This is cool, but I still want the A’s in Vegas.
The Oakland Athletics rank dead-last in attendance, but the franchise’s fanbase wants to show the rest of Major League Baseball that one still exists.
Former A’s season-ticket holder Stu Clary has helped organize a reverse boycott of seeing the team play at its Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum for the June 13 game against the Tampa Bay Rays, according to FanNation’s Jason Burke.
The fans’ goal is to pack the Coliseum for the contest, showing that a fanbase for the Athletics still exists, despite horrible attendance for the ball club.
In 2022, Oakland was ranked last in all of Major League Baseball with an average attendance of 9,973 fans per game, and here in 2023, they’re also dead-last with a tally of 12,254 in the early season.
“We picked June 13 because we wanted to come up with a random weeknight game vs. someone other than Giants, Yankees or Red Sox—in other words a game that would be poorly attended ordinarily,” Clary said to Burke.
The idea is to pack the Coli on a random weeknight, showing @mlb and the country that us fans are not the problem
Hope to see you there. Please share @LockedOnAs @89wastolongago @linusalf @OaklandRooted @OakStadiumWatch @RealRyanMesick @As_Fan_Radio @dipskp @AsHotDog pic.twitter.com/Rwq0LpPuAD— Stu Clary (@hecanfoos) April 14, 2023
I’m with this Twitter account:
No extra hype. No reverse boycott. No grass roots effort. Just Las Vegas baseball fans supporting professional baseball. Time to bring the Athletics to Las Vegas, the Sports and Entertainment Capital of the World. #LasVegas #SportsCapital #LasVegasAthletics #MLB https://t.co/rM77A8C3xf
— Las Vegas: Sports Capital Of The World (@LVPROSPORTS) April 16, 2023
It’s obvious what Oakland Athletics fans are doing, they’re trying to save the team from moving to Las Vegas because they know ownership is out here trying to make it happen, and on top of that, Sin City wants them.
I hate to break it to A’s fans, but the damage has already been done. (RELATED: Former NFL Player Chris Smith Dead At 31, According To High School He Attended)
The Oakland Athletics will soon become the Las Vegas Athletics. Take it to the bank.