"The best-case scenario is that we could have all been on the same team, but I understand the business of it," Murphy said. The A’s once did have a plethora of stars, but now they’re all gone, wondering just what would have happened if the A’s had kept them together. They’d still get their ass whipped, but a star would help win more games for them."
Now, if they had a star, it might make a little bit of a difference.
"They have young pitchers learning on the job. They have to rebuild that team and start over. "It’s (expletive) up, no doubt about it," Washington said. Just 20,101, an average of 6,700 per game. The total attendance for the three-game series? TEXAS GAMBLE: Rangers flushed away millions with Jacob deGrom signingĪtlanta was the last team to play at the Coliseum before the A’s left town for their 10-day road trip. They’re playing in a decaying ballpark, with more beer and hot dog vendors than fans, and are a team threatening to go down in history as the worst to ever play the game. Manager of the year winner Bob Melvin in San Diego.Īnd every single one of them is absolutely sick to their stomachs watching what’s going on with this proud franchise. All-world third-base coach Ron Washington in Atlanta. All-Star closer Liam Hendriks in Chicago. Gold Glove winner Sean Murphy in Atlanta. Prized starter Chris Bassitt and three-time Gold Glove winner third baseman Matt Chapman in Toronto. You have MVP candidate Marcus Semien in Texas. Everywhere you look there are former A’s players littered across baseball’s landscape. Olson is just one of several All-Stars who were born and raised in the Athletics organization, only to be discarded simply to cut payroll. They drafted me, signed me and gave me an opportunity to have this career. I have a lot of gratitude in my heart for those people.
I still think it’s got one of the coolest fields. "All I know is that it sucks for them, it really does," Atlanta first baseman Matt Olson tells USA TODAY Sports. Yep, as if the A’s don’t have enough problems just trying to win games on the field. Joe Lombardo, labor unions and politicians spent the weekend scrambling to dig up enough votes to approve a $380 million public funding package for the A’s proposed $1.5 billion ballpark. What appeared to be a formality just a few weeks ago now has the A’s sweating out their future with the Nevada Senate adjourning until Monday. They haven’t followed the drama close enough to know whether the A’s are headed to Las Vegas, staying put in Oakland or headed to a city near you.
They haven’t watched a minute of the Nevada Senate sessions.
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