Well hopefully by now most of you know that the A's have moved on to the ALCS. Today the Tigers officially put away the Yankees, meaning the A's will start playing the Tigers on Tuesday with home field advantage. As a ticket holder for all the post season games, this is getting exciting.

First of all I want to say that if you missed any of the games the A's played against Minnesota, well you missed some really great baseball. Both teams are excellent this year, in fact many were speculating that the Twins would end up going to the World Series. Many analysis's were also analyzing Oakland as an inferior team to the Twins. In the end Oakland swept the Twins in 3 games assuring that Oakland knew not only how to play ball, but how to play some great baseball.

As someone who assured post season tickets for all home games at the coliseum, I just want to remark on how great it felt to be an A's fan. To set the scene, the maximum attendance for the coliseum is 35,077, well somehow over 35,650 people were in attendance. Where those extra 600 people were put I don't know, but the energy and excitement was stellar. Sine the A's came home needing only one more win it felt like every single person in attendance charged themselves with the task to will the A's to victory. Everyone got to their feet, cheered and were trying to give their energy to the team. And I think the A's not only felt it but delivered. The A's ended up beating the Twins 8-3 as Marco Scutaro once again delivered a truly clutch hit to clear the bases and put the game out of reach.

As the game ended many fans stayed to watch the A's celebrate. There was an emotional release, since many of these fans had been their through the early years of this decade only to watch the A's come short. Finally the A's were going to be able to compete in a Championship game. They deserved this, Oakland had deserved this for a while. For the A's faithful many felt numb, I know as I watched the crowd slowly dissipate I had to look around me congratulate the fans that were around and let the cold air simply numb my hands and cheeks. It was beautiful and fulfilling. This was the reason I brought my flag, this was the reason I always wore my jersey, this was the reason I felt my hat wasn't just a hat but a badge of honor. The A's are my team, win or lose I am proud to call myself an A's fan.

If any of you who read this ever feel like watching a game, I'll be seated in the right field bleachers on the right rail with my black A's flag. Remember that the A's aren't just my team but hopefully they are your team as well.

As one final note I got a fortune cookie fortune last week that read "Next week, your luck color will be green!" So here's hoping for the pennant and LETS GO OAK-LAND!!!