Bring gas & motel money. Bring refreshments for Saturday's barbeque.

San Francisco Angels

 Wood Bat Baseball Team

Big League Dreams in Redding- 3 games

Rural League Season Opener in Fairfield- 2 games

Weekend of May 13-15, 2005

 

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   http://sfangels.com                                               Team Contact: Tim Luque at 650-248-4371

Revised May 7, 2005     

Leave by 1:30 pm Friday, May 13

 Making up lost time through commute traffic will fail!

Road trip- 5 games

Games:

Redding Colt 45's   (Dennis Brugman 530-209-6677)

Redding- Big League Dreams, Pawtucket Stadium, 20155 Viking Way        Phone 530-223-1177

artificial surface- metal cleats okay except on mound-

pitchers need turf or tennis shoes-

3-game series, non-league

     Friday, May 13- 7:30pm. 9inns

     Saturday, May 14- 8:30am- DH 9&7inns

 

Fairfield Indians   (Norm Thompson 707-422-4470)

Fairfield- Alan Witt Park

league opener- doubleheader

     Sunday, May 15- 11am- DH 9&7inns

    Rooms-

Friday night, May 13- 5 rooms at Motel 6, Redding      South, 2385 Bechelli Lane, off of I-5 at E. Cypress Avenue Exit.  (Phone 530-221-0562)

Saturday night, May 14- 5 rooms at Econo Lodge, 221 D. Street, Davis  (Phone 530-756-1040)

Team barbeque at the Flaherty's farm in Winters, Saturday evening.  Angel pitcher Matt Flaherty 415-378-0321, Mother Diane Flaherty 530-795-0218.

 

On the way up, Granzella's in Williams has a classy deli and sports bar.  Stop for a sandwich.

(Phone 530-473-5583). 451 Sixth Street, Williams @ Highway 20- Business loop. http://www.granzellas.com/

Big League Dreams Sports Parks

 

Big League Dreams Sports Park - Redding
(530) 223-1177

 

Opened in 2004, the Redding Big League Dreams sports park is a world-class facility featuring 3/4-scale exact replicas of three major-league stadiums: Boston's Fenway Park, Chicago's Wrigley Field, and New York's Yankee Stadium.

Redding's sports park is the first Big League Dreams complex to utilize artificial turf, and this means year-round fun for everyone!

Description                Features               BigLeagueDreams.com
 

Time

Mile

Instruction

For

Toward

1:30 PM

0.0

Depart from SF Angels World Headquarters

141 States Street     Leave early or be late!

2.0 mi

Bay Bridge
1:34 PM 2.2 Take Ramp (LEFT) onto I-80 [James Lick Skyway] for 8.2 mi towards I-80 / Bay Bridge / Oakland. 2.0 mi  
1:43 PM 10.3 Cross the Bay Bridge, stay to the left, go north on I-80 toward Sacramento 46.9 mi I-80 North
2:23 PM 57.2

Turn RIGHT onto Ramp for 0.2 mi towards I-505 / Winters / Redding

Once on the ramp, stay to the left to get onto I-505 north.

 34.3 mi

I-505 to

I-5 North
2:52 PM 91.5 Merge onto I-5 North. 24 mi  

3:13 PM-

4:30 PM

 115.5

Stop at Granzella's in Williams for a break,

depending on what time it really is!

451 Sixth Street, Williams @ Highway 20- Business loop.

Leave by 4:30pm-  continue north on I-5

  

101.5 mi

stop at

Williams on Highway 20

then

return to

I-5 North
5:55 PM 217 At Exit 678 in Redding, turn RIGHT onto Ramp for 0.2 mi towards CA-44 /Hilltop Dr/ Lassen Park, stay right and head east on CA-44. 2.1 mi  
5:57 PM 219.1

Take the Shasta View Dr Exit, turn left at Shasta View, then left on Tarmac Rd, stay to the right on Charade Way, and a right turn onto Viking Way.

Alternate route: continue on 44 east, exit north on the Old Oregon Trail, drive up 1 mile.

   short cut on side roads

6:04 PM

220.7

Arrive Big League Dreams Sports Complex

20155 Viking Way, Redding , Ca  96003  -- Phone 530-223-1177

 

Another game may be in progress. Use batting cages if field is not yet open for batting practice & infield.

9 inning game Friday- 7:30pm

If you arrive way early, you can check into the Motel 6 South near downtown Redding.

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Friday night- May 13- Motel 6- Redding South-

west off E. Cypress Exit

   1371M12456

   1371M12457

   1371M12458

   1371M12459

   1371M12667

Adjust all reservations as necessary. Call if not checked in by 6pm.

 

Motel6 Reservations

800-466-8356

Saturday- Country Cookout!

After the games Saturday, drive to Winters for the team barbeque, courtesy of Angel pitcher Matt Flaherty and his mother Diane. It's about 2 1/2 hours- 157 miles-  from the Redding sports complex. Bring refreshments.

 

Take 5 south. Merge right at I-505/Winters/ San Francisco.   Continue down I-505 for 22 miles.  Exit right at Exit11- CA-128 / CR-E6 / Winters / Davis.

Drive into and past Winters on CA128 for about 5 miles. Make a left at Country Road 86, which becomes Pleasants Valley Road, stay to the left, cross a bridge. You are almost there. At the top of the hill, turn left on Vickery Lane, go to the last place on the right- Sunlight Farm, 3700 Vickery Lane. Phone Diane at 530-795-0218 if you get lost.

 

Venus de Mascot

This is the 25th anniversary of the San Francisco Angels Baseball Team. At today's meal, we celebrate our longevity and give praise to our team mascot- no! not Hack Wilson, that's our team logo. Our mascot is the voluptuary Venus of Willendorf, a sensitive rendering of the salient aspects of the female form, which was even more scintillating at that time when men were ugly, smelly, fat, and stupid beasts in search of the perfect match. Why even today...

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Overnight in Davis

To get to the motel in Davis, 20 miles away, go back through Winters east on 128 past I-505. On the other side of I-505, this becomes country road E6 which then becomes CR-31.

After about 10 miles, you will hit Highway 113. Take Highway 113 south to the very next exit, Russell Blvd. At the exit, go left onto Russell Blvd. past campus, into Davis, merge onto 5th St, right on D to the Econo Lodge at 221 D Street near 2nd Street. Phone 530-756-1040 (Diane or Peggy).

Saturday night- May 14-

 Econo Lodge- Davis

221 D St.
  #92662019257- 5 rooms

 

Adjust reservation as necessary. Call if not checked in by 4pm.

Phone 530-756-1040

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Games in Fairfield

Sunday morning, May 15,  9:30am-

From Davis, leave for Alan Witt Park in Fairfield by going south (west) on I-80. It should take about a half hour. The doubleheader starts at 11am. It is the league opener for the two teams.

 

From 80 going south, take the West Texas Street Exit in Fairfield, make a right onto Beck, and a left onto Woolner.

 

Click here for the Fairfield maps and the directions to Alan Witt Park from the south. Do not go to the wrong park. Alan Witt is the park on the south side of Fairfield, near Highway 12. 

The Frightful Specter of Friendly Indians

 

There's something strangely wrong with the Fairfield Indians this year. We noticed it at their tournament recently. The Indians lost their own tournament! They appeared friendly! The umpires weren't really that bad! The tournament was well-managed!

For them, that's all wrong, the Fairfield Indians must be sick. There must be a deadly disease attacking them...

 

Maybe they're imposters! That's it. Notice that there are still no casinos in Fairfield! That should have given it away. These are fake Indians, they are another group of body snatchers from another planet! Even coach TA Smith is happy, he shook my hand and smiled. Aaagh, I've been infected. Stop these invaders, destroy this team before the sport of baseball is ruined by Fairfield's pleasantly gay Indians!

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