As a reminder, and supported by my past tweets, I LOVE the
#Athletics
organization: the staff, players, minor league staff and players. I am fiercely protective of my
#BabyAs
.
This “move”, if it happens, is absolutely horrible for the A’s fans.
@HarrisonLansing
@fordm
@Benjamin_Moore
@SherwinWilliams
I'll bet it was the marketing guy who got his feathers' ruffled who filed the "complaint". Also, it's a shitty marketing person who takes so damn long to reply to a young, passionate trusted employee!
He said he only shops at
@Lowes
these days. Cha CHING!
@MollyMcKew
The guy who considers all those heroes to be “losers”:
✅ Arrived late
(zero masks to be found, despite being “mandated” by Arlington Cemetery)
✅ Kept families waiting in the rain 🌧
✅ Still doesn’t know he puts his hand over his heart (not salute)
and
✅ Stayed for 6 minutes
#athletics
Ben Bracewell
FA signee from Mississippi State in 2014. Had labrum surgery, then Tommy John before signing with an Indy League team before the
#Athletics
signed him.
If you’re not cheering for his success, it’s on you.
If this doesn’t epitomize
@MLB
/
@Athletics
related this year, I don’t know what does.
Along the inside wall of
#PlayBallPark
are banners of each team’s perspective all stars.
The ONLY one with his face covered (and I know because I went back to check) is Rooker’s. Unreal.
Mickey McDonald and Nick Allen
Drafted by the
#Athletics
in 2017; teammates through the minor leagues;
Made their MLB debuts one day apart
💚💛
#BabyAs
Thanks to Nick’s dad for sharing this great photo!
@allinwithchris
@CoriBush
Yes!!!
“It’s part of job: if you work at McDonalds or some place and don’t have your uniform, you don’t work.”
“Have these people ever flown? You can’t just walk on to a plane without going through security.”
It really is nice to see the coverage each visiting team’s broadcasts give the
#ReverseBoycott
and the daily fight of the fans to keep THEIR team in Oakland.
#SellTheTeam
I was driving so couldn’t say it in real time, OUTSTANDING JOB on the
#SellTheTeam
Chant!! Omg, it was all you could hear!
Kudos to Ken Korach who addressed the chant, and even used the words, “Sell the team”, didn’t sidestep.
He talked about the importance of a passionate base
@9thFloorAZ
@dougducey
As the mother of two public school educators, who I miss very much, I am grateful neither is in AZ.
Even backass Arkansas values their teachers more than AZ.
#Athletics
Khris Davis, getting loose in AZ after signing a minor league deal with the club, drove in Zack Gelof with a fly ball to deep center field for the first run of the game!
@dougducey
@JoeBiden
Had to wait til I stopped laughing at this ridiculous thread...but there is one thing you can claim, Dougie: you have united us AZ residents.
D’s, R’s, or I’s (🙋🏻♀️), we all feel the same way about you. 🤬🤢
If this doesn’t epitomize
@MLB
/
@Athletics
related this year, I don’t know what does.
Along the inside wall of
#PlayBallPark
are banners of each team’s perspective all stars.
The ONLY one with his face covered (and I know because I went back to check) is Rooker’s. Unreal.
When I was 9(?), I wrote & directed a play that my friends performed, about a girl playing in a game when two Dodgers, Steve Yeager and Bill Buckner see her & sign her to play for LA 🤣
Summer school was close to the stadium so I invited both players. Buckner showed up
#RIP
😢
@cher
YOU... frickin’ CHER(!!)... picked up the phone YOURSELF (!!) and called the USPS last summer TO VOLUNTEER! Plus, your activism (with actions and not just words) is well documented, just like your workout regimen.
Your heart is matched by your efforts. 💕
With the BS thanks to the horrible
@athletics
owner, especially after a night like tonight, when I spent quality time with those on the Player Development side, I need to emphasize that what that asshole Fisher does is NOT in any way who this org is. At all.
#SellTheDamnTeam
Talked with
#WhiteSox
Luis Robert's uncle and agent today. Very nice men, gave the final word on his last name:
"Robert": with a hard-t, just like it's spelled.
@billazbbphotog
and I - both persnickety about things like correct pronunciation - both satisfied with the result
@kylegriffin1
@SenatorSinema
you HAVE TO support the Covid relief package. The second time this week where you've gone rogue and as your constituent, I'm not happy. At all. ESPECIALLY ON THIS ISSUE. You know the disadvantage we have in AZ having the Governor we're stuck with. We need the help!
2/20/15
Matt Olson reporting to his first big league camp - the new stadium- Hohokam. Like his first day of kindergarten; so excited. I took this shot to send his mom before I walked him to the clubhouse.
3/15/22
Matt’s first day at
#Braves
camp. Same young man.
#Athletics
Just to the right is where the
#stadiumscam
edifice is half-assed proposed to be.
I’ve asked many Vegas residents (workers of all levels) and without any insight or prejudice, they all answered the same: they DO WANT a baseball team, but they DON’T want the
@Athletics
🤷🏻♀️
Before
#Athletics
power hitting 1B / OF Seth Brown makes his well-earned MLB debut tonight, let's travel back to June 2015.
A 19th Rd pick from Lewis-Clark State College (✍🏼Jim Coffman) who made his pro debut (6/22) in
#AZL
before heading to VT.
So happy for Brown & his family!
@johnlegend
@MLB
Don’t forget it was Tony Clark and the Players’ Union (
@MLB_PLAYERS
) that started the discussion. There’s NO WAY the owners / league would start this
#Athletics
Cobie Fletcher-Vance (2018: 18th round, Alabama) first spring training game. Impressed with his defense at 3rd base, and worked a 6 pitch at bat into a hit.
In the event that this needs to be said:
DO NOT INVOLVE PLAYERS OR THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS IN ANNNNY OF THIS!
Don’t ask opinions, don’t try to make them choose sides, nothing. They are trying to make a living and live out their dream.
They don’t have a say in who drafts them.
Grant Judkins signed as a free agent in 2020. The finance grad played four years at the University of Iowa and finished with a 2.33 ERA
Judkins spent his rookie season with the Stockton Ports striking out 63 batters in 48.2 IP
#Athletics
#Instructs
#athletics
CJ Rodriguez, 5th round pick out of Vanderbilt, by way of Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, CA, made his professional debut as the starting catcher, and batting 5th, against the SFGiants-Black team.
#MLBDraft
#VandyBoys
Chad Pinder’s final AB is a single. They asked for the ball.
And if that wasn’t enough, in the lineup with him: Eli White
AND DANIEL ROBERTSON 😭
I’m so glad Chad and DRob were together. It’s bittersweet 💚💛
#ForeverBabyAs
#athletics
Source: MLB just informed clubs that they can begin scouting amateur events again, max of 3 scouts per club per event. Perfect Game National begins the summer showcase circuit for 2021 draft prospects on Wednesday in Birmingham, AL. Great news for scouts getting back to work.
#WhiteSox
Seby Zavala opened a lot of eyes this fall. Smart, patient power-hitter; sees a lot of pitches and hits to all sides of the field.
Loved by his pitchers, beast behind the plate, and has never been referred to as "talkative."
#GlendaleDesertDogs
#AFL17
@Adrian_Fontes
@Richer4Recorder
I am still in utter disbelief that you had any opposition whatsoever. You are a true professional and I am grateful for all you’ve done for us in Maricopa County.
I look forward to voting for you again soon!
Been praying hard for both Webby and his fiancé. Feel so helpless at times like this.
We chatted once this spring, but he's scheduled to return to the AZL this summer so we said we'd catch up then.
Here are some of my favorite Webby pics & moments.
#Covid_19
#athletics
Just gonna say this: I, for one, will no longer spend one dime on
@athletics
ANYTHING. And no, I’ve never been given ANYTHING by the team, ever. Everything I have and have done has been on my own dime.
No more.
Instructs on Thursday
#Athletics
at Camelback Ranch against the Dodgers.
OF Lawrence Butler, 6th Rd, 2018, Westlake HS, Atlanta, GA, didn't turn 18 until mid-July.
Get this kid some shades; his future is so bright!
SO MANY fans in OAK, like my friend
@RFWill149
, love the team with their whole hearts, IN SPITE OF Kaval & Fisher.
They plan vacations around
@Athletics
road trips - with an MiLB stop or two and probably spend more % of their $$ on the club than ownership spends on the roster.
Welcome back,
@DJefferies22
! Two strike outs to 3 batters in the 1st. A 40-pitch-limit tonight is his first step back to winning baseball!
#Athletics
#AZL
#Athletics
Austin Piscotty, 38th round pick, 2018 from St. Mary's has retired.
Though we only got to see him a little bit in the
#AZL
before he moved to Vermont, I'll still refer to Stephen as "Austin's brother."
Wishing Austin the best in his next path.
My heart is full as I scroll through the hashtag
#FansFest2024
to get a glimpse of yesterday’s historic event. A FAN Fest organized and paid for by A’s FANS (because the team stopped hosting them the last few years.)
I’m an outsider who marvels at the spirit of this fan base💚💛
We are confident, with the proper resources, we will defeat John Fisher’s Las Vegas stadium deal. Please join hundreds of Nevada educators and Oakland A’s fans in donating to the effort.
Drew Millas. Oakland's 7th round pick, 2019, Missouri State.
When he plays in a minor league game this season, he will make his professional debut.
And he's ready.