Day 30 – July 8 – Oakland, California

The end is at hand. We got up shortly after 6AM to check out, have a large breakfast and hit the road to Oakland. I called Corey who we met when were in San Francisco 4 weeks ago (my it seems like so much longer than that) to coordinate getting together for the game today. He is totally psyched to do another game with the 4 of us. The promotion for today’s game is “turn back the clock day” and they are giving away 1955 Oakland Oaks hats. They were very big back then in the Pacific Coast League in a league that included the Seattle Rainiers. It will be interesting if the Mariners will wear old Seattle Rainiers jerseys. I knew we would be seeing the Mariners at the end of the trip and hoped it would be a game for Felix Hernandez and he is pitching today. I am going to break out my bright yellow King’s Court shirt I got at a game that Felix pitched in at Safeco Field earlier this season. They have a section of seats set aside at Safeco Field for whenever Felix pitches. The fans have their large K signs for when Felix strikes out an opponent and they wear the bright yellow shirts that really make them stand out. It will be a very small King’s Court for Felix’s start today. We head up to Oakland in pretty much the reverse of our trip from San Francisco to Los Angeles on day 3 of the trip. We were on I-5 until we hit I- 580 around Tracy. We stay on that until we turn onto I-880 that drops us right by The Coliseum. We actually find a Starbucks where we are meeting with Corey and then we will make our way to the game. Without a doubt there are plenty of good seats available. We are planning a post game celebratory meal before we hit the road and I will have more info about that when we stop after the game.