BURGER SCOOT

  • 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

  • Bob Dylan and Catfish Hunter

    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

  • 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

  • Oakland and the 2023 All-Star Game

    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

  • Athleticsgate

    I’ve been meaning to post more information on the plight of my Oakland Athletics, but it has all been a bit redundant until this video. Below @AdamDoesNotExist604 mentions the Reverse Boycott on Tuesday, June 13. I was going to write about that event but never got inspired. I will say that I attended the game… Read more

  • “The Greatest Scam that Baseball has seen in years”

    I haven’t written much lately, and now that this story broke, I am speechless. The team I have loved since I was ten is planning to move to Las Vegas in 2027, and there is no simple reason behind the move. Check out CBS Sports Radio’s Damon Amendolara‘s angry editorial from his show. He called… Read more