Athletics

The week, game by game

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

• Tue, May 12L 4-6vs STL—
• Wed, May 13W 6-2vs STL—
• Thu, May 14L 4-5vs STL99
• Fri, May 15W 5-2vs SFG—
• Sat, May 16L 4-6vs SFG—
• Sun, May 17L 1-10vs SFG—

The emotional rollercoaster

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

What fans said

• “I’m not going to quietly accept the destruction of a franchise that belonged in Oakland.”

  u/Basic_Whereas1168▲ 55rage

• “It is absolutely not happening. It’s an idea being sold to try to reverse the fucking horrific optics.”

  u/DrDivisidero▲ 44rage

• “The team we knew and loved is dead. They’re playing in a minor league ballpark until they become just another tourist trap in Vegas.”

  u/raginsk8tr▲ 41despair

• “I view [Townie] as a sellout because he comes off as a major shill and has gone out of his way to shit on the Oakland fanbase.”

  u/RunRickeyRun▲ 35frustration

• “A front office that spent on players, with the fanbase behind them, with a new ballpark would’ve engineered a new golden age for the franchise.”

  u/angrygenzer▲ 29despair

• “MLB doesn’t want Oakland. You can get all the funds you want but it ain’t happening.”

  u/Valuable-Bet-2207▲ 24despair

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