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True Dough

(21,467 posts)
12. Great "fast one," Auggie.
Fri Mar 29, 2024, 01:38 AM
Mar 2024

Not your velocity, the swerve in attendance figures in your OP!

Some A's "fans" remained in the parking lot in protest.

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Thousands of Athletics fans gathered in the Coliseum's south parking lot before Thursday night's Opening Day game against the Cleveland Guardians to try out a new way of displaying their displeasure with the team's ownership: showing up but staying away.

In what might be the beginning of the team's final season in Oakland, fans waved hundreds of "SELL" flags, ate free tacos and listened to live music. What most of them didn't do was enter the stadium to watch the game, choosing to continue the party through the night by watching the game on a blowup projection screen. The announced crowd for the game -- 13,522.

"This will be the first time since 2006 that I've missed Opening Day," said Jorge Leon, the president of the Oakland 68s, an influential fan group. "Opening Day used to be a holiday for all of us. We'd take the day off and celebrate from 11 a.m. to the first pitch. This is hard."

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39830102/a-fans-protest-move-watching-opener-parking-lot

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Yep I'm watching it now. Diamond_Dog Mar 2024 #1
Great night for Bieber, right? Auggie Mar 2024 #2
It sure is. Diamond_Dog Mar 2024 #4
Sadly, yes Auggie Mar 2024 #6
Since I don't follow things like this very closely, PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2024 #3
It would be in a small park, Auggie Mar 2024 #5
Don't forget. that number is for the empty seats. usonian Mar 2024 #7
Thanks for the math Auggie Mar 2024 #8
BTW, Stephen Vogt's first game as an MLB manager is a win Auggie Mar 2024 #9
Stephen is THE BEST. usonian Mar 2024 #10
What did they expect when they announced they were moving the team? Bleacher Creature Mar 2024 #11
Their Total Player Payroll... ProfessorGAC Mar 2024 #14
Great "fast one," Auggie. True Dough Mar 2024 #12
Thanks, but it's not my idea Auggie Mar 2024 #13
16,905 fans at Progressive Field today True Dough Apr 2024 #15
They took 3 out of 4 from Boston last week at Fenway Auggie Apr 2024 #16
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