I didn’t watch a second of the World Series. Baseball used to be my favorite sport. How can you not be romantic about baseball? Do what Commissioner Manfred, John Fisher and the other owners did to Oakland. That’s how.
Born into generational wealth. Uses inherited wealth to buy hometown baseball team. Team’s value increases 7x in 20 years despite no investment. But it’s not enough. ... When is it enough?
John Fisher could sell the A’s and the Earthquakes and pocket more $ than can be spent in a lifetime.
Instead, he’s tearing the A’s away just so he can continue to not care about winning in Las Vegas. Just as he doesn’t care about winning in MLS.
Strange behavior.
When you stop to think about how stupid, how utterly and bafflingly stupid, it is for the A’s to leave Oakland to play in a minor league park in Sacramento for at least three years in the increasingly less likely hope of someday being in Las Vegas, it really staggers the mind.
The Oakland A’s were killed by greed. Do not allow the people responsible for this to spin it any other way. John Fisher did not have to move this team. Major League Baseball and its owners did not need to be complicit in it. This was a choice. A wrong one. History will sneer.
“I don’t blame that loss on the city managers of Oakland, nor the taxpayers of Alameda County. The owners and baseball blew the lead.” @tomhanks gets it.
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“What does Fisher have to show for his 19 years as owner? A reputation as the most incompetent man in Major League Baseball, and as the worst sports owner in Bay Area history.”
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My guess is that the Vegas deal failure will be announced before next season, and then Fisher will be free to make a push in Sacramento. It will fail. MLB will force a sale, and the A's will be back in the Coliseum with a new owner in 2026.
As the A's prepare to play their final home games in Oakland, remember: the destruction of the franchise was done with intent and purpose by John Fisher and A's ownership. At every step, they took actions in pursuit of this exact outcome.
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With the A's down to just three games left to play in Oakland, team owner John Fisher finally addressed and apologized on Monday for the team's departure from Oakland. Sports Director @LarryBeilABC7 gives his passionate reaction to the letter. https://t.co/DaXBztCi2s