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Giants, A's players featured on back of BART tickets for Comcast SportsNet promotion

Comcast SportsNet and BART have announced the start of the Comcast SportsNet Collectors’ Series promotion for the 2009 Major League Baseball season.

Through the end of July, 1.5 million limited edition baseball-themed BART tickets will be available to BART riders systemwide. Each month, a new San Francisco Giants and Oakland A’s player will be featured on ticket backs as part of a two-card set. Each ticket has a matching pair to complete the action photo of each Bay Area baseball great.

The Comcast SportsNet Bay Area Collectors’ Series promotion begins with Giants Randy Winn featured in May, Matt Cain in June, and Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum in July.  For the A’s, Matt Holliday is featured in May, Jason Giambi in June, and Mark Ellis in July.