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The Oakland Athletics received backlash this week after it was accused of serving its minor league players unsatisfactory meals with many people online comparing the food to the viral Fyre Festival cheese sandwich. Athletes reportedly shared photos of the measly post-game meals on social media, and were later posted by Advocates for Minor Leaguers, an organization dedicated to improving the […]
The Oakland A’s and bench coach Ryan Christenson have issued an apology after he used a Nazi salute twice during a game on Thursday. “I made a mistake and will not deny it,” Christenson said in the statement, while maintaining that the gesture was unintentional. He threw up the salute at the end of the game, […]
Oakland Athletics closer Liam Hendriks went full scorched earth in an interview with The Athletic, bashing the Golden State Warriors over how he was treated by the organization, especially after the team got good. “I don’t follow the Warriors. They treated us like s**t over here so we don’t care for them much,” Hendriks said about how Golden State switched up […]
A fan who tossed a 96-mph fastball at the Colorado Rockies‘ speed pitch challenge booth might actually make it to the big leagues. 23-year-old Nathan Patterson became a bit of a viral sensation after his brother shared video of him throwing heat outside of the Rockies’ stadium last month. It took about two weeks for […]
Despite being picked in the first round (ninth overall) of this past year’s MLB Draft, and despite stating after said draft that he would go the baseball route after his fall football season, Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray announced Monday that he would declare for the NFL Draft. Guess winning the Heisman Trophy has a way […]
According to Mike Leslie of WFAA in Dallas, Texas, if the Oakland Athletics want Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray to choose baseball over declaring for the NFL Draft, he wants them to show him the money. A whole lot of money. According to a source close to the situation, Kyler Murray’s number is $15M. He wants […]
Within days, NFL Draft talk has swung from “Does Trevor Lawrence really have to play college football for two more years?” to Kyler Murray. The Oakland Athletics’ expect their No. 9 draft pick and Oklahoma quarterback to declare for this year’s draft on Sunday, according to San Francisco Chronicle. The news doesn’t mean Murray will turn down Oakland’s $4.66 million deal, but […]
With the Warriors set to move across the Bay next year, and the Raiders set to move to Las Vegas eventually (probably very soon), Oakland residents are faced with the misery that befalls fans who see teams move beyond their city limits. That’ll be triply-shitty if the A’s were to also leave. Though it doesn’t appear to […]
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