BOSS x Oakland Ballers: Rooting for More Than the Home Team
- 6 days ago
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Baseball has been only part of the story at Raimondi Park this summer.
There was something especially fitting about BOSS being at Rickey Henderson Day, a celebration of an Oakland icon in a ballpark filled with Oakland families, fans, and community. Throughout the day, we ran into former participants and longtime BOSS supporters, met people who knew our name but wanted to know more, and introduced ourselves to people discovering BOSS for the first time. Those conversations mattered. They turned a day at the ballpark into another opportunity to reconnect with the community that has shaped BOSS—and that BOSS has served for more than five decades.
That is what makes the Ballers partnership particularly meaningful for BOSS. The financial investment matters, especially as net proceeds from the partnership return to BOSS at the end of the season, but so do the relationships created along the way. Rickey Henderson Day gave us a chance to reconnect with people we've served, thank people who have supported us and introduce a new generation of Oaklanders to BOSS. The partnership is raising resources, but it is also expanding community, and both are essential to sustaining this work.
Through BOSS' partnership with the Oakland Ballers, game days have become another place for community to gather, celebrate Oakland, and invest in the organizations working here year-round. From special theme nights and community celebrations to the Ballers' Too $hort Day, Cars Day and other Oakland-centered events, the season has brought together many of the people, stories and traditions that make this city what it is.
And the partnership has an impact beyond the ballpark. At the end of the season, net proceeds connected to the BOSS partnership will come back to BOSS, helping strengthen our work in housing, workforce development, reentry, violence intervention, and community wellness.
With the season winding down, there is still time to be part of it. The Ballers are in the middle of one of their strongest stretches of the year, going 8–2 over their last 10 games, and the final home games are bringing even more reasons for Oakland to
come together.
On Wednesday, August 12, the Ballers will celebrate the life and legacy of Coach John Beam, whose decades of mentorship at Skyline High School and Laney College influenced generations of Oakland young people. The evening includes a Coach Beam Championship Cup giveaway for the first 750 fans and a $15 Dinner on the Ballers voucher. An online auction supporting the Coach Beam Legacy Foundation extends that impact beyond the game.
Then on Thursday, August 13, Raimondi Park goes Oakland-style Oaktoberfest, with 510 Happy Hour, local breweries, the Scrappy Town Biergarten and more.
The Ballers have created a season where baseball and community belong in the same conversation. BOSS is proud to be part of that—and grateful to everyone who has attended, shared, purchased tickets and helped turn a night at the ballpark into something that reaches further.
There aren't many home games left. Come enjoy Oakland baseball, bring your people and help us finish this partnership season strong.
YOUR NIGHT AT THE BALLPARK CAN GO FURTHER.
Doing good and having a good time don’t have to be separate. When our community supports partnerships like BOSS x Oakland Ballers, the impact doesn't end after the final out.
This season, we’ve gotten to enjoy Ballers baseball, celebrate Oakland, introduce more people to BOSS, and at the end of the season, net proceeds from our partnership will come back to support the work we do throughout the community. Now that’s a win worth cheering for. Catch a remaining game, bring some friends and help us finish the season strong.
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