Lefty O'Doul's to feature live video feed with Royals fans
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- At 5 p.m. Tuesday, the San Francisco Giants will be ready to play in the World Series for the third time in five years. Fans are getting ready as well.
Giants and Kansas City Royals fans can gather at Lefty O'Doul's to watch the World Series. They'll have an innovative way to have a little friendly trash talking time.
Fan Larry Phillips has never been to a World Series game and after the Giants won the pennant, decided on a last-minute whim, to head to Kansas City. The San Jose man has been a diehard Giants fan since he was a teenager.
"It's a one chance in a lifetime so might as well dish out some money and go," Phillips said.
He paid $350 for his ticket on StubHub and it's too bad his friends aren't able to get the time off. Kansas City here he comes.
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Bill Henry was also catching a flight to Kansas City on Monday. He said, "This is my fourth World Series. I love to go, it's exciting times."
He went to see the Giants during spring training, but Henry is a fickle fan. He says, "I'm rooting for the Royals."
Henry is from Dallas. If he were staying in San Francisco to watch the series, Lefty O'Doul's is where he would feel comfortable cheering on that team.
"Everyone's welcome here. We even accept Dodgers' fans," Tom O'Doul from Lefty O'Doul's restaurant said.
And in what we think is a first of its kind comradery, Lefty's -- a popular hangout for Giants fans -- has established a video link with a sports bar in Kansas City called Walsh's Corner. Each bar has set aside a spot for the other's visiting fans to gather and talk live with folks back home watching the games.
"It's all about baseball. We both love the game, Kansas City and San Francisco. It's an experience and we want to share it with each other," O'Doul.
