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Our goal is to help you find the best place to purchase tickets online.
We search the web looking for websites selling MLB tickets. We
want to help you find sites that are:
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Reliable
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Offer the best
prices
You will find a list of sites that sell baseball tickets near the top of
this page. We list different ticket brokers for different teams,
because certain brokers may have better prices for certain teams.
For example, a ticket broker in Chicago will probably have better prices
for Cubs tickets compared to brokers not located in Chicago.
However, this is not always the case, which is why we compare prices
between the different sites.
Good luck in your search for tickets and hopefully we can help you find
a reliable broker that will provide you with good service and great
prices so you can get out and enjoy the game!
Please note -
The Ticket Broker sites we list sell tickets higher than face value. |
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Oakland Athletics Information |
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The Athletics were
originally formed in Philadelphia and played there from 1901 through 1954 when
they were moved to Kansas City, MO. The A’s only played in Kansas City for 13
seasons before making their home at Network Associates Coliseum in Oakland in
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Since their move to Oakland
the A’s have appeared in 6 World Series winning 4 of them in 1972, 1973, 1974,
and 1989. They have also won the AL Western Division 13 times including 5
seasons in a row from 1971 to 1975. |
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The Athletics have brought home the Rookie of the Year award 4 times with Jose Conseco in 1986, Mark McGwire
in 1987, Walt Weiss in 1988, and Ben Grieve in 1998. |
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Retired numbers include 9 for Reggie Jackson, 27 worn by Jim “Catfish” Hunter, and 34 sported by Rollie Fingers.
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In the off-season after 2001 the Athletics lost their top slugger Jason Giambi to the high paying Yankees. After the loss of Giambi the A’s struggled early in the season playing less than .500 baseball through early June. Fortunately, as the weather in Oakland heated up so did the A’s. In August Oakland was on fire as Miguel Tejada steps out of the shadows of the powerful AL shortstops to help put together an AL record 20 game winning streak. Tejada would go on to win the American League MVP award as Barry Zito won the Cy Young with a 23-5 record and Billy Koch earns the Fireman Award for 44 saves. However, the A’s lost the ALDS to the also hot Minnesota Twins in 5 games
Under new management in 2003 the A’s struggled once again early in the season. It wasn’t until July that the Athletics began to chip away at the six game lead of the Mariners. In August the A’s would overtake the Mariners and go on to win their second straight division title with a 96-66 record. The A’s jumped out fast on the Boston Red Sox in the ALDS as they took a 2-0 series lead. Game 3 was a nail-biter as the A’s looked to close out the Red Sox but were unsuccessful as Trot Nixon hits an 11th inning game winning homerun to extend the series. The Red Sox went on to win the next two games as the A’s lost the ALDS in 5 games for the 4th year in a row and the 9th straight playoff game in which the A’s could have ended the series.
The 2004 season for the A’s was plagued with injuries as Tim Hudson and Eric Chavez went down with serious disabilities. However, the A’s had back up players who really stepped up to fill their places and help keep Oakland in the Division race all the way to the last week of the regular season. Unfortunately the A’s were unable to keep their streak of four consecutive playoff appearances as they finish 1 game behind the Angels of Anaheim. Not only was the disappointment of missing the playoffs hard to take for Oakland fans, but in December general manager Beane broke up the “Big Three” as he traded away Tim Hudson to Atlanta and Mulder to St. Louis just two days later.
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With a winning
record of 46 and 35 as of July 9th, 2004, the Oakland Athletics' still
do not seem to be overly proud of their performance. They have had
many injuries and close losses that have brought down there
confidence. Even though they are battling hard every game, it seems
that the extra inning games always tend to go to the opposing team.
Even with their upset losses, Oakland A's remains a good ball club and
will have two members representing the American League on the All-Star
team. Congratulations to Tim Hudson and Mark Mulder for being a part
of the MLB All-Star team 2004. Though both will be representing the
A's, not both will have the chance to get playing time. Tim Hudson
strained an oblique muscle on June 25 he will be able to attend the
All-Star game with his family, but not play. He is going to be
assigned a personal trainer while he is gone so he will be better
prepared to start playing in the games after the All-Star break.
Mulder was named the American League Pitcher of the Month for June.
His record is 10-2 with a 2.90 ERA. Shortstop Bobby Crosby was honored
with AL Rookie of the Month for June. He got this honor because his
June performance was outstanding with a .337 batting average for 27
games, three homeruns, a dozen runs batted in and 18 runs scored. His
on-base percentage was .402 and slugging was .545.
The Oakland A's play in the Network Associates Coliseum known as 'The
Net'. It was constructed in 1966 and lies on 120 acres. It is used for
both the Oakland Athletics and the Oakland's NFL franchise. It is
located five minutes from downtown Oakland and the Oakland
International Airport. San Francisco and all of its fun amenities can
be reached by cab. There is always plenty of parking for the
tailgaters before the game. |
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