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MLB versus Oakland
Check out CBS Sports commentator Damon Amendolara’s short but brutal comment on the state of the Athletics organization and MLB . I love how Brodie (in his usual polite manner) criticizes Fisher on the contradictions in his third and final interview with ESPN. Finally, here Brazil again pointing out MLB’s Commissioner’s Rob Manfred’s disingenuous comments Read more
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Two Angry A’s Fans and One Polite Brodie Brazil
I used to waste my time on YouTube watching baseball clips from Jomboy and other podcasters with a YouTube channel. These days, I hunt YouTube for the video that makes me hate John Fisher the most. Not good for this old man’s health. If the A’s do move, maybe I will give up and never Read more
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Another Reason Why Billionaires Shouldn’t Exist: Their Bagmen
As a rule I hate billionaires. Like AOC and Bernie says, I believe they “should not exist.” But like flies and mosquitos I guess they have their place. On second thought, we definitely could live without billionaires, though professional sports would look very different. I also question the existence of certain people who do billionaires’ Read more
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Bob Dylan and Catfish Hunter
In my 65-year life, two of the most important things to me have been rock music and baseball. Drilling down, one of my all-time favorite rockers was Bob Dylan, and my favorite baseball team is the Oakland Athletics. And I have a prominent place in my heart for the early electric Dylan and the early Read more
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Baseball Fans Are Starting to Realize That the Owners Are Not Their Friends
If you peel back the curtain of professional baseball, there’s a labor battle between players and owners that has been raging for more than a century… Baseball Fans Are Starting to Realize That the Owners Are Not Their Friends Read more
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Oakland and the 2023 All-Star Game
Oakland’s mayor Sheng Thao met with MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred toting 31 copies of the plans, proposals, and all of the work that has gone into the Howard Terminal project that proved the City of Oakland has been working in good faith with John Fisher and the Oakland A’s to help build a municipal baseball Read more
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