Bay Bridge Series
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| First meeting | October 9, 1905 Columbia Park |
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| Latest meeting | June 30, 2016 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum |
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| Next meeting | July 31, 2017 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum |
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| Meetings total | 110 | ||
| Regular season series | 57–53, Athletics | ||
| Largest victory | 16–0, Athletics (June 26, 2005) | ||
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| Current win streak | 1, Giants | ||
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The Bay Bridge Series, or the Battle of the Bay, is the name of a series of baseball games played between—and the rivalry of—Major League Baseball's Oakland Athletics of the American League and San Francisco Giants of the National League. The series takes its name from the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge which links the cities of Oakland and San Francisco.
Although competitive, the regional rivalry between the A's and Giants is considered a friendly one with mostly mutual companionship between the fans, as opposed to Cubs–White Sox, or Mets–Yankees games where animosity runs high, though more radical sections of each fanbase does harbor towards the entirety of the other. This, however, is severely limited as many people see the opposing team as no threat to their own; hats displaying both teams on the cap are sold from vendors at the games, and once in a while the teams both dress in uniforms from an historic era of their franchises.
The series is also occasionally referred to as the "BART Series" for the Bay Area Rapid Transit system that links Oakland to San Francisco. However, the name "BART Series" has never been popular beyond a small selection of history books and national broadcasters and has fallen out of favor. Bay Area locals almost exclusively refer to the rivalry as the "Bay Bridge Series" of the "Battle of the Bay."
Originally, the term described a series of exhibition games played between the two clubs after the conclusion of spring training, immediately prior to the start of the regular season. It was first used to refer to the 1989 World Series which the Athletics won and the first time both teams had met since they moved to the San Francisco Bay Area. Today, it also refers to games played between the teams during the regular season since the commencement of Interleague play in 1997. Through the 2015 season, the A's have won 57 games, and the Giants have won 53.
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