From Oakland to Sac Town

One year ago, I wrote about the final A's game at the Oakland Coliseum.  Today I'm covering my first game at Sutter Health Park... which is the temporary home of the A's.

Since it's a minor league ballpark, it seemed like most of the seats had solid views and were close to the field.  Here's a panoramic view from our seats:

Here's a photo of the likely 2025 AL Rookie of the Year:

Nick Kurtz

And a trio of popular Kansas City Royals:

Bobby Witt Jr. & Mike Yastrzemski

Salvador Perez

Seated on the first base side of the ballpark, there were plenty of loyal Royals fans sitting around us.  Most were pretty cool, but there were a handful of guys who became more obnoxious as the game progressed.  Things got a little nasty when they caught a balloon that fans were tossing around and intentionally popped it.  The crowd erupted (even other Royals fans) and things started to get out of hand.  Eventually they were tossed and everyone settled down.

An inning later, Shea Langeliers hit a walk off double to win the game in the bottom of the ninth.  Sadly Topps didn't reward him with a Topps Now card.

But it was a great way to wrap up an overall awesome evening at the ballpark.  I really enjoyed the small ballpark atmosphere and minor league vibe.  It only took us about 20 minutes to get from our seats to our car.  And traffic after the game was way less crazy than at the Coliseum or any other MLB ballpark I've attended.

Wallet Card

Will I go back?  Possibly.  I don't really want to put anymore money into John Fisher's bank account.  Plus I'm not a huge fan of hot whether... and Sacramento gets really hot during the summer months.  I will say this... most of the seats were in the shade by the time the first pitch was tossed, so we didn't bake in the sun.  So if you're planning a trip out there, I'd plan on attending a night game.

Speaking of hot weather, ironically their stadium giveaway that day was this Sacramento A's sweatshirt:

As upset, annoyed, and disheartened I am over the A's leaving Oakland, I was happy to land this sweatshirt.  I feel like it'll be a cool piece of Athletics team history.

Well that wraps up my trip to Sutter Health Park and my one and only MLB game this season.  A special thank you to my brother and his wife for purchasing the tickets.  And thanks to my other brother for driving us to Sacramento.  It was a memorable weekend for the Fujimoto brothers.

Happy Sunday and sayonara!