Anybody who‘s still showing up to A’s games deserves a ton of credit. It’s been more than a month since the stadium was even half-full (three months if you exclude games against the neighboring Giants) as Oakland limps to what’s likely to be the franchise’s worst record in more than 100 years and in what’s likely to be one of its final seasons in the city.
Some 6,294 hardy souls did show up for Tuesday night’s game at the Coliseum against the Mariners, an increase over the 4,972 who came out the night before, but still a paltry sum for an MLB game. The plus side, though, is that the small crowd made hardly any noise, so when home plate umpire Ron Kulpa wanted to get a message across to A’s manager Mark Kotsay, broadcast microphones were able to pick it up loud and clear.
"Hey Kotsay, Kotsay, hey Kotsay, easy...he said he didn't go, he said he didn't go." pic.twitter.com/VHdiRPL98Y
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) September 20, 2023
