A big day for the 209

A kid from STOCKTON witnessed another kid from the Northern California inland port make history yesterday.
My mom and step-dad are visiting the Bay Area this week, and yesterday my step-dad BOB attended the OAKLAND ATHLETICS' game with a friend.
Raised in Stockton, Bob watched Stockton native DALLAS BRADEN hurl the 19TH PERFECT GAME in the history of Major League Baseball, as the A's beat the Rays, 4-0.
Braden is only the second pitcher in A's franchise history to achieve such a feat, following Jim "Catfish" Hunter's perfect game on May 8, 1968, against the Minnesota Twins.
Sunday was also the first day of Braden's "SECTION 209" campaign, providing discounted tickets for the seating area that bears the same number as Stockton's area code.
Yesterday was a big, big day for the 209.