After 655 days, the A’s turn social media comments back on
The A's have also lost a decent number of followers during the comment ban.
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Tigers double local viewership, while A’s see largest decline in MLB
Tigers' viewership surged 113% year-over-year.
Royals announcer Ryan Lefebvre understandably couldn’t stop calling the A’s ‘Oakland’
"Have I said Oakland at all tonight?"
Mike Krukow declares ‘Oaklamento Athletics’ official name of wandering baseball team
"We are going to the bottom half of the fourth inning and Oaklamento leads San Francisco 2-1."
Comcast shoves California sports teams into more expensive cable tier
NBC Sports Bay Area and NBC Sports California will be placed in a higher tier, effective immediately.
A’s GM David Forst refutes Bob Nightengale’s Max Fried reporting
The A's aggressively pursuing Max Fried was merely "untrue."
Buck Showwalter rips ‘Moneyball’ as ‘farce’
"'Moneyball' was proven to be a farce. People in the game know it was just a Hollywood thing."
Scott Van Pelt reacts to Oakland Athletics departure: ‘The worst of what sports can be’
"Have you heard even a single dissenting voice outside of Oakland?"
ESPN MLB insiders Jeff Passan, Buster Olney blast MLB for ‘debacle’ of Athletics leaving Oakland
"John Fisher didn't have to move this team. MLB and its owners didn't need to be complicit in it. This was a choice. A wrong one. History will sneer."
Greg Papa bids emotional farewell to A’s, Oakland Coliseum: ‘Like closing the casket on your mom or dad’
"When I got in the car and drove away, it felt more like a funeral."
Larry Beil on viral rant about Oakland A’s owner: ‘I was just trying to express the frustration’
"That kind of commentary is reserved for pretty rare occasions."
Vince Cotroneo, Ken Korach approach final Oakland Athletics games: ‘It’s hard to say goodbye — for everybody’
Glen Kuiper in search of second chance after using racial slur
Despite acknowledging his mistake and expressing deep regret, Kuiper faces an uphill battle to regain his broadcasting career.
Radio announcer Vince Cotroneo says 2024 will be final season with Oakland A’s
Vince Cotroneo, who has been a radio play-by-play announcer with the Oakland A’s since 2006, says the 2024...
San Francisco Chronicle comes to A’s announcer Jenny Cavnar’s defense amidst social media criticism
"You can’t ignore the fact that your target is the first woman ever working as a full-time major-league baseball play-by-play announcer."
Chris Caray, Chip Caray made history as they each called Monday’s Cardinals-A’s game
In a historic moment for baseball broadcasting, Chip Caray and his son Chris called the same game from opposite booths.
Dallas Braden says A’s are in ‘toughest era,’ but ‘I’m just a broadcaster’
Ron Darling ‘appalled’ by Oakland A’s latest transgressions
"Just appalled at the things that have happened in the past six months with that organization."
Jenny Cavnar named new Oakland Athletics play-by-play broadcaster
The Oakland Athletics have a new, history-making play-by-play announcer.
Sacramento radio host says A’s ‘could temporarily shut down,’ which seems unlikely
"So basically, between 2025 and 2028, Major League Baseball would run with 29 teams."
Legendary A’s broadcaster blasts team ownership for Vegas move
"It’s just, to me, it’s not professional the way they’ve been doing this."
Remembering the magical time and lasting impact of Moneyball and the Oakland A’s
The amazing thing about the Moneyball A's is that the impact of the film and the franchise has gone well beyond anything accomplished during that era.
Enjoy the TV and radio calls of Domingo Germán’s perfect game
"There it is! Perfection for Domingo Germán."
Rob Manfred says sarcastic A’s comments were ‘taken out of context’
"One night doesn’t change a decade of inaction"
Ken Rosenthal slams Rob Manfred after dissing A’s fans: ‘Unbecoming of a commissioner of a sport’
"It's a person of authority, and responsibility and power, kind of looking at the average fan and saying, 'Ha-ha, not good enough, sorry.'"
David Samson still not convinced A’s wind up in Vegas: ‘I’ll be the last holdout’
"There’s nothing that tells me a deal to Vegas is anywhere near complete"
Joe Posnanski’s ‘Why Is Rob Manfred So Bad At This?’ asks a good question
A’s announcer Glen Kuiper suspended after use of racial slur
NBC Sports California suspended Glen Kuiper after his apparent use of a racial slur during the Oakland A's broadcast Friday night.
MLB appears to edit out critical Oakland A’s fan signs, league claims ignorance
A league spokesperson claims the MLB was "unaware of the edit."
Yankees broadcaster Suzyn Waldman defends A’s possum: ‘Really nice little animals.’
"The Mets guys made a big deal of that possum."
In Las Vegas, an uncertain local media future awaits the Athletics
With the A's heading to Las Vegas, where will their games air?
Gary Cohen details how a possum displaced Mets announcers in Oakland
The Oakland Coliseum possum is back.
Oakland A’s add Johnny Doskow to 2023 broadcast team
"Johnny was a gift to the Sacramento sports landscape for over two decades."
YES Network’s Michael Kay complains of ants and opossum invading Oakland Athletics broadcast booth
"Wash your hands after you touch that!"
Oakland A’s president Dave Kaval tweets through it, challenges local sports radio host to televised debate
Very normal Tuesday for the Oakland A's.
Longtime A’s broadcaster Ray Fosse dies after battle with cancer
Fosse passed away at the age of 74 after a 16-year battle with cancer. He stepped away from the A's broadcast booth in August.
Jim “Mudcat” Grant, a famed former MLB player, author, musician, and broadcaster, has passed away at 85
Grant led a remarkable life, starring in MLB, writing Baseball's Black Aces, playing music in nightclubs and on TV, and working as a broadcaster for two different teams.
ESPN aired a Ramón Laureano f-bomb in an in-game interview, then bleeped him on a later hit
An in-game interview of Ramón Laureano Thursday led to a broadcast f-bomb and then a later bleeped one, and it also led to a lot of criticism of in-game interviews of players.
Dallas Braden drops a “Duck, dive, dodge, duck, and dive!” for Tony Kemp’s tag evasion
"An incredible heads-up effort from Nolan Arenado, but Tony Kemp on the backside, duck, dive, dodge, duck and dive!"
