Buzz Rules
To Infinity and Beyond
- Joined
- Feb 7, 2005
Do you support/go to games for your local MILB team?
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They also have a streaming service too if your interested.We used to go to at least one game each season but haven’t the last few years. Their July 4th games are always fun. Our son plays for one of their little league teams so we should try to go more often.
Used to, until they switched MLB affiliations to another team.
When the River Cats were an A's affiliate we went to a Friday night game and Stephen Vogt was catching for the River Cats. Went to an A's game the next day at 1pm, and they had called up Stephen Vogt and he was catching that game too. He could have carpooled with us. He might have gotten there faster, because the story was the A's flew him from Sacramento to San Francisco and he took a cab from SFO to Oakland, and didn't get there until 12:30 pmRiver Cats? Yeah - I've been to a few games. Last one I just happened to be in Sacramento, looked up that they had a game that day, and bought a ticket right behind home plate for $14 I think. And I was staring right at the little port that the scouts used for radar guns. I've been there before, and it's crawling with scouts there. I guess they're looking for potential trade targets. I've also sat on the lawn. One time I even did a day-night doubleheader where I went to a day A's game followed by a night game.
Other than in West Sac, I've never been to another minor league baseball game. I think there are some independent minor league teams around here, but I think the only official MiLB team in the Bay Area is the Giants' A-ball affiliate. But we had some weird doings, including Jose Canseco signing with an independent minor league team as a publicity stunt.
The MiLB dropped our local team last year so now they are Independent, and yes we attended several games last summer and expect to do similar this summer.
When the River Cats were an A's affiliate we went to a Friday night game and Stephen Vogt was catching for the River Cats. Went to an A's game the next day at 1pm, and they had called up Stephen Vogt and he was catching that game too. He could have carpooled with us. He might have gotten there faster, because the story was the A's flew him from Sacramento to San Francisco and he took a cab from SFO to Oakland, and didn't get there until 12:30 pm
We have been to games in Stockton (the Ports) and in Reno (the Aces).
We did also go to a Minor League Spring Training game in Phoenix. Two fields next to each other, with one common set of bleachers for both. One game was the River Cats, the other was the Stockton Ports. There were just two other people watching the games, a couple. They asked us which of the players was our son! Their son was in fact a player on the Ports. Nobody else there, which is why they don't charge admission for Minor League Spring training games. And no concession stands.
I have driven by the stadium in Fresno when I was in town, but they no longer have a team. In Reno I walked to the stadium, but it wasn't a game day and the scene around the stadium was almost nonexistent except for one bar that was open but otherwise had no business.
I will go see the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs once or twice a year. Coca-Cola Park is the best stadium in minor league baseball.