OAKLAND - Overstock.com Coliseum (63,132)

[GaForce]

NFL

Oakland Raiders

3x Champion:
1976, 1980, 1983


MLB

Oakland Athletics

9x Champion:
1910, 1911, 1913, 1929, 1930,
1972, 1973, 1974, 1989










Before the addition of "Mt. Davis" this was a much more beautiful ballpark

[Dallas boi]

Thanks GaForce

[Bobby3]

Was great. Is terrible. Shame.

[Anubis2051]

Terrible Stadium, but where one of the best plays ever happened:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq_kcKHBCcA

[Dallas boi]

This stadium is used for baseball and football.

[Archbishop]

Like Candlestick, football ruined it.

[Dallas boi]

Originally Posted by Archbishop

Like Candlestick, football ruined it.

This stadium was built to be a football and baseball stadium. The Raiders was the first team to play at the Coliseum, the The Athletics played here 2 years later.

[Bobby3]

Regardless, he isn't wrong. The addition of Mount Davis turned it into a disaster.

There have been more seasons of baseball than football here though.

[GaForce]

I have liked this place because of one thing. The football field is oriented in a way that the pressbox can be used for both sports. Just like Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta. But you guys are right Mt. Davis just ruins this place.

[Marckymarc]

IMO round stadiums suck. The sight lines for both football and baseball suck in a round grandstand. The upper deck seats off of the bases must be more than 200 feet from the diamond.

[mrakbaseball]

Originally Posted by Anubis2051

Terrible Stadium, but where one of the best plays ever happened: [Yankee Propaganda clip]

According to you, everything revolves around the Yankees.

[rantanamo]

Originally Posted by Marckymarc

IMO round stadiums suck. The sight lines for both football and baseball suck in a round grandstand. The upper deck seats off of the bases must be more than 200 feet from the diamond.

This. The place was never a great baseball or football stadium. The A's need a new place. If the Raiders aren't going to move, "Mt. Davis" is the right direction.

[Anubis2051]

Originally Posted by mrakbaseball

According to you, everything revolves around the Yankees.

according to you the most storied franchise in baseball doesn't matter. Are you trying to deny how awesome that play was?

[en1044]

Originally Posted by Anubis2051

according to you the most storied franchise in baseball doesn't matter. Are you trying to deny how awesome that play was?

Then post that stuff in another thread. No one here cares about the Yankees.

[Marckymarc]

Originally Posted by mrakbaseball

[Yankee Propaganda clip]

That made me LOL

[Anubis2051]

Originally Posted by en1044

Then post that stuff in another thread. No one here cares about the Yankees.

It happened in Oakland, which is why I posted it here. This would be the appropriate thread wouldn't it mods?

[mrakbaseball]

Originally Posted by Anubis2051

It happened in Oakland, which is why I posted it here. This would be the appropriate thread wouldn't it mods?

It was a terrific play, I don't deny it, I like Jeter for his accomplishments on and especially off the field, however if lead footed Jeremy slid, it would have been long forgotten.

[en1044]

Originally Posted by Anubis2051

It happened in Oakland, which is why I posted it here. This would be the appropriate thread wouldn't it mods?

You only posted it because it had something to do with the Yankees. We aren't stupid.

[merope]

Originally Posted by Anubis2051

according to you the most storied franchise in baseball doesn't matter.

They don't matter in this thread, which is about the Oakland-Alameda County Stadium.

[Archbishop]

Originally Posted by Dallas boi

This stadium was built to be a football and baseball stadium. The Raiders was the first team to play at the Coliseum, the The Athletics played here 2 years later.

But it was the football team that added Mt. Davis