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(14 Jun 2023)
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RingCentral Coliseum, Oakland, California, USA. 13th June 2023.

1. 00:00 Oakland As fans chanting "Sell the team" outside the Coliseum
2. 00:22 A young fan throwing bean bags at a cornhole with Oakland ownerJohn Fisher's face on it
3. 00:33 SOUNDBITE (English) Brian Guido, Oakland Athletics/Baltimore Orioles fan:
"I'm a lifetime Orioles fan, but I've lived in Northern California for 31 years and I've come to a lot of A's games, not just when the Orioles are here. I've always loved the fan base here and I have lots of friends, diehard A's fans forever and supported this team when they're good and they're bad. So for the organization to come out and say that they're leaving because the fans are not supporting them, it's just not true. They have a wealthy owner who makes a lot of money, got a lot of money from his parents and can afford to do some things. He just refuses to do it. He only survives getting revenue shares from the rest of major league baseball so they don't go into debt. So I just think it's a horrible thing for A's fans and for the Bay Area in general."
4. 01:19 A fan holding up a quote by MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred - "It's important for us to stay in Oakland"
5. 01:33 Fans inside the Coliseum chanting "Sell the team"
6. 01:44 Fan holding a sign saying "Right the wrong"
7. 01:50 Fans beating the drum chanting "Stay in Oakland"
8. 01:58 Fan shouting "Fisher sucks"
9. 02:04 Fans throwing garbage on the baseball field after the game
10. 02:17 Oakland A's ground crew cleaning the ballpark

SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS

DURATION: 02:28
STORYLINE:
Furious Oakland Athletics fans came en masse with a single message to owner John Fisher: “SELL.”

“Sell the team!” they chanted thousands of times during the A’s 2-1 victory against the Tampa Bay Rays that gave Oakland a season-best seven-game winning streak.

Buddies Brian Guido and Scott Finney of Sacramento each took off early from work Tuesday because there was no way they were going to miss the festivities a couple of hours away in Oakland.

“I’ve been to only one game this year. I saw this game and I knew I had to come because I knew it was going to be very monumental and would send a message to the owner that this is what the fan base wants,” Finney said. “They want the ownership to sell the team so they can remain in Oakland.”

Thousands of frustrated, heartbroken A’s fans arrived early for tailgating and solidarity at the Oakland Coliseum ahead of a Rays-A’s matchup to both celebrate their team and protest a planned relocation to Las Vegas. They called it a reverse boycott aimed at bringing as many people as possible to the ballpark, complete with bright green “SELL” T-shirts made by local company Oaklandish going to the first 7,000 to claim the fan-planned giveaway.

A season-best crowd of 27,759 was the largest for an A’s game on a Tuesday since they drew 33,654 against the Dodgers on Aug. 7, 2018. They jumped up and danced in their seats when Trevor May finished for the save.

But moments later, garbage was thrown on the field from every which way and it didn’t immediately stop as fans stayed put and police and security took the field. The grounds crew kept watering and working.


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