Aโs fans in Oakland will be waking up soon. Your fellow UK fans stand side by side with you today and everyday.
No team should be taken from its fans. Oakland has the best fans and deserves better than Fisher. Good luck with
#ReverseBoycott
#OAKtogether
#SELL
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MLB taking a Totalitarian state approach to removing criticism of owners is very 'on-brand' of them.
Remember fans: when your owner threatens to take your team away and tears down the roster whilst raising ticket prices, you're supposed to just sit quietly and say thank you ...
No idea what to write that wouldn't risk this account being banned, other than:
We're Oakland A's fans.
We'll never be Vegas A's fans.
No malice towards you if you don't understand that. Just means you have no idea why we love Oakland and the special community there ๐
Lot of the empty seats
@mlbeurope
- indeed we bought our seats on secondary for $10 a seat. Perhaps youโd attract more fans with fairer pricing? Also perhaps just donโt hate your fans?
#OaklandForever
25mins left of 2022 in UK. My year inc. 2 trips to see the A's in NY and OAK. Reminded me that for all we want to see our team win, what matters most is the people we meet and spend time with during the wins and losses.
Here's to 2023 and a binding vote on Howard Terminal! <Matt
Not going to retweet Manfredโs comments. He is a professional bullshitter.
Iโm actually glad MLB are coming to London next week. If he thinks heโs going to swan in, smile and get a nice reception here heโs very much mistaken
Much being made of the 3748 attendance in Oakland last night.
This is what happens when you simultaneously hike the season ticket prices, remove all the benefits of being season ticket holders, blow up the team, crash the wages and continuously threaten to leave town.
Waking up to a 7th straight win and videos and pictures of a fantastic reverse boycott. So proud of the fans on the ground, and a huge thank you to the
@Oakland68s
for the tireless efforts to fight ownership and keep the Aโs in Oakland. We hope you all enjoyed it too๐ฅ๐โ๐ณ๐
Spent a good few hours writing to owners asking them to vote no to the relocation of the Aโs, tried to personalise the letters so hopefully if any actually make it to an owners desk - theyโll be read. ๐ค ~ Dom
As A's fans who enjoy the vast majority of games via the A's TV coverage in UK, Ray Fosse has been a constant companion for many years. Difficult to think of A's moments without Ray's voice and his clear love of the A's. He'll be greatly missed by us all ๐๐๐
#RIPRayFosse
The
@MLB
are a disgrace for this - two full playoff series during the working day for fans in Oakland. We may be the benefactors but we stand in solidarity with our fellow fans in the East Bay.
An owner who genuinely wants to win, puts his money where his mouth is and then is prepared to talk to the press when things aren't going as planned.
Shame there aren't more like that. And that they're not prepared to call out owners who are an embarrassment to MLB
Our banners in all their glory - the Union Jack, our original banner, the Town Business banner by
@KopCraftsman
and the hastily made SELl in green and gold.
#SellTheTeam
#UniteTheBay
End of our trip - home tomorrow. So humbled by the welcome we were given by Oakland fans and so pleased to be able to contribute in some small way to the Stay/Sell campaign. Keep up the fight Oakland, remember, unity is strength. โ
#SellTheTeam
Been sulking a bit to be honest as we got stopped from giving out our cards, but important to say thank you to the dodgers fans who joined in!!! ๐
#SELLTHETEAM
Spotted in London - I shouted sell the team but no response. Think Aโs caps growing in popularity. In the new era flagship store on carnaby street we must have been second most popular after NYY. If only it werenโt for fisherโs bullshit this would be exciting.
The familiar Fisher/Kaval playbook:
+ Come up with an idea
+ Realise that making it a reality is beyond them
+ Announce it anyway
+ Hope someone else figures out the details and how to do it for them
+ If not, get Manfred to blame everyone else for it failing.
And repeat ...
Nevada's Assembly speaker says the Oakland A's have not presented "concrete" language requesting $500 million in public money to help construct a stadium in Las Vegas, and if a proposed bill doesn't materialize soon the Legislature could "run out of time."
Manfred confirming that the main reason Fisher will hand over the Vegas ballpark is so that MLB can keep coming back for more public funds whenever MLB decides any facilities in it are no longer new enough for their liking...
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred hopes the Arizona Diamondbacks can reach a stadium deal for when their lease for Chase Field in Phoenix expires after the 2027 season. MORE โฌ๏ธ
Waking to news worse than a big loss. The Aโs belong to Oakland, this is a crime. Itโs to be fought, but if itโs a battle lost, then the Aโs lose us. We stand with the people of Oakland. ๐ ~ Dom
First game Monday 9.07pm UK in yet another extraordinary move by
@Mlb
where two west coast teams start 4 hours ahead of two east coast teams. Fourth game in a row during the working day for fans in Oakland. Still great timing for UK fans, weโll drink on your behalf ๐ป
Itโs
#OAKtogether
day here in the UK, please support the cause, all signs of solidarity no matter how small will help the cause. Post on social media and use the hashtags
#OAKtogether
#SELL
and tag mlb.
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It was great to be able to be a part of what the
@Oakland68s
and
@LastDiveBar
organised last night and contribute just a little to the fight. This is bigger than all of us, but we show strength in unity โ
#SellTheTeam
~ Dom
Six years ago to the day and Iโm in Oakland, the flag will be at the Coliseum today - along with some more recent efforts. In those six years Iโve made some great friendships, so will celebrate that today.
Very excited, hereโs our stickers for the trip! If youโre at the coliseum on Sept 19-22 come find us for free stickers while stocks last (we got 500 of each)!
#TownBusiness
are going to be given out in the RF bleachers on Thursday/Friday and are a big clue of our gift to RF.
Fans of other teams, please take some time to read this. Does an outstanding job of explaining the truth as to what has been done in, and to, Oakland over the past 15 years or so.
We're not just saying it: the A's situation is not the fault of the fans nor the Oakland market
Strange as it may sound, the stealing of the Oakland Aโs is more than just a sad story.
@DmoWriter
on the long, bizarre relocation saga of the Aโs and the fan base that fought back:
Yes,
@DaveKaval
and Fisher's incompetence and lies have got the once-great Oakland A's franchise to the point where they have to stop an Indy Ball team from playing at the Coli because they know it would outdraw any A's game in 2024 by a wide margin
Today, we were suppose to announce our
@PBL1939
game at the Coliseum on June 29th.
Our lease was signed, deposit paid & the below promo video ready to go.
Unfortunately we've been informed that the Aโs wonโt let us play.
We won't give up & are working to find an alternative.
Members of the Tampa Bay Rays fanbase have issued the following statement regarding the recent media coverage on the Oakland Athletics.
#SaveBaseball
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#MoveTheRaysToTampa
Just your average lunchtime meeting
@Athletics
3rd basemen and superhero
@mattchap6
! He liked the flag we made for the
@Oakland68s
too!
๐ถAinโt nobody, like Matt Chapman! Makes me happy, makes me feel this way!๐ถ
As per Marc's article, MLB has now changed the vide .
Lots of attention towards the cause and now the footage is back to how it should be. Think we can all call that a little victory. ๐
Good job everyone (especially
@JomboyMedia
) for highlighting the issue.
Good evening to
@Athletics
fans in California, to all of you lucky enough to be attending fan fest tomorrow, have a great time and send us photos of the coolest stuff!
#fanfest2018
#rootedinoakland
Thankfully as it's a daygame it was only 11.10pm here in UK so me running around my house celebrating that homer hasn't upset the neighbours (or at least if they did bang on the wall I didn't hear it!) ๐คฃ <Matt