BART Advice - MLB Tour (Oakland: hotels, buy, school)

[jamespurdy2]

Hello SF!

On to the next leg of my MLB Stadium tour. How convenient is the SF rail system for getting to and from the airport?

Also, if I stayed at an airport hotel (they are cheaper), would the rail system be acceptable to get around town for the weekend?

Any help is much appreciated.

Thanks!

[humboldtrat]

Originally Posted by jamespurdy2

Hello SF!

On to the next leg of my MLB Stadium tour. How convenient is the SF rail system for getting to and from the airport?

Also, if I stayed at an airport hotel (they are cheaper), would the rail system be acceptable to get around town for the weekend?

Any help is much appreciated.

Thanks!

Some airport hotels have free shuttles to the airport and the nearby BART station.

BART runs from the airport from about 4am to a little after midnight. Station List. From any of the 4 downtown subway stations in SF, you can go to the upper level of the subway station and ride the light rail (Muni Metro) for $2 to AT&T Park. The N & T lines stop in front of the ballpark at 2nd and King. Muni Metro Map | SFMTA. For sightseeing around town, you can get off either the light rail or BART at the Powell St station. The cable car terminus is above the subway station. There is a visitor center at the Powell St station and you can get maps and info. You can also buy a 1 or 3 day pass to ride all light rail, buses and cable cars in SF at a discount price (but not BART).

BART also stops near the Oakland Coliseum for A's games.

[llowllevellowll]

Originally Posted by humboldtrat

BART also stops near the Oakland Coliseum for A's games.

I was going to say to the OP that if they're on an MLB tour and skip the Coliseum, they're doing themselves a disservice.

The Giants and A's is analogous to dating two very different women. One, AT&T Park, pretty on the outside, inevitably uses her attractive exterior to hide the fact that she has far less depth elsewhere. The Coliseum, a butterface that lacks the attractive body, is funny, intelligent, prideful, and will school you on NTN trivia. You might even pick the former for more dates in the onset, even as you struggle to find something real or intellectual about her, but more and more as time progresses, you realize that the depth and character of the latter, is in the end, even more attractive to you.

Oh, and BART will drop you off right next to the Coliseum. Since you're out of town, provided you're physically able, I'd walk from BART (Embarcadero) to AT&T Park. It'll take you about 15 minutes, but it's a nice walk. If you need to, you can take MUNI from the BART inside the same station.

[Natural510]

Originally Posted by Parti Rhinocéros

I was going to say to the OP that if they're on an MLB tour and skip the Coliseum, they're doing themselves a disservice.

The Giants and A's is analogous to dating two very different women. One, AT&T Park, pretty on the outside, inevitably uses her attractive exterior to hide the fact that she has far less depth elsewhere. The Coliseum, a butterface that lacks the attractive body, is funny, intelligent, prideful, and will school you on NTN trivia. You might even pick the former for more dates in the onset, even as you struggle to find something real or intellectual about her, but more and more as time progresses, you realize that the depth and character of the latter, is in the end, even more attractive to you.

Plus he'd miss out on Baseball's Most Entertaining Fans.

[sav858]

Originally Posted by Natural510

Plus he'd miss out on Baseball's Most Entertaining Fans.

What a great article. I've sat in the right field bleachers a few times and it really is an entertaining bunch there. They kind of epitomize the difference in fans compared to AT&T.