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@melissalockard

7 months

The sequel to Moneyball is going to be so depressing

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8 months

Kate is currently throwing on flat ground from 120 feet

GB News

@GBNEWS

8 months

Princess Kate on track for Easter return

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3 years

Kyler Murray is Rule 5 draft eligible

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11 months

Gotta admire Ohtani's optimism that we still have a functioning society in 2043.

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7 years

I feel bad for the Irsay family. Must hurt to have someone promise one thing and then go somewhere else without warning.

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@melissalockard

2 years

There’s a kid dressed as a home plate ump here and he’s calling balls and strikes. This is awesome!

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@melissalockard

6 years

Yesterday I said goodbye to the love of my life. My thoughts on our life and love and our bond over sports:

The Athletic Bay Area

@TheAthleticSF

6 years

A love for all seasons, by @melissalockard . (This story is free for all to read.)

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@melissalockard

1 month

BART train at MacArthur just beeped “Let’s go Oakland” 🥺

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@melissalockard

1 year

Trevor May taking a moment to soak everything in before throwing the final pitch in the reverse boycott game was my favorite moment from the season. His Twitch video today might have just surpassed it.

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Melissa Lockard

@melissalockard

1 year

I’ve always been struck by how many Oakland A’s fans identified with the team and the city because of its underdog status. This move hurts on so many levels but perhaps the biggest is just yet another defeat for the little guy in a world that is seemingly stacked up against them.

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Melissa Lockard

@melissalockard

3 years

A’s release an official medical update on Chris Bassitt. All things considered it seems like good news for his long term health. Thoughts with him and his family as he continues to recover.

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Melissa Lockard

@melissalockard

4 years

I honestly can’t imagine anything in life being cooler than owning a baseball team. Imagine being that lucky and instead of enjoying it every second of every day, you try to squeeze every last dollar out of it like it’s a widget company.

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Melissa Lockard

@melissalockard

2 years

John Fisher making a $62 million profit with the A's last season is nauseating.

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Melissa Lockard

@melissalockard

4 years

Just for fun, they should open on July 29th and keep the July 31st trade deadline.

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Melissa Lockard

@melissalockard

6 years

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all of your kind words about Chris. I am overwhelmed with the response to our story and I can't individually respond to all of you but know that I have read each one and it means the world.

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@melissalockard

1 year

Marcus Semien, Sonny Gray, Sean Murphy, Matt Olson and Jonah Heim are all All-Stars. 🫠

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@melissalockard

1 year

The A’s have made some bad trades in recent years. This is going to be the worst.

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@melissalockard

7 months

Can't wait until the East Coast gets fog so we get to learn about that too.

ABC7 News

@abc7newsbayarea

7 months

What is an earthquake? This is what happens when the ground starts to shake

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@melissalockard

3 years

This would be a good day for the business side of the A's operation to give the baseball side a break and do the right thing and cut ticket prices. Rebuilds require some good will. Payroll will be low, ticket costs should be low. Make it a party.

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@melissalockard

1 year

Man, this Manfred presser is something. I think I might be done with this sport from an entertainment perspective.

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@melissalockard

1 year

Look, the A's should have lost money this year. As an owner, if you create a product that is designed to be poor, people shouldn't buy it. I'm not sure why claiming a $40 million loss this season is proof of anything but the owner's own ill-intent.

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@melissalockard

8 months

Disappointed the A’s didn’t start Max Muncy against Max Muncy and the Dodgers today. We missed out on Maximum Muncys (Muncii?).

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@melissalockard

3 years

Man, Chris Bassitt and Mark Canha are going to be such big media stars in NY.

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Melissa Lockard

@melissalockard

28 days

Joe Lacob should buy the A’s and make Steph Curry president of baseball operations

Janie McCauley

@JanieMcCAP

28 days

Stephen Curry on his beloved Oakland losing the A’s and the huge void it creates:

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Melissa Lockard

@melissalockard

9 months

The Fisher family has spent millions of dollars on leaving their family name on things as a legacy around the Bay Area, but the only legacy they will be remembered for is this incompetent bullshit.

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@melissalockard

1 year

Is John Fisher the least-popular person in the Bay Area?

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Melissa Lockard

@melissalockard

3 years

This is unacceptable. It’s one thing to be cheap, it’s another not to have basic common courtesy & respect for 1 of the greatest players to don the Oakland A’s uniform. Dave Stewart’s number retirement ceremony should be a weekend-long celebration, not some last minute event.

Dave “Smoke” Stewart

@Dsmoke34

3 years

@GlennRecon I have no idea what the A’s are doing. At this point they can just retire the number with no celebration as far as I’m concerned. Come to the park and it will be on display with the other retired numbers. If you find out something before I do, please let me know? 🙄

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Melissa Lockard

@melissalockard

1 month

Bringing my kids to their last Oakland A's game tonight. Feels super crummy

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@melissalockard

3 years

🙏 for Chris Bassitt

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@melissalockard

1 year

How much does it have to hurt the many people who have worked for the A's for decades to see the team framed as "a joke" and "one of the league's least successful franchises" after so many years of success? Fisher and Kaval are systematically killing the legacies of so many.

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Melissa Lockard

@melissalockard

3 years

The A’s messaging problem has always been that they don’t celebrate their fan base the way they should. It may not be the biggest but it’s the most unique and is fiercely loyal. That has continued despite 25 years of being told they weren’t good enough.

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@melissalockard

1 year

I am genuinely puzzled why the team-controlled outlets have taken this editorial stance on the protest. By blatantly ignoring or erasing it, it only draws more attention to it, and legitimizes it, which seems like the opposite of what these outlets are going for. Bizarre.

Drew McGowan

@DrewMcGowan

1 year

Unbelievable! Was just watching the replay of today’s A’s/Giants game and they literally skipped the first batter in the top of the 5th. I had to rewind to confirm and yep, they skipped from the bottom of the 3rd directly to the 4th batter in the 5th. #SELL

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@melissalockard

1 year

To go through all that only to end up in another publicly owned stadium that will deliver Fisher no other obvious revenue streams and in a smaller market is just such an L. He could have rebuilt a stadium at the Coliseum site if this is all he wanted and would be much better off.

Owen Poindexter

@owenpoindexter

1 year

Here's the joint statement from the A's and NV leaders. Only thing new-ish here is that the stadium would be publicly owned. Legislators still haven't seen an actual proposal, but that's supposedly coming any day now.

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@melissalockard

1 year

There will never be anything like this at any other MLB venue.

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@melissalockard

1 year

There’s a party at the Coliseum on Tuesday, and you’re all invited. On the origins of the reverse boycott and other Oakland A’s fans efforts to save their team from relocation:

A’s fans to take one last stand against relocation with reverse boycott: ‘It’s gonna be a fun party’

On Tuesday, A's fans will have their voices heard. “We want the whole thing to be like kind of one last party at the Coliseum."

www.nytimes.com

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Melissa Lockard

@melissalockard

2 years

This trot around the bases should replace the dictionary definition for joy. Saving this video for whenever I need a pick-me-up.

Oakland A's

@Athletics

2 years

How can you not be romantic about baseball?

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@melissalockard

1 year

Building a new stadium with the sole intent to stay on the revenue sharing program is some pretty sad sack stuff. Wouldn’t rush to build those LV trophy cases.

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@melissalockard

1 year

The boos for Rob Manfred are fueling my soul

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Melissa Lockard

@melissalockard

2 years

An end of an era: The A's have designated Jed Lowrie for assignment. They've also placed Paul Blackburn on the injured list. Fremont native Cal Stevenson is getting the call from Triple A, as is newly acquired lefty JP Sears.

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Melissa Lockard

@melissalockard

3 years

Khris Davis two-strike, two-out walk-off HR for @AviatorsLV . The joy you need tonight.

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Melissa Lockard

@melissalockard

2 years

Been trying to put some thoughts together all morning. Not sure this will come out correctly, and may be a mistake, but I’m sad and thought I’d share. I can’t remember the first A’s game I went to. It’s been a constant for as much of my life as I can recall.

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@melissalockard

1 year

Tonight's attendance: 27,759. In the famous words of Ray Fosse, "Wow."

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Melissa Lockard

@melissalockard

1 year

Narrator: It most certainly has not been worse for him.

Talkin’ Baseball

@TalkinBaseball_

1 year

A’s owner John Fisher spoke with three protestors at the owners meetings in Texas and told them his patience had run out after 18 years of trying to find a solution to keep the team in Oakland

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7 months

Hello from my favorite place on earth

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@melissalockard

5 years

Shoutout to Brett Anderson. I think the A’s would have been thrilled if you said in March he gave you 140 innings. He goes 176 with a 3.89 ERA. Underrated glue in that rotation.

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@melissalockard

1 year

John Fisher should be embarrassed about a lot of things, but the Lance Lynn to the Rays rumor is another reminder that two teams were in stadium limbo and Fisher chose to quit while Sternberg kept his foot on the gas. No excuses for Fisher’s behavior.

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Melissa Lockard

@melissalockard

3 years

In my lifetime, I’ve seen Carney Lansford, Eric Chavez, Josh Donaldson and Chapman man the A’s hot corner. Incredible defenders all, but Chapman, to me, was the best of them. And he could probably be a GG SS if he moved there too.

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Melissa Lockard

@melissalockard

1 year

A Bay Area team hasn't messed up a QB draft pick this badly since the A's took Kyler Murray

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Melissa Lockard

@melissalockard

7 months

Vegas about to learn the other side of those parallel paths.

Mick Akers

@mickakers

7 months

The A’s filed to trademark “Sacramento Athletics” and “Sacramento A’s” despite noting they will not use a city designation while in Sacramento. #vegas #sacramento #athletics #mlb

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Melissa Lockard

@melissalockard

1 year

White Sox fans are planning a reverse boycott when the A's are in town to show their displeasure with their current situation and lend their support to A's fans.

SelltheTeamJR

@SelltheTeamJR

1 year

There will be a Reverse Boycott night at Guaranteed Rate Field on Thursday, August 24th against the Oakland Athletics! Lets treat this like a Blackout Night and show the FO that the fans are fed up! We want change at the TOP. -Wear BLACK -Be LOUD -Be PROUD #whitesox

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Melissa Lockard

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3 years

A reminder that Darin Ruf is not only a good hitter, but a very nice man. From @extrabaggs earlier this year, one of my favorite stories of the season:

Darin Ruf’s family is feeding San Francisco’s homeless, 1 brown bag at a time

Ruf's baseball career has taken his family on many adventures. The latest is in San Francisco, where they are lending a helping hand.

www.nytimes.com

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Melissa Lockard

@melissalockard

2 months

It’s a real indictment of the last 30 years of A’s ownership that only one player who debuted after 1990 is on this list. Just sit with that for a moment.

Mike Selleck

@MikeSelleck

2 months

Here are the players with the Most Games Played in Coliseum History:

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Melissa Lockard

@melissalockard

2 years

Well, I’m out. It’s been fun. 🫡

Casey Pratt

@CaseyAPratt

2 years

Statement from the A’s:

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Melissa Lockard

@melissalockard

3 years

Ray Fosse announces that he's stepping away from broadcasting to focus on his battle with cancer. I can't think of anyone who embodies the Oakland A's more completely than Ray. Hoping for a full recovery for Ray, and the day we can all cry "Wow!" when he rings that bell.

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Melissa Lockard

@melissalockard

3 years

A’s baseball will never be the same without Ray. He’d love this scrappy team too.

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Melissa Lockard

@melissalockard

2 years

Jonah Bride is being called up to make his major-league debut for the A’s this week!

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Melissa Lockard

@melissalockard

1 year

I think attendance posts are dumb but it should be noted the A’s outdrew the Rays, Royals and Marlins today despite (*waves hands*) everything.

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Melissa Lockard

@melissalockard

8 months

Gorgeous Bay day. Imagine wanting to leave here to play in a dome

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@melissalockard

7 months

@SultanOfClout @Athletics That’s their minor leaguers. Colby Halter is in Lansing

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Melissa Lockard

@melissalockard

1 year

Hard to believe in a future for a league that can be operated this poorly.

Evan Drellich

@EvanDrellich

1 year

All 30 MLB owners have received the relocation committee's report on the A's move to Las Vegas and the move is expected to be approved Thursday, sources said — despite some questions about viability. Nevada teachers might now be the biggest hurdle left:

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@melissalockard

1 year

Just arrived at the Coliseum and there’s a lot more people here for 3.5 hours before game time than normal

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@melissalockard

1 year

Starting to think MLB’s biggest problem isn’t old stadiums but crap owners.

jon greenberg

@jon_greenberg

1 year

Right now, more White Sox fans might sign up to help the team pack than to buy season tickets. So what better time than to float a stadium threat? My column on the tragicomic White Sox's season from hell:

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Melissa Lockard

@melissalockard

8 months

Just got home from a great Fans Fest day. You all are awesome! Thanks so much to the @LastDiveBar and @Oakland68s for including me in one of the most memorable events I’ve ever attended. 💚💛

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Melissa Lockard

@melissalockard

1 year

Your Oakland Athletics are the hottest team in baseball. Discuss

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Melissa Lockard

@melissalockard

4 years

Have the A’s tried unplugging and plugging the offense back in?

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Melissa Lockard

@melissalockard

6 years

Also I know people talk down about celebrating qualifying for the wild card but I hope the A’s celebrate the hell out of it. This team was supposed to lose 85+. To be a playoff team of any kind is remarkable.

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Melissa Lockard

@melissalockard

2 years

John Fisher can blame everyone else but he is the reason the A’s don’t have a ballpark yet.

John Shea

@JohnSheaHey

2 years

Totally agree with Alex. John Fisher should pay for infrastructure to get the project moving -- and, hey, what a great PR move -- instead of forcing city to fund it. Joe Lacob has told me he not only has standing offer to buy A's but would pay for infrastructure himself

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Melissa Lockard

@melissalockard

7 months

If the A’s had won the WS, they would’ve handed out Ring Pops

Texas Rangers

@Rangers

7 months

Down to the details. 💍

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Melissa Lockard

@melissalockard

3 months

There are so many right and wrong ways to do a break-up. The A's have hosted a masterclass in the wrong ways. It's almost impressive.

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Melissa Lockard

@melissalockard

3 years

11 years is a long time to work anywhere and certainly can't blame Bob Melvin for wanting a new challenge. But hard not to think the A's are losing a potential Hall of Fame manager in his prime.

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Melissa Lockard

@melissalockard

3 years

Ray Fosse was a part of my baseball childhood and getting to meet him as a professional later in life was an honor. I’ll never forget the kindness he showed to my boys after their father passed or that he always asked about them when I saw him.

Oakland A's

@Athletics

3 years

Oakland A’s statement on Ray Fosse:

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@melissalockard

1 year

It is striking to me that a few grumblings from journalists about the playoff format gain the commissioner’s ear but the pleas of tens of thousands of fans on relocation have seemingly no impact whatsoever.

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Melissa Lockard

@melissalockard

6 years

Fuck cancer

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Melissa Lockard

@melissalockard

3 years

Matt Olson is one of my favorite players I’ve ever covered. Always had time to chat, always thoughtful with his answers, never got down when things were frustrating. Happy for him that he can be a star in front of family.

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Melissa Lockard

@melissalockard

4 years

So, which GameStop billionaire is going to buy the A's?

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Melissa Lockard

@melissalockard

8 months

The official capacity will be 33,000. The scoreboard may or may induce vertigo.

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Melissa Lockard

@melissalockard

5 months

Still undefeated on reverse boycott games!

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Melissa Lockard

@melissalockard

1 year

Can hear the Sell the Team chant loud and clear as Babe Rooker lines a double to right.

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Melissa Lockard

@melissalockard

5 years

One step closer: A.J. Puk is moving up to Triple-A Las Vegas.

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Melissa Lockard

@melissalockard

7 months

If John Fisher and MLB think a 90 minute drive is far enough away to escape fan scorn, I have an armadillo-design for a stadium to sell them.

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Melissa Lockard

@melissalockard

4 years

Baseball is much less fun without Matt Chapman on the field. His injury is a loss for the game as much as for the A’s. Such a bummer

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Melissa Lockard

@melissalockard

1 year

Imagine being this cynical. Must be a lonely way to live

The Athletic

@TheAthletic

1 year

Reporters asked Rob Manfred many questions about the Oakland Athletics and their potential move to Las Vegas. One of the topics? The reverse boycott held by fans on Tuesday. Full story from @EvanDrellich ⤵️

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Melissa Lockard

@melissalockard

11 months

When @KenKorachRadio moved to the Bay Area 40+ years ago, he was awed by the greatness of the broadcasters in the region. Since then he’s proven a more than worthy successor to that legacy. On the Ford Frick nominee’s Hall of Fame-caliber career:

A’s voice Ken Korach grew his radio roots in the Bay Area, and he sprouted into an all-time great

Korach grew up listening to Vin Scully and later Bill King and Lon Simmons. He's now one step closer to joining them in the Hall of Fame.

www.nytimes.com

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Melissa Lockard

@melissalockard

9 months

So Kaval says they will ramp up spending when they have no fixed place to play, no guaranteed TV $ and, likely, no external players to spend it on (who’s going to buy into a 3-year stretch in a Triple-A park?), but wouldn’t spend when they had a good team and were negotiating HT?

Ken Rosenthal

@Ken_Rosenthal

9 months

Why I remain skeptical about the A’s grandiose plans. Column:

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Melissa Lockard

@melissalockard

3 years

I get that Howard Terminal isn't approved yet. But it's trending the right way and sometimes you have to will things into existence. The A's should be selling a "Get in on the ground floor of the next era of Oakland A's baseball" theme.

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Melissa Lockard

@melissalockard

5 years

Hey, how about we all meet up at the Coliseum on Wednesday?

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@melissalockard

18 days

cc: John Fisher

Bobby Nightengale

@nightengalejr

18 days

🚨BREAKING story from @MillerStrib : Minnesota Twins owner Joe Pohlad says his family is exploring selling the team. @StarTribune

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Melissa Lockard

@melissalockard

27 days

No Ken Korach on this year’s Frick ballot after all he put into this season is a joke.

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@melissalockard

1 year

Zack Gelof has a @LastDiveBar hat in his locker. I think he will be a popular guy here.

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@melissalockard

1 year

A's win! They may never lose again. 2:19 minutes of party for A's fans, who deserve every minute of it (and a million more)

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@melissalockard

1 year

More than four hours until game time and it already looks like an NFL Sunday in A lot at the Coliseum. Beautiful day

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3 years

It was a real joy to get to watch @C_Bass419 grow from a little known prospect to big leaguer and then watch him rebuild himself after Tommy John surgery. The game needs more Chris Bassitts. He'll be missed in Oakland and will be awesome in NY.

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Melissa Lockard

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2 years

Tyler Soderstrom and his 20 HRs are heading to Double-A Midland tomorrow.

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@melissalockard

1 year

“Sell the team” chants begin

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1 month

On the train and heading home. Still can’t believe I won’t just see you all next year. 😢

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Melissa Lockard

@melissalockard

9 months

Cameos from aging superstars aren’t supposed to be that impactful but Thomas’ 2006 season was one of the most memorable A’s seasons in the past 30 years. Just a monster season.

National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum ⚾

@baseballhall

9 months

Heading to the Bay Area 18 years ago today, @TheBigHurt_35 clubbed 39 home runs for Oakland to finish fourth in MVP voting and power the Athletics to the 2006 ALCS.

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Melissa Lockard

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9 months

This is very cool. The Ballers will make a $1.6 million gift-in-kind to renovate historic Raimondi Park and create a 5,000 seat stadium. There are plans to have entertainment areas around the park too.

Mike DeWald

@mike_dewald

9 months

#NEW : The @OaklandBallers have a new, permanent home at historic Raimondi Park in West Oakland. The team will provide more than $1 mil in private funding for upgrades, including video scoreboard. The field will be a public park on non-game days. @KCBSRadio

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@melissalockard

3 years

I like that there is a Jed Lowrie jersey in this photo because this stadium could open in 2030 and somehow Jed would be getting 450 ABs with the A’s

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Melissa Lockard

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2 years

To me, this is very instructive for how these owners view the world. They don’t hear our laments or our outrage at their stupid plans. They see what they want to see and hear what they want to hear because they can.

Sporting Green

@SportingGreenSF

2 years

Major League Baseball’s website posted a clip from the A's game Friday that appeared to be edited to remove a glimpse of fan signs criticizing the team’s ownership and potential move to Las Vegas.

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Melissa Lockard

@melissalockard

1 year

The A’s had the highest payroll in baseball in 1991.

Ben Ross

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1 year

A reminder that the A’s haven’t been no-hit since 1991

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