The finale of the Oakland A's

[Draconator]

1 minute ago, Mike in Horseheads said:

Ya want to go way back the lost the Seals NHL team

I mean there's that also

[BillsPride12]

This really tugs at the heart strings

 

[Ned Flanders]

The whole scenario was a perfect storm of ineptitude consisting of the owner, local and state government.  Just five years ago, Oakland had the Raiders, Warriors, and A's.  Now, they're left with nothing. 

 

George Plimpton, in the excellent Ken Burns' Baseball series, said of the Dodgers leaving Brooklyn, that a baseball team is more vital to the well being of a city than its orchestra or even its churches.  So true.

[dpberr]

You could make a compelling movie about the Athletics franchise through the decades - with the personalities, skullduggery, politics, and ultimately a treatise on the decline of Oakland from where it was in the 1960s to present day.  You'd probably leave the movie convinced the only decent guy in the entire film was Connie Mack.    

 

 

 

 

[BillsPride12]

4 hours ago, dpberr said:

You could make a compelling movie about the Athletics franchise through the decades - with the personalities, skullduggery, politics, and ultimately a treatise on the decline of Oakland from where it was in the 1960s to present day.  You'd probably leave the movie convinced the only decent guy in the entire film was Connie Mack.    

 

 

 

 

Would love to see a 30 for 30 series on this 

[May Day 10]

Yes!  Charlie Finley.  Put it into my veins

[Savage]

On 9/26/2024 at 8:07 PM, Mike in Horseheads said:

Ya want to go way back the lost the Seals NHL team

The California Golden Seals.

what a blast from the past.

 

I had no idea the A’s were leaving Oakland.

 

too bad.

 

from everything I’ve heard, Oakland is a sewer, so maybe not all that surprising.