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"content": "\u003cp>Oaklanders took to the streets on Sunday to celebrate the Oakland Ballers after their victory in the Pioneer League Championships.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058700\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-32_qed.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058700\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-32_qed.jpg\" alt=\"A Black man and white man pose while seated in the back of a topless car.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-32_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-32_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-32_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Ballers players Malik Binns, left, and Michael O’Hara, right, cheer during the Oakland Ballers championship parade in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Ballers \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12057075/ballers-bring-home-oaklands-first-baseball-title-since-1989\">secured the city’s first baseball title since 1989\u003c/a> when they triumphed against the Idaho Falls Chukars in the independent Pioneer League’s final game last month, 8–1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058695\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-13_qed.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058695\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-13_qed.jpg\" alt='Several people hold green signs that say \"Built by Oakland\" and cheer.' width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-13_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-13_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-13_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fan Kelly Groth, center, poses for a photo at the Oakland Ballers championship parade in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Celebrations kicked off with a rally at Oakland City Hall, bringing out elected officials like Mayor Barbara Lee, who presented the team with a key to the city, commemorating October 5 as Oakland Ballers Championship Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058699\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-29_qed.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058699\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-29_qed.jpg\" alt='A Black woman wearing yellow clothing waves while holding a green sign that says \"Built by Oakland\" in a red vehicle.' width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-29_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-29_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-29_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee attends the Oakland Ballers championship parade. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“To every single player who put on that Ballers uniform, you played hard,” Lee said. “You played for a city that needed this. You played for every single child here who deserves to see champions that look like them and who come from communities like ours and theirs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058693\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-4_qed.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058693\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-4_qed.jpg\" alt=\"Three men wearing t shirts stand on the front steps of a building. The man in the middle is holding a large plaque.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-4_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-4_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-4_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Ballers co-founders Bryan Carmel, left, and Paul Freedman, right, applaud during a rally celebrating the Oakland Ballers’ Pioneer League championship win, at Oakland City Hall. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hundreds of fans lined the parade route around the team’s home stadium, Raimondi Park, holding “Built By Oakland” signs with music by E-40 and Too Short blaring from speakers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re riding the high out as long as we can, and we’re all going to be a little indulgent today,” Oakland Ballers player Luke Short said. “We win a championship for stuff like this. It’s a good time for the community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058694\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-7_qed.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058694\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-7_qed.jpg\" alt=\"A person dressed in a possum mascot suit waves while standing in the middle of the street.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-7_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-7_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-7_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scrappy the Possum, the Oakland Ballers mascot, dances ahead of the Oakland Ballers championship parade. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The parade featured the team’s mascot, Scrappy the Rally Possum, lowriders, and Ballers players like Connor Sullivan and Malik Binns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The excitement surrounding the team, which has vowed to never leave Oakland, helps fill a void left by the departure of the A’s last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058697\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-16_qed.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058697\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-16_qed.jpg\" alt=\"Several people dressed in green clothing are seated in the back of a pickup truck with drums.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-16_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-16_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-16_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Oakland 68 drum crew bangs drums during the Oakland Ballers championship parade. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’ve had fans say to me the first time they went to a Ballers game was like going out on a first date after a divorce…” team representative Casey Pratt said. “An independent Pioneer League is never gonna replace Major League Baseball. But what it does do is it replaces the ability of fans to get together, and root for a common cause, and create new memories and spend quality time with their family members.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058698\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-28_qed.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058698\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-28_qed.jpg\" alt=\"People on both sides of the street wave to people in a white car.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-28_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-28_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-28_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Ballers players Christian Almanza, left, and Tyler Lozano, right, cheer during the Oakland Ballers championship parade. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058692\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-47_qed.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058692\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-47_qed.jpg\" alt=\"A man holding a green flag stands in front of a building with "B's" painted in white.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-47_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-47_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-47_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Danny Gomez poses in front of the Ballers logo during the Oakland Ballers championship parade. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many of the fans who came out on Sunday used to cheer for the A’s in Oakland, some of whom are still grieving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_12057075,arts_13972636\" label=\"Related Stories\"]“This means a lot to baseball fans in Oakland and the East Bay,” said Jorge Leon, who came out with a group of friends to celebrate the team’s win. “I didn’t think it was going to happen this soon with the Oakland Ballers coming out like this. But it just goes to show you how resilient the city is and how amazing these fans are.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leon is the founder and president of the Oakland 68’s fan group as well as the elected fan representative on the Oakland Ballers’ board of directors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During their opening season last year, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12001178/oakland-ballers-offer-fans-stock-and-a-say-in-how-team-is-run\">the Ballers began selling fan shares\u003c/a>, giving their fanbase a voice when it comes to the team’s major decisions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058701\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-41_qed.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058701\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-41_qed.jpg\" alt=\"A man, woman and two young girls pose together in front of a car wearing similar clothing.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-41_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-41_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-41_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Leyva family poses for a photo during the Oakland Ballers championship parade. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The move came after years of frustration at Oakland A’s team management, culminating in the heartbreak felt by fans after the team left the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058696\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-14_qed.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058696\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-14_qed.jpg\" alt=\"Six people wearing pink shirts and black pants dance and wave pom poms in the street.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-14_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-14_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-14_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The SASS dance crew appears in the Oakland Ballers championship parade. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Ballers also made history when manager Aaron Miles experimented with letting \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6599707/2025/09/05/artificial-intelligence-baseball-manager-oakland-ballers/\">AI drive gametime decisions for one game\u003c/a> in early September.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058702\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1919px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-43_qed.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058702\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-43_qed.jpg\" alt=\"A man and woman pose together. They both are wearing hats with a toy possum on top as well as sun glasses.\" width=\"1919\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-43_qed.jpg 1919w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-43_qed-160x111.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-43_qed-1536x1067.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1919px) 100vw, 1919px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans Jamie Gray, left, and Armando Miller, right, wear possum hats during the Oakland Ballers championship parade. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Anybody who came to a Ballers game this year or last year, what you experienced in West Oakland was magic,” Oakland Ballers co-founder Bryan Carmel said. “So this championship and all of the future championships that we intend to win right here in Oakland, this is for the future [generations]…and let’s just keep bringing magic to Oakland.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Oaklanders took to the streets on Sunday to celebrate the Oakland Ballers after their victory in the Pioneer League Championships.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058700\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-32_qed.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058700\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-32_qed.jpg\" alt=\"A Black man and white man pose while seated in the back of a topless car.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-32_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-32_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-32_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Ballers players Malik Binns, left, and Michael O’Hara, right, cheer during the Oakland Ballers championship parade in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Ballers \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12057075/ballers-bring-home-oaklands-first-baseball-title-since-1989\">secured the city’s first baseball title since 1989\u003c/a> when they triumphed against the Idaho Falls Chukars in the independent Pioneer League’s final game last month, 8–1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058695\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-13_qed.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058695\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-13_qed.jpg\" alt='Several people hold green signs that say \"Built by Oakland\" and cheer.' width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-13_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-13_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-13_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fan Kelly Groth, center, poses for a photo at the Oakland Ballers championship parade in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Celebrations kicked off with a rally at Oakland City Hall, bringing out elected officials like Mayor Barbara Lee, who presented the team with a key to the city, commemorating October 5 as Oakland Ballers Championship Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058699\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-29_qed.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058699\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-29_qed.jpg\" alt='A Black woman wearing yellow clothing waves while holding a green sign that says \"Built by Oakland\" in a red vehicle.' width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-29_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-29_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-29_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee attends the Oakland Ballers championship parade. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“To every single player who put on that Ballers uniform, you played hard,” Lee said. “You played for a city that needed this. You played for every single child here who deserves to see champions that look like them and who come from communities like ours and theirs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058693\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-4_qed.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058693\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-4_qed.jpg\" alt=\"Three men wearing t shirts stand on the front steps of a building. The man in the middle is holding a large plaque.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-4_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-4_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-4_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Ballers co-founders Bryan Carmel, left, and Paul Freedman, right, applaud during a rally celebrating the Oakland Ballers’ Pioneer League championship win, at Oakland City Hall. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hundreds of fans lined the parade route around the team’s home stadium, Raimondi Park, holding “Built By Oakland” signs with music by E-40 and Too Short blaring from speakers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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It’s a good time for the community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058694\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-7_qed.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058694\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-7_qed.jpg\" alt=\"A person dressed in a possum mascot suit waves while standing in the middle of the street.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-7_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-7_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-7_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scrappy the Possum, the Oakland Ballers mascot, dances ahead of the Oakland Ballers championship parade. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The parade featured the team’s mascot, Scrappy the Rally Possum, lowriders, and Ballers players like Connor Sullivan and Malik Binns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The excitement surrounding the team, which has vowed to never leave Oakland, helps fill a void left by the departure of the A’s last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058697\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-16_qed.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058697\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-16_qed.jpg\" alt=\"Several people dressed in green clothing are seated in the back of a pickup truck with drums.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-16_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-16_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-16_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Oakland 68 drum crew bangs drums during the Oakland Ballers championship parade. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’ve had fans say to me the first time they went to a Ballers game was like going out on a first date after a divorce…” team representative Casey Pratt said. “An independent Pioneer League is never gonna replace Major League Baseball. But what it does do is it replaces the ability of fans to get together, and root for a common cause, and create new memories and spend quality time with their family members.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058698\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-28_qed.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058698\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-28_qed.jpg\" alt=\"People on both sides of the street wave to people in a white car.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-28_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-28_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-28_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Ballers players Christian Almanza, left, and Tyler Lozano, right, cheer during the Oakland Ballers championship parade. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058692\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-47_qed.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058692\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-47_qed.jpg\" alt=\"A man holding a green flag stands in front of a building with "B's" painted in white.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-47_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-47_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-47_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Danny Gomez poses in front of the Ballers logo during the Oakland Ballers championship parade. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many of the fans who came out on Sunday used to cheer for the A’s in Oakland, some of whom are still grieving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“This means a lot to baseball fans in Oakland and the East Bay,” said Jorge Leon, who came out with a group of friends to celebrate the team’s win. “I didn’t think it was going to happen this soon with the Oakland Ballers coming out like this. But it just goes to show you how resilient the city is and how amazing these fans are.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leon is the founder and president of the Oakland 68’s fan group as well as the elected fan representative on the Oakland Ballers’ board of directors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During their opening season last year, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12001178/oakland-ballers-offer-fans-stock-and-a-say-in-how-team-is-run\">the Ballers began selling fan shares\u003c/a>, giving their fanbase a voice when it comes to the team’s major decisions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058701\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-41_qed.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058701\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-41_qed.jpg\" alt=\"A man, woman and two young girls pose together in front of a car wearing similar clothing.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-41_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-41_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-41_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Leyva family poses for a photo during the Oakland Ballers championship parade. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The move came after years of frustration at Oakland A’s team management, culminating in the heartbreak felt by fans after the team left the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058696\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-14_qed.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058696\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-14_qed.jpg\" alt=\"Six people wearing pink shirts and black pants dance and wave pom poms in the street.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-14_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-14_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-14_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The SASS dance crew appears in the Oakland Ballers championship parade. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Ballers also made history when manager Aaron Miles experimented with letting \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6599707/2025/09/05/artificial-intelligence-baseball-manager-oakland-ballers/\">AI drive gametime decisions for one game\u003c/a> in early September.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058702\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1919px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-43_qed.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058702\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-43_qed.jpg\" alt=\"A man and woman pose together. They both are wearing hats with a toy possum on top as well as sun glasses.\" width=\"1919\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-43_qed.jpg 1919w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-43_qed-160x111.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251005_OaklandBallersParade_GC-43_qed-1536x1067.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1919px) 100vw, 1919px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans Jamie Gray, left, and Armando Miller, right, wear possum hats during the Oakland Ballers championship parade. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Anybody who came to a Ballers game this year or last year, what you experienced in West Oakland was magic,” Oakland Ballers co-founder Bryan Carmel said. “So this championship and all of the future championships that we intend to win right here in Oakland, this is for the future [generations]…and let’s just keep bringing magic to Oakland.”\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Manager Bob Melvin was fired Monday by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco-giants\">the San Francisco Giants\u003c/a> after the club missed the playoffs for a fourth straight season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Giants President of Baseball Operations \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/buster-posey\">Buster Posey\u003c/a> announced the decision Monday. Posey had shown his confidence in Melvin by exercising the veteran manager’s contract option for the 2026 season on July 1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, after Sunday’s 4–0 victory against Colorado to conclude his second season, Melvin said he had received no assurances about managing in 2026.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is what it is,” he said. “We’ll see what the next day brings.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Giants finished 81–81 for one more victory than in Melvin’s first year. They haven’t reached the postseason since winning the NL West with a franchise-record 107 victories to edge the rival Dodgers by one game in 2021 under then-skipper Gabe Kapler.[aside postID=news_12057075 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240604-OAKLAND-BALLERS-AC-05-KQED-1020x680.jpg']“After meeting with ownership, I met with Bob today to inform him of my decision,” Posey said in a statement. “On behalf of the organization, I want to express my appreciation to Bob for his dedication, professionalism and class. I wish him all the best. After careful evaluation, we determined that making a change in leadership was in the best interest of the team. The last couple of months have been both disappointing and frustrating for all of us, and we did not perform up to our standards. We now turn our focus to identifying a new leader to guide us forward.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Players offered support for Melvin as the season ended.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You know how I feel about BoMel, I loved him. He’s been my manager for I guess seven years,” said third baseman Matt Chapman, who also played for Melvin with Oakland. “I feel extremely grateful that I get to play for him and he’s the same guy every day. He’s been steady for us, he’s always honest with the players, he has our back. He’s done the best with what we’ve given him. The players, a lot of us, didn’t play to probably our capabilities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 63-year-old Melvin left the San Diego Padres \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/bob-melvin-giants-padres-hired-manager-d9c861b54aef09b7e30814f0e54cec8b\">to return home to the Bay Area\u003c/a> and manage the Giants last year for the job he always dreamed of doing as a former catcher with the organization. This is his 22nd year as a major league manager.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Melvin has a 1,678–1,588 career regular-season managerial record. A three-time Manager of the Year who has won the award in both leagues, he has eight postseason appearances while guiding Arizona, Seattle, Oakland, San Diego and the Giants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco finished 80–82 in Melvin’s first season last year after he replaced Kapler, who was fired with three days remaining in the 2023 season.[aside postID=news_12056563 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250917-VALKYRIESPLAYOFFS-14-BL_QED-KQED.jpg']Melvin is a native of nearby Palo Alto. He attended UC Berkeley and played for his hometown Giants from 1986–88.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/bob-melvin-giants-padres-hired-manager-d9c861b54aef09b7e30814f0e54cec8b\">This has been his dream job\u003c/a>, one he thought about in each visit to Oracle Park as a visiting manager.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His players realized their skipper’s passion for being in a place that means so much to him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While several Giants — including All-Star Logan Webb — said they don’t expect Posey to be satisfied with this disappointing year, that didn’t necessarily mean they expected a managerial change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He’s done a great job,” Webb said after Sunday’s start. “I know I said some things last time that I think got misconstrued. It had nothing to do with BoMel. He’s amazing at what he does. I think at the end of the day, it comes down to us being able to play better as players, and I think everyone in here will say the exact same thing. BoMel’s a great leader of men. It’s been amazing. I think BoMel is great.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>For many, watching the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco-giants\">San Francisco Giants\u003c/a> play at Oracle Park is a staple of summer in the Bay Area. But catching a game while floating in the bay outside the stadium, on the waters of McCovey Cove — that’s a truly unique experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Affectionately known as “the drink,” McCovey Cove was named after \u003ca href=\"https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/mccovey-willie\">first baseman Willie McCovey (1938–2018),\u003c/a> the baseball hall-of-famer who played for the Giants for 19 seasons. The cove is directly behind right field, and is a prime location for enjoying the ballpark energy even if you don’t have a ticket to the game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During warm-weather games, fans and visitors alike float out on the cove on kayaks and paddleboards, and many of them are seeking a chance to snag a “splash hit”: a home run hit over the stadium that lands in the water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McCovey Cove’s floaters even have their own local celebrity: “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11891544/as-giants-and-dodgers-face-off-a-superfan-takes-to-mccovey-cove-in-hunt-for-the-next-splash-hit\">McCovey Cove Dave\u003c/a>” Edlund, whose commitment to the cove has won him the most splash hits on record.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really been a lifetime love of baseball,” Edlund said, whose memorable moments in the cove include \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP86kEdSu/\">the 93rd splash hit he snagged on Mother’s Day in 2022,\u003c/a> which he dedicated to his late mom. “I always give maximum effort — and there is competition for any ball that comes over.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12038891\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12038891\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/GETTYIMAGES-1172327819-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/GETTYIMAGES-1172327819-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/GETTYIMAGES-1172327819-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/GETTYIMAGES-1172327819-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/GETTYIMAGES-1172327819-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/GETTYIMAGES-1172327819-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/GETTYIMAGES-1172327819-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kayaks and boats anchored in McCovey Cove in San Francisco on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014. \u003ccite>(Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But you don’t have to be McCovey Cove Dave — or even an expert paddler — to get out on the water for your own shot at a home run ball. If you’ve ever seen the kayakers enjoying McCovey Cove on TV and thought, “I’d love to do that someday,” then this guide is for you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#HowcanIrentakayak\">How can I rent a kayak for McCovey Cove?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#HowmuchexperienceisneededtokayakMcCoveyCove\">How much experience will I need?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong> \u003ca href=\"#WhatshouldIbringontothewater\">What should I bring onto the water?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#WillIgetasplashhit\">Will I get a splash hit?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"WhenshouldIplanmyMcCoveyCovetrip\">\u003c/a>What day and time should I choose?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“Catching a Giants game from the cove is a true bucket list experience,” Giants Chief Information Officer Bill Schlough said. “It’s great to be at Oracle Park, but it’s next level to be able to do it from the cove.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So first, \u003ca href=\"https://www.mlb.com/giants/schedule/2025-05/list\">check the Giants’ schedule\u003c/a> for \u003ca href=\"https://www.mlb.com/giants/schedule/2025-05/list?homeGame=true\">a home game coming up\u003c/a>. Day games, typically starting at around 1 p.m., are prime for a quality floating experience in the sunshine. “Come to a day game on a weekend,” Edlund said. “That’s when you’re gonna have the most fun.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12038890\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12038890\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-MCCOVEY-COVE-KAYAK-SW-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-MCCOVEY-COVE-KAYAK-SW-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-MCCOVEY-COVE-KAYAK-SW-03-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-MCCOVEY-COVE-KAYAK-SW-03-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-MCCOVEY-COVE-KAYAK-SW-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-MCCOVEY-COVE-KAYAK-SW-03-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-MCCOVEY-COVE-KAYAK-SW-03-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A live band joins San Francisco Giants fans floating on McCovey Cove at the team’s final game of the regular season against the St. Louis Cardinals on Sept. 29, 2024. \u003ccite>(Sarah Wright/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you’re planning to head onto the water for an evening game, \u003ca href=\"https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/usa/san-francisco\">check what time the sun will set that day\u003c/a>, and make sure you’ll feel comfortable potentially being on the water in the dark, depending on how long the game goes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And don’t forget to keep an eye on the weather for your chosen date — the best days to be out on the water will \u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=37.759593&lon=-122.433753\">forecast sun\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.windy.com/?37.774,-122.385,16,m:eH6acLc\">little wind\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/noaatidepredictions.html?id=9414290&legacy=1\">low tides.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"HowcanIrentakayak\">\u003c/a>How can I rent a kayak?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You have some options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.dogpatchpaddle.com/\">Dogpatch Paddle\u003c/a> opened a new rental spot in August, taking over the Mission Creek boathouse from UCSF. You can still rent from their Crane Cove Park location, but Dogpatch Paddle’s new location will be a much shorter path to McCovey Cove (around a 15 minute paddle instead of the 30-40 minutes it takes from Crane Cove), according to owner Adam Zolot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You show up, we give you a life vest, we give you a paddle, we give you a little safety briefing and then send you off to the game,” Zolot said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kayaks will be available by reservation for Giants game days, including the evening games, starting August 26 at the new location, and the company also plans to put rafts out in the cove where paddlers can anchor to watch the game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’ll be multiple places where you can dock yourself and not float around out there and drift out into the Bay,” said Zolot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12038889\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12038889\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-MCCOVEY-COVE-KAYAK-SW-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-MCCOVEY-COVE-KAYAK-SW-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-MCCOVEY-COVE-KAYAK-SW-02-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-MCCOVEY-COVE-KAYAK-SW-02-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-MCCOVEY-COVE-KAYAK-SW-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-MCCOVEY-COVE-KAYAK-SW-02-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-MCCOVEY-COVE-KAYAK-SW-02-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kayakers paddle on McCovey Cove as the San Francisco Giants face off against the Los Angeles Dodgers on June 30, 2024. \u003ccite>(Sarah Wright/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://citykayak.com/\">City Kayak\u003c/a> is another one of the closest spots to McCovey Cove — and owner Ted Choi recommends \u003ca href=\"https://citykayak.com/reserve-online\">making a reservation\u003c/a> for busy days so he can adequately plan their boat inventory with staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the summer, City Kayak is open Friday through Monday, and you can book single or double kayaks by the hour or for the entire game. They also rent stand-up paddleboards, but first-timers may find kayaks to be the more stable option.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City Kayak staff will outfit you with a boat, life vest and paddle, plus \u003ca href=\"https://citykayak.com/rentals\">show you a map of how to get to the cove\u003c/a> and any other waterfront destinations on your list, like the Mission Creek houseboats or the Cupid’s Span sculpture along the Embarcadero.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can use the bathroom and stash items in the bag check area so you don’t have to bring any valuables in the boat — or \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11959799/how-to-avoid-a-car-break-in-bay-area\">risk leaving them in your car. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re hoping to catch the first pitch, it’s a good idea to give yourself a half hour to an hour of buffer time when making a reservation. So if the game starts at the usual 12:45 p.m. or 1:05 p.m. times, consider booking your kayak rental starting at noon.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"HowmuchexperienceisneededtokayakMcCoveyCove\">\u003c/a>How much experience will I need?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Don’t worry if you’re not an experienced kayaker — in fair weather, Choi said, even the newest to the sport should have no problem reaching the cove and beyond.[aside postID=news_12035515 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/GettyImages-1366211065_qed-1020x681.jpg']The paddle from \u003ca href=\"https://sfbaywatertrail.org/trailhead/pier-40/\">Pier 40\u003c/a>, where City Kayak and the public launch spot that Edlund uses are located, is just 10 minutes along the breakwall of a protected harbor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You’re unlikely to end up in the cove by accident, but basic swim skills are advised for anyone heading out for a paddle. And there’s no need to leave kids and pets at home as long as they’re comfortable on the water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Except for the windiest days, you should be able to go to McCovey Cove, paddle in Mission Creek, and have a great time,” Choi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schlough also advised getting comfortable with the idea that you might get wet — and that no trip to the cove is complete without someone getting a dunk in the drink. “If you just stay dry in the raft, eh, that’s not the true experience,” Schlough said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How can I launch my own kayak?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you’re bringing your own watercraft, you can use the public launches at \u003ca href=\"https://sfbaywatertrail.org/trailhead/pier-40/\">Pier 40\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://sfbaywatertrail.org/trailhead/mission-creek/\">Mission Creek.\u003c/a> Just remember: every person in the kayak or stand-up paddleboard must have their own life jacket.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both access points are easily transit accessible via \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/trip-planner\">Muni, Caltrain and ferry\u003c/a>. Metered street parking in the area, however, can be steep, so City Kayak charges $20 to park in its lot on a first-come, first-served basis, regardless of whether you’re renting a kayak or not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re launching your own boat from Mission Creek, be sure to \u003ca href=\"https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/noaatidepredictions.html?id=9414290&legacy=1\">check the tides first\u003c/a>. There are two bridges to pass under on your way to and from the ballpark, and the fit can get extremely tight when the creek is high. Some people even opt to go out in inflatable rafts or other watercraft — don’t forget to bring a paddle so you can navigate the light currents in the cove.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How much of the Giants game will I actually see from the water?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Let’s get this out of the way: No, you can’t see the actual field from the cove.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But you \u003cem>can \u003c/em>see most of the scoreboard and some of the outfield crowd from below. And as of the 2024 season, there is now a large TV screen facing the cove so you can watch the action — and even do your best to anticipate any potential splash hits:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/mccoveycovedave/status/1789423058718994671\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schlough said the idea to add the screen came from Alfonso Felder, the team’s chief operations and experience officer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was the one who said, ‘We’ve talked about this before, but let’s actually do this,’” Schlough said. “Let’s give our McCovey Cove-based fans, our water-based fans, the opportunity to watch the game alongside the 40,000-plus inside the ballpark.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"WhatshouldIbringontothewater\">\u003c/a>What should I bring onto the water?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you’d rather paddle around and enjoy a play-by-play of the game by ear, as kayakers have done for years before the screen was installed, you can \u003ca href=\"https://www.knbr.com/\">tune into KNBR 680\u003c/a> from your kayak, but Edlund said with the new screen, first-timers probably won’t find a radio necessary. Pro tip: A radio stream from your phone will be on a delay of several seconds, so try to bring an actual radio if you want to listen in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also on the packing list:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Lunch or dinner (a Mission burrito is this author’s personal go-to)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A cooler that floats, for beverages and food\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Bungee cords, if you’d prefer tying your kayak to a buoy to avoid having to adjust to the cove’s currents.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A dry bag (you can borrow one from City Kayak) to keep your phone and any other gear dry\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Layers, water, sunscreen and a hat to protect you from the elements — Choi said many visitors underestimate how warm and windy it can get out on the water.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>There are bathrooms on or near the cove, so make sure you go \u003cem>before \u003c/em>you launch, Edlund said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you’re bold enough to launch on your own for a night game, bring extra layers and a headlamp — and have a plan for getting back to shore safely in the dark, especially if you’re newer to kayaking.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"WillIgetasplashhit\">\u003c/a>Finally: Will I get a splash hit?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Manage your expectations — but stay hopeful. \u003ca href=\"https://www.mlb.com/giants/ballpark/splash-hits\">Just 106 home runs\u003c/a> hit by Giants players have made it to the cove, and all but one were from a left-handed batter. The vast \u003ca href=\"https://www.mlb.com/giants/video/topic/giants-splash-hits\">majority of splash hits are off right-handed pitchers\u003c/a>, so certain pitcher-batter combinations are more likely to give you a shot at chasing a baseball down in the water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The home runs don’t land randomly,” Edlund said. “The No. 1 skill is being where the ball will land.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12038888\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12038888\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-MCCOVEY-COVE-KAYAK-SW-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-MCCOVEY-COVE-KAYAK-SW-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-MCCOVEY-COVE-KAYAK-SW-01-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-MCCOVEY-COVE-KAYAK-SW-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-MCCOVEY-COVE-KAYAK-SW-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-MCCOVEY-COVE-KAYAK-SW-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-MCCOVEY-COVE-KAYAK-SW-01-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kayakers and paddleboarders float on McCovey Cove as the San Francisco Giants face off against the Los Angeles Dodgers on June 30, 2024. \u003ccite>(Sarah Wright/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He recommends warmer days when there’s less wind for the best chances at snagging a splash hit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among Schlough’s favorite cove moments are the \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q44KSZ-9jv4\">100th splash hit by LaMonte Wade Jr.\u003c/a> in 2023 and what was supposed to be the \u003ca href=\"https://www.mlb.com/video/buster-posey-s-two-run-home-run\">first-ever right-handed splash hit from Buster Posey\u003c/a> — a title later claimed by \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KDDzpFeMtQ\">Heliot Ramos\u003c/a>, whose ball Edlund expertly scooped from the cove.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Posey “hit a ball that was destined for the cove, but unfortunately it hit one of our water cannons,” Schlough said — so while his two runs counted, the splash hit did not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you want to improve your odds, Schlough recommends getting to the stadium early in the day for batting practice — which starts around 2–3 hours before game time — when splash hits might be more likely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember: On a warm summer day, you’re unlikely to be the only paddler out in the cove, and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovAwQoAf1q8\">competition for\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@sfgiants/video/7491453763903868206\">home run balls\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://youtube.com/watch?v=TILwOWhXzkc\">can get truly fierce.\u003c/a> Back when the ballpark first opened and all-time splash hit leader Barry Bonds — \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7w4t-Hudhg\">who hit 35 of the 106 total by Giants players\u003c/a> — was still at the plate, the team even worked with a local animal shelter to form \u003ca href=\"https://www.mlb.com/news/the-giants-used-dogs-in-mccovey-cove\">BARK, Baseball’s Aquatic Retrieval Korps\u003c/a>: a team of Portuguese Water Dogs who retrieved balls from the bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Once someone starts hitting splash hits? Everyone wants to go to the cove and kayak,” Choi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>An earlier version of this story was originally published on May 9. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeCeDp_MY_h4G6VWj_-VPl-BJlQ3Uya2H0vxRZZd_47BpXwVA/viewform?embedded=true\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>For many, watching the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco-giants\">San Francisco Giants\u003c/a> play at Oracle Park is a staple of summer in the Bay Area. But catching a game while floating in the bay outside the stadium, on the waters of McCovey Cove — that’s a truly unique experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Affectionately known as “the drink,” McCovey Cove was named after \u003ca href=\"https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/mccovey-willie\">first baseman Willie McCovey (1938–2018),\u003c/a> the baseball hall-of-famer who played for the Giants for 19 seasons. The cove is directly behind right field, and is a prime location for enjoying the ballpark energy even if you don’t have a ticket to the game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During warm-weather games, fans and visitors alike float out on the cove on kayaks and paddleboards, and many of them are seeking a chance to snag a “splash hit”: a home run hit over the stadium that lands in the water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McCovey Cove’s floaters even have their own local celebrity: “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11891544/as-giants-and-dodgers-face-off-a-superfan-takes-to-mccovey-cove-in-hunt-for-the-next-splash-hit\">McCovey Cove Dave\u003c/a>” Edlund, whose commitment to the cove has won him the most splash hits on record.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really been a lifetime love of baseball,” Edlund said, whose memorable moments in the cove include \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP86kEdSu/\">the 93rd splash hit he snagged on Mother’s Day in 2022,\u003c/a> which he dedicated to his late mom. “I always give maximum effort — and there is competition for any ball that comes over.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12038891\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12038891\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/GETTYIMAGES-1172327819-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/GETTYIMAGES-1172327819-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/GETTYIMAGES-1172327819-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/GETTYIMAGES-1172327819-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/GETTYIMAGES-1172327819-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/GETTYIMAGES-1172327819-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/GETTYIMAGES-1172327819-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kayaks and boats anchored in McCovey Cove in San Francisco on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014. \u003ccite>(Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But you don’t have to be McCovey Cove Dave — or even an expert paddler — to get out on the water for your own shot at a home run ball. If you’ve ever seen the kayakers enjoying McCovey Cove on TV and thought, “I’d love to do that someday,” then this guide is for you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#HowcanIrentakayak\">How can I rent a kayak for McCovey Cove?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#HowmuchexperienceisneededtokayakMcCoveyCove\">How much experience will I need?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong> \u003ca href=\"#WhatshouldIbringontothewater\">What should I bring onto the water?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#WillIgetasplashhit\">Will I get a splash hit?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"WhenshouldIplanmyMcCoveyCovetrip\">\u003c/a>What day and time should I choose?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“Catching a Giants game from the cove is a true bucket list experience,” Giants Chief Information Officer Bill Schlough said. “It’s great to be at Oracle Park, but it’s next level to be able to do it from the cove.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So first, \u003ca href=\"https://www.mlb.com/giants/schedule/2025-05/list\">check the Giants’ schedule\u003c/a> for \u003ca href=\"https://www.mlb.com/giants/schedule/2025-05/list?homeGame=true\">a home game coming up\u003c/a>. Day games, typically starting at around 1 p.m., are prime for a quality floating experience in the sunshine. “Come to a day game on a weekend,” Edlund said. “That’s when you’re gonna have the most fun.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12038890\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12038890\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-MCCOVEY-COVE-KAYAK-SW-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-MCCOVEY-COVE-KAYAK-SW-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-MCCOVEY-COVE-KAYAK-SW-03-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-MCCOVEY-COVE-KAYAK-SW-03-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-MCCOVEY-COVE-KAYAK-SW-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-MCCOVEY-COVE-KAYAK-SW-03-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-MCCOVEY-COVE-KAYAK-SW-03-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A live band joins San Francisco Giants fans floating on McCovey Cove at the team’s final game of the regular season against the St. Louis Cardinals on Sept. 29, 2024. \u003ccite>(Sarah Wright/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you’re planning to head onto the water for an evening game, \u003ca href=\"https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/usa/san-francisco\">check what time the sun will set that day\u003c/a>, and make sure you’ll feel comfortable potentially being on the water in the dark, depending on how long the game goes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And don’t forget to keep an eye on the weather for your chosen date — the best days to be out on the water will \u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=37.759593&lon=-122.433753\">forecast sun\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.windy.com/?37.774,-122.385,16,m:eH6acLc\">little wind\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/noaatidepredictions.html?id=9414290&legacy=1\">low tides.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"HowcanIrentakayak\">\u003c/a>How can I rent a kayak?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You have some options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.dogpatchpaddle.com/\">Dogpatch Paddle\u003c/a> opened a new rental spot in August, taking over the Mission Creek boathouse from UCSF. You can still rent from their Crane Cove Park location, but Dogpatch Paddle’s new location will be a much shorter path to McCovey Cove (around a 15 minute paddle instead of the 30-40 minutes it takes from Crane Cove), according to owner Adam Zolot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You show up, we give you a life vest, we give you a paddle, we give you a little safety briefing and then send you off to the game,” Zolot said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kayaks will be available by reservation for Giants game days, including the evening games, starting August 26 at the new location, and the company also plans to put rafts out in the cove where paddlers can anchor to watch the game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’ll be multiple places where you can dock yourself and not float around out there and drift out into the Bay,” said Zolot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12038889\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12038889\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-MCCOVEY-COVE-KAYAK-SW-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-MCCOVEY-COVE-KAYAK-SW-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-MCCOVEY-COVE-KAYAK-SW-02-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-MCCOVEY-COVE-KAYAK-SW-02-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-MCCOVEY-COVE-KAYAK-SW-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-MCCOVEY-COVE-KAYAK-SW-02-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-MCCOVEY-COVE-KAYAK-SW-02-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kayakers paddle on McCovey Cove as the San Francisco Giants face off against the Los Angeles Dodgers on June 30, 2024. \u003ccite>(Sarah Wright/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://citykayak.com/\">City Kayak\u003c/a> is another one of the closest spots to McCovey Cove — and owner Ted Choi recommends \u003ca href=\"https://citykayak.com/reserve-online\">making a reservation\u003c/a> for busy days so he can adequately plan their boat inventory with staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the summer, City Kayak is open Friday through Monday, and you can book single or double kayaks by the hour or for the entire game. They also rent stand-up paddleboards, but first-timers may find kayaks to be the more stable option.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City Kayak staff will outfit you with a boat, life vest and paddle, plus \u003ca href=\"https://citykayak.com/rentals\">show you a map of how to get to the cove\u003c/a> and any other waterfront destinations on your list, like the Mission Creek houseboats or the Cupid’s Span sculpture along the Embarcadero.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can use the bathroom and stash items in the bag check area so you don’t have to bring any valuables in the boat — or \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11959799/how-to-avoid-a-car-break-in-bay-area\">risk leaving them in your car. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re hoping to catch the first pitch, it’s a good idea to give yourself a half hour to an hour of buffer time when making a reservation. So if the game starts at the usual 12:45 p.m. or 1:05 p.m. times, consider booking your kayak rental starting at noon.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"HowmuchexperienceisneededtokayakMcCoveyCove\">\u003c/a>How much experience will I need?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Don’t worry if you’re not an experienced kayaker — in fair weather, Choi said, even the newest to the sport should have no problem reaching the cove and beyond.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The paddle from \u003ca href=\"https://sfbaywatertrail.org/trailhead/pier-40/\">Pier 40\u003c/a>, where City Kayak and the public launch spot that Edlund uses are located, is just 10 minutes along the breakwall of a protected harbor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You’re unlikely to end up in the cove by accident, but basic swim skills are advised for anyone heading out for a paddle. And there’s no need to leave kids and pets at home as long as they’re comfortable on the water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Except for the windiest days, you should be able to go to McCovey Cove, paddle in Mission Creek, and have a great time,” Choi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schlough also advised getting comfortable with the idea that you might get wet — and that no trip to the cove is complete without someone getting a dunk in the drink. “If you just stay dry in the raft, eh, that’s not the true experience,” Schlough said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How can I launch my own kayak?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you’re bringing your own watercraft, you can use the public launches at \u003ca href=\"https://sfbaywatertrail.org/trailhead/pier-40/\">Pier 40\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://sfbaywatertrail.org/trailhead/mission-creek/\">Mission Creek.\u003c/a> Just remember: every person in the kayak or stand-up paddleboard must have their own life jacket.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both access points are easily transit accessible via \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/trip-planner\">Muni, Caltrain and ferry\u003c/a>. Metered street parking in the area, however, can be steep, so City Kayak charges $20 to park in its lot on a first-come, first-served basis, regardless of whether you’re renting a kayak or not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re launching your own boat from Mission Creek, be sure to \u003ca href=\"https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/noaatidepredictions.html?id=9414290&legacy=1\">check the tides first\u003c/a>. There are two bridges to pass under on your way to and from the ballpark, and the fit can get extremely tight when the creek is high. Some people even opt to go out in inflatable rafts or other watercraft — don’t forget to bring a paddle so you can navigate the light currents in the cove.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How much of the Giants game will I actually see from the water?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Let’s get this out of the way: No, you can’t see the actual field from the cove.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But you \u003cem>can \u003c/em>see most of the scoreboard and some of the outfield crowd from below. And as of the 2024 season, there is now a large TV screen facing the cove so you can watch the action — and even do your best to anticipate any potential splash hits:\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Pro tip: A radio stream from your phone will be on a delay of several seconds, so try to bring an actual radio if you want to listen in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also on the packing list:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Lunch or dinner (a Mission burrito is this author’s personal go-to)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A cooler that floats, for beverages and food\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Bungee cords, if you’d prefer tying your kayak to a buoy to avoid having to adjust to the cove’s currents.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A dry bag (you can borrow one from City Kayak) to keep your phone and any other gear dry\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Layers, water, sunscreen and a hat to protect you from the elements — Choi said many visitors underestimate how warm and windy it can get out on the water.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>There are bathrooms on or near the cove, so make sure you go \u003cem>before \u003c/em>you launch, Edlund said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you’re bold enough to launch on your own for a night game, bring extra layers and a headlamp — and have a plan for getting back to shore safely in the dark, especially if you’re newer to kayaking.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"WillIgetasplashhit\">\u003c/a>Finally: Will I get a splash hit?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Manage your expectations — but stay hopeful. \u003ca href=\"https://www.mlb.com/giants/ballpark/splash-hits\">Just 106 home runs\u003c/a> hit by Giants players have made it to the cove, and all but one were from a left-handed batter. The vast \u003ca href=\"https://www.mlb.com/giants/video/topic/giants-splash-hits\">majority of splash hits are off right-handed pitchers\u003c/a>, so certain pitcher-batter combinations are more likely to give you a shot at chasing a baseball down in the water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The home runs don’t land randomly,” Edlund said. “The No. 1 skill is being where the ball will land.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12038888\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12038888\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-MCCOVEY-COVE-KAYAK-SW-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-MCCOVEY-COVE-KAYAK-SW-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-MCCOVEY-COVE-KAYAK-SW-01-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-MCCOVEY-COVE-KAYAK-SW-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-MCCOVEY-COVE-KAYAK-SW-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-MCCOVEY-COVE-KAYAK-SW-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-MCCOVEY-COVE-KAYAK-SW-01-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kayakers and paddleboarders float on McCovey Cove as the San Francisco Giants face off against the Los Angeles Dodgers on June 30, 2024. \u003ccite>(Sarah Wright/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He recommends warmer days when there’s less wind for the best chances at snagging a splash hit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among Schlough’s favorite cove moments are the \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q44KSZ-9jv4\">100th splash hit by LaMonte Wade Jr.\u003c/a> in 2023 and what was supposed to be the \u003ca href=\"https://www.mlb.com/video/buster-posey-s-two-run-home-run\">first-ever right-handed splash hit from Buster Posey\u003c/a> — a title later claimed by \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KDDzpFeMtQ\">Heliot Ramos\u003c/a>, whose ball Edlund expertly scooped from the cove.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Posey “hit a ball that was destined for the cove, but unfortunately it hit one of our water cannons,” Schlough said — so while his two runs counted, the splash hit did not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you want to improve your odds, Schlough recommends getting to the stadium early in the day for batting practice — which starts around 2–3 hours before game time — when splash hits might be more likely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember: On a warm summer day, you’re unlikely to be the only paddler out in the cove, and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovAwQoAf1q8\">competition for\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@sfgiants/video/7491453763903868206\">home run balls\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://youtube.com/watch?v=TILwOWhXzkc\">can get truly fierce.\u003c/a> Back when the ballpark first opened and all-time splash hit leader Barry Bonds — \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7w4t-Hudhg\">who hit 35 of the 106 total by Giants players\u003c/a> — was still at the plate, the team even worked with a local animal shelter to form \u003ca href=\"https://www.mlb.com/news/the-giants-used-dogs-in-mccovey-cove\">BARK, Baseball’s Aquatic Retrieval Korps\u003c/a>: a team of Portuguese Water Dogs who retrieved balls from the bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Once someone starts hitting splash hits? 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"#A\">View the full episode transcript.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the island of Alameda, just a block off the estuary between the island and Oakland, there’s a plaque on a rock that’s easy to miss if you’re not looking for it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s across Clement Avenue from Thompson Field, where the Alameda High School Hornets play football. The rock could be mistaken for a landscaping feature, but it marks an important spot in the history of Alameda and its Japanese American community — history that goes back more than a hundred years.[baycuriouspodcastinfo]Bay Curious listener Sam Hopkins took note of the plaque while out on a run.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I paused real quick and read it and noticed it was commemorating this baseball field for a Japanese American team that I had never heard of before,” Hopkins said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was surprised because he grew up in Alameda, played sports and had known that “Alameda is a really big baseball town” for a long time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But I’d never heard of this Japanese American baseball field, didn’t know it existed and it just had me wondering: who were the teams that played there and what happened to those teams?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a city so small, Alameda has indeed produced a formidable roster of great baseball players. \u003ca href=\"https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/Willie-Stargell/\">The Hall of Fame Pittsburgh Pirates slugger of the 1970s, Willie Stargell,\u003c/a> has an Alameda street named after him. Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Brian Woo played at Alameda High School — as did \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/giants/shea/article/Reds-Speier-bonds-with-Giants-Crawford-3937721.php\">All-Star shortstop Chris Speier \u003c/a>(1972–74). And pros Jimmy Rollins and Dontrelle Willis \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/today-s-players-know-of-encinal-s-tradition-2797469.php\">played at cross-island rival Encinal High\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12045810\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/ATK3-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12045810\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/ATK3-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1332\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/ATK3-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/ATK3-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/ATK3-KQED-1536x1023.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An Alameda Taiiku Kai ballplayer stands at home plate, circa 1920s. The location of the photo is unknown. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Alameda Japanese American History Project)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But the plaque on the rock across from Thompson Field isn’t about any Major Leaguers. It reads:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This was the approximate location of home plate of the Alameda Japanese American ATK baseball field.” “ATK” stands for Alameda Taiiku Kai, which the plaque translates as “Alameda Athletic Club.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ATK team played here from 1916–38 — basically from the middle of World War I to right before the start of World War II. None of the ATK players are still alive, but there are a few people who remember how important they were to the Japanese American community.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A small, but mighty, community\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12045809\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/ATK2-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12045809\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/ATK2-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1341\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/ATK2-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/ATK2-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/ATK2-KQED-1536x1030.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">L to R: Hikotaro ‘Harry’ Kono (wearing hat), Milton Kitano, Shizuto Kawamura, unknowns.\u003cbr>Enjoying a day at the park, Alamedans gather to watch a baseball game played by their hometown team, the Alameda Taiiku Kai (ATK), circa 1930. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Alameda Japanese American History Project)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Alameda’s Japanese American community started out very small. Retired Alameda High School history teacher Jo Takata said that, in 1900, there were 110 Japanese people living there. Her grandparents came from Japan and settled in Alameda in 1902. By 1910, she said, the Japanese population had quadrupled. But they faced discrimination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They were gardeners, houseboys, housegirls,” Takata, now 81, said.\u003cstrong> “\u003c/strong>People could not get their hair cut, they could not eat in restaurants and so they started their own little community to serve themselves and each other.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They made their own shops and businesses and lived near them, making a six-block area around Park and Oak Streets, in Alameda’s Japantown. They started families, and their growing community was anchored by two places of worship — one Methodist, one Buddhist.[aside postID=news_11821133 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Pages-from-Kakuro-Shigenaga-File-1-NARA-San-Bruno.jpg']“Part of them went to the Buddhist temple, part of them went to the Methodist church,” Takata said. “And the thing they had in common was they didn’t like Japanese school, and they loved baseball. They loved sports, and that’s what brought them together, the two churches: it was baseball.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jo’s younger brother, Kent Takeda, said this passion for baseball wasn’t unique to Alameda’s Japanese American community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It became kind of a galvanizing, central pastime for them,” Kent said. “It feels like every community had the same kind of energy and interest around the sport.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Alameda Taiiku-Kai team, Kent explained, was essentially a combination of players from the Buddhist temple and the Methodist church. The combination allowed Alameda to compete with teams coming from other communities, like Fresno.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12045901\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/1913_ATK-BASEBALL-TEAM-WTH-BAT-AND-GLOVES-WITH-NAMES-V3-KQED-KQED-1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12045901\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/1913_ATK-BASEBALL-TEAM-WTH-BAT-AND-GLOVES-WITH-NAMES-V3-KQED-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1316\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/1913_ATK-BASEBALL-TEAM-WTH-BAT-AND-GLOVES-WITH-NAMES-V3-KQED-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/1913_ATK-BASEBALL-TEAM-WTH-BAT-AND-GLOVES-WITH-NAMES-V3-KQED-KQED-1-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/1913_ATK-BASEBALL-TEAM-WTH-BAT-AND-GLOVES-WITH-NAMES-V3-KQED-KQED-1-1536x1011.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Before the Alameda Taiiku Kai baseball team (ATK) was the Buddhist Temple team, the YMBA (Young Men’s Buddhist Association), founded in 1913. The “A” on their uniform indicates this is either that team or a very early ATK team. This is one of the two earliest Alameda baseball team photos known to exist. The other was shot moments before or after this one. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Alameda Japanese American History Project)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It really took off in the late 20s to late 30s,” said Alameda sports historian James McGee, who \u003ca href=\"https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/15760041.James_Francis_McGee\">has researched and written about the ATK team \u003c/a>and some of its players in books and articles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The community built a grandstand and made a baseball field on the northwest corner of Clement and Walnut Streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The all-dirt field was bordered by the Baxter Lumber Company, where telephone poles were treated and stored, and batters would hit toward the estuary,” McGee wrote in \u003cem>The Baseball Odyssey Volume II\u003c/em>. Big games would take place right after church on Sundays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12046024\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1463px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/1925-ATK-GROUP-003A-KQED-2.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12046024 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/1925-ATK-GROUP-003A-KQED-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1463\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/1925-ATK-GROUP-003A-KQED-2.jpg 1463w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/1925-ATK-GROUP-003A-KQED-2-160x219.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/1925-ATK-GROUP-003A-KQED-2-1124x1536.jpg 1124w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1463px) 100vw, 1463px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Legendary shortstop and batter Sai Towata, of the\u003cbr>Alameda Taiiku Kai baseball (ATK) team, poses for a photo in Alameda, Calif., 1925. \u003ccite>((Courtesy of the Alameda Japanese American History Project))\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It was the event of the week for all the Japanese in Alameda,” Jo Takata said. “The women would go in their Sunday finest, their purses, their hats and everything and picnic baskets. And they’d go every Sunday and sit in the stands and watch the teams.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McGee said in the late 1920s, the ATK team was managed by Takurisu Morita and fielded several strong players, like Mas and Mike Nakano, Shizuto Kawamura, Tad Hayashi, Shug Madokoro and the legendary shortstop and batter Sai Towata.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was captain of the [Alameda High School Hornets] team in 1924 in the spring,” McGee said. “Even though he was the best player on the team and the team captain, two other players, Dick Bartell and Johnny Vergez, were offered Major League Baseball contracts. And sadly, Sai wasn’t because of his heritage, because of his race, it appears.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Sai Towata would become a star for the ATK team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was not a big man, but his very efficient bat had a reputation. In one game, he went to bat five times and hit a triple and three singles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sai Towata was clutch,” said Kent Takeda, who has enjoyed reading about Towata in old sports box scores and game summaries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though he couldn’t play in the Majors, McGee said Sai Towata joined a goodwill tour to promote baseball in Korea and Japan that connected with another tour that featured Major Leaguers Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://sabr.org/journal/article/san-jose-asahis-1925-tour-of-japan-and-korea/\">Baseball exchanges between Japan and the U.S. became common in the 1920s and 30s\u003c/a>, with teams traveling to and from both countries. Kent Takeda said his father-in-law, Nobi Matsumoto, took a team to Japan out of Lodi and Stockton. James McGee added that in 1937, Harry Kono of Alameda put together an all-star team that went on a baseball barnstorming tour in Japan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12045898\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/Babe-Ruth-with-Fresno-Japanese-team-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12045898\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/Babe-Ruth-with-Fresno-Japanese-team-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1439\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/Babe-Ruth-with-Fresno-Japanese-team-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/Babe-Ruth-with-Fresno-Japanese-team-KQED-160x115.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/Babe-Ruth-with-Fresno-Japanese-team-KQED-1536x1105.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Major League baseball players Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth pose with a Japanese American team in Fresno after an exhibition game in 1927. Kenichi Zenimura (third from left) was one of the best Japanese American ballplayers of his era. Babe Ruth also participated in goodwill tours in Japan, where he met players from the ATK team as well. \u003ccite>(Frank Kamiyama/Courtesy Brad Shirakawa)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>World War II upends Japanese American life\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In 1939, any positive exchange between the U.S. and Japan stopped. When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and the U.S. entered World War II, Japanese Americans were sent to prison camps. Siblings Jo and Kent were both born in the camp in Topaz, Utah.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even in the camps, some grown-ups were determined to keep playing baseball. Sai Towata’s brother, John Towata, took the lead in organizing baseball games at Topaz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They had enough moxie and enough bravery to continue on with their American traditions, even if they were behind barbed wire and in a prison,” McGee said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“During the camps, baseball was the tie that bound them together,” Jo Takata said. “The families and the young men who were really living miserable lives.”[aside postID=news_11915583 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/JapaneseTeaGarden-1020x680.jpg']When World War II ended and the camps shut down, Japanese Americans were focused on getting back to and rebuilding the communities they’d been forced to leave. Kent and Jo remembered that their family lived in the basement of the Methodist church for five or six years while their father worked several jobs to save enough money to buy a house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other members of Alameda’s Japanese American community, like John Towata, used what they’d learned in the camps to continue investing in civic life on the outside. “[John Towata] was a good businessman, politically astute in the community,” Kent said. “He gave Jo and I our first jobs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those jobs were at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2009/10/01/after-six-decades-towata-flowers-in-alameda-closes-its-doors/\">Towata Flower Shop, which became an institution in Alameda, \u003c/a>thriving from the years after World War II until it closed in 2009.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the baseball front, teams like the ATK had disbanded, their players past their prime and more focused on rebuilding their lives when the war ended. But John Towata and other prominent Japanese American businessmen wanted to revive baseball in their communities after all they’d been through. Youth leagues started up, with businesses like Towata’s sponsoring teams.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His brother — the great player Sai Towata — became a coach. And one of his players in the mid-1950s was a very young Kent Takeda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was a good teacher and most of us learned to love the game from the way he coached,” Kent said. “He did a lot by example.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12045806\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/KENTJOSMILES-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12045806\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/KENTJOSMILES-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/KENTJOSMILES-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/KENTJOSMILES-KQED-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/KENTJOSMILES-KQED-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Siblings Kent Takeda (left) and Jo Takata in Jo’s home in Alameda. \u003ccite>(Brian Watt/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“You would never know that he could swing that bat,” Jo said. “He never even would say that he was a baseball star. We would have to bring it out of him.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jo said \u003cem>a lot\u003c/em> had to be “brought out” of her elders — the good memories and the bad. She spent time with their seniors group and remembers Sai Towata modestly celebrating his 89th or 90th birthday in 1992, the day after the plaque marking the ATK baseball field was dedicated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s very important for me, meaningful, that that spot meant so much to these men,” she said. “It was a time for them to shine.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite all that came after ATK’s heyday — the war, the camps, working so hard to rebuild and move on — that baseball team will always represent a special moment in this community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousquestion]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"A\">\u003c/a>Episode Transcript\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This is a computer-generated transcript. While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/strong> Japanese baseball players are hot. I don’t mean that the way it sounds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Really, Major League Baseball’s current champion, the Dodgers, have three pitchers from Japan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most famous right now, Shohei Ohtani, was the League’s Most Valuable Player last season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Sound of an Ohtani strikeout\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this year, the retired outfielder Ichiro Suzuki, who played in Seattle, New York and Miami, was voted almost unanimously into the Baseball Hall of Fame.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Sound of broadcaster excitement over Suzuki hit\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These are players who came from Japan to play baseball in the U.S. But there were Japanese people playing baseball here more than a century ago. They had teams that played against each other and even hosted teams from Japan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And one of those teams came from the island of Alameda.\u003cbr>\nIn the place that used to be the team’s field, there’s now a modest plaque marking what would have been home plate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sam Hopkins:\u003c/strong> Nothing that really would stand out too much…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/strong> Still, it caught the eye of Bay Curious listener Sam Hopkins when he was out on a run.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sam Hopkins:\u003c/strong> But I paused real quick and read it and noticed it was commemorating this baseball field for a Japanese American team that I had never heard of before. Alameda is a really big baseball town.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/strong> Sam grew up playing baseball in Alameda and knows all about the great ballplayers who came from there. The Hall-of-Fame hitter Willie Stargell has a street named after him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sam Hopkins:\u003c/strong> But I’d never heard of this Japanese American baseball field, didn’t know it existed and it just had me wondering who were the teams that played there and what happened to those teams.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Bay Curious theme starts\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/strong> The team that called the field home was the Alameda Taiiku-Kai. Today on Bay Curious, we’ll learn the history of the team and its star players, and get into what they meant to Alameda’s Japanese American community. I’m Katrina Schwartz; stay with us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Bay Curious theme ends\u003cbr>\nSponsor break\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/strong> The island of Alameda has a long tradition of producing great baseball players. And in the early 1900s, some of them were Japanese American. But the early 20th century was a difficult time for this community. KQED’s Brian Watt went to see what role the game of baseball played in that history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt in scene:\u003c/strong> Sam’s right about that plaque. I came out here to see it, and it is pretty easy to miss if you’re not looking for it. It sits on a rock across the street from Thompson field, about a block from the estuary between Alameda and Oakland. Here’s what is says:\u003cbr>\nBrian reading: ATK baseball field. Alameda Taiku Kai. During the years 1916 to 1938, this was the approximate location of home plate of the Alameda Japanese American ATK baseball field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt in scene:\u003c/strong> Alameda Taiiku Kai basically means Alameda Athletic Club. But what I’m really stuck on here is the years: 1916 to 1938. That’s basically the middle of World War I until right before World War II started.\u003cbr>\nThere are no players from that ATK team alive today, but there are people who knew some players — Japanese Americans who grew up in Alameda and still live here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kent Takeda:\u003c/strong> Brian, Kent Takeda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt in scene:\u003c/strong> How’s it going? Good to meet you. Good to meet you too. Thanks so much. Oh, this is so great. I’ll close it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jo Takata:\u003c/strong> Oh my gosh, I listen to you. I’m Jo, and this is my house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt in scene:\u003c/strong> Hey, Jo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jo Takata:\u003c/strong> Let me look at you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt:\u003c/strong> Jo Takata invited me to her home just a couple miles from the plaque, to meet her and her brother, Kent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jo Takata:\u003c/strong> Are you hungry?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt in scene:\u003c/strong> You know what? I’m okay. I might get hungry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jo Takata: \u003c/strong>I’ll get you something later.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nJo Takata: \u003c/strong>I’m a longtime resident of Alameda, 81 years, although I was born in an internment camp, as Kent was, but we came back here. I was a history teacher at Alameda High.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kent Takeda: \u003c/strong>I’m Kent Takeda. I’m 80. There were six kids, three were born in Topaz, Utah, the incarceration camp that the people in the Bay Area went to. I was born in 1945.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt:\u003c/strong> They’d also invited a local historian they’ve become friends with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>James McGee:\u003c/strong> I’m James McGee, former resident of Alameda, and I live down in Fremont now. I’m a full-time teacher, 37th year, and I’ve always loved history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt:\u003c/strong> All three of these folks are connected through their fascination with the history of the island’s Japanese American baseball scene. James has researched and written about the Alameda Taiiku Kai baseball team.\u003cbr>\nJo Takata has been determined to document the struggles of her elders before World War II and the internment camps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She says in 1900, there were 110 Japanese people living in Alameda.\u003cbr>\nBy 1910, that number had quadrupled. But life was tough. They faced discrimination, worked as gardeners and houseboys and girls and cleaners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They made their own shops and businesses and lived near them, making a six-block area around Park and Oak Streets, Alameda’s Japantown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They started families, had children and that community was anchored by two churches — one Methodist, one Buddhist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jo Takata: \u003c/strong>Part of them went to the Buddhist temple, part of them went to the Methodist church. And the thing they had in common was they didn’t like Japanese school, and they loved baseball, they loved sports, and that’s what brought them together, the two churches. It was baseball.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt:\u003c/strong> James McGee says this burgeoning of baseball was happening in Japanese American communities throughout California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>James McGee: \u003c/strong>The first generation immigrants from Japan, some of them already knew the game. It was in its formative years in Japan at that time, very rudimentary, and they brought some of that with them to America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kent Takeda: \u003c/strong>And it became kind of a galvanizing, central pastime for them. So it wasn’t just Alameda, but it feels like every community had the same kind of energy and interest around the sport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt:\u003c/strong> Kent Takeda says the Alameda Taiiku Kai was essentially a combination of teams from the Buddhist Temple and the Methodist Church.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kent Takeda:\u003c/strong> They decided they would be better off combining and forming ATK, which allowed them to compete well with the other cities.\u003cbr>\nThey built a grandstand and made a field facing the Oakland Estuary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt:\u003c/strong> Jo says, this became the place to go on Sunday after church.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jo Takata:\u003c/strong> It was the event of the week for all the Japanese in Alameda. The women would go in their Sunday finest, their purses, their hats and everything and picnic baskets and they’d go every Sunday and sit in the stands and watch the teams.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>James McGee:\u003c/strong> It really took off in the late 20s to late 30s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt: \u003c/strong>Historian James McGee says in the late 1920s, the ATK team fielded several strong players, including legendary shortstop and batter Sai Towata, who had been a real leader on the Alameda High School baseball team.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nJames McGee:\u003c/strong> Sai was an incredible baseball player. He was captain of the team in 1924 in the spring, Alameda High School Hornets, and he was very successful, very well-liked. And even though he was the best player on the team and the team captain, two other players, Dick Bartel and Johnny Vergis, were offered Major League Baseball contracts, and sadly, Sai wasn’t, because of his heritage, because of his race, it appears.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt:\u003c/strong> But Sai Towata would become a star for the ATK team. He was not a big man, but his very efficient bat had a reputation. In one game, he went to bat 5 times, hit a triple and three singles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kent Takeda:\u003c/strong> Sai Towata was clutch!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt: \u003c/strong>Kent Takeda has read about him in old sports box scores and game summaries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kent Takeda: \u003c/strong>Sai Towata was clutch! Clutch. Game on the line, make the big hit, make a good play. Clutch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt:\u003c/strong> And, though he couldn’t play in the majors, he joined a Goodwill tour to promote baseball in Korea and Japan that connected with another tour that featured Major Leaguers Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.\u003cbr>\nBaseball exchanges between Japan and America became a thing in the 1920s and 30s, with teams traveling to and from both countries. Again, Kent Takeda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kent Takeda: \u003c/strong>So, one year they came here, the next year… My father-in-law, Nobi Matsumoto, terrific ball player, but also strong leader and manager, he also took a team to Japan. I think in mid-20s out of Lodi and Stockton.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt: \u003c/strong>In 1939, any positive exchange between the U.S. and Japan stopped.\u003cbr>\nArchival newsreel: The United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nBrian Watt:\u003c/strong> World War II started, and Japanese Americans would be sent to prison camps, like the one siblings Jo and Kent were born in.\u003cbr>\nDocumentary footage: And now we’re here at the Topaz, Utah relocation center in the desert of Utah. And rows and rows of barracks.\u003cbr>\nBut in the camps, some grown-ups were determined to keep playing baseball. James McGee says, the brother of Sai Towata, John, took the lead in organizing baseball games in Topaz, his camp.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>James McGee:\u003c/strong> In my estimation, it proved to a lot of people, for once and for all, hopefully, that they were American just as much as anybody else, because they had enough moxie and enough bravery to continue on with their American traditions, even if they were behind barbed wire and in a prison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt:\u003c/strong> When World War II ended and the internment camps shut down, the Japanese Americans were focused on rebuilding the communities they’d been forced to leave.\u003cbr>\nKent says John Towata’s organizational skills served him well.\u003cbr>\nKent Takeda: He was a good businessman, politically astute in the community of Alameda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt in scene: \u003c/strong>This is John Towata?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kent Takeda:\u003c/strong> Yeah.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kent Takeda:\u003c/strong> He gave Jo and I our first jobs. We learned about working hard, or at least making it look like you were always busy, because you had to always be busy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt in scene:\u003c/strong> And where were those jobs?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kent Takeda:\u003c/strong> At the flower shop. Towata Flower Shop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brian Watt: The Towata Flower Shop, by the way, became an institution in Alameda, thriving from the years after World War II until it closed in 2009.\u003cbr>\nJohn Tawata and other prominent Japanese American businessmen on the island weren’t about to let baseball die after all they’d been through.\u003cbr>\nThe ATK team had disbanded, its players past their prime by the time the war ended, so youth leagues became the thing, with businesses like Towata’s sponsoring teams. And Sai Towata became a coach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kent Takeda:\u003c/strong> He was all baseball.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brian Watt: He coached Kent Takeda as a boy in the mid-1950s.\u003cbr>\nKent Takeda: He was all baseball. He was one of the kindest, soft-spoken, gentle people. You know, you have a sense of coaches being competitive, fiery, win for the Gipper, whatever you want to call it, but no, he was just very low-key. He was a good teacher and most of us learned to love the game from the way he coached and he did a lot by example.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jo Takata:\u003c/strong> You would never know that he could swing that bat. He never even would say that he was a baseball star. We would have to bring it out of him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt: \u003c/strong>Jo Takata says a lot had to be “brought out” of her elders. The good memories and the bad. She spent time with their seniors group and remembers Sai Towata modestly celebrating his 89th or 90th birthday in 1992, the day after the plaque marking the ATK baseball field was dedicated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jo Takata:\u003c/strong> Where the plaque is, is where the home base was. That spot meant so much to these men. It was a time for them to shine. Not just shine watching the baseball, but bringing their picnics, they had contests, they had races. It was the event of the week for all the Japanese in Alameda. And the guys loved it because it was the camaraderie.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt:\u003c/strong> And despite all that came after ATK’s heyday — the war, the camps, working so hard to rebuild and move on — Jo says that baseball team will always represent a special moment in this community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Music plays\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katrina Schwartz: \u003c/strong>That was KQED morning news anchor Brian Watt. There are some pretty amazing old photographs of the ATK team and those goodwill tours in Japan and Korea when Japanese American players met Babe Ruth. Head over to kqed.org/baycurious to check those out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thanks to Sam Hopkins for asking this week’s question. Remember, if you’ve got something you’ve been wondering about, you can always submit it on our website, kqed.org/bay curious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Curious is produced in San Francisco at member-supported KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Our show is made by Gabriela Glueck, Christopher Beale and me, Katrina Schwartz.\u003cbr>\nWith extra support from Alana Walker, Maha Sanad, Katie Springer, Jen Chien, Holly Kernan and everyone at team KQED.\u003cbr>\nSome members of the KQED podcast team are represented by the Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. San Francisco Northern California Local.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Curious team will be off next week for the Fourth of July, but we’ll see you back here on July 10th with a brand new episode. I hope you all have a great holiday. Thanks for listening!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But I’d never heard of this Japanese American baseball field, didn’t know it existed and it just had me wondering: who were the teams that played there and what happened to those teams?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a city so small, Alameda has indeed produced a formidable roster of great baseball players. \u003ca href=\"https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/Willie-Stargell/\">The Hall of Fame Pittsburgh Pirates slugger of the 1970s, Willie Stargell,\u003c/a> has an Alameda street named after him. Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Brian Woo played at Alameda High School — as did \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/giants/shea/article/Reds-Speier-bonds-with-Giants-Crawford-3937721.php\">All-Star shortstop Chris Speier \u003c/a>(1972–74). And pros Jimmy Rollins and Dontrelle Willis \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/today-s-players-know-of-encinal-s-tradition-2797469.php\">played at cross-island rival Encinal High\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12045810\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/ATK3-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12045810\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/ATK3-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1332\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/ATK3-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/ATK3-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/ATK3-KQED-1536x1023.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An Alameda Taiiku Kai ballplayer stands at home plate, circa 1920s. The location of the photo is unknown. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Alameda Japanese American History Project)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But the plaque on the rock across from Thompson Field isn’t about any Major Leaguers. It reads:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This was the approximate location of home plate of the Alameda Japanese American ATK baseball field.” “ATK” stands for Alameda Taiiku Kai, which the plaque translates as “Alameda Athletic Club.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ATK team played here from 1916–38 — basically from the middle of World War I to right before the start of World War II. None of the ATK players are still alive, but there are a few people who remember how important they were to the Japanese American community.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A small, but mighty, community\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12045809\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/ATK2-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12045809\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/ATK2-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1341\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/ATK2-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/ATK2-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/ATK2-KQED-1536x1030.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">L to R: Hikotaro ‘Harry’ Kono (wearing hat), Milton Kitano, Shizuto Kawamura, unknowns.\u003cbr>Enjoying a day at the park, Alamedans gather to watch a baseball game played by their hometown team, the Alameda Taiiku Kai (ATK), circa 1930. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Alameda Japanese American History Project)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Alameda’s Japanese American community started out very small. Retired Alameda High School history teacher Jo Takata said that, in 1900, there were 110 Japanese people living there. Her grandparents came from Japan and settled in Alameda in 1902. By 1910, she said, the Japanese population had quadrupled. But they faced discrimination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They were gardeners, houseboys, housegirls,” Takata, now 81, said.\u003cstrong> “\u003c/strong>People could not get their hair cut, they could not eat in restaurants and so they started their own little community to serve themselves and each other.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They made their own shops and businesses and lived near them, making a six-block area around Park and Oak Streets, in Alameda’s Japantown. They started families, and their growing community was anchored by two places of worship — one Methodist, one Buddhist.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“Part of them went to the Buddhist temple, part of them went to the Methodist church,” Takata said. “And the thing they had in common was they didn’t like Japanese school, and they loved baseball. They loved sports, and that’s what brought them together, the two churches: it was baseball.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jo’s younger brother, Kent Takeda, said this passion for baseball wasn’t unique to Alameda’s Japanese American community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It became kind of a galvanizing, central pastime for them,” Kent said. “It feels like every community had the same kind of energy and interest around the sport.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Alameda Taiiku-Kai team, Kent explained, was essentially a combination of players from the Buddhist temple and the Methodist church. The combination allowed Alameda to compete with teams coming from other communities, like Fresno.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12045901\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/1913_ATK-BASEBALL-TEAM-WTH-BAT-AND-GLOVES-WITH-NAMES-V3-KQED-KQED-1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12045901\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/1913_ATK-BASEBALL-TEAM-WTH-BAT-AND-GLOVES-WITH-NAMES-V3-KQED-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1316\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/1913_ATK-BASEBALL-TEAM-WTH-BAT-AND-GLOVES-WITH-NAMES-V3-KQED-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/1913_ATK-BASEBALL-TEAM-WTH-BAT-AND-GLOVES-WITH-NAMES-V3-KQED-KQED-1-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/1913_ATK-BASEBALL-TEAM-WTH-BAT-AND-GLOVES-WITH-NAMES-V3-KQED-KQED-1-1536x1011.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Before the Alameda Taiiku Kai baseball team (ATK) was the Buddhist Temple team, the YMBA (Young Men’s Buddhist Association), founded in 1913. The “A” on their uniform indicates this is either that team or a very early ATK team. This is one of the two earliest Alameda baseball team photos known to exist. The other was shot moments before or after this one. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Alameda Japanese American History Project)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It really took off in the late 20s to late 30s,” said Alameda sports historian James McGee, who \u003ca href=\"https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/15760041.James_Francis_McGee\">has researched and written about the ATK team \u003c/a>and some of its players in books and articles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The community built a grandstand and made a baseball field on the northwest corner of Clement and Walnut Streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The all-dirt field was bordered by the Baxter Lumber Company, where telephone poles were treated and stored, and batters would hit toward the estuary,” McGee wrote in \u003cem>The Baseball Odyssey Volume II\u003c/em>. Big games would take place right after church on Sundays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12046024\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1463px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/1925-ATK-GROUP-003A-KQED-2.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12046024 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/1925-ATK-GROUP-003A-KQED-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1463\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/1925-ATK-GROUP-003A-KQED-2.jpg 1463w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/1925-ATK-GROUP-003A-KQED-2-160x219.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/1925-ATK-GROUP-003A-KQED-2-1124x1536.jpg 1124w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1463px) 100vw, 1463px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Legendary shortstop and batter Sai Towata, of the\u003cbr>Alameda Taiiku Kai baseball (ATK) team, poses for a photo in Alameda, Calif., 1925. \u003ccite>((Courtesy of the Alameda Japanese American History Project))\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It was the event of the week for all the Japanese in Alameda,” Jo Takata said. “The women would go in their Sunday finest, their purses, their hats and everything and picnic baskets. And they’d go every Sunday and sit in the stands and watch the teams.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McGee said in the late 1920s, the ATK team was managed by Takurisu Morita and fielded several strong players, like Mas and Mike Nakano, Shizuto Kawamura, Tad Hayashi, Shug Madokoro and the legendary shortstop and batter Sai Towata.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was captain of the [Alameda High School Hornets] team in 1924 in the spring,” McGee said. “Even though he was the best player on the team and the team captain, two other players, Dick Bartell and Johnny Vergez, were offered Major League Baseball contracts. And sadly, Sai wasn’t because of his heritage, because of his race, it appears.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Sai Towata would become a star for the ATK team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was not a big man, but his very efficient bat had a reputation. In one game, he went to bat five times and hit a triple and three singles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sai Towata was clutch,” said Kent Takeda, who has enjoyed reading about Towata in old sports box scores and game summaries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though he couldn’t play in the Majors, McGee said Sai Towata joined a goodwill tour to promote baseball in Korea and Japan that connected with another tour that featured Major Leaguers Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://sabr.org/journal/article/san-jose-asahis-1925-tour-of-japan-and-korea/\">Baseball exchanges between Japan and the U.S. became common in the 1920s and 30s\u003c/a>, with teams traveling to and from both countries. Kent Takeda said his father-in-law, Nobi Matsumoto, took a team to Japan out of Lodi and Stockton. James McGee added that in 1937, Harry Kono of Alameda put together an all-star team that went on a baseball barnstorming tour in Japan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12045898\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/Babe-Ruth-with-Fresno-Japanese-team-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12045898\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/Babe-Ruth-with-Fresno-Japanese-team-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1439\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/Babe-Ruth-with-Fresno-Japanese-team-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/Babe-Ruth-with-Fresno-Japanese-team-KQED-160x115.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/Babe-Ruth-with-Fresno-Japanese-team-KQED-1536x1105.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Major League baseball players Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth pose with a Japanese American team in Fresno after an exhibition game in 1927. Kenichi Zenimura (third from left) was one of the best Japanese American ballplayers of his era. Babe Ruth also participated in goodwill tours in Japan, where he met players from the ATK team as well. \u003ccite>(Frank Kamiyama/Courtesy Brad Shirakawa)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>World War II upends Japanese American life\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In 1939, any positive exchange between the U.S. and Japan stopped. When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and the U.S. entered World War II, Japanese Americans were sent to prison camps. Siblings Jo and Kent were both born in the camp in Topaz, Utah.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even in the camps, some grown-ups were determined to keep playing baseball. Sai Towata’s brother, John Towata, took the lead in organizing baseball games at Topaz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They had enough moxie and enough bravery to continue on with their American traditions, even if they were behind barbed wire and in a prison,” McGee said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“During the camps, baseball was the tie that bound them together,” Jo Takata said. “The families and the young men who were really living miserable lives.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>When World War II ended and the camps shut down, Japanese Americans were focused on getting back to and rebuilding the communities they’d been forced to leave. Kent and Jo remembered that their family lived in the basement of the Methodist church for five or six years while their father worked several jobs to save enough money to buy a house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other members of Alameda’s Japanese American community, like John Towata, used what they’d learned in the camps to continue investing in civic life on the outside. “[John Towata] was a good businessman, politically astute in the community,” Kent said. “He gave Jo and I our first jobs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those jobs were at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2009/10/01/after-six-decades-towata-flowers-in-alameda-closes-its-doors/\">Towata Flower Shop, which became an institution in Alameda, \u003c/a>thriving from the years after World War II until it closed in 2009.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the baseball front, teams like the ATK had disbanded, their players past their prime and more focused on rebuilding their lives when the war ended. But John Towata and other prominent Japanese American businessmen wanted to revive baseball in their communities after all they’d been through. Youth leagues started up, with businesses like Towata’s sponsoring teams.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His brother — the great player Sai Towata — became a coach. And one of his players in the mid-1950s was a very young Kent Takeda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was a good teacher and most of us learned to love the game from the way he coached,” Kent said. “He did a lot by example.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12045806\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/KENTJOSMILES-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12045806\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/KENTJOSMILES-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/KENTJOSMILES-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/KENTJOSMILES-KQED-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/KENTJOSMILES-KQED-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Siblings Kent Takeda (left) and Jo Takata in Jo’s home in Alameda. \u003ccite>(Brian Watt/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“You would never know that he could swing that bat,” Jo said. “He never even would say that he was a baseball star. We would have to bring it out of him.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jo said \u003cem>a lot\u003c/em> had to be “brought out” of her elders — the good memories and the bad. She spent time with their seniors group and remembers Sai Towata modestly celebrating his 89th or 90th birthday in 1992, the day after the plaque marking the ATK baseball field was dedicated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s very important for me, meaningful, that that spot meant so much to these men,” she said. “It was a time for them to shine.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite all that came after ATK’s heyday — the war, the camps, working so hard to rebuild and move on — that baseball team will always represent a special moment in this community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"A\">\u003c/a>Episode Transcript\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This is a computer-generated transcript. While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/strong> Japanese baseball players are hot. I don’t mean that the way it sounds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Really, Major League Baseball’s current champion, the Dodgers, have three pitchers from Japan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most famous right now, Shohei Ohtani, was the League’s Most Valuable Player last season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Sound of an Ohtani strikeout\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this year, the retired outfielder Ichiro Suzuki, who played in Seattle, New York and Miami, was voted almost unanimously into the Baseball Hall of Fame.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Sound of broadcaster excitement over Suzuki hit\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These are players who came from Japan to play baseball in the U.S. But there were Japanese people playing baseball here more than a century ago. They had teams that played against each other and even hosted teams from Japan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And one of those teams came from the island of Alameda.\u003cbr>\nIn the place that used to be the team’s field, there’s now a modest plaque marking what would have been home plate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sam Hopkins:\u003c/strong> Nothing that really would stand out too much…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/strong> Still, it caught the eye of Bay Curious listener Sam Hopkins when he was out on a run.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sam Hopkins:\u003c/strong> But I paused real quick and read it and noticed it was commemorating this baseball field for a Japanese American team that I had never heard of before. Alameda is a really big baseball town.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/strong> Sam grew up playing baseball in Alameda and knows all about the great ballplayers who came from there. The Hall-of-Fame hitter Willie Stargell has a street named after him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sam Hopkins:\u003c/strong> But I’d never heard of this Japanese American baseball field, didn’t know it existed and it just had me wondering who were the teams that played there and what happened to those teams.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Bay Curious theme starts\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/strong> The team that called the field home was the Alameda Taiiku-Kai. Today on Bay Curious, we’ll learn the history of the team and its star players, and get into what they meant to Alameda’s Japanese American community. I’m Katrina Schwartz; stay with us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Bay Curious theme ends\u003cbr>\nSponsor break\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/strong> The island of Alameda has a long tradition of producing great baseball players. And in the early 1900s, some of them were Japanese American. But the early 20th century was a difficult time for this community. KQED’s Brian Watt went to see what role the game of baseball played in that history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt in scene:\u003c/strong> Sam’s right about that plaque. I came out here to see it, and it is pretty easy to miss if you’re not looking for it. It sits on a rock across the street from Thompson field, about a block from the estuary between Alameda and Oakland. Here’s what is says:\u003cbr>\nBrian reading: ATK baseball field. Alameda Taiku Kai. During the years 1916 to 1938, this was the approximate location of home plate of the Alameda Japanese American ATK baseball field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt in scene:\u003c/strong> Alameda Taiiku Kai basically means Alameda Athletic Club. But what I’m really stuck on here is the years: 1916 to 1938. That’s basically the middle of World War I until right before World War II started.\u003cbr>\nThere are no players from that ATK team alive today, but there are people who knew some players — Japanese Americans who grew up in Alameda and still live here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kent Takeda:\u003c/strong> Brian, Kent Takeda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt in scene:\u003c/strong> How’s it going? Good to meet you. Good to meet you too. Thanks so much. Oh, this is so great. I’ll close it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jo Takata:\u003c/strong> Oh my gosh, I listen to you. I’m Jo, and this is my house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt in scene:\u003c/strong> Hey, Jo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jo Takata:\u003c/strong> Let me look at you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt:\u003c/strong> Jo Takata invited me to her home just a couple miles from the plaque, to meet her and her brother, Kent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jo Takata:\u003c/strong> Are you hungry?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt in scene:\u003c/strong> You know what? I’m okay. I might get hungry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jo Takata: \u003c/strong>I’ll get you something later.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nJo Takata: \u003c/strong>I’m a longtime resident of Alameda, 81 years, although I was born in an internment camp, as Kent was, but we came back here. I was a history teacher at Alameda High.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kent Takeda: \u003c/strong>I’m Kent Takeda. I’m 80. There were six kids, three were born in Topaz, Utah, the incarceration camp that the people in the Bay Area went to. I was born in 1945.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt:\u003c/strong> They’d also invited a local historian they’ve become friends with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>James McGee:\u003c/strong> I’m James McGee, former resident of Alameda, and I live down in Fremont now. I’m a full-time teacher, 37th year, and I’ve always loved history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt:\u003c/strong> All three of these folks are connected through their fascination with the history of the island’s Japanese American baseball scene. James has researched and written about the Alameda Taiiku Kai baseball team.\u003cbr>\nJo Takata has been determined to document the struggles of her elders before World War II and the internment camps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She says in 1900, there were 110 Japanese people living in Alameda.\u003cbr>\nBy 1910, that number had quadrupled. But life was tough. They faced discrimination, worked as gardeners and houseboys and girls and cleaners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They made their own shops and businesses and lived near them, making a six-block area around Park and Oak Streets, Alameda’s Japantown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They started families, had children and that community was anchored by two churches — one Methodist, one Buddhist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jo Takata: \u003c/strong>Part of them went to the Buddhist temple, part of them went to the Methodist church. And the thing they had in common was they didn’t like Japanese school, and they loved baseball, they loved sports, and that’s what brought them together, the two churches. It was baseball.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt:\u003c/strong> James McGee says this burgeoning of baseball was happening in Japanese American communities throughout California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>James McGee: \u003c/strong>The first generation immigrants from Japan, some of them already knew the game. It was in its formative years in Japan at that time, very rudimentary, and they brought some of that with them to America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kent Takeda: \u003c/strong>And it became kind of a galvanizing, central pastime for them. So it wasn’t just Alameda, but it feels like every community had the same kind of energy and interest around the sport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt:\u003c/strong> Kent Takeda says the Alameda Taiiku Kai was essentially a combination of teams from the Buddhist Temple and the Methodist Church.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kent Takeda:\u003c/strong> They decided they would be better off combining and forming ATK, which allowed them to compete well with the other cities.\u003cbr>\nThey built a grandstand and made a field facing the Oakland Estuary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt:\u003c/strong> Jo says, this became the place to go on Sunday after church.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jo Takata:\u003c/strong> It was the event of the week for all the Japanese in Alameda. The women would go in their Sunday finest, their purses, their hats and everything and picnic baskets and they’d go every Sunday and sit in the stands and watch the teams.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>James McGee:\u003c/strong> It really took off in the late 20s to late 30s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt: \u003c/strong>Historian James McGee says in the late 1920s, the ATK team fielded several strong players, including legendary shortstop and batter Sai Towata, who had been a real leader on the Alameda High School baseball team.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nJames McGee:\u003c/strong> Sai was an incredible baseball player. He was captain of the team in 1924 in the spring, Alameda High School Hornets, and he was very successful, very well-liked. And even though he was the best player on the team and the team captain, two other players, Dick Bartel and Johnny Vergis, were offered Major League Baseball contracts, and sadly, Sai wasn’t, because of his heritage, because of his race, it appears.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt:\u003c/strong> But Sai Towata would become a star for the ATK team. He was not a big man, but his very efficient bat had a reputation. In one game, he went to bat 5 times, hit a triple and three singles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kent Takeda:\u003c/strong> Sai Towata was clutch!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt: \u003c/strong>Kent Takeda has read about him in old sports box scores and game summaries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kent Takeda: \u003c/strong>Sai Towata was clutch! Clutch. Game on the line, make the big hit, make a good play. Clutch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt:\u003c/strong> And, though he couldn’t play in the majors, he joined a Goodwill tour to promote baseball in Korea and Japan that connected with another tour that featured Major Leaguers Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.\u003cbr>\nBaseball exchanges between Japan and America became a thing in the 1920s and 30s, with teams traveling to and from both countries. Again, Kent Takeda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kent Takeda: \u003c/strong>So, one year they came here, the next year… My father-in-law, Nobi Matsumoto, terrific ball player, but also strong leader and manager, he also took a team to Japan. I think in mid-20s out of Lodi and Stockton.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt: \u003c/strong>In 1939, any positive exchange between the U.S. and Japan stopped.\u003cbr>\nArchival newsreel: The United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nBrian Watt:\u003c/strong> World War II started, and Japanese Americans would be sent to prison camps, like the one siblings Jo and Kent were born in.\u003cbr>\nDocumentary footage: And now we’re here at the Topaz, Utah relocation center in the desert of Utah. And rows and rows of barracks.\u003cbr>\nBut in the camps, some grown-ups were determined to keep playing baseball. James McGee says, the brother of Sai Towata, John, took the lead in organizing baseball games in Topaz, his camp.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>James McGee:\u003c/strong> In my estimation, it proved to a lot of people, for once and for all, hopefully, that they were American just as much as anybody else, because they had enough moxie and enough bravery to continue on with their American traditions, even if they were behind barbed wire and in a prison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt:\u003c/strong> When World War II ended and the internment camps shut down, the Japanese Americans were focused on rebuilding the communities they’d been forced to leave.\u003cbr>\nKent says John Towata’s organizational skills served him well.\u003cbr>\nKent Takeda: He was a good businessman, politically astute in the community of Alameda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt in scene: \u003c/strong>This is John Towata?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kent Takeda:\u003c/strong> Yeah.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kent Takeda:\u003c/strong> He gave Jo and I our first jobs. We learned about working hard, or at least making it look like you were always busy, because you had to always be busy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt in scene:\u003c/strong> And where were those jobs?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kent Takeda:\u003c/strong> At the flower shop. Towata Flower Shop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brian Watt: The Towata Flower Shop, by the way, became an institution in Alameda, thriving from the years after World War II until it closed in 2009.\u003cbr>\nJohn Tawata and other prominent Japanese American businessmen on the island weren’t about to let baseball die after all they’d been through.\u003cbr>\nThe ATK team had disbanded, its players past their prime by the time the war ended, so youth leagues became the thing, with businesses like Towata’s sponsoring teams. And Sai Towata became a coach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kent Takeda:\u003c/strong> He was all baseball.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brian Watt: He coached Kent Takeda as a boy in the mid-1950s.\u003cbr>\nKent Takeda: He was all baseball. He was one of the kindest, soft-spoken, gentle people. You know, you have a sense of coaches being competitive, fiery, win for the Gipper, whatever you want to call it, but no, he was just very low-key. He was a good teacher and most of us learned to love the game from the way he coached and he did a lot by example.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jo Takata:\u003c/strong> You would never know that he could swing that bat. He never even would say that he was a baseball star. We would have to bring it out of him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt: \u003c/strong>Jo Takata says a lot had to be “brought out” of her elders. The good memories and the bad. She spent time with their seniors group and remembers Sai Towata modestly celebrating his 89th or 90th birthday in 1992, the day after the plaque marking the ATK baseball field was dedicated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jo Takata:\u003c/strong> Where the plaque is, is where the home base was. That spot meant so much to these men. It was a time for them to shine. Not just shine watching the baseball, but bringing their picnics, they had contests, they had races. It was the event of the week for all the Japanese in Alameda. And the guys loved it because it was the camaraderie.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt:\u003c/strong> And despite all that came after ATK’s heyday — the war, the camps, working so hard to rebuild and move on — Jo says that baseball team will always represent a special moment in this community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Music plays\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katrina Schwartz: \u003c/strong>That was KQED morning news anchor Brian Watt. There are some pretty amazing old photographs of the ATK team and those goodwill tours in Japan and Korea when Japanese American players met Babe Ruth. Head over to kqed.org/baycurious to check those out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thanks to Sam Hopkins for asking this week’s question. Remember, if you’ve got something you’ve been wondering about, you can always submit it on our website, kqed.org/bay curious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Curious is produced in San Francisco at member-supported KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Our show is made by Gabriela Glueck, Christopher Beale and me, Katrina Schwartz.\u003cbr>\nWith extra support from Alana Walker, Maha Sanad, Katie Springer, Jen Chien, Holly Kernan and everyone at team KQED.\u003cbr>\nSome members of the KQED podcast team are represented by the Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 1:56 p.m. Tuesday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>WEST SACRAMENTO — Every year, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033938/as-welcomed-by-thousands-for-home-opener-in-west-sacramento\">opening day\u003c/a> brings baseball fans the joy of reuniting with their team after a long winter and the renewed hope of a fresh season. One like this, however, doesn’t happen very often.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the capital region and beyond, fans streamed into Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento on Monday night to see the Athletics’ home opener — the first of what’s expected to be a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11982386/what-the-as-temporary-move-to-sacramento-means-for-fans\">three-season stay\u003c/a> at the minor league ballpark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A line had already formed three hours before first pitch, and an audible cheer rang out as the gates opened for the sold-out matchup with the Chicago Cubs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ I grew up 20 minutes from the stadium that we’re playing at tonight, so it’s pretty surreal, and I couldn’t miss it,” said John Metz, a lifelong A’s fan who was raised in Elk Grove and Tracy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This time, he flew in from his home in Seattle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ The drums, Stomper fun zones, being a little kid running the bases, Moneyball teams, all of it. I love it,” Metz said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12033964\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12033964 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_361-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_361-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_361-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_361-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_361-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_361-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_361-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Tower Bridge is illuminated in the background during the Oakland A’s season home opener at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento on March 31, 2025. \u003ccite>(Andri Tambunan for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Katie White said she drove from South Lake Tahoe in a snowstorm to make it to the game with her husband and 3-year-old daughter. She empathized with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/liveblog/lastoaklandasgame\">A’s fans from the Bay Area who are upset about the team’s move\u003c/a>, but like many here, she just wanted to enjoy opening day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think we can only really take the opportunity that we’ve been given here and try and keep supporting them wherever they’re moving through as a team,” White said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The A’s are set to play in West Sacramento for at least the next three seasons, while the team builds a $1.75 billion, 33,000-seat stadium in Las Vegas.[aside postID=news_12033094 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250327_As-Vendor-Fund_DMB_00007-1020x680.jpg']Construction of the proposed stadium \u003ca href=\"https://www.mlb.com/news/athletics-las-vegas-ballpark-agreements-approved\">gained momentum in December\u003c/a>, after the Las Vegas Stadium Authority approved the lease, non-relocation, development and community benefits agreements for the project. The team expects to break ground this spring, with the hopes of having its new home ready for the 2028 season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, the A’s will share a home at Sutter Health Park with the Giants’ Triple-A affiliate, the Sacramento River Cats. With a maximum capacity of just above 14,000 — a far cry from the Oakland Coliseum’s 63,000 — there’s no mistaking this for a major league ballpark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead of outfield bleachers, there’s a lawn area where people can lie out on blankets or bring their own folding chairs. Picnic tables pepper other parts of the stadium. And the smaller venue means fans are close to the action — children have a great chance of enticing a player to toss them a ball during warmups, and from the lawn, it wouldn’t be difficult to carry on a conversation with the bullpen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the excitement of a new home opener, some of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13955419/oakland-as-athletics-booker-ruiz-wristbandgate\">fan protests\u003c/a> that became a hallmark of the A’s last season in Oakland continued. Chants of “Sell the team!” rang out during the game, which started badly for the A’s and only got worse in an 18-3 blowout loss.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12033952\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12033952 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_135-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_135-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_135-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_135-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_135-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_135-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_135-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Caty Hung poses for a portrait during the Oakland A’s season home opener at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento on March 31, 2025. \u003ccite>(Andri Tambunan for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Caty Hung drove up from the Bay Area to cheer on the team but wore a shirt that said, “I’d rather be at the Oakland Coliseum.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ I love the players, and I love this team, but I don’t love the ownership and the way that this club has been managed,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hung was born in November 2001, and five months later, her parents brought her to opening day at the Coliseum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ I thought I was going to raise my kids at the Coliseum, too,” Hung said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12033953\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12033953\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_136-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_136-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_136-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_136-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_136-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_136-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_136-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Baseball fans anticipate to catch a foul ball as the Chicago Cubs warm up before the playing against the Oakland A’s at their season home opener at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento on March 31, 2025. \u003ccite>(Andri Tambunan for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Now, she’s wrestling with what it means to be an A’s fan when the team no longer represents her hometown. She’s preparing for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12004485/oakland-as-athletics-leaving-last-games\">another round of heartbreak\u003c/a> when the team heads to Las Vegas and feels the pain that Sacramento-area fans may soon experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ I think it’s awesome that the Sactown people are excited about this, but they’re going to go through the same thing,” Hung said. “They’re probably going to get attached to our guys for three years, and then they’re going to be ripped out from under the rug.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The move to West Sacramento — and, ultimately, Las Vegas — has been a long time in the making.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2023, the team \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11947211/oakland-mayor-says-as-fans-deserve-better-after-team-announces-deal-to-buy-vegas-stadium\">signed a binding agreement to purchase land for a ballpark in Las Vegas\u003c/a>, ending its years-long search for a new stadium that saw ideas floated for Fremont, San José and the Howard Terminal site at the Port of Oakland. That year, then-Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao accused the team of “using the city of Oakland as leverage” to get a better deal on a stadium in Las Vegas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12033945\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12033945\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_44-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_44-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_44-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_44-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_44-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_44-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_44-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mel Switzer poses for a portrait before the start of the Oakland A’s season home opener at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento on March 31, 2025. \u003ccite>(Andri Tambunan for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lovingly dubbed “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12006567/photos-fans-flood-coliseum-to-bid-emotional-farewell-at-as-last-game-in-oakland\">Baseball’s Last Dive Bar\u003c/a>,” the no-frills, brutalist Coliseum had played home to the A’s since 1968. Despite the lack of flashy aesthetics, the team awarded its fans many memorable moments, including winning the World Series three years in a row, from 1972 to 1974, and showcasing some of the greats in baseball, including the “Man of Steal” \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12006231/how-oakland-style-empowered-as-great-rickey-henderson-and-other-athletes\">Rickey Henderson\u003c/a>, the all-time record holder for most stolen bases in a career.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Monday’s game, some Sacramento area fans expressed hope that, against all odds, the A’s would stay in West Sacramento to make more memories here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve got to make sure that they stay here in Sacramento area because moving to Las Vegas is a bad idea,” said Mel Switzer, who was also at the A’s opening day at the Coliseum in 1968 but now lives outside Sacramento in Lincoln. “I think it’s a great fit. The only thing [A’s owner John Fisher] has to do is sell the team to the right owner. It could happen. It really could.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many Bay Area A’s fans have a less rosy outlook. After being burned by the team once, they have accepted that the team is set to leave the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I mean, it is what it is,” said Ron Coffee Jr. of Vacaville, who said he cried when the A’s played their last game at the Coliseum. “It’s sad, but I’ll still be an A’s fan.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A correction was made to this story at 1:56 p.m., April 1, 2025, to update the spelling of Caty Hung’s name. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ I grew up 20 minutes from the stadium that we’re playing at tonight, so it’s pretty surreal, and I couldn’t miss it,” said John Metz, a lifelong A’s fan who was raised in Elk Grove and Tracy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This time, he flew in from his home in Seattle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ The drums, Stomper fun zones, being a little kid running the bases, Moneyball teams, all of it. I love it,” Metz said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12033964\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12033964 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_361-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_361-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_361-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_361-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_361-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_361-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_361-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Tower Bridge is illuminated in the background during the Oakland A’s season home opener at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento on March 31, 2025. \u003ccite>(Andri Tambunan for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Katie White said she drove from South Lake Tahoe in a snowstorm to make it to the game with her husband and 3-year-old daughter. She empathized with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/liveblog/lastoaklandasgame\">A’s fans from the Bay Area who are upset about the team’s move\u003c/a>, but like many here, she just wanted to enjoy opening day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think we can only really take the opportunity that we’ve been given here and try and keep supporting them wherever they’re moving through as a team,” White said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The A’s are set to play in West Sacramento for at least the next three seasons, while the team builds a $1.75 billion, 33,000-seat stadium in Las Vegas.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Construction of the proposed stadium \u003ca href=\"https://www.mlb.com/news/athletics-las-vegas-ballpark-agreements-approved\">gained momentum in December\u003c/a>, after the Las Vegas Stadium Authority approved the lease, non-relocation, development and community benefits agreements for the project. The team expects to break ground this spring, with the hopes of having its new home ready for the 2028 season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, the A’s will share a home at Sutter Health Park with the Giants’ Triple-A affiliate, the Sacramento River Cats. With a maximum capacity of just above 14,000 — a far cry from the Oakland Coliseum’s 63,000 — there’s no mistaking this for a major league ballpark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead of outfield bleachers, there’s a lawn area where people can lie out on blankets or bring their own folding chairs. Picnic tables pepper other parts of the stadium. And the smaller venue means fans are close to the action — children have a great chance of enticing a player to toss them a ball during warmups, and from the lawn, it wouldn’t be difficult to carry on a conversation with the bullpen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the excitement of a new home opener, some of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13955419/oakland-as-athletics-booker-ruiz-wristbandgate\">fan protests\u003c/a> that became a hallmark of the A’s last season in Oakland continued. Chants of “Sell the team!” rang out during the game, which started badly for the A’s and only got worse in an 18-3 blowout loss.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12033952\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12033952 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_135-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_135-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_135-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_135-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_135-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_135-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_135-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Caty Hung poses for a portrait during the Oakland A’s season home opener at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento on March 31, 2025. \u003ccite>(Andri Tambunan for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Caty Hung drove up from the Bay Area to cheer on the team but wore a shirt that said, “I’d rather be at the Oakland Coliseum.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ I love the players, and I love this team, but I don’t love the ownership and the way that this club has been managed,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hung was born in November 2001, and five months later, her parents brought her to opening day at the Coliseum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ I thought I was going to raise my kids at the Coliseum, too,” Hung said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12033953\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12033953\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_136-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_136-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_136-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_136-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_136-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_136-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_136-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Baseball fans anticipate to catch a foul ball as the Chicago Cubs warm up before the playing against the Oakland A’s at their season home opener at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento on March 31, 2025. \u003ccite>(Andri Tambunan for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Now, she’s wrestling with what it means to be an A’s fan when the team no longer represents her hometown. She’s preparing for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12004485/oakland-as-athletics-leaving-last-games\">another round of heartbreak\u003c/a> when the team heads to Las Vegas and feels the pain that Sacramento-area fans may soon experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ I think it’s awesome that the Sactown people are excited about this, but they’re going to go through the same thing,” Hung said. “They’re probably going to get attached to our guys for three years, and then they’re going to be ripped out from under the rug.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The move to West Sacramento — and, ultimately, Las Vegas — has been a long time in the making.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2023, the team \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11947211/oakland-mayor-says-as-fans-deserve-better-after-team-announces-deal-to-buy-vegas-stadium\">signed a binding agreement to purchase land for a ballpark in Las Vegas\u003c/a>, ending its years-long search for a new stadium that saw ideas floated for Fremont, San José and the Howard Terminal site at the Port of Oakland. That year, then-Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao accused the team of “using the city of Oakland as leverage” to get a better deal on a stadium in Las Vegas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12033945\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12033945\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_44-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_44-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_44-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_44-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_44-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_44-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230331-OAKLAND_AS_SEASON_OPENER_AT_44-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mel Switzer poses for a portrait before the start of the Oakland A’s season home opener at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento on March 31, 2025. \u003ccite>(Andri Tambunan for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lovingly dubbed “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12006567/photos-fans-flood-coliseum-to-bid-emotional-farewell-at-as-last-game-in-oakland\">Baseball’s Last Dive Bar\u003c/a>,” the no-frills, brutalist Coliseum had played home to the A’s since 1968. Despite the lack of flashy aesthetics, the team awarded its fans many memorable moments, including winning the World Series three years in a row, from 1972 to 1974, and showcasing some of the greats in baseball, including the “Man of Steal” \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12006231/how-oakland-style-empowered-as-great-rickey-henderson-and-other-athletes\">Rickey Henderson\u003c/a>, the all-time record holder for most stolen bases in a career.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Monday’s game, some Sacramento area fans expressed hope that, against all odds, the A’s would stay in West Sacramento to make more memories here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve got to make sure that they stay here in Sacramento area because moving to Las Vegas is a bad idea,” said Mel Switzer, who was also at the A’s opening day at the Coliseum in 1968 but now lives outside Sacramento in Lincoln. “I think it’s a great fit. The only thing [A’s owner John Fisher] has to do is sell the team to the right owner. It could happen. It really could.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many Bay Area A’s fans have a less rosy outlook. After being burned by the team once, they have accepted that the team is set to leave the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I mean, it is what it is,” said Ron Coffee Jr. of Vacaville, who said he cried when the A’s played their last game at the Coliseum. “It’s sad, but I’ll still be an A’s fan.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A correction was made to this story at 1:56 p.m., April 1, 2025, to update the spelling of Caty Hung’s name. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>As fans nationwide celebrate the start of the Major League Baseball season, the Bay Area is adjusting to a new reality: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12006211/sad-devastated-bittersweet-oakland-as-fans-process-feelings-during-teams-final-week-of-home-games\">a baseball season with just one MLB team\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the San Francisco Giants \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUtpRW3Lau4\">celebrated an Opening Day victory against the Cincinnati Reds on March 27\u003c/a>, the Oakland Athletics — their historic rivals across the Bay — \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6243315/2025/03/31/sacramento-athletics-oakland-mlb-kings/\">now play their home games in West Sacramento\u003c/a> as of Monday, following the team ownership’s decision to leave the Town. Their move means this will also be the first year without an official “Battle of the Bay”: the nickname given to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12000643/giants-and-as-fans-gather-for-one-last-battle-of-the-bay\">the beloved face-offs between the Giants and the A’s\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But baseball lovers rejoice: this tradition is back — with a twist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#HowcanIwatchSanJoseGiantsv.OaklandBallers\">How can I watch San José Giants vs. Oakland Ballers?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, the San José Giants — the Single-A minor league affiliate of the San Francisco Giants — will play against the Pioneer League’s Oakland Ballers in a single-date exhibition game at Excite Ballpark in San José at 6 p.m. And both teams are, naturally, calling this game “The Battle of the Bay 2.0.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Battle of the Bay 2.0, at its core, is a celebration of Bay Area baseball fans and the history of baseball in this region,” said Ben Taylor, president of the San José Giants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12001247\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12001247\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/DSC5811_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/DSC5811_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/DSC5811_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/DSC5811_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/DSC5811_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/DSC5811_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/DSC5811_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pitcher Derrick Cherry tosses his pitch during the Oakland Ballers game against the Yolo High Wheelers in Oakland, California, on June 4, 2024. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copely for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Anybody who has grown up in the Bay Area knows the history between the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland Athletics and the great ball games that used to take place between them,” Taylor said. And when it became clear that the A’s would not play the 2025 season from Oakland, he and the Oakland Ballers ownership met to think of how they could once again give fans the experience of seeing two Bay Area teams face off against each other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wednesday’s game marks the first time in history that an MLB-affiliated team will play against an independent team from the Pioneer League — no mean feat considering each league operates on different season calendars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve had to really accelerate our off-season plan to pull this game off,” said Casey Pratt, vice president of communications and fan entertainment for the Oakland Ballers. While the Ballers will have their own \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandballers.com/news/2025/03/opening-day-tickets-for-sale-2025\">Opening Day on May 20\u003c/a>, Pratt said the team wanted to give Oakland’s baseball fans the experience of a season opener around the same time as the MLB Opening Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a time when \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12004485/oakland-as-athletics-leaving-last-games\">many A’s fans are still grieving the loss\u003c/a> of their team to West Sacramento, the Battle of the Bay 2.0 “hopefully helps the healing process,” Pratt said. “This is baseball that is for the people and for the community first.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What to expect at Wednesday’s ‘Battle of the Bay 2.0’ at Excite Ballpark\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>All attendees at Wednesday’s game will receive a free Battle of the Bay 2.0 poster designed by local artist \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/guysliwinski/\">Guy Sliwinski\u003c/a>, who will sign posters at the ballpark. J.T. Snow, former first baseman for the San Francisco Giants and currently part of the Oakland Ballers coaching staff, will throw the first pitch. And both team mascots — the Ballers’ Scrappy the Rally Possum and Gigante from the San José Giants — will be hyping up fans throughout the game.[aside postID=news_12032881 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250322_Roots_4275_qed-1020x680.jpg']“This is going to be the unofficial opening day for Bay Area professional baseball,” said Taylor with the San José Giants. He adds that both teams are coming into this game after making it to their respective post-seasons last year. “All that energy and excitement will be inside the ballpark.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elected officials for both Bay Area cities are also trying to get behind this new rivalry. Last week, San José Mayor Matt Mahan and Oakland interim Mayor Kevin Jenkins \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/MattMahanSJ/status/1905698327200780477\">announced a wager for Wednesday’s game\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am so confident that the San José Giants are going to win this thing that I’m putting a bottle of La Vic’s famous orange sauce on the line,” said Mahan, referencing a popular salsa sold by the San José-based La Victoria Taquería. In response, Jenkins has bet a bottle of barbeque sauce from Oakland’s Everett & Jones restaurant chain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ballers will be successful, mark my words,” Jenkins said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"HowcanIwatchSanJoseGiantsv.OaklandBallers\">\u003c/a>How can I watch San José Giants vs. Oakland Ballers?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who: \u003c/strong>San José Giants vs. Oakland Ballers\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Where: \u003c/strong>Excite Ballpark in San José\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>When: \u003c/strong>Wednesday, April 2 — first pitch scheduled for 6 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Official tickets to Wednesday’s game between the San José Giants and the Oakland Ballers \u003ca href=\"https://mlb.tickets.com/?orgId=56749&agency=MILB_MPV&eventId=12355&tfl=#/event/E12355/seatmap/?selectBuyers=false&minPrice=23&maxPrice=53&quantity=1&sort=price_desc&ada=false&seatSelection=true&onlyCoupon=true&onlyVoucher=false\">are still available at mlb.tickets.com\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you plan to take public transit, you can take BART to Berryessa/North San José BART Station, take the 500 Rapid VTA bus to San José Diridon and then transfer to the 73 VTA bus to the Senter & Alma Avenue bus station. Oakland 68’s, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/oakland68s/?hl=en\">an independent fan group\u003c/a>, is organizing a bus to take fans from Raimondi Park in West Oakland to San José. The bus will leave Raimondi Park at 4 p.m. Bus tickets \u003ca href=\"https://www.oakland68s.org/product-page/bus-ticket?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaZRLJNtwFiKnDZ_tcBZzuw0dMbjR9x7wCwwVqjS79rvZSApKKZ2_Pa1rf8_aem__qrinlJS5Z_D6SVsecCuoQ\">are sold for $40 each\u003c/a>, which comes with two drinks but do not include game tickets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not able to watch the game in person at San José’s Excite Ballpark? You can watch the game live on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.milb.com/san-jose\">San José Giants official website\u003c/a>, stream it on your cellphone using the \u003ca href=\"https://apps.apple.com/us/app/milb/id508217833\">MiLB app\u003c/a> or watch it on TV on KPIX+ (channel 44 cable 12).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>When the A’s packed their bags and left the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland-coliseum\">Oakland Coliseum\u003c/a> for good last September, longtime ballpark workers like Erica Quinonez looked forward to a token of appreciation from the team. The A’s had created a $1 million “Oakland Coliseum Vendor Assistance Fund”, intended to help alleviate the financial hardship caused by the team’s departure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was like, ‘Yes! This is going to help me move,” said Quinonez, a former supervisor for Allied Universal, which provided security services during A’s games at the Coliseum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But her excitement quickly turned to despair and anger when her application was denied. It felt like a slap in the face, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I could have used that money. It really could have helped,” said Quinonez, who said the loss of income resulting from professional sports teams — like the A’s and Raiders — leaving Oakland made her decide to move away from the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just had a baby 11 months ago,” Quinonez said. “When we didn’t get the money, I was like, ‘Oh man, what are we going to do now?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quinonez is one of four workers who told KQED they were upset by their experience applying to the fund. They described a variety of outcomes ranging from outright rejection of their application, to lack of a response, to disappointment over paltry amounts of cash. For some, the financial hardship will extend into the upcoming baseball season, as the A’s home opener is set for Monday at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12033408\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12033408\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250327_As-Vendor-Fund_DMB_00042.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250327_As-Vendor-Fund_DMB_00042.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250327_As-Vendor-Fund_DMB_00042-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250327_As-Vendor-Fund_DMB_00042-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250327_As-Vendor-Fund_DMB_00042-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250327_As-Vendor-Fund_DMB_00042-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250327_As-Vendor-Fund_DMB_00042-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Julie Silva, a member of Teamsters Local 853, shows off her lanyard with pins and memorabilia from her time working for the Oakland A’s. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The application and eligibility requirements for the Oakland Coliseum Vendor Assistance Fund appeared to be straightforward. According to a letter sent to workers, employees of third-party vendors — Aramark, Allied Universal, ASM, Fanatics and ProPark — had two and a half months to apply online to the fund, which would disburse a payout of between $250 and $2,500 in the form of a taxable grant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Applicants had to be employed by one of the five vendors, have provided gameday services at the Oakland Coliseum and have worked a minimum number of hours between the 2023 and 2024 seasons. Relief Fund Services Group, a company that aims to streamline aid disbursement, administered the website where workers applied.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quinonez told KQED she worked security for Allied Universal at the Coliseum “every game she could” from 2017 to 2024. After she applied for the fund, she found out she was denied for reasons not listed in the application.[aside postID=news_12032881 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250322_Roots_4275_qed-1020x680.jpg']An email sent to Quinonez from Oakland A’s People Operations and obtained by KQED stated the following: “In order to be eligible for the grant, employees needed to be regularly stationed at the Oakland branch, not Union City or Chase Center.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because Quinonez worked out of Allied Universal’s Union City office, not the Oakland branch, she was denied funds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When KQED reached out to the A’s for comment, a spokesperson initially requested “additional details” but, after multiple follow-up messages, stopped responding to emails.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Relief Fund Services Group did not respond to interview requests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two other employees of Allied Universal who worked out of the Union City branch said they also applied for the Vendor Assistance Fund but did not hear back and never received any money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ There was a lot of us that worked every single game they let us work, and it wasn’t acknowledged in any way, shape or form,” said one worker, who is currently employed by Allied Universal and asked not to be named due to concerns of professional repercussions. The employee estimated that a few dozen other workers could have also been denied funds because they were based in Union City.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006733\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12006733\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-23-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-23-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-23-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-23-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-23-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-23-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-23-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A fan holds a sign at the A’s last home game at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland on Sept. 26, 2024.. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Even if it was $500, just something to acknowledge our hard work there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Allied Universal did not respond to interview requests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Between 400 and 450 security officers represented by SEIU-USWW worked at the Coliseum and were employed by Allied Universal, according to Stephen Boardman, communications director for the union.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Any SEIU-USWW member who worked at the Coliseum and feels they were wrongly denied this benefit should contact the union right away,” Boardman said in an email to KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bob Rosenthal, who worked at the Coliseum since the first A’s game there in 1968, most recently as a merchandise vendor at a fan store for the concessionaire Fanatics, applied to the fund and received money.[aside postID=news_12030157 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240818_LastBoB_GC-53_qed-1020x680.jpg']Rosenthal declined to say how much he was awarded but said it “ wasn’t a ton of money.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It did help as far as putting food on the table because obviously I was unemployed at the time,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rosenthal is a member of Teamsters Local 853, which represented about 60 Coliseum vendors last baseball season. He said he hadn’t heard of anyone else being denied by the fund.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everybody I’m close to, that I work with, all got theirs,” he added. “This is news to me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Julie Silva, another member of Teamsters Local 853 who worked for the A’s as an employee of Aramark and Fanatics over 15 years doing retail and warehouse work, received $1,500 from the fund but was offended by the lack of support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ I really felt like they could have done better, especially for a lot of the people that have been there since the stadium opened,” Silva said. “It wasn’t even a hundred dollars for every year that I worked there, and I just felt like that was kind of cheap.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11947217\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11947217\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS54992_005_KQED_BaseballFanEvent_04062022-qut.jpg\" alt=\"An Oakland A's baseball fan holds a special green and yellow book that chronicles 50 years of the team. She is wearing a white and blue floral top.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS54992_005_KQED_BaseballFanEvent_04062022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS54992_005_KQED_BaseballFanEvent_04062022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS54992_005_KQED_BaseballFanEvent_04062022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS54992_005_KQED_BaseballFanEvent_04062022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS54992_005_KQED_BaseballFanEvent_04062022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An Oakland A’s fan holds a book chronicling 50 years of the team during a fan event in San Francisco on April 6, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Unite Here Local 2, a labor union that represented around 400 Coliseum workers employed by the food-service giant Aramark, made an unsuccessful bid for severance and extended health benefits for its members before the vendor assistance fund was announced, according to Ted Waechter, a spokesperson for the union.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We really have to fight to get anything out of these companies, and we didn’t have the leverage we needed,” Waechter told KQED. “We didn’t have anything to strike.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Waechter said the union hasn’t heard of any of its members who applied to the Vendor Assistance Fund being denied.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Representatives from both Unite Here Local 2 and Teamsters 853 said that besides the Vendor Assistance Fund, there was no other monetary assistance offered to workers from the team or the companies they worked for upon the A’s departure from Oakland. Both unions said they were not in direct contact with the A’s about the creation of that fund.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the A’s now based in West Sacramento, former Coliseum workers like Silva are bracing for a significant loss in income during a typically lucrative time of year. Working retail and earning commission during A’s games, Silva said she could make between $200 to $1,000 a night. Silva said she was not made aware of a hiring fair at the Sutter Health Park and has missed out on employment there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ It’s going to be a huge impact because it’s almost half of my income that I lose. It’s a very hefty chunk of change,” Silva said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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