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IF YOU DON'T LIKE THAT WITH GRANT NAPEAR

Grant's Rant: 4-20-22 Goodbye Oakland A's

IF YOU DON'T LIKE THAT WITH GRANT NAPEAR

Grant Napear

Football, Sports, Basketball

4.7944 Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2022

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Last night the Oakland A's announced attendance was 3,748. Opening night was 17,500. Oh, by the way, the A's are in first place at 7-5, but fans in Oakland don't seem to care. I think it is finally time for MLB to step in and do something. This is embarrassing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

It's time for Grant.

0:03.0

Grant.

0:05.0

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0:22.2

old clanes that's right they are seven and five atop the American League West that is the good news the bad news is nobody in Oakland gives a damn the A's five and five on the road come home, 17,500 on

0:36.7

opening night, and then last night in the 2-1 victory 3,700 fans at the Coliseum.

0:45.0

This is downright embarrassing.

0:47.2

Now you can say all you want about the A's

0:49.3

and they don't pay their players,

0:50.8

their payroll in the Coliseum, and I get get that and you can even make an excuse

0:55.0

that it's April it's a week night it's a school night and I would say you're

0:59.6

right but less than thirty seven700 fans at a Major League Baseball game, that was the announced attendance by the way.

1:09.0

The reality is, the city of Oakland does not deserve this franchise and yes ownership has been

1:18.0

very tight with their wallet but they still put a good product on the field

1:22.3

pretty much year in year out.

1:25.0

To me it's time for Major League Baseball to step in and say enough is enough and pick up this franchise

1:31.6

and move it to a city that wants Major League Baseball where fans will come out and

1:37.3

support the team.

1:38.9

There are what, maybe 10, 15,000 die-hard loyal A's fans, it's not enough to support an MLB team.

1:46.4

And I do feel bad for those fans.

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