What a night for Oakland.
27,759 fans in attendance
$35,000 raised for fan-funded giveaway
$811,107 donated by fans to charity
Still one mission: KEEP THE A’S ROOTED.
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#RootedInOakland
#OAKtogether
"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.
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#FisherOut
"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.
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Loud and clear through the television broadcast: SELL THE TEAM.
Thank you, Dodgers fans, for doing what you can to help the movement continue to take over MLB.
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#FisherOut
“Sell the Team” chants take over DC.
This isn’t just a couple A’s fans being boisterous. This is a demand growing traction across ALL baseball fans.
John Fisher should be embarrassed. And MLB should be embarrassed of him.
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Tonight's attendance officially announced:
27,759.
The largest crowd in Oakland this season. THIS is what Oakland is capable of. Be proud, A's fans.
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Glen Kuiper's statement:
"I wish the Oakland A's and NBC Sports would have taken into consideration my 20-year-career, my solid reputation, integrity, and character, but in this current environment traits like integrity and character are no longer considered."
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Former A's third baseman Josh Donaldson called it like it is regarding John Fisher:
"[Oakland] gets perceived as a small market because of what the team is willing to put out there. One of the wealthiest owners in all of baseball owns the A's."
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"I feel bad for the loyal A’s fans in Oakland... There are a lot of good Oakland fans that have been loyal through the years, through all the stuff they have to deal with. I feel bad for them."
Matt Chapman doesn't hold back on Oakland A's ownership.
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To any and all they think that A’s fans would travel or suddenly spawn in the desert if the team relocated to Las Vegas, here’s a look at the sea of red that took over the Raiders’ game today.
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The "Sell" Shirt is on its way to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
"What we're really documenting here is the voice of fans and fans having a voice in this process."
Huge for Oakland, and another tally in a long list of embarrassments for John Fisher.
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Rob Manfred is one of the worst commissioners in MLB history, and the baseball world let’s him know it as he takes the podium at the
#MLBDraft
.
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The “SELL THE TEAM” chants were so loud after the silent protest to begin the fifth that Hogan Harris thought his PitchCom wasn’t working. Listen to how loud Oakland gets here.
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The Oakland A's have a better 2024 record than:
•St. Louis Cardinals
•Tampa Bay Rays
•Toronto Blue Jays
•San Francisco Giants
•Arizona Diamondbacks
•Pittsburgh Pirates
•Houston Astros
•Los Angeles Angels
•Miami Marlins
•Colorado Rockies
•Chicago White Sox
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BREAKING: John Fisher had all of this to say about the
#ReverseBoycott
last night.
Per reports, Fisher said he "had something he had to do" when approached at the MLB owners' meetings today, then returned to the building with a drink.
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#FisherOut
Trevor May recounts John Fisher “gifting” A’s players with cheap, Gap-brand cowboy boots after news of Vegas relocation broke.
The Fisher family owns Gap and the boots weren’t the right size.
You can’t make this stuff up.
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Here’s what was said during pregame by Glen Kuiper that prompted the apology in the sixth inning. Obviously a slip-up and not intentional, but understandable why he apologized.
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Mason Miller has 28 STRIKEOUTS across just 13.1 innings of work this season.
Ignore his humbleness; he IS the best closer in baseball, and it isn’t close. 🔥
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The Oakland A's bullpen is on a 18.1 inning scoreless streak. 🔥🔥🔥
Their combined line over that stretch: 18.1 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 20 K
The Oakland A's are now 9-0 when leading after seven innings. This bullpen is on FIRE. 🔥
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Former All-Star pitcher Sonny Gray is "feeling some sort of way" about making his return to the Oakland Coliseum tonight in what could be his final ever start at this historic ballpark.
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Never forget that John Fisher chose this. He chose to take the 50+ years of history rooted deeply in the City of Oakland and drop it in the middle of the desert.
Without caring about the history. Without caring about the city. It was always about the money.
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“People definitely say that the Coliseum is bad and it’s all these different things. But when you play there and you become it and you submerge yourself in it…I really loved playing over there and [loved] the grittiness of Oakland.”
-Jesús Luzardo
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In a sea of tone-deafness, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred makes the most tone-deaf comments of all.
Let this fuel add to your fire, Oakland. They are aware. They are complicit. And they do not care.
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#Manfraud
"[John Fisher] owns the team, he's not interested in selling, and I guess it looks like they're moving to Las Vegas right now. Let's just see how that shakes out."
Joe Lacob is ready and waiting to purchase the Oakland A's if the opportunity arises.
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#OTD
in 2014, Yoenis Céspedes made one of the most insane throws in MLB history, recovering from a ball that tipped off his glove, firing in a 300-foot heave to get Howie Kendrick at the plate, & preserving a 1-1 tie in the 8th.
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"That group in the outfield playing the drums and cheering the guys on no matter what...Every inning they were up and cheering the guys on and on. I'll never forget my time in Oakland."
Ex-A's skipper Art Howe feels sorry for the fans in Oakland.
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Tampa Bay Rays starter Tyler Glasnow has nothing but respect for how loud the Oakland Coliseum gets.
Speaking on the Reverse Boycott: "It was pretty gnarly. It was crazy, too, the energy [the Oakland fans] brought."
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It’s going to keep happening. It’s going to keep gaining momentum. It’s not going away until John Fisher sells the team.
Every night these chants happen, every night they’re recognized, MLB is forced to face their failures.
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The "Sell the Team" chants have become so frequent (and consistently loud) that each broadcast is forced to highlight them every single game. That's a huge deal.
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The Oakland A's bullpen has allowed ZERO RUNS over their last 23 1/3 innings pitched. 🔥🔥🔥
Their combined line over that stretch: 23.1 IP, 8 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 29 K
10-0 record when leading after 7 Innings.
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Jeff Passan isn't buying that the A's to Vegas is a done deal:
"Until a shovel goes into the ground & until you see steel beams moved to create this stadium, I’m not going to say a single thing about the Oakland A’s becoming the Las Vegas A’s. We’re a long ways off."
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in 2012, Josh Hamilton lost a fly ball in the midday Coliseum sun, letting the go-ahead runs to score in Game 162, and allowing the Oakland A’s to steal the AL West from the Texas Rangers, who had led the division all year.
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The “Sell the Team” chants can be heard, in spite of a very intentional, scheduled Shohei Ohtani interview on the television broadcast at the same time.
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The Future is finally here.
The Oakland A's are set to call up two of their top three prospects, Tyler Soderstrom and Zack Gelof. Both players are expected to make their debuts in Oakland this Friday.
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This Oakland A's team is DIFFERENT. 👀👀
The 2023 Oakland A's didn't get their 14th win until June 7 (14-50).
The 2024 Oakland A's just won their 14th game before the end of April (14-17).
They're 13-10 over their last 23.
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This Oakland A’s bullpen is NASTY. 🤢
They extend their 23.1 INNING SCORELESS STREAK tonight after another masterful performance.
Their combined line over that stretch: 23.1 IP, 8 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 29 K
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in 2007, Marco Scutaro smoked a walk-off, three-run home run against all-time great and shutdown closer Mariano Rivera, giving the Oakland A’s an improbable, comeback win against the Yankees while they were down to their final out.
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in 2018, the Oakland A’s won a wild one against Houston. Bottom nine, Nick Martini collected an RBI double to score Ramón Laureano after replay review, and Matt Olson capped off the comeback with a mammoth shot in the 10th.
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“This is not an Oakland problem. This is a baseball problem.”
@scottbraun
continues to nail it alongside
@MayorShengThao
, who is rocking a Ballers cap at
#FansFest2024
.
Thao: “Good luck, Las Vegas…Fisher’s gonna do John Fisher things.”
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Mason Miller is UNREAL. 🔥
He overpowers Juan Soto on three pitches for second time this series.
Look at Soto’s body language throughout this at-bat; he’s absolutely beside himself. That’s one of the best hitters on the planet, DOMINATED.
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From Glen Kuiper:
"Please know racism is in no way a part of me; it never has been and never will be...I love the game of baseball and I love being a broadcaster, and I love the Bay Area community. I hope I will be remembered for that."
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#OTD
in 1987, Oakland hosted its lone All-Star Game at the Coliseum. The Oakland A’s were represented by All-Stars Jay Howell and Mark McGwire.
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Mayor Sheng Thao (
@MayorShengThao
) calls out Rob Manfred's myriad of lies in a pointed response:
"That's totally false. There was a very concrete proposal...Why is the threshold so high here compared to Las Vegas?"
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Mason Miller has been so dominant that no one seems to be talking about Lucas Erceg, who may quietly be the best setup man in baseball.
He’s allowed just one hit over his last 8.2 IP and he’s punched out ten along with 1.54 ERA on the season.
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in 2002, the Oakland A’s won their 20th consecutive game thanks to a walk-off home run off the bat of Scott Hatteberg. Oakland had given up eleven unanswered runs before making American League history with this walk-off.
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in 2014, Josh Donaldson sent the Coliseum into a frenzy after a walk-off, three-run home run to give the Oakland A’s a victory over one of that year’s biggest rivals, the Baltimore Orioles.
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Mason Miller gives an incredibly mature answer to the question of whether or not he understood Mark Kotsay’s decision to pull him after seven no-hit innings.
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Here’s Marcus Semien getting his first look at his World Series ring. Think he regrets turning down his one-year, deferred contract offer with the Oakland A’s?
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A "Sell the Team" chant can be heard through the broadcast in Toronto during the first inning of the A's and Blue Jays series.
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in 2017, Khris Davis crushes not one, but two home runs on Opening Night in Oakland to power the A’s over the Angels.
The Oakland Coliseum was packed with over 36,000 fans that night.
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“It’s not just John Fisher…The community has to provide support…It’s not going to happen.”
Rob Manfred doesn’t blame John Fisher for the A’s relocating, he blames Oakland.
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During the Yankee broadcast, the YES Network commentators showed their skepticism of A’s baseball in Las Vegas and credited the crowd of A’s fans who showed up tonight in New York. One fan in a “Fisher Out” shirt was shown.
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The Oakland A's have now won SIX consecutive games.
After what was arguably their best win on the season against the best team in baseball, and on the doorstep of the Reverse Boycott, how are we feeling, A's fans?
Drop those overreactions below⤵️⤵️:
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Here’s Jeff Van Gundy’s praise of the Oakland A’s franchise and his plea for a competent owner to buy them to keep them rooted.
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There is nothing quite like the silent treatment that comes after a first career dinger. Zack Gelof gets that very treatment on his way back to the dugout tonight.
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in 2010, on Mother’s Day, Dallas Braden (
@DALLASBRADEN209
) threw the 19th perfect game in MLB history, setting down a menacing Tampa Bay Rays club for 27 straight outs in front of his beloved grandmother.
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THE OAKLAND A'S ARE COMING FOR THE AL WEST CROWN. 👑
SIX STRAIGHT WINS 🔥
THREE STRAIGHT SERIES WINS 🔥🔥
16-10 RECORD OVER THEIR LAST 26 GAMES 🔥🔥🔥
THE OFFENSE IS ALIVE 🔥🔥🔥🔥
THE BULLPEN IS DEADLY 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
THIS. TEAM.
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With yesterday’s news of Glen Kuiper’s termination, this Ramón Laureano home run in Kansas City becomes the final “That baby is gone” of Kuiper’s twenty-year Oakland broadcasting career.
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Six years ago, the A’s celebrated their 50th Anniversary of being “Rooted in Oakland” by giving away free tickets to all in attendance.
They took pride in their fans, and their fans took pride in them.
Oh, how much everything has changed.
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Esteury Ruiz just robbed Aaron Judge of extra bases. And with that, John Fisher is probably on the phone right now to get Ruiz shipped back to Triple-A.
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Senator Hansen: "Why are they leaving Oakland? ... I have this sensation that they are abandoning a community that they undoubtedly made very similar commitments to in the past."
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#VegasBeware
#FisherOut
Mason Miller might just be the best closer in baseball.
This April so far: 5 GP, 7 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 14 K, 3-for-3 on save opportunities
NASTY. 🤢 🤢🤢
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in 2019, Ramón Laureano robbed a home run at the wall before kicking off “maybe the greatest double play you’ve ever seen:” a wild overthrow over the first base bag, corralled and fired over to second on a jump throw to end the inning.
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How can you look at all of these Oakland fans packing Jack London Square in A’s gear and not think of what could have been?
MLB and A’s ownership are abandoning this great opportunity.
#FansFest2024
#SellTheTeam
This is the story of
#OpeningDay
across the league. There is no fanbase like the Oakland A's fanbase, and MLB insists on abandoning them.
#SellTheTeam
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"If he does get his stadium in Las Vegas, the night before it opens, after everyone has left the grand opening party, I hope the place burns down on him. Screw that guy. He is the worst."
@DamonBruce
didn't hold back on John Fisher.
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#FisherOut