Guardian.com report - Furious Oakland Athletics fans came en masse with a single message to owner John Fisher. “Sell the team!” they chanted thousands of times during the A’s 2-1 victory against the Tampa Bay Rays.
Thousands of frustrated A’s fans arrived early for tailgating and solidarity at the Oakland Coliseum before the game to celebrate their team – and protest against a planned relocation to Las Vegas. They called it a reverse boycott aimed at bringing as many people as possible to the ballpark, complete with bright green “SELL” T-shirts.
A season-best crowd of 27,759 was the largest for an A’s game on a Tuesday since they drew 33,654 against the Los Angeles Dodgers in August 2018. Fans jumped up and danced in their seats when Trevor May finished for the save that continued Oakland’s seven-game winning streak.
But moments later, garbage was thrown on the field, and police and security took to the field. That's a great way to show support for your team. Well played, A's fans...
Don't worry. Some rich Saudi will buy the team to make him look 'honorable'.
ReplyDeleteIt's Oakland. The team is lucky they weren't mugged and shot.
ReplyDeleteLet me see, I have a choice of putting my team in luxurious Las Vegas in a brand new, 1.5 billion dollar stadium, or staying in that garbage dump known as Oakland, with an outdated dump of a stadium and no attendance.....hmmmm.....what to do, what to do....
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