Bartolo Colon #21 of the Oakland Athletics pitches against the Seattle Mariners during the game at O.co Coliseum on Sunday, July 8, 2012 in Oakland, California. Both teams are wearing throwback uniforms on turn back the clock day honoring Pacific Coast League teams from the 1950′s. The Athletics are wearing a uniform worn by the Oakland Oaks and the Mariners are wearing a uniform worn by the Seattle Rainiers. (Photo by Brad Mangin)
San Francisco Bay Area-based sports photographer Brad Mangin shot a ballgame featuring 1955 uniforms of the Seattle Rainiers and the Oakland Oaks.
I love turn back the clock days. I wrote about the one the San Francisco Giants hosted last month. Yesterday we had another great ballgame featuring throw back uniforms in the Bay Area. The Seattle Mariners and Oakland A’s squared off on a gorgeous Sunday afternoon in Oakland paying tribute to the old Pacific Coast League. The visiting Mariners donned the road grey and red uniforms of the 1955 Seattle Rainiers and the home standing A’s were dressed in the elegant red, white, and blue unis of the 1955 Oakland Oaks.
The A’s have done a terrific job in the past hosting turn back the clock games wearing old uniforms from their days in Philadelphia, Kansas City and Oakland. However, this wasn’t the first time they wore uniforms honoring the Oaks. On April 5, 1994 the A’s and Giants played a Bay Bridge Series pre-season exhibition game in Oakland with the A’s dressing up in home Oaks uniforms and the Giants wearing road grey San Francisco Seals unis. Luckily I was there shooting color slide film and put together some pictures in this blog to compare the fashion from these two great days 18 years apart.
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Jemile Weeks #19 of the Oakland Athletics makes a play at second base against the Seattle Mariners during the game at O.co Coliseum on Sunday, July 8, 2012 in Oakland, California. Both teams are wearing throwback uniforms on turn back the clock day honoring Pacific Coast League teams from the 1950′s. The Athletics are wearing a uniform worn by the Oakland Oaks and the Mariners are wearing a uniform worn by the Seattle Rainiers. (Photo by Brad Mangin)
Brendan Ryan #26 of the Seattle Mariners makes a diving stop at shortstop against the Oakland Athletics during the game at O.co Coliseum on Sunday, July 8, 2012 in Oakland, California. Both teams are wearing throwback uniforms on turn back the clock day honoring Pacific Coast League teams from the 1950′s. The Athletics are wearing a uniform worn by the Oakland Oaks and the Mariners are wearing a uniform worn by the Seattle Rainiers. (Photo by Brad Mangin)
Mark McGwire of the Oakland Athletics plays defense at first base wearing an Oakland Oaks uniform during a turn back the clock game against the San Francisco Giants as Giants base runner Robby Thompson stands on first base wearing a San Francisco Seals uniform at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, California on April 5, 1994. (Photo by Brad Mangin)
