A year ago, the Oakland A’s announced their Vegas move. Then the real drama started (NYT/Athletic)
April 23, 2024
A year ago, the Oakland A’s announced their Vegas move. Then the real drama started (NYT/Athletic)
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This is a full-length essay on the relocation travesty. The author covers the hypocrisy of “Rooted in Oakland,” talks with Brian Johansen of The Last Dive Bar, and gives a good account of the SELL movement and the reasons behind, including shit-eating John Fisher’s abysmal record.
Concluding paragraphs:
>For those who have lived all these years and all the different chapters, it is still difficult to imagine exactly what it will be like when the A’s leave Oakland. Eventually some of the unsolved questions will get their answers. The franchise will move on from this prolonged mess, and the people of Oakland will be left picking up the pieces.
>People like Bryan Johansen, who says he is no longer a baseball fan. After the A’s leave Oakland, he says he will never be a fan of the game again.
>“No, man,” he said. “No. No. Because what they’ve shown with this move is that they do not care about the fans. All that stuff you see on TV about how they try to promote the game, it’s built on a house of lies. If it were the case that MLB had the best interests of the fans and had the fans first in mind, they wouldn’t be doing everything they’re doing with the Oakland A’s.”
1 comment
This is a full-length essay on the relocation travesty. The author covers the hypocrisy of “Rooted in Oakland,” talks with Brian Johansen of The Last Dive Bar, and gives a good account of the SELL movement and the reasons behind, including shit-eating John Fisher’s abysmal record.
Concluding paragraphs:
>For those who have lived all these years and all the different chapters, it is still difficult to imagine exactly what it will be like when the A’s leave Oakland. Eventually some of the unsolved questions will get their answers. The franchise will move on from this prolonged mess, and the people of Oakland will be left picking up the pieces.
>People like Bryan Johansen, who says he is no longer a baseball fan. After the A’s leave Oakland, he says he will never be a fan of the game again.
>“No, man,” he said. “No. No. Because what they’ve shown with this move is that they do not care about the fans. All that stuff you see on TV about how they try to promote the game, it’s built on a house of lies. If it were the case that MLB had the best interests of the fans and had the fans first in mind, they wouldn’t be doing everything they’re doing with the Oakland A’s.”
Fuck John Fisher.