I was wrong! There's one more battle of the bay series in Oakland. It's not over yet! And both teams still have a shot at making the playoffs. Fingers crossed!!!
A friend of my dad had GREAT season tickets back in the Bonds era. Watching that man smash home runs was magic. This park rules. The Garlic fries are god tier.
Went to Oracle Park in May to watch my first ball game on my visit to San Francisco, find myself staying up to 3am UK time to watch their games at the weekends. Great experience and can’t wait to go back, loved the video
I love that. I've been to a lot of MLB stadiums, and many of them are really incredible, but I'm not sure any quite compare to San Francisco. You picked a good one.
With Giants games normally the more hardcore fan vibes are in the bleachers or in the upper decks, just too expensive for most of the long time giants fans elsewhere lol
Bleachers definitely, I take my kid for the $15 tickets in the upper decks and those are usually fairly safe as far as what he's hearing... of course it depends on the game too, get a guy with a Dodgers hat in the stands and all bets are off.
@@Mike__B Because the Dodgers are so much better this year, the imbalance cools it off a bit. So far this year I've only seen 3 fights break out in the bleachers 😄
Another great video. Having grown up in the bay area, I am a Giants fan first and always had a place in my heart for the A's. I would say a lot of Giants fans do. I would say we all have memories of the colosseum and sad that MLB and A's ownership didn't try harder to keep baseball in Oakland. The fans and players deserved so much more. Keep up the great work!
Oracle Park has my favorite "combo meal" of crab sandwich, garlic fries, and beer. It only requires a small loan to help pay for it. But the best part of being a Giants fan is knowing that the team is not going anywhere else anytime soon. Not to Sacramento, or Santa Clara, or Las Vegas. I guess you can say they are "rooted in San Francisco".
Garlic fries are amazing. They should be everywhere. And I agree. It's so strange knowing teams can just leave, but I'd be shocked to see the Giants go anywhere.
🖕 doesn't matter,theres nothing better than Giants and A's baseball...both franchises are on list of most world series titles next to yankees and cardinals and they have had countless HOF'ers on their teams. Dont disrespect bay area baseball, I dont care what park your at you cant match the energy and vibe of Candlestick,Pac Bell aka Oracle park nowadays or the Oakland Coliseum
7:37 The Giants used to be in New York, and when they were being moved to California, one of their requirements was that the Brooklyn Dodgers also move to California to maintain the rivalry. They will always be our biggest rivals.
@@oaklandish-metalboy1194 yea. Fisher killing the team. I'm a Giants fan but would also go to As games since the Yankees and Sox would come around. The As should've been allowed to move to SJ
Nicely done video. And you don't have to be a Giants fan to enjoy the game, just a baseball fan. Growing up with the cubs, I appreciate the stadiums with character, but Oracle park is very unique and fun (regardless of the high food prices). The Crazy Crab sandwich is a must try though. There also is a restaurant area downstairs that has easy access and less crowded. The Gotham Club, which hides behind the outfield batter's eye, and the club level with more food choices and Giants historical memorabilia. Great choice with Patrick Bailey. He was called up with Ryan Walker, and they have both stayed since their arrival. I make trips down from Washington State about twice a month, and have quickly become a Giants fan. They treat their players and families extremely well. And by the way, I'm Ryan Walker's dad. Keep up the good work, and hope to meet you at Oracle Park some day😃
That's so cool. Ryan is having an incredible season. I really really hope they make the playoffs this season, and Ryan's impact in that has already been big! I agree with everything you said. It really is an incredible park. All the best!
@@AdamDoesNotExist Have you had a chance to go to PNC Park in Pittsburgh? Park downtown for $10, walk across the Roberto Clemente bridge and see the stadium opening up towards you with a sweeping view of the rivers and the sister bridges. Not to compare it against the Embarcadero walk, they are both phenomenal. The walking experience is one of the best things about urban parks, even if it's a just a nice area with bars and other fans to bump elbows with.
I grew up just south of San Francisco and was able to attend many games at Candlestick (Giants former stadium). Many years later my family and I lived in San Leandro (located just south of Oakland) and took my kids to Oakland A’s games. The atmosphere is definitely different, but I enjoyed attending both stadiums. I will miss the A’s of Oakland (as all other professional teams have already left). The city doesn’t deserve this, but I blame both the teams and the city for the situation.
Great video, did a really nice job showing the whole park and the views! Two quick things to check out next time 1. Free standing room for 3 innings outside RF wall without a ticket 2. I recommend buying a cheap ticket and doing the standing room only areas along the concourse, great views for no cost and also on the arcade in RF
I don't miss California, but man do I miss game day in San Francisco. Still my favorite park in the bigs. I lived in San Jose, and my dad used to take me on BART to run around the city on a school day once a year. I was cuttin' onions there for a second. Thank you, Adam. Brought back some great memories.
The Giants stadium means so much to me. I’ve been going there for a long time and one of my favorite memories as a kid was seeing my first ever home run in person. One of my favorite memories was taking the ferry to the field and watching the game and then going to China town to the fortune cookie factory and getting dim sum.
THIS IS CRAZY!!! I went to this game as well and I can see myself in one of the parts. at 4:21 at the bottom of the foul pole there is someone wearing a white jersey and right above him, is ME!!!! WAIT theres a better spot at 4:45 in between the Levi's Landing and Splash Hits sign is me again, sitting with my friend.
I was at this game! I came a little late after work, got stuck in a long line for a Super Duper Burger, and by the time I got to my seat...the game was 2/3rds over lmao.
Hopefully the Giants make the playoffs. I’m just grateful they’re competitive and in the race. Just want to see the young players do well too! Love the video as always Adam
I went to this game and sat on the upper view level seats. The vibe seemed different from other battle of the bay games, but the outcome was hilarious! Pac Bell is truely a gem of a stadium, but I miss when it was in its prime and the clock was still mechanical and special treats weren't as absurdly priced.
Fleece for Oracle? Pfft, I've been to a night game at Candlestick...in May! I remember back then, this was post manager Roger Craig, they were having a hard time drawing fans and nearly moved to Tampa; they had a pin that you would get if you were one of the few hardy souls that stayed through the end of an extra inning night game.
You lost me when you said neither team is making the playoffs. The Giants are 1.5 games out of the last wildcard spot with a month and a half left in the season and a pretty weak schedule for the rest of the season. We certainly have a good chance at getting there. We'll probably be eliminated early on if we play the way we've played all year, but we certainly have a chance of getting there.
I'm hoping for big things from the Giants this season. If they nab a wild card spot I think they could totally spoil things for division leaders. Fingers crossed!
Those towers you see across the cove were developed by the Giants. They have the BEST views directly inside the stadium! Part of a new mixed-used neighborhood on their former parking lot. I would bet that neighborhood will become a major S.F. destination in 10-15 years given the proximity to Giants and Chase Center.
Are you going to make a video on taking the Capitol Corridor from Oakland to Sacramento to watch the A’s when they move? Would be poetic to start at the Coliseum station 🤔
Im from Seattle and had the pleasure of going to a Giants game a couple months back. I love T-Mobile park but dang this is a great stadium to have a good time
Hopefully someday you can get into the Gotham Club at Oracle. It's actually in the right field wall and has a restaurant and bar inside with Giants memorabilia galore.. You can watch the game from the OOT scoreboard inside the Club. There's also a secret bowling alley and billiards room on the 3rd level behind home plate. It too is considered part of the Gotham Club. I've been in it once and would love to return. Thanks for the video.
Best Giants experience: Ferry to the Ferry Building, Peddy Cab to the stadium, grab a hot dog, go to the top level to check out the view, then hang out on the bleachers for the game, take the ferry from the stadium back home (the Giants Ferry sell one-way tickets)
I love these "Let's take transit to check out this cool thing over here" videos! Dude, just make more of these, please! I'll watch every single one! These are just awesome. Love the local trivia and commentary too. But the real question is - can we con you into doing all the cool transit journeys that we're all curious about but are too chicken to try? 😁 Like for example transit to Yosemite via BART-San Joaquins-YARTS bus. Or BART-California Zepyr-TART bus to Lake Tahoe. Or BART-Coast Starlight-Monterrey bus to Monterey or Carmel-by-the-Sea or Santa Cruz.
@@AdamDoesNotExist Hey man, I always enjoy your stuff! It's a lot of fun and the videography is actually kind of gorgeous. Some of these shots were just amazing, and most importantly captured the feel of the place and the gorgeous setting in the background completing the picture. I really like the "let me take you on this fun transit adventure with me" format. Please do more of these videos! (More transit videos, to insert a bit of my personal bias into this 😁) I think you "tipped your hand" in this one by showing your "colleagues". So now I know that you're actually a professional at this (video, editing, writing). And the insane quality of your videos is not as surprising as it was with your first ones. This is like a fully developed 1-million sub channel but you still answer the comments personally! I hope you get to that million+ subs so that we can all enjoy your videos for many years to come! And thank you for your work and dedication. Seriously. These are genuinely fun to watch transit adventures! No one except Downey Live does this quite as well as you do. Wild quality!
@@TohaBgood2 Wow thank you. All of what you said is so incredibly kind! The colleagues thing was meant to be a joke. I don't know anyone who works for the Giants. But that you think this is professional level means a lot to me. A lot of this was shot on my phone!
@@AdamDoesNotExist Ok, that's just depressing then 😁 I can't do anything even remotely approaching normal quality content with my phone. Do you at least use a fancy gimble or something? 😁😁😁 This is sincere though. You really do an amazing job with these videos! And I really like the transit adventure format. I copycated your Russian River Brewing trip with my friends a few weekends ago. And it was awesome fun. I am genuinely now watching your videos to get/steal ideas on what fun transit trips to take next! You find some really cool things to do and make them look awesome. Thank you for the work!
@@TohaBgood2 I absolutely love to hear that! The Russian River trip surprised even me. I never would have thought to do that but I'm so glad I did. And yes I've got a fancy camera and a tiny gimbal. But sometimes it does more harm than good. I've filmed entire videos on my phone. The best thing about using a phone is everyone has one. So no one looks twice.
Just subscribed and I love this video so much you put so much work in quality into this video. It was very informational and very entertaining to watch keep up the amazing work
It's interesting to see how the Giant's refused to allow the A's to move to San Jose, driving them out of the Bay Area, but yet they get no hard feelings. They basically won, and in it looks like they will probably take all their old fans.
Gon miss my A's here in the bay. At least w vegas they gon make stupid $$ and no salary cap so maybe we can do some damage but w john fisher as owner, i doubt it
I wish the Giants and their fams the best, maybe I'll visit the stadium one day but I will support the Ballers as long as we have them. Maybe in the future major sports will return if we get leaders who really want to run a city right.
Ah Oracle Park…my 2nd favorite MLB stadium only behind T-Mobile. Similar to SF, You just can’t get views at T-Mobile like anywhere else. As an M’s fan…I will miss our division “rivals” in Oakland, I don’t like what happened down there. But I would be lying if I said I wasn’t looking forward to seeing games in Vegas whenever we play the A’s away. Well…at least you have the Giants.
How timely. I too struggle rooting for the A’s as an A’s “fan.” I root for total chaos and to not give Vegas people any inkling of winning. But, they’re not going to Vegas, but I can’t root for them as long as Fisher owns them. So, yeah, I root for the Giants. Been many, many years since I’ve been to a game. I do recall that being in the upper 1st base deck was simply stunning. Maybe the best seat in all of MLB.
The fact that people are still A's fans blows my mind. Y'all should've ceased your fandom on April 19th, 2023. Incredible video as always, Adam! -A former "Oakland" A's fan
Was going to say, you missed the row after row, of sketchy unlicensed bacon wrapped hot dog with fajita veggies vendors that line the the street outside of the stadium, night games are what I go to most often and there's also guys selling cans of beer and what not right on the corner outside as well.
Unfortunately, being an A's fan will mean no more baseball for me once they leave. Won't support the ahole owners, can't root for another team. Bye baseball! Thank Fisher!
I have a bunch of friends that keep trying to drive there. I keep telling them to knock it off and just take BART. I always beat them there on the train. I've only had perfect riding experiences so far with all the fans both before and after the game. But they keep punishing themselves with that insane traffic and parking situation. Some people are just gluttons for pain, I guess. No knock on you, but these new urban stadiums were never designed for people to drive to them. They're just not set up for it, and it's very much by design. You're supposed to take the train or the ferry there. Walking in that giant orange crowd from the train to the ballpark is a key part of the experience!
@@TohaBgood2 I've never understood it. 6 min to cross the Bay on BART. Muni drops you off literally 30 feet from the stadium. And it costs like $6 instead of the $30-40 for parking.
“Last time these Bay Area teams will face each other.” Maybe in SF, but they play again in Oakland in less than a week. Also, easy to rip on uneducated fans when you’re sitting in Field Club seats. You get the same non-sense comments at A’s games when people actually show up. “Neither team will make the playoffs” while one team is 1.5 games back from a wild card spot with over 40 games to go.
Someday, cooler heads will finally admit the entire "SELL THE TEAM" effort was wrong headed and made it easier to every MLB team to vote for relocation. Congrats. You boycotted your team into moving to Sacramento. Happy now?
