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Originally Posted by G1911
A bunch of people, who didn't attend games for years, paid money to the guy they finally showed up to whine about for moving the team they didn't ever go see or support until they gave up and left. I'm not sure why people here thought that not having an embarrassing attendance for 1 game was going to do anything, but I don't understand lots of things. I've heard more about the A's from people who didn't seem to care for the last 15 years this week than I have in the last 15 years combined.
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The demise of this franchise started way back when Bud Selig okayed the sale to John Fisher, I have a low opinion of both those people, Fisher who never intended to invest in a winning ball club and is a silver spoon entitled unsuccessful business man whose Schtick is buying sports teams with his Mommys money, and is the furthest thing from a baseball man. Joe Lakob has had a standing offer to buy the team for over a decade.
That Joe Lakob who bought the Warriors, kept them in Oakland, and invested in the team resulting in 4 NBA championships in 8 years. The sport doesn't need Primadonnas like Fisher.
MLB is also to blame. After the announcement fans hung banners asking to sell the Team, when Ryan Noda hit a homer to right MLB cropped out the banners from its video highlights. And later apologized when they were called on their bullshit.
The City of Oakland also bears responsibility for screwing the Pooch, thinking they had more power than everyone else and the arrogance that comes with that.
Bad folks all the way around, and the guy who suffers is the working class fan who cares more about his team than any of the people mentioned. You want an example of what's wrong with society? This clusterfuck is a perfect example.
Bill Veeck, where are we when we need you...
06-14-2023, 10:10 PM
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