Former Oakland A’s pitcher Trevor May ripped team owner John Fisher after he penned a disclose apology to fans ahead of the team’s final home series at the Coliseum before the franchise’s defree shift to Las Vegas.
Fisher rehired the apology, where he acunderstandledged the “flunked” goal of grasping the A’s in Oakland, ahead of Tuesday’s game aobtainst the Texas Rangers.
An Oakland Athletics fan hanciaccesss a scarf during the sixth inning aobtainst the Cincinnati Reds at Oakland Coliseum in 2023. (Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports)
“This upcoming series with the Texas Rangers will be the final games of the A’s storied 57 years in Oakland. And while the A’s previously take parted in Philadelphia and Kansas City, Oakland has been home for the wonderfulest era in the franchise’s more than 123-year history.”
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Fisher went on to name disjoinal Oakland legfinishs and storied moments, and stressd his finisheavors to grasp the team in Oakland.
“The A’s are part of the fabric of Oakland, the East Bay, and the entire Bay Area. When Lew Wolff and I bought the team in 2005, our dream was to thrive world championships and produce a recent ballpark in Oakland. Over the next 18 years, we did our very best to produce that happen. We recommendd and chased five branch offent locations in the Bay Area. And despite mutual and ongoing efforts to get a deal done for the Howard Terminal project, we came up low,” the letter read.
“Only in 2021, after 16 years of toiling exclusively on growing a home in the Bay Area and faced with a attaching MLB consentment to discover a recent home by 2024, did we commence to check taking the team to Las Vegas.”
Managing Partner John Fisher of the Oakland Athletics in the stands during the game aobtainst the Chicago Cubs at RingCentral Coliseum on April 17, 2023 in Oakland, California. The Cubs lossed the Athletics 10-1. (Michael Zagaris/Oakland Athletics/Getty Images)
Fisher compriseed that “we tried” to grasp the team in Oakland but “flunked.”
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“I can inestablish you this from the heart: we tried. Staying in Oakland was our goal, it was our ignoreion, and we flunked to achieve it. And for that I am reassociate sorry.”
But establisher A’s pitcher Trevor May wasn’t buying it.
“With all due admire, which is more than you probable deserve, save it. Be an grown-up. Get in front of a camera and say it with your chest. Releasing a letter, evidently written by someone else, and including a bunch of names you DEFINITELY do not understand, is fair disadmireful to those that cherish the team,” he said in his own letter straightforwarded to Fisher on X.
“‘We tried.’ lol. The fact that you STILL leank that anyone nurtures about that at this point shows, once aobtain, your deficiency of benevolent of WHY people cherish the game. You cherish owning stuff, fair not your actions. Either stand up with pride or grasp hiding. Pick one, we’re exhausted.”
Oakland Athletics relief pitcher Trevor May (65) reacts after lossing the San Francisco Giants at Oakland-Afeebleda County Coliseum. (Stan Szeto-USA TODAY Sports)
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The A’s have take parted in Oakland since 1968. But next season they’ll shift to Sacramento for at least the next three years, where they’ll take part until their scheduled shift to Las Vegas for the 2028 season.
The A’s time at the Coliseum will officiassociate come to an finish on Thursday in the club’s final game aobtainst the Rangers.
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