How We See Oakland	How Oakland Sees Itself

When we see Oakland, all we think of is the Oakland B-Minuses:  a bunch of crybabies who, despite all of their Moneyball, can't seem to get over the fact that the Twins have owned them since the moment AJ parked one off of Billy Koch in the 2002 ALDS.  As Batgirl's husband said while the Twins were in the process of sweeping them last year after the All-Star break to turn their entire season around: "the only good thing about Oakland is that their Minnesota Twins complex is even bigger than our Minnesota Twins complex."  Add to this Gertrude Stein's comment about Oakland---"there is no there there"---and you have a city in the midst of a major confidence crisis.  When Oakland sees itself, of course, it sees a magical city by the bay:  too bad there already IS one of those, and it's called San Francisco.

Self-Esteem Meter Says: Lay Off Batgirl's Former Boyfriend. Boo-Yah!