Tag Archives: Oakland Athletics
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REWIND: With the Oakland Athletics no more, let’s take a look at the Coliseum
Oakland A’s sell-out crowd as they play final game at Oakland Coliseum on Sept. 26, 2024. Eakin Howard/Getty Images. As of Sept. 26, 2024, the Oakland Athletics are dead. The team still has a series on the road before it becomes the “Athletics” with no city, playing in a…
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REWIND: The news of the week (with a soundtrack)
Fran Drescher joins the picket line in support of the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strike at the Netflix Studios in Los Angeles on July 14, 2023. Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images. Not every week lends itself to a column. Sometimes I’m not doing anything of note, nothing in the news…
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REWIND: John Fisher needs to sell the Oakland Athletics
A game between the Oakland Athletics and Miami Marlins at RingCentral Coliseum on Aug. 24, 2022. In 2022, the A’s averaged the lowest attendance in Major League Baseball. Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images. Opening Day was on Thursday and, as of the publication of this column, the Oakland Athletics…
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REWIND: A selection of baseball-related music for Opening Day
Catfish Hunter of the Oakland Athletics pitching during a game from his 1974 season with the Oakland A’s. Hunter was an eight-time All-Star, 1974 American League Cy Young winner and was inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1987.Courtesy: 1974 SPX/Diamond Images via Getty Images. As of this…
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Oakland Athletics to host a Fantastic Negrito concert for 510 Day
Celebrating the East Bay the Town way. Tomorrow. A’s x @BukueOne x @MusicNegrito. 5pm PT. https://t.co/sQHZoks8UF #510Day pic.twitter.com/xtp9HIS2VM — Oakland A's (@Athletics) May 10, 2020 In recent years the Athletics have celebrated the city of Oakland every May 10 in honor of the region’s 510 area code. This year, coronavirus…
