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‘Hot Dogs Here!’: A’s Games to Feature Recordings of Tom Hanks Hawking Game Day Favorites
A legendary voice will echo all through the Oakland Coliseum throughout A’s video games this season.
Award-winning actor and East Bay native Tom Hanks has recorded himself hawking traditional baseball sport favorites, like sizzling canines, peanuts and scorecards, for the membership to play over the stadium’s audio system throughout video games, which will not characteristic any followers due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Serving as a hawker is nothing new for Hanks. His first job was promoting concessions on the Coliseum, in accordance to the A’s.
The A’s can even pipe in different acquainted sounds heard on the ballpark, such because the “Let’s Go Oakland” chant, the blaring of vuvuzelas and the beating of drums.
Oakland opens the common season Friday night time on the Coliseum towards the Los Angeles Angels. First pitch is slated for 7:10 p.m.