Commentary: Athletics’ impending departure from Oakland leaves a deep hole in East Bay
LA TimesDave Stewart was inducted into the Oakland Athletics’ Hall of Fame in 2022. “It’s disheartening to think that, as a result of Oakland moving, we’re going to lose a generation or more of players who won’t have the ability to go down to a ballpark and see their guys,” said Tony Clark, executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Assn. “Whether there’s a major league team there or not, our goal is to continue to impact the lives of young Black men and women,” Reagins said. “To me, it’s a no-brainer that somehow you should find a way to make that happen,” he said, “and not after the team has decided it’s going to leave.” Stewart also said Manfred and league officials cannot realistically compel Fisher to keep the A’s in Oakland, or to sell to someone who would. “It’s going to be forgotten that there even was an Oakland A’s franchise, quite frankly,” Stewart said.
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