Oakland Athletics Breast Cancer Awareness Day 9-5-10

So, still in the process of "catching up" on my blog entries.  I'm trying to go in chronological order of my various outings and decided that today would be a good day to post this one since Dan Haren pitched against the A's today.  And he was high on my priority list when I made it a point to attend this game.

The highest priority was, of course, Breast Cancer Awareness. 

An acquaintance of mine - who is one of the most sweetest, most beautiful human beings I've come across - is currently fighting her battle against this horrible disease.  She is young, has three young children and no family history of breast cancer.  She's gone through the surgery, chemo, etc., and is now on the road to recovery.  My prayers go out to her and her family. And to all those affected by this disease.

The A's were playing the Angels - unfortunately now the team that my Danny Haren calls home.  Yuck.  So I got there pretty early because I wanted to be sure to get into the park early (and get my giveaways) and I was glad I did since I was treated to PITCHER'S WORKOUT!  This used to be one of my very favorite A's photo opportunities back in the day when we had the hottest pitching staff on the planet.  They're not so hot now; but they've got great personality!  But I digress...  Pictures!

Catching Up - Moar Captain's Ice! 9-2-10

Ya know, for something I enjoy, I'm pretty bad at keeping up with this blog!  I suppose it's understandable when you figure I work full-time & take care of an Alzheimer's patient full-time + my naturally lazy, procrastinating personality.  :-)

In my last entry, I touched upon Thomas Greiss and the Shark's goalie tandem of Niittymakii and Greiss.  I mentioned that it was current as of that day but lasted for only one week.  As our adventures in ice continue, we learn that Grandmaster Doug Wilson went out and bought himself another Finnish goalie!  A Stanley-Cup winning Finnish goalie named Anti Niemi.  So now we have Finnish bookends at goal and a media blitz at Shark's Ice to report on this new development.



Thomas looked pretty bummed during the whole skate...  He and Patrick Marleau shared a cute moment during the scrimmage.  Thomas came out to play the puck and Patty skated up and gave him a pretty good shove.  Greiss shoved him back; then they stopped and smiled at each other.  I'm so glad I snapped this blurry picture to capture the moment \sarcasm