families. The center fielder’s breakout season came in 2017 when, while playing with Double-A Midland, he was in contention for the Texas League batting title and finished third, hitting .323.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He played in 2018 with Triple-A Nashville, one level below the A’s, and hit .271 with 49 RBIs. But with a crowded outfield in Oakland, Boyd didn’t like his chances of making the MLB roster in spring training. After seven minor-league seasons, and with his college football eligibility intact, Boyd returned to the other sport he excelled at in his youth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a teenager, Boyd jumped at the A’s signing bonus instead of pursuing college football. “The instant money was right there, and I didn’t come from money,” Boyd said. It’s a decision he regrets after years in the minors of getting passed for opportunities he feels he deserved. When the A’s drafted dual-sport athlete Kyler Murray in 2018, Boyd wasn’t surprised when the Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback turned down the A’s offer for instant stardom in the NFL.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dual sport athletes were once more common, with Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders setting the standard for NFL-MLB crossovers in the 1980s and 1990s. Jackson is the only player to become an MLB All-Star and NFL Pro Bowl player. Sanders once played in an NFL game and MLB playoff game on the same day. Over the last 20 years, however, as professional teams invest more money in players and athletes become more specialized, the trend has fallen off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even more uncommon is what Boyd attempted. At age 26, the 230-pounder was eight years older than many of his Foothill teammates. He brought “a sense of maturity that the young guys followed,” assistant coach Brandon Younger said. Working as a security guard at night, Boyd took classes during the day. On the football field, the running back totaled 653 total yards and six touchdowns for an Owls team that finished the 2019 regular season unbeaten.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13913458\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/BJBoyd.night_-800x503.jpg\" alt=\"A young couple holds their toddler daughter on the baseball field at night. \" width=\"800\" height=\"503\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13913458\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/BJBoyd.night_-800x503.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/BJBoyd.night_-1020x641.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/BJBoyd.night_-160x101.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/BJBoyd.night_-768x482.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/BJBoyd.night_-1536x965.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/BJBoyd.night_-1920x1206.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/BJBoyd.night_.jpg 2009w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘He’s always made something out of nothing,” says wife Tatiana (left) of BJ Boyd. The couple are currently expecting their second child together. \u003ccite>(Courtesy the Boyd Family)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘Home Run After Home Run’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“He didn’t grow up with a lot,” said Tatiana, who as a child lived blocks away from BJ in north Palo Alto. The two began dating when she returned from college. “He’s always had to make something out of nothing, always looking for the next thing to do to get better as a person.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for Tatiana, “She’s the reason why I get to play,” Boyd said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shortly after the football season, Tatiana gave birth to Bria. When the coronavirus struck in 2020, the MLB season was postponed and Foothill’s football season was canceled. BJ and Tatiana got married in September 2020 in Carmel, at a time when Boyd was unsure of his athletic future. He resumed coaching youth baseball teams—Top Tier and Swagger Athletics—in the South Bay, and worked out with a personal trainer to stay prepared for his next professional opportunity. (Boyd continues to work with area youth; in February, he joined Oakland native and former MLB All-Star Tyson Ross in hosting a free baseball clinic at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.riekes.org/athletic-fitness\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Riekes Center\u003c/a> in Menlo Park.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2021, Boyd gave baseball another chance. After a brief stint with an independent league team, the Twins signed him to a minor-league deal. The outfielder established himself as one the league’s best hitters with Double-A Wichita. And for the first time in his career, he was driving the ball out of the park. “He was hitting home run after home run,” recalls Tatiana, who flew to the Midwest with Bria to catch the hot hitting in person. “He knew he was back and he wanted to stay back. He was on fire and it was so much fun to watch.” Boyd’s previous season high for homers was eight; he equaled that total over a nine-game span in August alone. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Boyd was called up to Triple-A St. Paul, where his hitting fell off. Despite his impressive Double-A statistics, coming after two years away from baseball, Boyd didn’t receive MLB calls once the owners’ lockout ended this spring. Then Monclova offered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13913457\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/BJBoyd.Acereros.jpg\" alt=\"A man in a blue baseball uniform runs the bases on the baseball diamond.\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13913457\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/BJBoyd.Acereros.jpg 600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/BJBoyd.Acereros-160x160.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">BJ Boyd in uniform for the Acereros, in Monclova, where he hopes to join a roster that includes Bay Area favorites Pablo Sandoval and Josh Reddick. \u003ccite>(Courtesy the Boyd Family)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>A League in Need of His Hitting\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“For me, going to Mexico, I feel way better,” said Boyd, who hopes to join an active roster that includes former A’s Gold Glove winner Josh Reddick. “People make jokes and say it’s an exile league. They take care of their players better than the minor leagues. They pay better than the States.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the current MLB season rolls along, Boyd can’t help but notice paltry offensive stats across the league. The A’s, who once drafted Boyd, currently have a .199 team batting average. The Arizona Diamondbacks are hitting .203. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2022-standard-batting.shtml\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">league average is .234\u003c/a>, on pace to be the worst average in its 152-year history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Boyd’s ability to hit for a high average is a skill that, in recent years, has been devalued by MLB teams whose analytics say batters should swing for the fences, or not at all. But with MLB hitters struggling at historic levels—perhaps because of a \u003ca href=\"https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10034259-mlbs-ball-controversy-could-define-the-2022-season\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">controversial alteration to the baseballs\u003c/a>—Boyd could draw the attention of teams in need of a bat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If it comes I would definitely take it,” Boyd said of an MLB offer. “But I’d rather stay in Mexico than go back to the minor leagues. I’ve already been to Triple-A and Double-A. I’ve already proven myself. But why didn’t I get my chance? 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003ch2>‘I Have to Leave the States to Make More Money’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Mexican League contract is the biggest of Boyd’s career. The team provides players with shared apartments—humble dwellings for professional athletes looking to jump-start careers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If I can play with these big leaguers here, I can play with them in the States,” said the burly left-handed hitter who batted .319 with 15 homers in Double-A last season with the Minnesota Twins organization. “Some of my teammates ask, ‘How did you not get a shot?’ It is what it is.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The “shot” Boyd seeks is in the majors, where a declining percentage of Black players—from a high of 18% in the 1980s to around 7% last season—leads Boyd wondering if more than stats have kept him from opportunities. He isn’t alone. In 2020, after police killings of unarmed Black civilians led to national protests, a group of Black baseball players formed the \u003ca href=\"https://www.playersalliance.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Players Alliance\u003c/a>, aimed at growing diversity and equity in the game. MLB has pledged to donate up to $150 million over 10 years to the organization. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It doesn’t add up for me as an African American player that I have to leave the States to make more money,” Boyd said. “There’s a reason Bruce is in the (Mexican) league. He took a knee.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13913456\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/BJBoyd.TraderJoes-800x571.jpg\" alt=\"A sign mounted at Trader Joe's across from Palo Alto High School in 2012, congratulating BJ Boyd on his signing with the Oakland A's.\" width=\"800\" height=\"571\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13913456\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/BJBoyd.TraderJoes-800x571.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/BJBoyd.TraderJoes-1020x728.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/BJBoyd.TraderJoes-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/BJBoyd.TraderJoes-768x548.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/BJBoyd.TraderJoes-1536x1097.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/BJBoyd.TraderJoes.jpg 1574w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign mounted at Trader Joe’s across from Palo Alto High School in 2012, congratulating BJ Boyd on his signing with the Oakland A’s. \u003ccite>(Nina Thorsen/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>A Brush With the A’s, and a Return to Football\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>After being drafted by the A’s in 2012, Boyd proved a consistent hitter during his first five seasons in the lower minor leagues—taking buses from town to town, living with host families. The center fielder’s breakout season came in 2017 when, while playing with Double-A Midland, he was in contention for the Texas League batting title and finished third, hitting .323.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He played in 2018 with Triple-A Nashville, one level below the A’s, and hit .271 with 49 RBIs. But with a crowded outfield in Oakland, Boyd didn’t like his chances of making the MLB roster in spring training. After seven minor-league seasons, and with his college football eligibility intact, Boyd returned to the other sport he excelled at in his youth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a teenager, Boyd jumped at the A’s signing bonus instead of pursuing college football. “The instant money was right there, and I didn’t come from money,” Boyd said. It’s a decision he regrets after years in the minors of getting passed for opportunities he feels he deserved. When the A’s drafted dual-sport athlete Kyler Murray in 2018, Boyd wasn’t surprised when the Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback turned down the A’s offer for instant stardom in the NFL.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dual sport athletes were once more common, with Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders setting the standard for NFL-MLB crossovers in the 1980s and 1990s. Jackson is the only player to become an MLB All-Star and NFL Pro Bowl player. Sanders once played in an NFL game and MLB playoff game on the same day. Over the last 20 years, however, as professional teams invest more money in players and athletes become more specialized, the trend has fallen off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even more uncommon is what Boyd attempted. At age 26, the 230-pounder was eight years older than many of his Foothill teammates. He brought “a sense of maturity that the young guys followed,” assistant coach Brandon Younger said. Working as a security guard at night, Boyd took classes during the day. On the football field, the running back totaled 653 total yards and six touchdowns for an Owls team that finished the 2019 regular season unbeaten.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13913458\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/BJBoyd.night_-800x503.jpg\" alt=\"A young couple holds their toddler daughter on the baseball field at night. \" width=\"800\" height=\"503\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13913458\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/BJBoyd.night_-800x503.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/BJBoyd.night_-1020x641.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/BJBoyd.night_-160x101.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/BJBoyd.night_-768x482.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/BJBoyd.night_-1536x965.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/BJBoyd.night_-1920x1206.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/BJBoyd.night_.jpg 2009w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘He’s always made something out of nothing,” says wife Tatiana (left) of BJ Boyd. The couple are currently expecting their second child together. \u003ccite>(Courtesy the Boyd Family)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘Home Run After Home Run’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“He didn’t grow up with a lot,” said Tatiana, who as a child lived blocks away from BJ in north Palo Alto. The two began dating when she returned from college. “He’s always had to make something out of nothing, always looking for the next thing to do to get better as a person.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for Tatiana, “She’s the reason why I get to play,” Boyd said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shortly after the football season, Tatiana gave birth to Bria. When the coronavirus struck in 2020, the MLB season was postponed and Foothill’s football season was canceled. BJ and Tatiana got married in September 2020 in Carmel, at a time when Boyd was unsure of his athletic future. He resumed coaching youth baseball teams—Top Tier and Swagger Athletics—in the South Bay, and worked out with a personal trainer to stay prepared for his next professional opportunity. (Boyd continues to work with area youth; in February, he joined Oakland native and former MLB All-Star Tyson Ross in hosting a free baseball clinic at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.riekes.org/athletic-fitness\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Riekes Center\u003c/a> in Menlo Park.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2021, Boyd gave baseball another chance. After a brief stint with an independent league team, the Twins signed him to a minor-league deal. The outfielder established himself as one the league’s best hitters with Double-A Wichita. And for the first time in his career, he was driving the ball out of the park. “He was hitting home run after home run,” recalls Tatiana, who flew to the Midwest with Bria to catch the hot hitting in person. “He knew he was back and he wanted to stay back. He was on fire and it was so much fun to watch.” Boyd’s previous season high for homers was eight; he equaled that total over a nine-game span in August alone. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Boyd was called up to Triple-A St. Paul, where his hitting fell off. Despite his impressive Double-A statistics, coming after two years away from baseball, Boyd didn’t receive MLB calls once the owners’ lockout ended this spring. Then Monclova offered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13913457\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/BJBoyd.Acereros.jpg\" alt=\"A man in a blue baseball uniform runs the bases on the baseball diamond.\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13913457\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/BJBoyd.Acereros.jpg 600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/BJBoyd.Acereros-160x160.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">BJ Boyd in uniform for the Acereros, in Monclova, where he hopes to join a roster that includes Bay Area favorites Pablo Sandoval and Josh Reddick. \u003ccite>(Courtesy the Boyd Family)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>A League in Need of His Hitting\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“For me, going to Mexico, I feel way better,” said Boyd, who hopes to join an active roster that includes former A’s Gold Glove winner Josh Reddick. “People make jokes and say it’s an exile league. They take care of their players better than the minor leagues. They pay better than the States.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the current MLB season rolls along, Boyd can’t help but notice paltry offensive stats across the league. The A’s, who once drafted Boyd, currently have a .199 team batting average. The Arizona Diamondbacks are hitting .203. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2022-standard-batting.shtml\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">league average is .234\u003c/a>, on pace to be the worst average in its 152-year history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Boyd’s ability to hit for a high average is a skill that, in recent years, has been devalued by MLB teams whose analytics say batters should swing for the fences, or not at all. But with MLB hitters struggling at historic levels—perhaps because of a \u003ca href=\"https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10034259-mlbs-ball-controversy-could-define-the-2022-season\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">controversial alteration to the baseballs\u003c/a>—Boyd could draw the attention of teams in need of a bat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If it comes I would definitely take it,” Boyd said of an MLB offer. “But I’d rather stay in Mexico than go back to the minor leagues. I’ve already been to Triple-A and Double-A. I’ve already proven myself. But why didn’t I get my chance? That’s my question to the MLB.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13910779\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13910779\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/Stomper.MAIN_.jpg\" alt=\"Five different baseball mascots pose around Pen Harshaw\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/Stomper.MAIN_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/Stomper.MAIN_-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/Stomper.MAIN_-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The author poses with Stomper at the 2008 MLB All-Star Game, at the old Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">H\u003c/span>as anyone checked on the A’s mascot, Stomper?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asking because his team, the Oakland Athletics, is at it again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13833985\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You know their M.O.: trading their star players to top-tier contenders, instead of paying them the big long-term contracts they deserve, \u003cem>and\u003c/em> simultaneously planning an escape route to relocate the entire franchise because their new stadium plan isn’t panning out exactly as they wish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s kind of masterful how this franchise has committed to mediocrity and distanced itself from the claim that it’s “Rooted in Oakland,” again and again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The headlines this week—”\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/shea/article/A-s-ignite-the-mother-of-all-baseball-fire-17001721.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A’s Ignite Mother of All Baseball Fire Sales with Matt Olson, Chris Bassitt Trades\u003c/a>,” to quote the \u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em>—give us long-suffering fans another example of why the team being represented by a white elephant—an unwanted gift—is an all-too-apt, self-fulfilling prophecy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So yeah, someone check on Stomper, and make sure he’s OK.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJCm7ytjA8Q\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s seen this scheme every six or seven years. The team gets some great young prospects and raises their skill levels and name recognition over a few seasons. The team plays well—sometimes even making it to the playoffs—only to fall short and leave fans wondering if it will ever find that one piece it always seems to need to turn into a serious title contender.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But during the offseason, and sometimes even mid-season, instead of buying in, the A’s front office sells out. They get rid of talented players and replace them with more prospects, journeymen, and utility players in order to keep the payroll low. There’s a whole movie about it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTTwenD0_9g\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After this offseason, when \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/03/11/1085979676/major-league-baseballs-lockout-ends-after-both-sides-reach-a-deal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Major League Baseball’s owners locked out their players\u003c/a> over labor disagreements, I see things haven’t changed much.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just this week, the team got rid of superstar third baseman Matt Chapman, sending him across the northern border to Toronto. His corner-mate over at first, Matt Olson, was sent south to the Atlanta Braves. One of the team’s top pitchers, Chris Bassitt? Sent to the New York Mets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These names follow behind the likes of all-stars Marcus Semien, Josh Donaldson, and many more who came through The Town bearing gifts, only to be passed to the next team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Who could forget when \u003ca href=\"https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2147547-oakland-athletics-yoenis-cespedes-t-shirt-giveaway-becomes-awkward-after-trade\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yoenis Cespedes\u003c/a> was traded just before his T-shirt giveaway game at the Coliseum? [\u003cem>Damn, you’re killing me. This one was heartbreaking.—Ed.\u003c/em>]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yeah, \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/03/14/kurtenbach-dont-give-the-as-your-money-they-dont-know-what-to-do-with-it/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">there’s plenty of reasons not to give the A’s your money\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13910783\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 604px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13910783\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/Stomper.Pen_.2007.jpg\" alt=\"Pen Harshaw with the A's mascot, a giant elephant, poses for the camera\" width=\"604\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/Stomper.Pen_.2007.jpg 604w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/Stomper.Pen_.2007-160x120.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The author with Stomper at Children’s Hospital in Oakland, circa 2007. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">E\u003c/span>specially when you consider all they’ve done to move closer to downtown—a move that isn’t looking too promising after \u003ca href=\"https://www.courthousenews.com/proposed-oakland-as-stadium-faces-setback-from-state-panel/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this week’s vote\u003c/a> by the Seaport Planning Advisory Committee, who recommended that the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission maintain the Howard Terminal waterfront site for maritime use. It’s not the final straw for the plan, but it means that the future of the A’s in Oakland boils down to yet another hearing, this time on June 2.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an interview, team president Dave Kaval told ABC 7’s Casey Pratt of a backup plan: The team is \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/CaseyPrattABC7/status/1504235503645691910?s=20&t=5oaMn6X3cqZaLDx-QEDs5g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">getting close to picking a site for a stadium in Vegas\u003c/a>, because, you know, this is business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I bet it’d be hot as hell in that elephant suit in Vegas. Really, has anyone checked on Stomper? I’m worried about him. No one has seen more players come and go than my gray pachyderm friend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was there for the crazy joy and playoff heartbreak of the 2012 and 2013 seasons (damn you, Verlander). In 2002, he was in the building for Tejada’s MVP season and the 20-game winning streak. For the evolution of Hudson, Mulder and Zito. And for the emergence of the latest crop of stars the team didn’t hold onto.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/i/status/1111380040124502016\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stomper is just a youngster in baseball history terms, making his first appearance in 1997—a down period when it really needed his help. But he’s part of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.britannica.com/topic/Oakland-Athletics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Athletics’ history\u003c/a> that starts in Philadelphia in 1901, where the team got the “white elephant” tag soon after its inception.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>John McGraw, an early manager of the then-New York Giants baseball team, said the Athletics, who were ironically signing big-name players at the time, wouldn’t make any money and would have a big “white elephant” on their hands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The team flipped the insult, adopting it as a mark of pride, and ran with it as their mascot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13839115']\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">P\u003c/span>layers notoriously have pre- and post-game rituals. They eat specific meals or write messages on their cleats. It’s reported that former A’s star \u003ca href=\"https://bleacherreport.com/articles/375113-top-mlb-superstitions-and-rituals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mark McGuire\u003c/a> wore the same jockstrap from his high school days, up until it was stolen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So I really think we should get Stomper on the phone. Because if I were that big smiling elephant, I’d feel some sort of guilt about seeing so many players come and go. I’d feel like \u003cem>I\u003c/em> was the reason the A’s have had so much turnover. Not the insufficient, anarchic business model that leaves fans unfulfilled, no matter how hard we cheer for the team. It’s like the Babe Ruth curse. Baseball superstitions aren’t about logical conclusions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nope, let’s address the elephant in the room—we can look past the \u003ca href=\"https://www.postnewsgroup.com/billionaire-john-fisher-linked-to-privatization-of-schools-and-port-of-oakland/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">many issues\u003c/a> of billionaire team owner John Fisher, but we can’t look past the fact the mascot of the team is obviously bringing the A’s some bad energy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Check on Stomper. He might be next on the trading block—because it’d be easier to get rid of him than to throw out an owner and president who obviously don’t care about The Town.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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His corner-mate over at first, Matt Olson, was sent south to the Atlanta Braves. One of the team’s top pitchers, Chris Bassitt? Sent to the New York Mets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These names follow behind the likes of all-stars Marcus Semien, Josh Donaldson, and many more who came through The Town bearing gifts, only to be passed to the next team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Who could forget when \u003ca href=\"https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2147547-oakland-athletics-yoenis-cespedes-t-shirt-giveaway-becomes-awkward-after-trade\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yoenis Cespedes\u003c/a> was traded just before his T-shirt giveaway game at the Coliseum? [\u003cem>Damn, you’re killing me. This one was heartbreaking.—Ed.\u003c/em>]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yeah, \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/03/14/kurtenbach-dont-give-the-as-your-money-they-dont-know-what-to-do-with-it/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">there’s plenty of reasons not to give the A’s your money\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13910783\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 604px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13910783\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/Stomper.Pen_.2007.jpg\" alt=\"Pen Harshaw with the A's mascot, a giant elephant, poses for the camera\" width=\"604\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/Stomper.Pen_.2007.jpg 604w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/Stomper.Pen_.2007-160x120.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The author with Stomper at Children’s Hospital in Oakland, circa 2007. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">E\u003c/span>specially when you consider all they’ve done to move closer to downtown—a move that isn’t looking too promising after \u003ca href=\"https://www.courthousenews.com/proposed-oakland-as-stadium-faces-setback-from-state-panel/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this week’s vote\u003c/a> by the Seaport Planning Advisory Committee, who recommended that the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission maintain the Howard Terminal waterfront site for maritime use. It’s not the final straw for the plan, but it means that the future of the A’s in Oakland boils down to yet another hearing, this time on June 2.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an interview, team president Dave Kaval told ABC 7’s Casey Pratt of a backup plan: The team is \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/CaseyPrattABC7/status/1504235503645691910?s=20&t=5oaMn6X3cqZaLDx-QEDs5g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">getting close to picking a site for a stadium in Vegas\u003c/a>, because, you know, this is business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I bet it’d be hot as hell in that elephant suit in Vegas. Really, has anyone checked on Stomper? I’m worried about him. No one has seen more players come and go than my gray pachyderm friend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was there for the crazy joy and playoff heartbreak of the 2012 and 2013 seasons (damn you, Verlander). In 2002, he was in the building for Tejada’s MVP season and the 20-game winning streak. For the evolution of Hudson, Mulder and Zito. 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"content": "\u003cp>The signs were there back in August. When Buster Posey—the greatest catcher in the history of the San Francisco Giants—was asked about his future with the team, he was non-committal. Posey simply said, “I’ll get to the end of the season and kind of assess at that point, talk to my wife and see where we are.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='news_11891544']For most Giants fans, it didn’t even register. Posey has long felt so unequivocally \u003cem>ours\u003c/em> that his departure hasn’t just seemed unthinkable to fans—it’s something most of us never even stopped to consider. The Giants are the only MLB team Posey has ever played for, and he has shown an unshakeable commitment to them since he arrived at age 22 in 2009. That commitment has been delivered right back to him by the fans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his retirement announcement, held at Oracle Park on Thursday afternoon, Posey said: “The last week to 10 days, I’ve been thinking, ‘How do you thank a fan base?’ And the Giants fanbase is more than just fans, it’s a community. That sense of community is something that we could feel in the ballpark each night. I hope it’s worked the other way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Posey was the last player we had left who’d helped win all three of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/ourturbulentdecade/2010-once-considered-underdogs-bay-area-sports-teams-ruled-the-2010s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Giants’ World Series titles in 2010, 2012 and 2014\u003c/a>. Posey had distinguished himself in all three by \u003cem>not\u003c/em> being one of the big personalities on the team. Instead, he was the respectable lynchpin at the center of the whirlwind—always calm, collected and controlled, no matter what was happening around him. And, over the years, as his wildcard teammates peeled off and defected (Brian Wilson and Sergio Romo to the Dodgers, Tim Lincecum to the Angels, Madison Bumgarner to the Diamondbacks, etc.) Posey has remained right here in San Francisco. Ol’ faithful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/MLBONFOX/status/1456020054030667777\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, he gave us another hint that the end might be nigh, after the Giants had their World Series hopes dashed by the Dodgers on Oct. 14. After that game, Posey said, “I’m definitely going to take some time with my wife and talk with her. Be able to be a full-time dad of four kids for the first time in a while. Take it slow and see how things progress.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With hindsight, we probably should’ve seen the writing on the wall. Posey has always been just as much of a family man as he was a dedicated ball player. After he married his high school sweetheart Kristen in 2009, the happy couple welcomed twins Addison and Lee in 2011. They adopted twin girls in 2020, and Posey sat out the short pandemic season, prioritizing his babies’ health over the danger of potentially contracting COVID-19 on the field. His younger girls, Ada and Livvi, were already up against it, having been born eight weeks premature. \u003cem>USA Today\u003c/em> called Posey’s decision to stay home “a tremendous sacrifice.” But he himself noted, “From a family standpoint, making a decision to protect children—our children—it was relatively easy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='news_11745241']Posey and his wife’s commitment to children stretches far beyond their own family. In 2016, they established \u003ca href=\"https://bp28.org/mission/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BP28\u003c/a>, a charity that raises funds and awareness for pediatric cancer. The organization has so far raised $5.5 million for treatment and research, and has established partnerships with UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, North Carolina’s V Foundation and the Texas Children’s Hospital.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We can look at \u003ca href=\"https://www.mlb.com/player/buster-posey-457763\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Posey’s astonishing baseball stats\u003c/a> all day (and we should—it’s very satisfying), but it’s clear that this man has important goals off the field as well. Important enough to walk away from a $22 million option to stay on with the Giants. Since news leaked, late on Wednesday, that Posey was about to announce his retirement, fan responses have been sad, sure. But most of them have been rooted in pride and respect. That’s the result of Posey’s commitment to the San Francisco Giants on the field, and the compassionate way he lives his life off it. It’s born from his skills as a ballplayer, but also of his supreme likability as a human.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fans might not want to see him go, but the gratitude held for Posey and what he did in the course of his career with the Giants is palpable today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/BaySean/status/1456019375215955971\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/crawnikflip/status/1456027919684354056\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/bayarealuke/status/1456016637564309506\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/McCoveyChron/status/1456019630154080259\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/JohnLynchWTRF/status/1456020001631113232\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/thatguytylor/status/1456043068675661828\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/DaltonJ_Johnson/status/1456016432135802883\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/Jared_Carrabis/status/1456015579261898764\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/annkillion/status/1456037503933116420\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/MLBJesus/status/1456015451423711233\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Posey’s former teammate \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/giants/buster-poseys-reaction-game-162-hinted-retirement-sergio-romo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sergio Romo shared in an interview\u003c/a> on Wednesday that he’d recently noticed a shift in Posey’s demeanor on the field. “This was something that was like, ‘Wow, I wouldn’t be surprised if he decided to walk home and do the family thing,’” Romo said. “Here he is. He is deciding to do the family thing. In a sense, it wasn’t surprising, but it is surprising from a fan standpoint because the guy has a lot of baseball left, in my opinion.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='news_10608660']Tellingly, during Thursday’s press conference, Posey’s long list of thanks to everyone who’d helped him achieve his “lifelong dream of becoming a professional baseball player” started with his family. He struggled to hold back tears while talking about the love and support Kristen has offered him throughout his career. He told his children, “Being your dad is the greatest joy in my life.” Then he thanked his parents, “for teaching me the responsibility for caring for other people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Throughout his speech, though he referenced the Giants’ considerable achievements during his tenure, Posey’s focus remained on family. When thanking his teammates, he mentioned the “Good men, good husbands and good fathers” he had played alongside. 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