In case you haven’t noticed (and judging by the attendance, you haven’t </Harry Doyle>), we’ve got a new name. Athletics Supporter is no more - welcome to Athletics for Life.

Why the change, you ask? Well, it just defines my A’s fanship more accurately. Yes, I support the Athletics, but it’s more than that.

2007 was my twentieth season as an A’s fan - that is 2/3 of my life. That’s longer than I’ve known my husband, longer than I’ve lived, worked, or gone to school anywhere. Heck - it’s even longer than I went to kindergarten through 12th grade and all of college combined!

So that revelation this season just really confirmed it for me: I’m more than just a supporter of the A’s - I’m in it for life. Not that I didn’t feel that way in year 19, or 12, or even 5, but 20 - well, it just feels much more significant to me now.

So there you have it - I’m an A’s lifer, and that’s why this is now Athletics for Life.

(That and, well… I didn’t want anyone thinking this was a jock strap blog.)