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04-13-2004, 11:18 PM
SAN FRANCISCO -- For Geoff Jenkins, maybe the only thing wrong with the new ballpark in San Francisco is the scarcity of tickets for friends and family who come down from the Sacramento area to attend games.
"Especially this series, it's kind of tough," said Jenkins, who attended Cordova High in the Sacramento suburb of Rancho Cordova. "It's harder to get tickets here than at Candlestick Park. The fans are great here, but I used to be able to get 30 tickets or so there. Now my friends have to buy them."
Jenkins had hoped his father, Jack, would be attending Monday's game, but the elder Jenkins watched it from home. It would have been even more special since his father celebrated his 62th birthday Monday.
"I've never been here actually for his birthday," said Jenkins. "Usually we come here later in the year. This is the first time in my professional career I've played here on his birthday."
Jenkins singled and drove in a run in each of his first two at-bats.
Brewers manager Ned Yost attended high school in nearby Dublin and junior college just across the bay in Hayward and still has a mother (Lee) and two brothers in the area.
Yost's mother planned to be at the game Monday, but the rest of the family will have to wait for dinner.
"My brothers both work," said Yost, who also has a sister in Atlanta.
"Especially this series, it's kind of tough," said Jenkins, who attended Cordova High in the Sacramento suburb of Rancho Cordova. "It's harder to get tickets here than at Candlestick Park. The fans are great here, but I used to be able to get 30 tickets or so there. Now my friends have to buy them."
Jenkins had hoped his father, Jack, would be attending Monday's game, but the elder Jenkins watched it from home. It would have been even more special since his father celebrated his 62th birthday Monday.
"I've never been here actually for his birthday," said Jenkins. "Usually we come here later in the year. This is the first time in my professional career I've played here on his birthday."
Jenkins singled and drove in a run in each of his first two at-bats.
Brewers manager Ned Yost attended high school in nearby Dublin and junior college just across the bay in Hayward and still has a mother (Lee) and two brothers in the area.
Yost's mother planned to be at the game Monday, but the rest of the family will have to wait for dinner.
"My brothers both work," said Yost, who also has a sister in Atlanta.