Athletics

The week, game by game

Each game's fan misery, from first comment to the next game. ● marks a blowup.

• Tue, Apr 7L 3-5@ NYY66
• Wed, Apr 8W 3-2@ NYY—
• Thu, Apr 9W 1-0@ NYY—
• Fri, Apr 10W 4-0@ NYM—
• Sat, Apr 11W 11-6@ NYM—
• Sun, Apr 12W 1-0@ NYM—

The emotional rollercoaster

Fan misery across the week, every six hours. Up is worse. Dashed lines are games.

What fans said

• “I can’t stand Jenny Cavnar. Her lack of energy and baseball IQ just about makes games unwatchable.”

  u/DollarNugzz▲ 85frustration

• “I describe it like a big part of my childhood died…I thought it was I missed Baseball, which I do, but realizing I miss OAKLAND COLISEUM baseball.”

  u/norcalxennial▲ 75despair

• “I completely removed the A's from my life tbh Its sad Got about 25 bobbleheads going back to Rickey and older sitting in a box in basement”

  u/Tantalus420000▲ 51despair

• “Lifelong A's fan here......until they moved out of Oakland.”

  u/RecordingAnxious3482▲ 17despair

• “"Come on out and watch the A's finally play in a major league baseball stadium at Citi Field!" /s”

  u/WiFiEnabled▲ 16sarcasm

• “I swear it hurts every goddamn day. I remember the smells, the sounds, the familiar faces.”

  u/Helvergalarga93▲ 11despair

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