Giants, Athletics start new version of ‘Bay Bridge Series’ minus Oakland touch

SAN FRANCISCO – Familiar aspects of the Bay Bridge Series filtered around Oracle Park as the Athletics came Friday night to renew their rivalry with the Giants.

But any good baseball tale can be tainted by an asterisk, which in this case is the fact “Oakland” is no longer associated with the A’s, who are summering in West Sacramento until their Las Vegas ballpark is supposed to open in three years.

“In terms of it not being the Bay Bridge Series, there’s still obviously — if you want to use the word ‘rivarly’ ...