MC Hammer Takes Over the Broadcast Booth

Posted on 03/29/2012 by eastBaymode

The evening of July 17, 2011 was a great one for A’s fans. They watched their team beat the Pujols-less Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 9-1, shortly after receiving one of the greatest bobbleheads of all-time: that of MC Hammer.

Ray Fosse and Glen Kuiper brought MC Hammer (aka the greatest A’s batboy of all-time) up to the Bill King broadcast booth for a 3-part interview. Thing is, they did it at the complete expense of the TV play-by-play. Listen to Hammer’s thoughts on Charlie O. Finley, Justin Bieber tweet love and the time he danced next to James Brown’s coffin with Michael Jackson.

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Chappelle’s Show + Jose Canseco = Dominant

Posted on 03/25/2012 by Alex Espinoza

The last time we caught up with Chappelle’s show co-creator Neal Brennan, he was opening for Dave Chappelle for a marathon midnight show in Oakland. Hilarious stuff.

Anyways, it looks like Brennan and Jose Canseco are in discussions of collaboration. The mind swims in amazing possibilities. Let’s take a look at the twitter discussion that went on Saturday night.

Brennan started things off with a jab at LMFAO and Canseco, saying “LMFAO songs are basically @JoseCanseco tweets put to music.” From there it caught legs. Hopefully this could be a reality.

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Dom Stat O’ the Day: The Greatest Shot of Chris Mullin’s Life

Posted on 03/19/2012 by eastBaymode

What’s a dom stat, you ask? Why, a domination station, that’s what.

Such a dominator of life.

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Dubs Fans Dominate Joe Lacob (Video)

Posted on 03/19/2012 by Alex Espinoza

Dubs fans are truly amongst the best in America. Yeah, everyone says that about every team. But for a franchise that’s been so bad for two decades, the Bay Area still loves them Dubs.

Monday night was supposed to be a celebration of Chris Mullin’s beastly career, but instead it will be remembered as the night when owner Joe Lacob got shat on by his own fans.

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Andrew Bogut Is Not So Good with Geography

Posted on 03/19/2012 by eastBaymode

Oakland is an easy target. As the butt of many jokes from the Bay and beyond, Oakland was in the spotlight again last week, thanks to a Twitter faux pas from newly-acquired Dub Andrew Bogut.

The Aussie, who will miss the rest of the season with an ankle injury, tweeted that he was on his way to San Francisco. There was an immediate backlash and it was pretty hilarious. Bogut has since deleted his tweets, but luckily other websites have preserved them forever.

In honor of his new jersey number (No. 12), we’ve picked out a dozen of the top responses he received from people via Twitter. Enjoy.

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Dom Stat O’ the Day: Andrew Bogut’s Phantom High Fives

Posted on 03/13/2012 by eastBaymode

What’s a dom stat, you ask? Why, a domination station, that’s what.

At least he has a sense of humor.

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Dom Stat O’ the Day: Lin Banks 3 to Win State Title

Posted on 03/06/2012 by eastBaymode

What’s a dom stat, you ask? Why, a domination station, that’s what.

Wouldn’t mind some Stephen Curry ankle insurance right about now.

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1918 Opening Day in Oakland

Posted on 03/06/2012 by Alex Espinoza

Opening day is just a few weeks away, as the A’s and Mariners will start the season in Japan on March 28. eBm stumbled across some footage of the 1918 opening day ceremonies in Oakland and it’s pretty cool to see.

The Oakland Oaks played in the eastBay (which is Pig Latin for Beast, by the way) from 1903-1955, calling Oaks Park in Emeryville their home stadium for the final 43 seasons. See the footage and read the back story.

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Dom Stat O’ the Day: Because You Miss Vuvuzelas So Much

Posted on 03/05/2012 by eastBaymode

What’s a dom stat, you ask? Why, a domination station, that’s what.

These were popular at Coliseum long before 2010 World Cup.

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Happy 50th Birthday, Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-point game

Posted on 03/02/2012 by eastBaymode

Wilt the Stilt’s epic 100-point effort has turned 50 today. Can’t wait to read all the womanizer jokes. In honor of the legendary performance by the legendary Dub (albeit a Philadelphia Dub), we bring you some of the best videos about that night in Hershey, Penn.

We’ll even throw in some Ed Sullivan Show footage and some high school game tape.

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