>I have been a 49'er fan since the late 1940's, and the Giants since 1958. The Giants got rid of our AAA team - the Seals! Bring back the Seals!

Whoa! I recall the Seals, I saw them when very, very young. And was going to Giant games since early on too, out at the Stick. Those dang Dodgers! I am old enough, barely, to vaguely recall seeing Stan Musial play on his final West Coast tour. Saw Frank Robinson, and Aaron as well, hit slams out there, not to mention Mays & McCovey (longest homer I ever saw was hit by McCovey, the type where no one in the entire Stick moved after he hit the ball, for maybe a full minute).

>You know how we San Franciscan's view Oakland. Would you believe that during the last few seasons I have actually rooted for the Oakland Raiders and Athletics?

Not too surprising to me. When the Raiders beat the Pats back around 76 in that *very* emotional playoff game, I was at work in SF (worked weekends bartending at Carnelian Room). Everyone (mostly SF-folks) was going nuts (TVs, radios on everywhere). That game was *so* incredible...Then the heartbreak of the Immaculate Reception, on the flip side of that coin...but that was some exciting football, either way.