While the A’s try to finalize a deal for a new stadium in Las Vegas, the team continues to play in Oakland in front of record-setting sparse crowds.
The Oakland Athletics drew 2,064 fans for Monday’s home game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, the team’s lowest total since September 1979 (excluding COVID-19 restricted 2020 season games).
Turnout was the lowest in Major League Baseball (MLB) since 1997 and the third lowest in recorded MLB history, according to The Sporting News.
The A’s are 10-34, the worst mark in the MLB.
“The hard part is that it’s out of our control,” second baseman Tony Kemp told the San Francisco Chronicle of the crowds. “Fans have a reason to feel the way they do and they pay certain prices for tickets. And if they want to support the team, they do it, and if not, they don’t”.
2023-05-17 19:19:29
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