Absolutely. But so far, the place hasn’t been packed. This with a Friday night and Saturday night game, against the Red Sox, while in a playoff hunt / pennant race, and with one of the most exciting teams in baseball. No excuses.
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This is what really really annoys me about the “We love Oakland sports” rally. Got a concept for those people who showed up to the rally – try showing up to A’s games instead.
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Now, that said, I’m sure a lot of the same people at the rally have actually gone to games.
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But with attendance still poor, for a an exciting playoff team, it’s painting a really crappy picture to MLB in terms of Oakland’s viability. But this has always been the case, frankly. But people will come back with same old tired excuses “Lew is alienating us”, or “Beane keeps trading away our players” blah blah blah.
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Oakland fans – fill the stadium, and Wolff/Fischer/MLB will notice.
Oakland businesses (Knauss & company) – come up with lucrative naming rights deal, and pledged luxury box purchases, and other advertising, and Wolf/Fischer/MLB will notice.
Oakland Pols – come up with an EIR, and land, and infrastructure financing (at the very least), and Wolff/Fischer/MLB will notice.
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Anything less than all of the above is complete and total BS, and will fail in keeping the A’s in Oak.
Show ‘em the money and they will stay. It’s that simple.