In the coach's cottage, central in Griff's mind was that the next day, October 28, Huygens would play Lodi -- only a few hours bus trip via the San Mateo Bridge. In Candlestick Park, the score eas now Oakland 4 San Francisco 3.
Twilight enveloped the field. A blimp-based camera moved to dark Alcatraz Island, isolated in the ocean as night fell on San Francisco Bay. Lights came on in Candlestick Park. In the top of the 5th Inning, with Rickey Henderson and Lansford on base, on a flat slider that should not have been pitched to Jose Canseco, Jose hit a 420 feet homer. Dave Henderson followed his homerun in the top of the 4th, with another homerun. "That was a good inning", Griff said to Caydance. Oakland 8-San Francisco 3.
Sitting beside Tyrone, in a prime seat reserved for the families of team members, Sido absorbed his mood. One by one, hitting homeruns and striking out batters, these were the men for whom he daily nurtured the playing field in the way that her collection nurtured Bay Area artists. Remembering the day that they met while grocery shopping in the same store, she slipped her hand into his. Together they watched Dave Stewert leave the mound with 7 full innings under his belt. Oakland 9-San Francisco 3.
By the time the Giants batted in the ninth inning, they trailed 13-3, and their valiant four ninth inning runs were too little, too late. Watching on the big screen in Griff's beach house, Bob and Tommy and their families had consumed an enormous amount of Griff's chips, beer, and soft drinks. When side by side, Bob and Tommy played in the O-Line, the Oakland Raiders shared the Coliseum with the Oakland A's. "That was good", Bob said to Tommy."