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A convenient list of games involving teams in the San Francisco Bay Area

and their dates and times and a Memorable Sports Moment or two

Monday, May 19 through Sunday, May 25

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Monday, May 19

San Jose Giants @ Visalia Rawhide, 1:00 p.m.

Sacramento River Cats v. El Paso Chihuahuas,

7:05 p.m.

Fresno Grizzlies @ Las Vegas 51s, 7:05 p.m.

Stockton Ports v. Bakersfield Blaze, 11:05 a.m.

Tuesday, May 20

San Francisco Giants @ Colorado Rockies,

5:40 p.m.

Oakland A's @ Tampa Bay Rays, 4:10 p.m.

San Jose Giants v. Stockton Ports, 7:00 p.m.

Sacramento River Cats v. El Paso Chihuahuas,

7:05 p.m.

Fresno Grizzlies @ Las Vegas 51s, 12:05 p.m.

Wednesday, May 21

San Francisco Giants @ Colorado Rockies,

5:40 p.m.

Oakland A's @ Tampa Bay Rays, 4:10 p.m.

San Jose Giants v. Stockton Ports, 7:00 p.m.

Sacramento River Cats v. El Paso Chihuahuas,

12:05 p.m.

Fresno Grizzlies @ Las Vegas 51s, 7:05 p.m.

Thursday, May 22

San Francisco Giants @ Colorado Rockies,

12:10 p.m.

Oakland A's @ Tampa Bay Rays, 1:10 p.m.

San Jose Giants v. Stockton Ports, 11:35 a.m.

Sacramento River Cats v. El Paso Chihuahuas,

7:05 p.m.

Fresno Grizzlies @ Las Vegas 51s, 7:05 p.m.

Friday, May 23

San Francisco Giants v. Minnesota Twins,

7:15 p.m.

Oakland A's @ Toronto Blue Jays, 4:07 p.m.

San Jose SaberCats @ Spokane Shock, 7:00 p.m.

San Jose Giants v. Visalia Rawhide, 7:00 p.m.

Sacramento River Cats @ Las Vegas 51s,

7:05 p.m.

Fresno Grizzlies @ Salt Lake Bees, 5:35 p.m.

Stockton Ports @ Modesto Nuts, 7:05 p.m.

Saturday, May 24

San Francisco Giants v. Minnesota Twins,

7:05 p.m.

Oakland A's @ Toronto Blue Jays, 10:07 a.m.

San Jose Giants v. Visalia Rawhide, 5:00 p.m.

Sacramento River Cats @ Las Vegas 51s,

7:05 p.m.

Fresno Grizzlies @ Salt Lake Bees, 5:35 p.m.

Stockton Ports @ Modesto Nuts, 7:05 p.m.

Sunday, May 25

San Francisco Giants v. Minnesota Twins,

1:05 p.m.

Oakland A's @ Toronto Blue Jays, 10:07 a.m.

San Jose Earthquakes v. Houston Dynamo,

7:30 p.m.

San Jose Giants v. Visalia Rawhide, 1:00 p.m.

Sacramento River Cats @ Las Vegas 51s,

12:05 p.m.

Fresno Grizzlies @ Salt Lake Bees, 5:35 p.m.

Stockton Ports @ Modesto Nuts, 1:05 p.m.

Radio:

Cal BB (M) - KGO 810 AM

Cal BB (W) - Pac-12 Network

Cal football - KGO 810 AM

Fresno Grizzlies - KYNO 1430 AM

Golden State Warriors - KNBR 680 AM

Oakland A's - 95.7 FM The Game

Sacramento Kings - KHTK 1140 AM

Sacramento River Cats - Talk 650 AM KSTE

San Francisco Giants - KNBR 680 AM

San Jose Earthquakes - 1590 KLIV AM,

1370 KZSF AM (Spanish)

San Jose Giants - MiLB Gameday Audio

San Jose SaberCats - KNBR 1050 AM

San Jose Sharks, KFOX 98.5 FM San Jose,
102.1 FM San Francisco

Stanford BB (M) - KNBR 1050 AM, TBS (TV)

Stanford BB (W) - KZSU 90.1 FM

Stanford football - KNBR 1050 AM

Stockton Ports - KWSX 1280 AM

"When we played, World Series checks meant something. Now all they do is screw up your taxes."

~Don Drysdale

MLB pitcher

Baseball Hall of Fame, 1984

(1936-1993)

"Baseball was mighty and exciting to me, but there is no blinking at the fact that at the time the game was thought,

by solid sensible people, to be only one degree above

grand larceny, arson and mayhem."

~Connie Mack

MLB player, manager, owner

Hall of Fame, 1937

(1862-1956)

There are 109 days left until the start of the NFL season, September 4, with the Green Bay Packers visiting the Seattle Seahawks.

Sports Quiz

Question: When the Golden State Warriors won their only NBA championship, where did they play their home games, and what was quirky about it?

(a) The Cow Palace in Daly City

(b) Oracle Arena

(d) a modified Candlestick Park

Correct answer: (a).

The Oakland Alameda-County Coliseum Arena was the Warriors' home arena when they qualified for the NBA finals in 1975. But another event was scheduled for those days in May and they had to go to the rickety Cow Palace. Dwight Eisenhower was nominated for a second term as president of the United States there in 1956. But by 1975 it had fallen into disrepair. Worse yet, if the NBA finals went to a sixth game in the best-of-seven series, the Cow Palace was not available on that Memorial Day weekend.

So the two teams agreed to an odd home-court arrangement. The Bullets, who earned home-court advantage, could have hosted games 2,3,4 and 7, but they wanted to open at home. So games two and three were staged at the Cow Palace, with CBS providing national network TV coverage. Strange, but true.

The above question was submitted by Nick Curran, the NBA's director of public relations, 1969-76. A full account of the Golden State Warriors' winning the 1975 NBA championship, contributed by Curran, will appear shortly in the new Baseball edition of the Ultimate Sports Guide.

Memorable Sports Moments

A less than pleasant moment: Watch out for those giant beers!

--A Smarter Sports Fan

Thirty years ago I went to a Giants game at Candlestick Park with a bunch of folks from the Eagle Cafe on Pier 39 in San Francisco. Long forgotten is the team they played or even who won the game. It was the aftermath I remember all too well.

Because of failing to signal a lane change I was pulled over by the CHP just short of the University Avenue cutoff for Berkeley and ended up taking a roadside sobriety test. BUSTED.

The rest of the night in the tank on Fallon Street in Oakland was only the beginning of a nightmare of fines, penalties and punishment of having to submit proof of insurance to the DMV (at that time not required). It cost me close to $10,000. Cheap compared to now.

1984 was the year Mothers Against Drunk Driving was successful in reducing the legal blood-alcohol level from 0.15 to 0.10 - it's now 0.08. Many will meet that level after only one of those huge beers routinely poured at the baseball parks. Driving buzzed is driving drunk.

I'll be out there sucking down a couple of those big ones when the Red Sox are in town to play the Oakland A's in June. And I will be on BART.

Knocking on wood, I have not had any moving violations since May of 1984.

BAC Chart

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Memorable Sports Moments

Now a Raiders fan

Andre Johnson

Skyline High School senior

I fell in love with the Oakland Raiders on Dec. 7, 2010.

After the Raiders knocked off the Broncos and Seahawks in back-to-back weeks - with a combined score of 92-17 - I became quite the fan. Next, the Raiders were about to play the most meaningful game in team history since 2003, with their longtime division rival, the Kansas City Chiefs. The Raiders came into the game with a record of 4-4, and the Chiefs were at 5-2. This game was for No. 1 in the division.

For a game that meant so much, the Raiders played dismally the first half. QB Jason Campbell's best pass went to a Kansas City safety. Though the Raiders forced an interception right before the half, they were still down 10-0, and the Chiefs' defense didn't look as if it would so much as bend.

The defense of Kansas City may not have broken, but its special-teams unit did. Jacoby Ford returned a kickoff 94 yards for the score to put the Raiders back into the game, but they were still down by a field goal. Two possessions later they grabbed the lead: Campbell found his pass-eligible tackle, Kahlif Barnes, open in the end zone.

The Raiders and Chiefs stalemated most of the half, each adding only a field goal. That was until K.C. QB Matt Cassel found his all-pro receiver Dwayne Bowe for a touchdown. The Chiefs' defense had been solid all game and had the opportunity to be again; they held the Raiders to a three-and-out. The game looked bleak for the Raiders, as it had in the first half. When Bowe surprisingly dropped a first-down catch, however, it gave Oakland a last chance to be committed to excellence.

It was a dink-and-dunk drive. Five yards here, 10 yards there. All that mattered was they were getting close to field goal position to tie the score. With about half a minute to play, Campbell found the electric Ford, building a career game. Kicker Sebastian Janikowski gave them the tie and they were able to hold K.C. to take the game into overtime.

In OT, the Chiefs got the ball first and it once again looked bleak for the Silver and Black. K.C. was held to a three-and-out, though, and here came Ford again! On the first play of overtime for the Raiders, Campbell found Ford open one more time for a long gain. Already in field goal range, Jankowski was called on to win the game. He kicked the ball and the game was finally over. The Raiders won by three and moved to 5-4 and first in their division.

I knew I already liked the Raiders, but on that particular day I fell in love with the Silver and Black. Through the Carson Palmer trade. Through Matt Flynn, Terrelle Pryor, Matt McGloin, Terrelle Pryor again and now Matt Schaub. With the loud cheers from my football beanbag chair and sweat drenching my face, I had found my team. It was a good day.

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