Death of a Sports Town Part 2: Reverse Boycott

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4.6 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Any time a franchise owner threatens to leave a city, the pressure and scrutiny on civic leaders intensifies. But in Oakland, a parallel story emerged—a group of activist fans who refused to let the Athletics go quietly. In the second part of our series, Death of a Sports Town, we examine the three men who led the Warriors, Raiders, and Athletics away from “the Town,” the reasons behind their decisions, and the intimate story of one fan who launched a movement to fight back. Our five-part series ‘Death of a Sports Town’ publishes every Tuesday in the ESPN Daily show feed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Previously on ESPN daily.
0:09.0	The city and the county took out giant loans to pay for the construction of this because they believe the
0:15.7	projections that they got from Al Davis and the Raiders.
0:18.8	Last Tuesday, lifelong Bay Area resident Tim Kewin helped us kick off our five-part series,
0:25.1	Death of a Sports Town.
0:27.2	You've got the ballpark that people don't like because you've ruined it.
0:32.0	When they start saying that without a new stadium,
0:35.0	they can't compete with other teams in the league,
0:38.0	then what's going to happen?
0:40.0	We're now nearly two weeks away
0:42.0	from the last ever Oakland home game for baseball's athletics and
0:46.0	Accordingly, we are chronicling the missteps and misfortune that have given the East Bay an an unprecedented distinction, the first city to lose three major pro-sports
0:56.9	franchises in a five-year span.
1:00.0	The Oakland A's, Inc. to deal to build a new ballpark near the Las Vegas
1:03.4	rated Oakland of its football team now we're here talking about the Oakland A's.
1:08.8	We're here talking about the Oakland A's.
1:09.8	We're all the team. Sal the team! So if you missed episode one,
1:15.0	so if you missed episode one, please do scroll back on your feed and check that out. But today we bring you part two, an examination of each of the three team owners who made the choice to leave, the reasons
1:35.0	they did it, and the intimate story of one fan who decided to launch a movement and fight
1:41.1	back.
1:42.1	We did have a protest game in August.
1:44.0	I mean, it didn't feel like home anymore.
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