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Patrick Redford

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 26: The Oakland Athletics mascot, Stomper, waves to the crowd after the Oakland Athletics beat the Texas Rangers at the Oakland Coliseum on September 26, 2024 in Oakland, California. Today will be the final Athletics game played at the Coliseum. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

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The A’s Are Oakland’s No More

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Ray Ratto

T.J. McFarland #48 of the Oakland Athletics pitches in the top of the sixth inning against the Seattle Mariners at Oakland Coliseum.

Seattle Mariners v Oakland Athletics

What Defector Saw At “The Janson Junk Game”

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Chris Thompson

J.D. Davis takes the field at a nearly empty Oakland Coliseum.

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A New Season Finds The Oakland Athletics In The Same Dumb Limbo

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Barry Petchesky

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Oakland Coliseum Trying To Figure Out What To Do About The 30–40 Feral Cats That Have Taken Over

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA - AUGUST 06: A general view of play between the Oakland Athletics and the Texas Rangers at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on August 06, 2020 in Oakland, California. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images)

Mount Davis Is An Insult And MLB Is Too Stupid To Realize Or Too Greedy To Care

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