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He was a member of the Oakland City Methodist Church and a native of Atlanta.
Haren was 15 – 9 with a 3. 07 ERA for Oakland in 2007.
Barney died on August 12, 1997, and in his honor that night's game at Camden Yards against the Oakland Athletics was held without a public – address announcer.
It was not yet " Berkeley ," but merely the northern part of the " Oakland Township " subdivision of Alameda County.
That same year, the mainline of the transcontinental railroad into Oakland was re-routed, putting the right-of-way along the bay shore through Ocean View.
Reed Johnson and Jim Edmonds were added early on and Rich Harden was acquired from the Oakland Athletics in early July.
Ironically, Holliday, traded from Oakland to St. Louis in July, was in the opposing dugout watching the play.
The structure was re-striped to accommodate six lanes on October 18, 1989 in response to the temporary closing of the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge due to the Loma Prieta earthquake, and the permanent widening of the approaches was completed by July 2003.
The team went back to wearing this uniform at home on Thanksgiving Day in 2009 while their opponent was the Oakland Raiders who wore their AFL Legacy Weekend throwbacks.
The Marlins ' first manager was Rene Lachemann, a former catcher who had previously managed the Seattle Mariners and Milwaukee Brewers, and who at the time of his hiring was a third base coach for the Oakland Athletics.
The Colts 1977 playoff loss in double overtime against the Oakland Raiders was famous for the fact that it was the last playoff game for the Colts in Baltimore and is also known for the Ghost to the Post play.
( Porter was released the following year and Groves was traded to Oakland in 2010.
The franchise was established following the actions of Stuart Symington, then-United States Senator from Missouri, who demanded a new franchise for the city after the Athletics ( Kansas City's previous major league team from 1955 to 1967 ) moved to Oakland, California.
The following day's second Oakland concert was the band's final live appearance in the United States.
On March 2, 2005, Vikings wide receiver Randy Moss was traded to the Oakland Raiders for linebacker Napoleon Harris and the Raiders ' first round draft pick.
Since, they have played in three additional World Series, including a dramatic run in that ended in a Game Seven loss to the Oakland Athletics, a second championship in against the Boston Red Sox that was cited in the Curse of the Bambino, and a Subway Series against their cross-town rivals the New York Yankees in the 2000 World Series which they lost in five games.
One of the reasons cited for the poor attendance figures was the decision to issue costly Personal Seat Licenses ( PSLs ) upon the Raiders ' return to Oakland in 1995.
In November 2005, the team announced that it was taking over ticket sales from the privately run Oakland Football Marketing Association ( OFMA ), and abolishing PSLs.
Upon moving to Oakland, the " A " cap emblem was restored, although in 1970 an " apostrophe-s " was added to the cap and uniform emblem to reflect the fact that Finley was in the process of officially changing the team's name to the " A's.

Oakland and birthplace
The phenomenon is most strongly associated with Oakland, California ( the birthplace of the sideshow ), with the events there often being attended by those in the hip hop community.

Oakland and home
Alameda is home to the official offices and training facility of the Oakland Raiders American football team, which is located on Bay Farm Island.
The San Jose Earthquakes used Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland, home of the Oakland A's ( and Oakland Raiders ), for certain games during the 2008 and 2009 seasons.
Currently, the team wears home uniforms with " Athletics " spelled out in script writing and road uniforms with " Oakland " spelled out in script writing, with the cap logo consisting of the traditional " A " with " apostrophe-s ." The home cap is green with a gold bill and white lettering, while the road cap, debuting in 1994, is all green with gold lettering.
The history of the Athletics Major League Baseball franchise spans the period from 1901 to the present day, having begun in Philadelphia before moving to Kansas City in 1955 and then to its current home in Oakland, California in 1968.
" In addition to the downtown Golden Triangle, the city extends northeast to include the Oakland and Shadyside sections, which are home to the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Museum and Library, and many other educational, medical, and cultural institutions.
Oakland, heavily populated by undergraduate and graduate students, is home to most of the universities, Schenley Park and the Petersen Events Center.
With the Oakland Raiders wearing their white jerseys at home for the first time ever in a game against the San Diego Chargers on September 28, 2008, the Seahawks have become the only NFL team to have never worn their white jerseys at home.
Gilbreth started college at the University of California, Berkeley shortly after, commuting by streetcar from her parents ' Oakland home.
* Cisco Field, a future baseball stadium to be built in San Jose, California that will be the home venue for the Oakland Athletics
By 1920, Oakland was the home of numerous manufacturing industries, including metals, canneries, bakeries, internal combustion engines, automobiles, and shipbuilding.
Despite this reduction in habitat, Oakland is home to a number of rare and endangered species, many of which are localized to serpentine soils and bedrock.
Oakland is home to Corazon Del Pueblo in the Fruitvale district.
In the third inning of that seventh game, which ended in a 5 – 2 score, the A's jumped out to a 4 – 0 lead as both Bert Campaneris and Jackson hit two-run home runs off Jon Matlack — the only two home runs Oakland hit the entire Series.
Besides putting up monster numbers during his nine years with the Athletics, including 254 home runs, Jackson was also no stranger to controversy or conflict in Oakland.
Jackson has endured three fires to personal property, including a 1991 fire to his home in Oakland which destroyed his 1973 MVP Award.
Typical quotes are: " Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose "; " Out of kindness comes redness and out of rudeness comes rapid same question, out of an eye comes research, out of selection comes painful cattle "; about her childhood home in Oakland, " There is no there there "; and " The change of color is likely and a difference a very little difference is prepared.
" When he was two years old, his father left home, and his family moved to Oakland, California, when he was seven.
In the final season of his first stint in Oakland Henderson started to develop more of a power stroke hitting 16 home runs, leading the league in stolen bases, finshing 2nd in runs scored and 3rd in on base %.

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The family lived at 55 Beelen Street and later at 3252 Dawson Street in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh.
" at Civic Auditorium in Oakland, California, in January 1944.
They held dance attendance records at Jantzen Beach in Portland, Oregon ; Santa Monica, California, and at the Oakland ( California ) Auditorium, where they drew 19, 000 people in two nights.
It settled on a location north of Oakland along the foot of the Contra Costa Range ( later called the Berkeley Hills ) astride Strawberry Creek, at an elevation about above the bay, commanding a fantastic view of the Bay Area and the Pacific Ocean through the Golden Gate.
He is a researcher at the Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute in Oakland, California.
After the 23 July show at the Days on the Green festival at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, California, Bonham and members of the band's support staff were arrested after a member of promoter Bill Graham's staff had been badly beaten during the band's performance.
But Shula's hard work paid immediate dividends, as Miami improved to a 10 – 4 record and their first-ever playoff appearance, losing 21 – 14 at Oakland.
The Vikings played in Super Bowl XI, their third Super Bowl ( 4th overall ) in 4 years, against the Oakland Raiders at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, on January 9, 1977.
After relocating back to Oakland, the team sued the NFL for interfering with their negotiations to build a new stadium at Hollywood Park prior to the move.
The innovative uniforms only increased after the team's move to Oakland, which also came at the time of the introduction of polyester pullover uniforms.
The Athletics were unable to break their lease at the Coliseum, and remained in Oakland.
Another, more recent, study at Laney College, Oakland, California suggests that all these factors can be controlled in a well-designed workshop environment.
It was a game-winning play executed by the Oakland Raiders against the Chargers on September 10, in San Diego at Jack Murphy Stadium.
Most fans wanted the coach to be fired, especially after a lackluster performance at Oakland & Pittsburgh.
They would go on to win the AFC West, ( their 4th straight division title, only Oakland with five straight 1972 – 1976 is better ), along the way blowing out the Denver Broncos with a convincing 32 – 3 victory at Denver and defeating every NFC East team.
After a 38-26 victory over the Raiders in week 17, the Chargers finished at 8-8 and in a numerical tie for first place in the AFC West along with Oakland and Denver.

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