So is @mlb ok moving an entire franchise because a billionaire couldn’t get a *housing development* (not stadium!) deal done when the area selected always was going to be a tough ask, yet was ON TRACK still? What am I missing here? Plus waiving the relocation fee??? WHY?
"I feel bad for the A's and their fans. They're so rooted in Oakland. Those fans bleed green...Do I believe they should leave Oakland?...No."
Las Vegas native Bryce Harper wants baseball on the strip, but not at the cost of uprooting the Oakland A's.
#Athletics#RootedInOakland
"We've lost the Raiders. The Warriors moved to San Francisco. And now they're going to take the A's out of Oakland? Damn them all to hell."
Bay Area native Tom Hanks isn't happy with what John Fisher and Dave Kaval are doing to Oakland.
#Athletics#RootedInOakland#FisherOut
Did you hear how loud it was there last night? That’s real atmosphere. It meant something to people. He doesn’t see any of that. Manfred has no time for anything real. Good baseball, bad baseball, real emotion, manufactured emotion…whatever. Means zilch to him.
This is fucking pathetic. How is this not disqualifying? This toad is the steward of a glorious sport, dripping with history and he feels entitled to mock fans who are making their voices heard as he sits by and caters to hiding billionaires? Why do we accept this in our culture?
Since opening beautiful PNC Park in 2001, the Pittsburgh Pirates have exceeded 2 million fans just four times compared to the A's six times at the deteriorating Coliseum over the same span. Back to you, Rob Manfred.
@CaseyPrattABC7 And their longtime employees who actually *are* rooted here and have no desire to move and have in many cases devoted their entire careers to that organization.
I am of course not including the grifters in that sentiment.
(this is not meant to dump on Rays fans)
for reference this isn’t just the biggest A’s home crowd of the season (even more than Opening Day), it’s more than every single Rays home game this year except for one Sunday game last month against the Yankees. remarkable showing
A’s fans created and funded their own giveaway at tonight’s game at the Coliseum. “SELL” T-shirts. Never blame A’s fans for what is happening to the franchise.