Thanks so much. Really enjoyed! Been an A's fan since 1970 and I kind of wonder how some of the newer A's fans don't appreciate the early A's days. But I know very little about the Oaks and that was just ~20 years prior.

my friend Don Simon was a neighbor to John Babich- Don has some good baseball stories about Babich-

I got to see many of the games. I lived in Richmond. We would ride our bikes to the games or take the bus. A guard would help us sneak into the park. There were two fences. You had to stand on one and the guard would help you to the other one. Some kid fell between and that ended the fun. One of my friends stole Brooks Holders bat. We were amazed at how light it was. Our bats were heavier. I played sandlot against Pumpsie Green How you gonna forget a name like that? I remember Casey taking his cap off and a bird flew out. When we stayed home we listened on RADIO!!

@Nostalgist1938

3 жыл бұрын

Some priceless memories!

The San Francisco Seals were by far the more successful team of the old PCL. In fact, because their field in Emeryville (not Oakland) was so small, when a big crowd was expected, Seals Stadium would be loaned out to the Oaks.

There is a field in Oakland today that I've played on many times named after Billy Raimondi.. Awesome to learn the origin of the name! Oakland has a great baseball history!

@Nostalgist1938

3 жыл бұрын

The field is actually named after his brother Ernie Raimondi, who was killed in the War before his baseball career could fully blossom.

My brother took me to an Oaks game that year. I was 4.

Its 2020, I drive by the oaks card club and pixar studios almost daily and never knew a baseball team used to play there. I am 27. ...Baseball is a game of stories, and who knows how many stories happened in this now industrial city. really cool

I like these stories of the old PCL. The PCL was probably the best of all the minor leagues.

nxt year Casey was named Yankees manager. over next 12 yrs, he won 10 pennants, and 7 WS titles.

Never heard this story. Plenty of books on the majors and the occasional book of "factoids" on minor league baseball but very little on the old PCL. Thanks for posting!

A wonderful time at 10-12 years old, thinking the Seattle Rainiers were the best baseball team in America. I really didn't know of the National and American leagues. Leo Lassen was in bed with me on the radio for all the away games. KZread has reunited me with my heroes.

reading a book on Billy and I wish I was around this time. baseball played with a different kind of pride. rip to the better years of baseball

Boys of summer my eye! That title belongs to Brooklyn.

A 578 feet home run???? Yeah, right!

@TheBatugan77

4 жыл бұрын

It's a fact. Another fact... You need to check yourself. Or you'll get a steel toed boot jammed up your ass.

@TheBatugan77

4 жыл бұрын

👺👺👺👺👺

Pumsie Green

nick etten, herschel martin...both, i remember, with the war-time yankees. etten had been with the phila. phillies before.. i knew the Schnozz right away...easily spotted

Might as well bring back the Oakland Oaks as a minor league team since the A's are leaving.

@Nostalgist1938

Жыл бұрын

The 1948 Oaks could definitely beat the 2023 A’s.

Bud foster= micheal Pineda.

@Nostalgist1938

10 жыл бұрын

"Bud" Foster was born Wilson Keene Foster, in Seattle, Washington at the end of World War I. He started in radio in 1934, When World War II broke out he became a war correspondent for NBC, and he lost his leg in Okinawa while covering the Marine invasion. He began broadcasting the Oaks games in 1945.