Oakland A’s fans deserve so much more that they’re getting right now and everyone who likes Major League Baseball should be furious over what’s going on with the once-storied franchise that has currently in some really dark times.
As my USA Today Sports colleague, Gabe Lacques, so perfectly explained, the team’s ownership and MLB have basically been pushing away their fanbase while looking toward a future that could have the team leaving town.
Ticket prices, parking prices and just about all the other prices included in attending a game have gone up while the payroll has gone down. They entered this season with a payroll of under $33 million, which was the same they had in 1991 when they had the highest payroll in baseball.
It’s obvious that the franchise doesn’t care about winning and doesn’t want to spend money to build a winner.
And now it’s becoming obvious that the fans are fighting back and not rewarding this disgusting behavior.
The latest example of this came Wednesday when only 2,703 fans attended the Orioles-A’s game at the gigantic/lifeless/archaic Oakland Coliseum.
The scenes from the game should embarrass A’s owner John Fisher and MLB commissioner Rob Manfred but they are probably too soulless to even care.
